Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10/09/2025Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause. 1772433309955
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 14/06/2025I'm so proud of my little town! 1436
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 14/06/2025OUR GRATE PERADE IS ON, RANE OR SHYNE! Can’t wait to celabrate freedumb with tanks, flags, and a puddle of melted constitooshun. 🤭🙄 #NoKings 1289
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 14/06/2025I haven't posted in a while, but this really resonated. "I'm asking you to believe not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours." We are the ones that we have been waiting for. Stand strong today. #NoKings 817365
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Reading is the key, and the gateway, to so many important things. Protect it. 083
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025The reason drug prices are high comes down to several things (a🧵 based on data from @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social ) Unlike other countries, the U.S. government can't do anything to negotiate drug prices, and there are no laws that dictate how much profit drug companies are allowed to make. 1/🧵 11010
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 09/05/2025This "germ denial" theory has dark implications. There are people in the MAHA movement who are suggesting that the real reason people die from illness is because their "unhealthy diet" or "lack of exercise" caused damage to their immune system. 1/🧵 open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...open.substack.comThe rise of a new form of germ theory denialBut did they have any underlying conditions? 42520
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 08/05/2025This is excellent news! 040
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 08/05/2025"Secretary of State Marco Rubio has increasingly instructed officials to push for regulatory approvals for Musk’s satellite firm at a moment when the White House is calling for wide-ranging talks on trade." Elon Musk isn't in this for us. He's in it for himself. link.theskimm.com/click/397646...link.theskimm.comU.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables showSome countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in preparation for trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, b... 64831
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 04/05/2025This makes me feel sick. ICE is targeting people at their most vulnerable, and it's absolutely despicable. #ImmigrantsAreHuman 141
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Jessica Drew Quiroga @jqnotjq.lol · 18/04/2025what if we put the people breaking laws and ignoring court orders into jail? is that an option? we can apparently do it to people who haven't broken any laws and are just too brown, so I have to assume we can do it to people who are actually doing bad shit, right? I hate it here. 161
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21/04/2025While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists. 344197034116
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Sarah Needs Coffee @sarahneedscoffee.bsky.social · 15/04/2025“When they slaughtered Congress, we didn't wake up. When they blamed terrorists and suspended the Constitution, we didn't wake up then, either. They said it would be temporary. Nothing changes instantaneously.” - The Handmaids Tale #krasnov #deathofdemocracy #ourlastchance 063
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Studio Tembo @studiotembo.com · 16/04/2025I laughed all the way out loud when I saw this. 062
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Distill Social @distillsocial.bsky.social · 15/04/202570 Michigan students are facing deportation. No explanation. No due process. Just revenge. This is Trump making good on his threat to punish student protestors—and using immigration as his weapon. Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s already here. 616398
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025If Trump & RFK Jr. actually cared about “Making America Healthy Again,” they wouldn’t be dismantling the agencies that keep our food and drugs safe. @repsummerlee.bsky.social serves an honest #CupOfJoe calling out the false narratives of RFK Jr. & FOTUS. 7410149
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 09/04/2025There are ways to do religion right. I'm sad your grandma's not in the world anymore @sarahneedscoffee.bsky.social. 💙 140
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I'm currently reading Attack From Within by Barbara McQuade, and it's very informative but also very painful to relive all Trump's lies. 😮💨 💙📚👀💡📚🎧 130
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 06/04/2025I think it's fair to judge Cybertruck owners, but I always try to give other Tesla owners the benefit of the doubt. 230
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025#MorningVibe Here’s to the quiet resilience we don’t always post about—but absolutely need to celebrate. Fill up your tank & #KeepMovingForward. 627969
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)J A Jensen @jajensenbooks.com · 01/04/2025"At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." 001
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Duke @jgduke.bsky.social · 27/03/2025"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who had ever been alive." - James Baldwin #booksky #📚💙 152
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Carla from Canada 👊🇨🇦🔥- 💙🩵 - 🏈🐯 @bengalsfan1970.bsky.social · 25/03/2025From my (22yr. Old) daughter just now…”Life was so much better and easier before you taught me about politics” 😂😂 1021615
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/03/2025🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal: 14505227321415
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)JjV.bsky.social @jjvarichak.bsky.social · 25/03/2025People are now referring to Pete Hegseth as “WhiskiLeaks” and I’m kinda miffed that I didn’t think of it first. 1540690
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 25/03/2025I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.media.tenor.comPm Private GIFALT: Pm Private GIF 30087651016837
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Elon Musk is homophobic scum. 4279
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Something special is happening, people. Ignore it or downplay it at your own peril… 931302745256
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 20/03/2025"Another CDC study on vaccines and autism is a waste of resources." Exactly. It's already been proven that there is no connection between vaccines and autism, and when this study shows the same, will it do anything to change anti-vaccers minds? 💉 #YLE open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...open.substack.comVaccines don’t cause autism. So what does?Another CDC/MMR study is a waste. Autism rates are increasing due to complicated factors. 1312544
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 20/03/2025You can go ahead and skip the safety checks on these to get them done faster, Boeing. Or you know what? Just do what you normally do. 👍 331
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Another completely unwarranted cut. Not only were states using these funds to feed school kids, but they were also purchasing from small and disadvantaged farmers. The program helped both citizens and small businesses. This is not government waste. The program should be reinstated.reuters.comUS senators to urge USDA to reinstate canceled local food programsDemocrats in the U.S. Senate will ask the Department of Agriculture to reverse the cancellation of programs that have funneled more than $2 billion for local food purchases to schools and food banks, according to a copy of a letter seen by Reuters. 000
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Wait. What is this unethical bs? 2104
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Exactly this. I know it's a complex situation, and people will be hurt by a government shutdown, but when Republicans know we won't fight back, we're just handing them power. 461
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 14/03/2025I wish I lived in a country where Chuck Schumer and John Fetterman had at least half the balls of Nancy Pelosi or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 413104982167
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)The Onion @theonion.com · 14/03/2025Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Themtheonion.comDemocratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices ThemWASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe... 676358867220
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Sen Slotkin: Will need help for people to understand how Medicaid is important to so many lives. We need stories and first-hand accounts. Medicare & Soc Security are 'the big enchilada'--Musk is threatening to cut them. After tomorrow, we'll have more info. ALSO-- watch the USPS. NO privatization! 065
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 13/03/2025A few days ago I turned off notifications on BlueSky and took a little break because I was having major burnout. Please take care of your mental health. You don't have to save the world by yourself. 6749
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Reggie Miller is my rep. I put a sign up in my yard and helped write postcards to get her re-elected. Many people in my circle went to bat for her hard and this vote is a slap in the face to trans kids and adults, LGBTQIA+ people, and allies who believed she was better. 🏳️🌈 32211
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me. 14253307611391
Reposted by Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar)jtickel STAND WITH UKRAINE @tickedoff.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Sanders Shows Senate Dems How to Message 'No' Vote on GOP Spending Scam www.commondreams.org/news/governm...commondreams.orgSanders Shows Senate Dems How to Message 'No' Vote on GOP Spending Scam | Common DreamsBernie Sanders offers Senate Democrat a blueprint to reject the GOP stopgap measure. 0129
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 13/03/2025An interesting point! 150
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I saw Bernie Sanders today in Warren, MI and a statistic that shocked me is that working class people live an average of 7 years fewer than wealthy people. We also have the lowest life expectancy and the highest medical costs among large, wealthy countries. It's time to dismantle the oligarchy.help.senate.govNEW REPORT: Working-Class Americans Can Expect to Die at Least 7 Years Earlier than the Wealthy | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & PensionsWASHINGTON, March 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health,... 671839608
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025This is my niece, Chloe, and her horse, Rev. After only two years they realized that Rev had debilitating pain, and they asked me over for some portraits before they had to say goodbye. I hope these photos serve to remind Chloe of their special bond. Rest in peace, Rev. 🩵🐴📷 #photografia #Michigan 2100
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Hi friends! Things are tight right now and my photography business could use a little boost (winters are slow, and taxes are painful). If anyone needs portraits, wedding photography, pet photography, senior photography, I'm up for just about anything and my prices are flexible. www.pixielight.photo.pixielight.photoPixie Light PhotographyWe welcome all questions and inquiries. E-mail us at lifeinstillphoto@gmail.com, or call at (734)531-9944. You can also find us on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/lifeinstillphoto. We look for... 000
Laura from MI (formerly AylaRavenstar) @laurafrommi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Hey y'all! Any recommendations for accounts you like when you need a break from the politics? I need to make myself a feed for when I just need to do some mindless scrolling. 330