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Donamaria

@donamaria52.bsky.social
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mom • wife • nonna • friend • pitbull adoptee • empathic • curious • ambivert politics & humor • fluent in profanity sometime oil painter & photog • equality & racial justice • human rights • lover of facts • allergy to bullshit & fascism

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
THEY CELEBRATE IN IRAN.. Iran has declared a "historic and crushing defeat" of the United States and the Israeli regime after 40 days of war
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Gee, thanks, dad! 😂 www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-ra...
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Elon Musk's dad touts friendships with 'Black servants' to show his son isn't racist
Errol Musk, the father of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, believes that his son can't be racist due to his past relationships with "Black servants" who worked for the family in apartheid South Africa.In an email...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Trump's USDA will roll back safety regulations to “streamline” meat processing. This will boost corporate profits at the expense of worker health and food safety. Last year's listeria outbreak tied to Boar's Head killed 10 people. We need more regulation, not less. Hello?
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I called my cousins in Toronto and Ottawa (both cities are in Ontario) this afternoon to tell them that most dems, progressives, and liberals support their efforts against F47.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This little guy, a re-legged seriema, is native to the South America grasslands. He was irresistable with his bright red beak and feathery plume. #birds #seriema #birdphotography #plume #animals #redbeakbirds #southamericanbirds
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Regal great egrets relaxing in the shade from the hot Florida sun. Same tree, different branches. Also known as common egrets and white herons, mostly known for their size. Regal birds and a favorite to photograph in Florida. (I removed all background) #birds #birdphotography #greategrets
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Be very careful, seniors. I can not stress this enough. This is already happening. Do not spend any overpayments that SSA awards you. You already know how much you 'should' receive. This is not a gift... Good luck trying to get through to them. blog.ssa.gov/social-secur...
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Social Security to Reinstate Overpayment Recovery Rate | SSA
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced it will increase the default overpayment withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries to 100 percent of a person’s monthly benefit.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Trump is dangerous for America. "If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we're ready to fight till the end," China's embassy said on X..." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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China says it is ready for 'any type of war' with US
The comments come in response to US tariffs and as Beijing boosts defence spending by 7.2%.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
x.com/onehandpolit...
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mason on X: "Trump’s rants makes so more sense when you give him a 3rd grader’s voice https://t.co/pTuHLnOSF0" / X
Trump’s rants makes so more sense when you give him a 3rd grader’s voice https://t.co/pTuHLnOSF0
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Today, a Floridian did not disappoint.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
It appears that Elon removed her blue check again. I do give her credit for speaking out with temporary moments of wokeness. She was in DC and wasn't invited to the meeting of major social media influencers with 47. Ouch! That has to sting. 🤭
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The question that should be asked is whether or not they'll comply. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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US officials must testify about DOGE in lawsuit over access to agency systems
Trump administration officials must face questioning under oath about the workings of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency in a lawsuit by government employee unions seeking to block the secretive cost-cutting department from accessing federal agency systems, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Power to the people ✊🏼 www.theroot.com/majority-bla...
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Majority-Black Ohio Town Residents Take Things Into Their Own Hands Following Neo-Nazi Demonstration
Earlier this month, white supremacists infiltrated Lincoln Heights.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Eddie Glaude on @DeadlineWH while discussing the firing of CQ Brown: "... Can you imagine a Black man with 34 felonies being president of the United States. Hell no!"
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
@bohonana.bsky.social Hi Jane. I wanted to share that I read A Difficult Life in its entirety earlier today. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned from it. Eloquently written and poignant. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
No explanation is necessary
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
A Dark Day for the FBI as Kash Patel is Confirmed as FBI Director. youtu.be/ZUVnRkWNNpU?...
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A Dark Day for the FBI as Kash Patel is Confirmed as FBI Director
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Yet ANOTHER senior federal prosecutor offered a principled resignation rather that doing the dirty work of Trump's DOJ:
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
It would be a shame if I were the only person who keeps shoving this in Elon's face.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The next time I visit family in Austin, Tx, I'm going to insist they take me to El Arroyo Tex-Mex restaurant. Most of us have seen their funny, witty marquee signs online, and laughed. This business across the street showcases them daily. aquilacommercial.com/about-aquila...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/02/2025
Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program. (Published Dec. 2024)
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How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.” – George Bernard Shaw, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭’𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦, c. 1897 Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This is a name we all should get familiar with. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration
Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Exposing classified data on X can't be good. www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-do...
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'Classified data' posted on Elon Musk's DOGE website: report
Coders this week exposed serious security issues with Elon Musk's official Department of Government Efficiency website and now Huffington Post reports that the website has published classified data.Ac...
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The state department planned to waste $400m on a government contract for musk's swasticars. Felon 47's admin halted the decision... the public found out. Transparency is dead.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Sage advise...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The strangest White House in history.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Republicans in Congress have made censures mean absolutely nothing. They file them to raise money. It’s a blatant pathetic grift. Also, this is funny coming from the person who wanted to fight Rep. Crockett in the middle of a committee hearing. FOH
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
If your argument is "sure, a terrible modern event has a parallel in the 1920s and 30s but don't worry we turned out just fine", might I suggest reading about the 1940s.
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Eileen @eileenmclaughlin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 13/02/2025
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
@citrongrau.com Wow! 😍 youtu.be/jE-Nl9oN1pw?...
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Virtual VHS x citrongrau - The Matrix (Visualizer Video)
YouTube video by citrongrau
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
"It is a government of billionaires, by billionaires, for billionaires... I can't think of a parallel... DOJ, SEC, were investigating Musk companies, that all goes away now, and he makes money at the same time." I was on MSNBC with @joyannreid.bsky.social tonight, talking Elon Musk & corruption.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com showed elon's rollout-out video of the cybertruck and its "armor glass." youtu.be/udxR5rBq_Vg?...
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'Armour glass' windows on new Tesla Cybertruck shatter during demonstration
YouTube video by Guardian News
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Gulf of America
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
😂😂 Thanks for the laughs, Paul. "Well bugger me .. that's a surprise... 👀"
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
In honor of BLACK HISTORY MONTH I'd like to introduce you to Sonya T. Proctor, one of 4 Assistant Administrators at Homeland Security. I've had the utmost respect for Sonya and the pleasure of personally knowing her for 27 years: www.tsa.gov/leader-bios/...
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Surface Operations | Transportation Security AdministrationLock
Sonya Proctor is the Assistant Administrator for Surface Operations, which aligns surface transportation security operations under direct executive leadership to provide the most effective and efficie...
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Livng a previous life in Alabama (3 years) native Alabamians would ask if I had a 'crick' in my backyard. I've heard so many of these there and Florida. 😂 wanderwisdom.com/travel-desti...
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Funny Southern Sayings, Expressions, and Slang
Grin like a possum eatin' a sweet tater with these funny Southern sayings, expressions, and slang terms!
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I was today years old when I learned that Reuters and CNN installed paywalls last October.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
If you didn't already know: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/t...
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Elon Musk Leads $97.4 Billion Bid to Control OpenAI
The billionaire is leading a group of investors in the unsolicited offer, which complicates the start-up’s plan to raise more money.
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Thank you, Judge Beryl Howell. newrepublic.com/post/191370/...
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Trump’s Supreme Court Immunity Ruling Just Came Back to Bite Him
Donald Trump’s sweeping immunity is actually proving a hindrance in a lawsuit.
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
My top Super Bowl memory is when Musk tweeted “Go Eagles” in 2023 from the game and then deleted it after a similar tweet from Biden got more engagement. Then he flew to Twitter HQ and demanded his workers find out why his posts were doing poorly, starting a multi-day fact finding mission.
Deleted Elon musk tweet from February 2023 that reads “go eagles”
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Jack Resists 'Sic semper tyrannis' 8647 @jack2011.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
German Court Kicks Musk in the Balls If anyone knows how to deal with fascists, it's the German people. Republicans and Democrats need to get rid of this racist immediately 1. Kick him out of our systems 2. Demand access to his data 3. Hit him with massive fines 4. Outlaw the Tesla as unsafe
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German court orders X to hand over election data in legal blow to Musk’s platform
Researchers win a legal battle against the platform formerly known as Twitter, securing crucial access to social media data to probe potential election interference.
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Jack Resists 'Sic semper tyrannis' 8647 @jack2011.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Will Trump Stroke Out? In a provocative move to stoke President Donald Trump’s ire, Time magazine’s latest print cover features Elon Musk behind the Resolute Desk. The simple cover, which shows Musk, coffee in hand, sandwiched between the presidential desk and the American and presidential flags
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New Time cover shows Elon Musk at the Resolute desk
YouTube video by NBC News
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
🚨 Unbelievable! #dontbelievehim Have you ever heard of "MUZZLE VELOCITY"? Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social will explain. It seems this is what the Felon POTUS has been doing! Thank you, Ezra Klein. youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
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Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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Donamaria @donamaria52.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
He makes a good point. I'm questioning why I'm still there. This might be my tipping point.
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