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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 47m

Former Sen. Salazar's new book is Borderlands: My Fight For An Inclusive America. He also served as Secretary of the Interior and Ambassador to Mexico. youtu.be/QNEUxwCyKIw

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‘A PROJECT OF ERASURE’: Trump’s attack on public lands

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 22h

"Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 23h

World Mental Health Day reminds us that not every struggle is visible, not every wound has a name, and not everyone who smiles is doing well. Not every struggle is acknowledged.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan. Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

America's mayors working to bring Blue Cities and Red States closer together, finding common-sense solutions that create better outcomes for the majority of us. bluecitiesredstates.org

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As America’s mayors, we know when we work together, we succeed. And when cities succeed, states succeed—and America succeeds.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots Henrietta Lacks died on this day in 1951 in Baltimore, Md. She only became well-known for what she contributed after her death. However, she deserves to be remembered as a beautiful young mother who was much more than her immortalized human cell line used in medical research. /1

Henrietta Lacks, ca. late 1940s. Lacks is the unwitting mother of modern medical research whose exploitation forced the world to reinvent medical ethics. As the source of the HeLa cell line, she unknowingly gave humanity its first “immortal” human cells, enabling medical advances that have touched millions of lives worldwide. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is the stark reality of paternalistic, Jim Crow-era medicine, where a poor Black woman’s body could be harvested without her knowledge or informed consent. For decades, Henrietta was reduced to an anonymous laboratory code. Today, her descendants, artists and global communities have fought to ensure she is remembered as a person. Her final resting place is marked with a granite headstone honoring her not just as a medical miracle, but as a mother who loved to cook, wear bright red lipstick, and take care of her family.

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A hyperscale (AKA mammoth) data center is planned across 600 acres in KY about 10 miles from Mammoth Cave National Park. Some in Cave City and the surrounding area are saying that "Mammoth Cave Is Not For Sale." www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...

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A hyperscale data center developer is suing to build next to KY’s only national park

Kentucky Industrial Alliance has sued Cave City over a May data center moratorium and the 2024 ordinance that annexed its property.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hispanics working in the USA 👏🏽

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Grateful that September did not end with a hijacked plane crashing in the Middle East. Grateful that all the people on that plane got to return safely to their families. Grateful for the passengers who stepped in to help, and the backup crew that stabilized the plane. Hopeful the pilot is OK. 💜

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

S.916 — 119th Congress (2025-2026) Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act A bill to safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant and postpartum women by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment, and for other purposes.

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In September 2024, President Biden announced that he would end the U.S. mission in Iraq by 2026. Withdrawal has continued throughout 2025 and 2026, with completion and total withdrawal this week on Sept. 30th.

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What happens when a woman tells a man "no," a man who never accepts "no" for an answer. ⁉️ In the entertainment industry you are blacklisted. Everyday civilians are put on watchlists.

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#MotherNature "No other species destroys Mother Nature the way we do. Only humans do that. We have defined ourselves exclusively as the superior species, the species that creates, the species that develops. Indigenous peoples live in harmony and comfortably with nature." ~ Cesar Millan

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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"A republic, if you can keep it." ~Attributed to Benjamin Franklin 239 years ago today-9/17/1787-upon being asked if new US government would be a monarchy or a republic. The founders signed the Constitution OTD in 1787, so happy Constitution Day to all! Let's keep it. Image: National Archives.

Image: This color image shows the beginning of the U.S. Constitution, with the words "We the People" prominently featured.

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

BRICS meeting Sept. 12th and 13th in India. Original Members (BRIC/BRICS): Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Expanded Members: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia, bringing the total to 11 member nations. Iran is now a member of BRICS. 🧐

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"If we focus on the helpers and heroes, we always have hope." ~ Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social 💐💛

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

SEPT. 11, 2001....25 Years Later we remember the Man in the Red Bandanna 1/ youtu.be/S77KYbkmjwc

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The Man in the Red Bandana | SC Featured

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Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Stephanie Ruhle digs into how the world of sports has changed, with the rich getting richer and fans missing out. #sports #money #profit

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Community harassment programs frequently utilize mundane, everyday activities as psychological tactics. Brooms and sweeping are commonly reported as tools for "street theater" or sensitized harassment.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thank you to the USPS whistleblower. May your courage be contagious.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A message from the family of Dolly Parton. RIMusic, Dolly. We will always love you. 💛🎶🥰 youtu.be/9govup-IG3c

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A Message from the Family of Dolly Parton

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Appalachian Teachers Saw My Despair. Vinton County case doesn't tell the whole story by Ellyn Jackson www.pressreader.com/usa/the-colu...

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Emmy Lou Harris, age 79, is currently performing in Europe (the European Farewell Tour) and will be back in the U.S. in September for several performances. youtu.be/edON26OBGi4

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Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - Boulder To Birmingham (Real Live Roadrunning | Official Live Video)

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Judy Collins, age 87, is on her Sweet Judy Blue Eyes" Farewell Tour which started on the 4th of July and lasts into 2027. So many of her songs are wonderful. Here's one about Colorado: youtu.be/Gx7HRTnPL7o

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Judy Collins - The Blizzard (Live 1989)

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

When growing up in the 50s and 60s, the 4Hs were Head, Heart, Hands, and Health Today the 4Hs are Hook, Hold, Harvest, and Hide Please consider reading Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, who worked for Meta for seven years. It's an enlightening read. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

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Meta is on trial – again. Here's what to know about the case brought by dozens of states

The case is just one of many brought against Meta and other social media companies in recent years, but because states – and not solely individuals – are suing, the outcome could have broader effects.

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Major stalking categories are: Surveillance Life Invasion Intimidation Interference Stalking is a crime of power and control whether it's done by an individual or a larger, organized group of people. Unacknowledged >>>> #ZersetzungUSA

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

AFFORDABILITY: (a noun) Affordability is the financial ability of a person, family, or group to pay for goods, services, or housing without going into extreme debt or losing the ability to pay for other basic needs.

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Jackie was the first eaglet hatched in Big Bear Valley in 2012. Her parents, were Ricky and Lucy. The cameras were installed a couple of years later. in 2017 she mated with Mr. B, they had 2 eaglets in 2018, one named Stormy survived and left that summer. 1/

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Women Who Persist @countryboomer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Directed Energy Weapons Harm should be a HUGE story, but instead it's a hugely classified story. youtu.be/AvAFY-xHRhM

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DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON: Widow says feds won’t pay family of spy felled by weapon

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