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JoEllen

@jbendall.bsky.social
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New Yorker/Cape Codder/Hoosier Farm girl. Bossed around something terrible by Henry, the Australian Shepherd.

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Call me crazy, but maybe two men who fathered 19 children with 7 different women shouldn’t be lecturing us about family values.
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Deep down Colin always knew that the tree line was just a myth🌲
A conifer called Colin on a steep rocky cliff
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Trump cut off 14% of Mass. SNAP recipients from the program. Nationwide, 1.5 million children have been disqualified. SNAP recipients rely on the program to put food on the table. I was one of them. Real families face the consequences of the White House’s political agenda. wapo.st/4fRVcd4
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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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JoEllen @jbendall.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
You need to see this! Happy Monday
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Just a Dad 📎 @dadmakingcans.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Shout out to United Airlines for…Never thought I’d say that. United Airlines is offering free flight changes to MIA or FLL so customers can avoid having to land at President Donald J. Trump International Airport. Baller move.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Dog rescued in Venezuela after 6 days in rubble! Such goodness all around 😍
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Downtown Daybreak. This morning in Chicago.
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JoEllen @jbendall.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother's Day, lovely @nelliebragg.bsky.social !
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JoEllen @jbendall.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Mum 'n me, maybe 1959. She made my little pink wool coat. There's nothing like the love of a good mother. I was lucky.
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Teena Miller @zsmeea.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Lindsey Graham's South Carolina seat is up for grabs in the South Carolina midterms, and pediatrician Dr. Annie Andrews is determined to seize the opportunity to let him retire to Disneyland for good. The Damage Report's John Iadarola breaks it down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6fJ...
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Lindsey Graham in SERIOUS Trouble as Challenger Surges
YouTube video by The Damage Report
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Vita Sackville-West @thegardenvsw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I grow my daffodils in an orchard under old apple trees, not a very original idea but so irresistibly pretty. The flat-faced narcissi and the old world daffodils are all mixed up together in drifts. #gardening
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Vita Sackville-West @thegardenvsw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Among the yellow trumpets, I remain faithful to Fortune, Carlton, Golden Harvest, King Alfred and even Winter Gold. #gardening
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Trump’s new budget adds an extra $500 billion to fund wars abroad — about $3,700 more for every household in America — while cutting health, jobs, housing, and education. Put simply, it takes more of your money for foreign wars, while making life in America even more unaffordable.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
An upcoming Montana ballot referendum would deny corporations the power to spend in state and federal elections. If it passes in deep red Montana, it could pass anywhere. State by state, this could effectively nullify Citizens United. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fPbGHe3xE
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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JoEllen @jbendall.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My Easter contribution will be daffodils and @dearsusanbranch.bsky.social 's Carrot Cake-- the best recipe of all! I'm a little famous for it, so thanks, Sue! If this is your retirement year, I'm going to remember lots of favorite moments I've had because of you! Happy Spring!
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
8 million No Kings protesters Zero police officers beaten Zero police officers killed Zero feces smeared on walls.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
In MEMPHIS — Trump says he told Republicans not to make any deal for TSA funding until he gets his voter suppression bill passed… then in the next breath says Dems are to blame for long airport lines 🤔
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 22/03/2026
The so-called SAVE America Act is about as un-American as it gets.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
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Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
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Vita Sackville-West @thegardenvsw.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Delphiniums are most accommodating plants. They will grow in almost any kind of soil, light or heavy and they will do their best for us; somehow or other, but they do respond to good treatment. It is not a question of ‘feed the brute’ but ‘feed the Beauty’
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Vita Sackville-West @thegardenvsw.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Should you wish to increase your stock, this month or next is a good time to do it. The old plants can now be lifted and carefully separated into bits with strong roots and young growth. I mean young green growth a couple of inches high. #gardening
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Vita Sackville-West @thegardenvsw.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
If we were left with only one kind of herbaceous perennial, the delphinium would have to rank very high in the list of choices. #gardening
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Imagine using that $80 billion to feed and house people instead of building a failed virtual world.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Cricket’s revenge.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/03/2026
Americans are stranded abroad — we all have a responsibility to do everything in our power to safely get them home. The federal government must immediately provide clear evacuation guidance and plans to leave the region. I’m calling on the State Department to take action now.
Governor JB Pritzker pressed the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Mora Namdar to take immediate federal action to protect Americans stranded in the Middle East following recent U.S. military strikes and responses.Governor JB Pritzker pressed the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Mora Namdar to take immediate federal action to protect Americans stranded in the Middle East following recent U.S. military strikes and responses.
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The fucking drapes. www.marytrump.org/p/priorities...
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When gold drapes and ballrooms matter more than human life
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
#SendBarronToWar
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I guess in other countries, accountability is a thing
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 18/02/2026
Ramadan Mubarak! Wishing our Muslim neighbors in the #MA7 & around the globe a rewarding month of joy, peace, & community.
Purple background with dark blue designs on each corner depicting “Ramadan Mubarak” in yellow writing.
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Last year, we secured a court victory blocking the Trump Admin from ending the FEMA BRIC program — but the funding still hasn't been restored, leaving communities vulnerable to natural disasters. Today, I filed a brief calling on the courts to enforce the order and resume this life-saving program.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 05/02/2026
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I really like the new mayor of NYC.
Screenshot of an X post by Kelly (@broadwaybabyto) saying Mamdani defends calling the Renee Nicole Good shooting “a murder,” saying people are being asked “not to believe our own eyes,” and adding “We all saw the video” and “We all heard the ‘fcking btch’,” ending with “This isn’t going away. We believe our eyes.” Below is a video still of a man in a suit and blue tie outdoors near a river or park.
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JoEllen @jbendall.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Universal love! Hoosier Hysteria moves to football! @nelliebragg.bsky.social
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Isn't it odd that the United States has enough money to suddenly run Venezuela, but not enough to run our own country? There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.
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JoEllen @jbendall.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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JoEllen @jbendall.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Henry loves snow! He comes in every now and then for me to dig out the snowballs from between his toes, then out he goes! Be safe out there! @salfrye.bsky.social @dogdad999.bsky.social @mozartsgirl.bsky.social @nelliebragg.bsky.social @davidbarbour.bsky.social @exaltedaardvark.bsky.social
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JoEllen @jbendall.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Happy Thanksgiving! Peace to thee and thine.
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JoEllen @jbendall.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Hunting season. Y'all be careful out there. Henry's happy to help!
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JoEllen @jbendall.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Frost. Northern Indiana. So much to be Thankful for. Next Thursday and every day.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
America is not your sugar daddy, Lindsey.
A tweet from “MeidasTouch” reads:
“Casually extorting the American taxpayer out of tens of millions of dollars on live television.”
Below is a tweet from “Acyn” quoting Graham saying his phone records were seized and he plans to sue; when asked “For how much?” he replies, “Tens of millions of dollars.”
The image shows Graham speaking on the show Hannity.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
With just one race left to call (ballots are still being cured), of 222 races up on 11/4, @runforsomething.net had 142 winners, 10 candidates moving to run offs, and 42 (!!!) red to blue flips.
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JEJ 🇺🇸 ❤️📚🇨🇦🇺🇦 @nobirdnonet.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Anybody interested in the last special election of this year, TN 07, might consider following @aftynbehn.bsky.social , the Democratic candidate. She needs national attention and support. TN is deep red, but Tuesday showed us that anything can happen.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/11/2025
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.
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Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
"Hours after the confrontation in Lakeview, dozens of parents stood guard outside a school in Bucktown after hearing ICE and border patrol were in the area. Some parents set up an informal checkpoint next to the school to check cars for immigration agents..." www.reuters.com/world/us/wer...
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'We're not a violent city': Chicago locals take on ICE block-by-block
The immigration agents' tear gas grenades clinked and then exploded against the concrete, shrouding the block in plumes of white gas. The dozen or so residents at the scene only screamed louder.
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