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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico

@ellenbyronla.bsky.social
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Reader, writer, dancer, needlepointer. NY-NOLA-LA bona fides. Barker at my own carnival.

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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks for the review, @readingreality.bsky.social !
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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hero.
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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Independent" voters in Texas are Republicans who don't want to admit it.
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gdawg714.bsky.social @gdawg714.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most corrupt president and administration in the history of the USA .. (cartoon David Horsey)
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/09/2026
Trump’s state dinner looks like a meal you’d get as a reward in prison for not stabbing anyone all week.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This was chilling. Yesterday I saw a bumper sticker on a white Mercedes SUV that read “I’d rather be an American than a democracy.” WTAF?!
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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Want to take bets on how little attention this gets from the media? The National news didn’t even mention Trump’s pledge to cheat Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin - ProPublica
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Fun fact"
Since Roe v Wade was overturned, more women have been prosecuted for miscarriages than men for being in the Epstein files.
Over 22 to O.
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Politico cartoon
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Perfection. (ht: @bobupstateny.bsky.social)
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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
People saying Lady Gaga's baby should be called Googoo but they're missing the better choice, which is obviously Radio.
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Daily Kos cartoon
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LadyBlue4evr💙Radical Liberal Scum @ladyblue4evr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Well, there you have it.
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren @lofgren.house.gov · 10/09/2026
🎉HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CALIFORNIA! 🎉 Today marks 176 years of statehood, and in that time, California has become a worldwide leader in science, technological innovation, agriculture, entertainment, and more. Here’s to many more years of Golden State greatness!
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Dhoss97030 @eaglecreekhoss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A US president lying about 9/11 should be a major scandal. For Trump, its just Tuesday. www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/p...
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Fact check: Trump’s story about being carried away by firefighters after the 9/11 attack | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has for years told false or unproven stories about what he supposedly saw and did on 9/11 and soon after. As the 25th anniversary of the terror attack approaches, Trump told ano...
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Brandy @3dogz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Someone else said it for him. Love him. Miss him.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Please do a BREAKING post about the Mayor of Los Angeles, and how much crime has decreased since she took office. LA recently reported historic drops in violent crime, including decreases tied to community safety initiatives like the Office of the @mayor.lacity.gov Summer Night Lights program
Mayor Karen Bass • Jul 3 •
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Those long, summer nights can be times of trouble, but by providing positive activities for families and young people and activating our parks at night, Summer Night Lights is proven to increase public safety - and it's a way for people to have a lot of fun, too.

A 27% DROP
in homicides in neighborhoods most impacted by violence, referred to as Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) zones across the city. This coincided with a 19% citywide drop in homicides, the lowest on record in 60 years for the City of Los Angeles.
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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just downloaded Mapquest. It’s super easy! Can’t wait to use it!
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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Boycott the Dodgers. An LA Dodgers owner donated millions in support of Trump. Now he’s spending on Republican midterm victories - LA Public Press
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2026
how i be getting around in my car now that Apple Maps and Google Maps are dead to me
pic of printed out paper Mapquest directions mounted to rearview mirror
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Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I know there's not much of a chance newspapers will print this one but you can't have a word like 'ballroom' and expect me not to do a joke about it.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Kamlager-Dove on Speaker Johnson: I know he’s got to get ready for this gaslighting convention that they have next week in Dallas. I’m just going to ask Grindr to make sure you are at capacity because Republicans are coming to a town near you.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You’re not alarmed enough 🚨
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Seems like this should be a bigger deal. 🤷🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is getting tiring and old. Trump belongs in prison.
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dawneelizabeth.bsky.social @dawneelizabeth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Was it only because Google couldn’t profit enough from China🧐
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)
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Secret Agent Number Six @designationsix.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If they want the Bible to be taught in school, then I want science to be taught in church.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We & the media are NOT talking enough about how a Florida grand jury found that $10 million was funneled from a settlement intended to benefit Florida taxpayers to Ron DeSantis’s wife’s illegitimate “charity” (that never registered with the IRS), where it was laundered before it got to the FLA GOP.
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FunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 29/08/2026
"I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person" - Bill Murray..
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/08/2026
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford made the message brutally clear: Trump’s tariffs are not just some political announcement on tv. They have consequences for businesses, workers, families, & the entire North American economy. Actions have consequences. #TrumpEconomicFailure
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 27/08/2026
There, I fixed it. You’re welcome. Signed, Jennifer
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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It comes in three. I had a Cassandra vision of who's going to die next. It wasn't Trump. 😨😨😨😭
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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals  i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that
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Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico @ellenbyronla.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton's passing feels like the last finger clinging to civility has slipped off the ledge. In her kind, humorous way, she reminded us to be our best selves. How perfect that even in death, her passion for education and reading lives on. imaginationlibrary.com
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Beatgrrrl @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🎞 Network, 1976
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Allyship @allyship.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Amazon started as a company that sold books; now it's a company that destroys them. 🖕
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The US supreme court’s decision on Monday that the Trump admin can move ahead with plans to restrict mail-in voting “needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty into the upcoming midterm elections”, justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote in a blistering dissent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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NAACP denounces supreme court decision to allow Trump administration to restrict mail-in voting – live
Order has ‘nothing to do with election integrity but everything to do with maintaining power at all costs’, says Derrick Johnson, NAACP president
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Lorie Lewis Ham @mysteryrat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Reviews and giveaways of 2 more fun cozies-"All Aboard for Murder" by Ellen Byron and "Bubble, Bubble, Tea and Trouble" by Vicki Delany kingsriverlife.com/08/22/pair-o... #cozymystery #booksky @ellenbyronla.bsky.social @vickidelany.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
mystery book cover
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Adorable…. #BookSky
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Absolutely 💯 True…..
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