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Cinda Chima

@cindachima.bsky.social
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Author. Writes YA fantasy novels for teens of all ages. Gardener, reader, pro-democracy in North Carolina. Substack is substack.com/@cindachima Website cindachima.com

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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
“Tonight we ask all of you to join with us in choosing hope over fear, democracy over authoritarianism, the rule of law over lawlessness, ethics over unrivaled corruption, resistance over complacency, truth over lies, unity over division, and peace over war.”—Bruce Springsteen
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Donald Trump refuses to give a straight answer to questions about pardoning Maxwell. Relieving her of her sentence would be an awful affront to the survivors and their families who bravely came forward to hold Maxwell accountable. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ma...
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Do not pardon Ghislaine Maxwell!
Donald Trump refuses to give a straight answer to questions about pardoning Maxwell. Relieving her of her sentence would send a dangerous message to the rich and powerful that they are above even the ...
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Meet Diana Crespo-Gonzalez, age 7, being held in a Texas detention camp after being taken from a hospital in Portland, Oregon. This family applied for entry, waited a year in Mexico as required, and legally entered under an asylum application. One of the "worst of the worst" ICE is targeting.
Little girl with kitty
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Dems have the ability to put a stop to the outrages committed by ICE through appropriations. Read Jay Kuo and then call your Democratic reps in the House and Senate. Tell them no funding for ICE until they quit terrorizing American cities. statuskuo.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Democrats Can Stop Or Slow Down ICE
They still have the power of the purse, and they should use it now.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I asked my Senator Ted Budd to speak out against the demolition of the White House. His response: Renovations to the White House are managed by the Executive Office of the President in coordination with agencies like the GSA and the National Park Service (NPS). (1 of 2)
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
I called my GOP rep, Chuck Edwards (NC-11) to congratulate him on another week of paid vacation while military members, TSA, air traffic controllers, work without pay and President Trump fires other workers. I asked why he wasn't in Washington, and his aide said, "There's nothing to do there."
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I just received this “survey" from Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) Clearly, he has no interest in knowing what his constituents think about a president who uses the justice department to target his perceived enemies. Shame on you, Congressman.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
To prevent a government shutdown, Democrats are asking Republcans to reverse Medicaid cuts and continue premium subsidies for people under the Affordable Care Act. Otherwise, the monthly premium for a pre-retired elderly couple making $90K a year would skyrocket from $628 per month to $2642.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
On my substack: A Helene Retrospective. Memories and observations one year later. cindachima.substack.com/p/helene-re…
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Helene Retrospective
Heroes and Healing in the Appalachians
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Sinclair Broadcasting and Nexstar have announced that they will continue to block the Jimmy Kimmel Live! Show. Do they own your local station? Let them know what you think. Here's a list of Sinclair Stations sbgi.net/tv-stations and here is the Nextar list www.nexstar.tv/stations
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TV Stations at Sinclair Broadcast Group
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I canceled Disney + and Hulu because Disney/ABC has caved to Trump to strip away our First Amendment rights to free speech. I love Disney and I know they're in a tough spot but this is unacceptable. #BoycottDisneyABC
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Kash Patel oversight hearing. From the Contrarian. open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/…
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"You are the least qualified FBI director in the history of the FBI"
Kash Patel goes to Congress
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
If we are going to headline the race and sexual orientation of every non-white, non-Cis, non-male perpetrator, I think we should apply that rule to everybody, e.g. 'heterosexual white male slaughters 20 first graders and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary.'
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
President Trump at West Point: “Defense is too defensive...we want to be offensive too if we have to be.” Mission accomplished, Sir.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Call your congressional representative and ask them if they agree when President Trump says that the Epstein files are a hoax and that nobody cares. If they do not, demand that they vote for Rep Massie’s resolution .
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A grand jury refused to indict "sandwich guy" on felony assault charges. An 8-10 year jail sentence for throwing a sandwich when Trump has moved child trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to a luxury prison camp with work release privileges? Really? People have more common sense than that. #EpsteinFiles
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
We can’t afford to provide healthcare or feed children and the working poor. We cannot afford to do the science that prevents and cures diseases. But we have the money to make war against American cities and round up those who do some of the hardest jobs in this country. Is this what you voted for?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
What is it called when government owns the means of production again?
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
President Trump wants the Smithsonian to focus on the lighter side of slavery.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2025
Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I’ll be at DragonCon in Atlanta Labor Day Weekend. Five panels, two signings. It’s gonna be HOT, Y’all!! Full details on my Substack here open.substack.com/pub/cindachima/p/…
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I'll Be at DragonCon in Atlanta Labor Day Weekend! It's Gonna Be Hot!!!
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Do parents in Bryan, TX know that convicted child sex trafficker and Trump-Epstein colleague Ghislaine Maxwell is staying at the local low-security prison camp, and that she is allowed to go into town? Y'all be careful out there. www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive…
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EXCLUSIVE: I Have Ghislaine Maxwell's Security Score, Custody Level, Transfer Code, and Sex Offender Waiver
I have reviewed an electronic file that includes some of the information Senator Whitehouse is demanding from the Bureau of Prisons.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
It sure is a shame when Vladimir Putin feels comfortable visiting the US and Canadians don't. Or maybe it's just shameful.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
It sure is a shame when Vladimir Putin feels comfortable visiting the US and Canadians don't. Or maybe it's just shameful.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
To governors and legislators in blue states: please do whatever is necessary to counter Republican gerrymandering in Texas and elsewhere. I've been working for fair maps for years, but we cannot allow them to cheat their way to victory. Until we can fix this—scorched earth and gloves off
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Live in NC? Want to make sure your vote counts? You may need to update your voter registration information. substack.com/profile/62513812-cinda…
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Cinda Williams Chima (@cindachima)
DO YOU LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA? DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS? The State Board of Elections (NCSBOE) on Thursday 7/17 moved forward with its plan to, via a forthcoming (snail) mailing, to...
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Why is it so hot? Is it global warming or corn sweat? open.substack.com/pub/cindachima/p/…
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Drowning in Corn Sweat
When I was a kid, we used to visit my father’s family in southern Illinois at least once a year—more often if there were funerals.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Dear Republicans: Your “regret,” your “concern,” your “discomfort” means nothing to me. It’s your vote that counts. Shame on you.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Confused by the competing claims about the Republican budget bill? Wondering how it will affect you? This article from Asheville Watchdog is North Carolina-specific, but worth reading by anyone in this country who does not belong to the top 1%. This bill is bad news, folks.
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Democracy Watch: Asheville Watchdog fact-checked Chuck Edwards’s claims about the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’ Here’s what we found. • Asheville Watchdog
Here’s the question of vital interest to everyone in western North Carolina put before two of our federal lawmakers: In casting your vote, what did you think will be the impact of the so-called One Bi...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
YOUR DAD SAYS NOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
July 12, 2025
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On July 5, the day after the Texas floods hit, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) received 3,027 calls from survivors and answered 3,018 of them, about 99.7%, according to Maxine Joselow o...
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Thank you Senator Tillis for speaking out and voting against this ugly bill. —North Carolina
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Cassandra Rabbit @cassandrarabbit.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
“In 1777, smallpox survivor George Washington required that Continental soldiers be inoculated.” In other words, vaccination is at least as American as apple pie.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
My op-ed in today’s Asheville Citizen-Times. www.citizen-times.com/story/opinion…
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Opinion: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. isn't doing a good job to 'Make America Healthy Again'
Scientific progress has improved the environment and human health. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of Health and Human Services is unraveling progress.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Is this what you voted for? Flinging a landscaper, the father of 3 US Marines to the pavement and beating him? This is someone with no criminal record. I would say that this family has contributed more for this country than thoe thugs working in this adminnistration.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Trump: nobody came to my $40 million birthday party, none of the countries I've tariffed are calling me back, Vlad was unhappy about my performance at the G-7, and I just wanted to drop a few bombs, okay?
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
My op ed in today's Asheville Citizen-Times. I guess I could add that dropping bombs on people is not Christian. www.citizen-times.com/story/opinion…
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Opinion: Big Beautiful Bill to take from poor and give to rich.' That's not Christian.
Besides the rich, who are the winners in the Big Beautiful Bill? This bill will take from the poor by cutting food and medical programs.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I’ll say this—Elon Musk sure knows how to break things.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Republicans talk about the "populist benefits" in the budget bill—eliminating taxes on tips, a tax credit for seniors on Social Security. These provisions expire at the end of Trump's term, when, apparently, we won't need them anymore. The tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy are permanent.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Guess “move fast and break things” ain't all it’s cracked up to be.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Happy Juneteenth, Everyone! www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7UaaAyPqPY
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What is Juneteenth and Why Does it Matter: A Short History | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Favorite sign from yesterday!⭐️💖 #Pinks
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Nobody seems happy to be there….
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The ties are differeent.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Mr. Trump -- guess that Nobel Peace prize is even further out of reach.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
ICE is chasing farm workers through the fields with drones and Trump says, we have to protect the farmers. Really? Who’s in charge then?
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
“Peacemaker “ Trump hasn’t stopped any foreign wars and he’s launching one on the American people.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Mr. Trump and his minions want a riot. Do not give him what he wants.
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Cinda Chima @cindachima.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Americans did not vote for kidnapping first graders. Are these the violent criminal gang members Trump promised to target? Shameful.
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