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Enlightened Boomer

@enlightenedboomer.bsky.social
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Mostly funny, always opinionated, sometimes sanctimonious, always progressive, diva on a dime, total feminist, economic underachiever, and total theatre kid. Strive to make this world a little brighter.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Democrats on the House Rules Committee, led by Jim McGovern, have been battling since 1:00 AM to expose as many shady things as possible that were crammed into the Big Bloated Budget Busting Disaster in the dead of night and have been fantastic.
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NPR @npr.org · 05/05/2025
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
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An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/03/2025
Harriet Hageman got booed to oblivion last night in her own town hall for pumping up Doge so hard that even her loyal suckers woke up and smelled the bullshit—about five months too late!
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
X post by Timothy Snyder (@TimothyD
...),  posted 6 hours ago. The post reads, "The people Attorney General Bondi is calling 'terrorists' have had no trial and no chance to defend them. We do not know they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril."
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Jax @jaxjava.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Why do I live where it rains so much? This. This is why. #photo #photography #nature #landscape
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there. If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it. Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.
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John Henry @priveteye.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
One of the best photos I have seen in response to “why don’t you wear a suit”
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.
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May Mews @maymews.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I'm VERY pleased that one of Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social's first steps is to have DND review the F-35 order. Canada has already paid for 16 F-35s that are expected to be delivered next year. But we should cancel the remaining 72 on order and buy European jets. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada reconsidering F-35 purchase amid tensions with Washington, says minister | CBC News
Canada is looking at cancelling a major portion of its purchase of U.S.-built F-35 stealth fighters and plans on opening talks with rival aircraft makers, Defence Minister Bill Blair said.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
Rep. Jasmine CrockettRep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezGov. JB PritzkerGov. Tim Walz
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Congratulations to @schumer.senate.gov and the others who just played into the hands of an insane dictator who just said it's illegal for cnn and msnbc to criticize him
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Another ominous development: The Social Security Administration is no longer allowing parents in Maine to register newborns for SSNs at hospital after birth, is instead requiring them to visit a Social Security Office to register their children. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/06/s...
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Social Security now requires Maine parents to visit an agency office to register newborns
The change — immediately criticized by pediatric health advocates — eliminates a program that allowed parents to fill out a form at the hospital to secure a Social Security number for their children.
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JamieBQuynn @jamiebquynn.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Love this.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/03/2025
It all makes sense once you realize a recession is actually a good thing for the 1%.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 13/03/2025
BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/03/2025
Our tips truck has hit the road. This week, the Education Dept. announced it would fire about 1,300 workers. If you were affected, we'll be near the Education Dept. building, ready to meet folks where they are. You can also reach out via Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.
A black mobile billboard truck drives along a D.C. street. The background is blurred, making the truck the only object in focus. On the side of the truck, a LED screen reads: Are (were) you a government worker? ProPublica journalists want to hear from you. Signal: 917-512-0201. propublica.org/tips.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/03/2025
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
In it together
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/03/2025
The real State of the Union… not good! 📌 US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009— the Great Recession.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/03/2025
Throwback Thursday… Remember that time Biden cornered the entire Republican Party into denying they’d cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid for a $1T tax break for billionaires? That was only a year ago. Now, the biggest earned benefits cut in history is in their budget.
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
this week's cover is on point ht: @jamiegangel.bsky.social
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The Revolution will be AI-icized
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/02/2025
👀
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
They want us to be afraid. They want us to hesitate. They want us to fear their next move. Fuck that shit. We are just getting started fighting.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Amen to that.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/02/2025
If members of Congress—like Rep. Grothman —are this clueless about what the man who is dismantling our government is saying and promising, they don’t deserve to keep their jobs! This woman is in his face, begging him to wake TF up—and he just walks off. Pathetic.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
👇🏻
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Look closely.
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Winnable California Democratic Races 💙 @winnablecademraces.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
1/ On April 1st, Democrats can hand Trump his first defeat of 2025. Support Judge Crawford's campaign for Wisconsin State Supreme Court. - Protect female reproductive rights - Block a Republican takeover of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Any legal resident of the US can donate to this campaign.
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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It’s FUKKKING tiring already!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/02/2025
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…
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Shanlon Wu @shanlonwu.com · 17/02/2025
It takes time to fully awaken but the process has begun -
Heather Cox Richardson quoting political scientist Stathis Kalyvas that the only hope for America lies in the sheer enormity of the threat: it might awaken us out of our slumber before it is too late.
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Joe Beda @h.olysh.it · 16/02/2025
I’m thinking about federal income tax. If the federal government isn’t meeting its obligations why should we? Specifically, I’d love to see states get the money first and hold it in trust pending litigation. I want to pay my taxes but not to a government that doesn’t respect the constitution.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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Teresa Lass 💙 @tll6601.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
President Jimmy Carter arrives in Heaven & says, “Guys, you’re not gonna believe what’s going on down there…”.  He’s speaking to Presidents Johnson, Adams, both Roosevelts, Ford, Washington, Lincoln, Bush Sr., Kennedy, Reagan, & Nixon.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/02/2025
This is the way… “The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.” With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.
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