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NorthStar

@mphamner.bsky.social
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“I am constant as the northern star!” William Shakespeare she/her! Always speak truth to power! Democrat, wife of Vietnam vet, professional (D.Sc.) woman still working, not ever going back! Opinions are my own! 🇺🇸 💔 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 💙 📎🧪

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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thanks lilnickmuller on Instagram for the following video!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I was waiting for the updated report from 9/30/2026. It's interesting that the data on the Crude Strategic Petroleum Reserve have been deleted from August 2026 to current. What up with that???
Screenshot of the data table for the crude strategic petroleum reserve as of 5October2026.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This graphic of Chump from the UNGA yesterday is making the rounds particularly on X. People are finally getting tired enough of the lies , half-truths, and threats to stand-up and say something! Kudos to MS NOW for the graphic!
Trump telling another oxymoron, peace efforts and threats of war, together at the Sept 2026 UNGA.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
season www.cbsnews.com/news/gas-pri... Here’s a plot I’m sure glad I don’t drive a diesel vehicle!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not only are they lying about the cost, damage, and worst of all casualties, they are lying about the real impact on our energy availability and resources. Our oil reserves are now at the lowest point they’ve been since 1982, a multiple-decade low of 289.7 million barrels or less than 50%
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Everyone needs to hear this! I double-checked the data on the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s website. This is a for real 5-alarm fire. First the situation. Since the beginning of the Iran war, the Chump admin has released significant amounts of our oil reserves. Here’s the chart for that.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Every once in a while you just need something to cheer you up. This morning I had a piece of “celebration cake” for breakfast!
Small cake decorated with a sunflower.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A huge thank you to everyone following me! It’s taken a while to get here but I’ve got more than 15k followers now. Thank you, every one of you! This is Cardinal flower from our yard, aka Indian Tobacco. All the best, brightest and loveliest to all of you!
Cardinal flower
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thank you @poisonpinkfluff on Threads for this!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’ve been worrying about the U.S. population number that Chump and others mention from time to time, i.e. U.S. population down by 100 mil. I worried about how they got to this by removing only violent “illegal” immigrants etc. I finally found a graphic that depicts this reduction in U.S. population.
Population projections by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Chump wants you to believe that he and his escort are the glamorous embodiment of everything American but the reality is NOT glamorous or flattering in any way. The real Chump family is actually quite “deplorable”.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
For Bondi et al using the stock market as a reason to do whatever they want, “But the Dow!”
The stock market at the end of the day, July 23, 2026.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Here are pictures of Ernst Rohm, the initial leader of Hitler’s SA (Brownshirts) and Stephen Miller (architect of Chump’s immigration policies). Brownshirts created chaos in the streets and vigilantism. ICE is doing the same things today. Both men seem to have practiced the same blank stare!
Ernst RohmStephen Miller
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This is one of the trees that died and were cut down. They were big trees but had died and were slowly and dangerously dropping limbs. You can see the diameter of the trunk was more than waist height of the men working!
Image of tree being but down/up. You can see by the height of the men in the picture how big the tree was.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
each and everyone of us makes a difference! Keep making those calls to your reps! Remember there are more of us than there are of them! Stay strong and loud!
Excerpt from “What Physics Tells Us About Defeating Fascism”
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We have a place that years ago was a rose garden. I’ve been trying to clean it up to reuse and found this thing. A bloom on the end of about a 3’ stem. I’d never seen it before so had to research what it is. Looks like a bloom for a futuristic or horror movie. Do you know what it is?
Strange bloom in old rose garden.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Moody’s top economist, Mark Zandi, says (along with many others) if Chump can’t make a deal with Iran in days, 1 week or less, that the U.S. will enter a recession, see www.businessinsider.com/us-economy-r... for more details. In that case, we will see gas prices top $5/gal nationally as well as
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
There’s a Blue Moon over Frederick MD tonight! It’s git A but if distortion around the edge from blowing it up!
Blue Moon over Frederick MD  tonight, May 30, 2026!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
TOMORROW IS THE DAY!!! Do you have your plan? Do you know your rights? If you have questions the ACLU can help at www.aclu.org Know your rights!
Indivisible over 3,000 events!ACLU Know your rights!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I’m back!!! Just in time for May Day 2026! Have you made your plans?
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I want to thank everyone who decided to follow me. It really means a lot. I’m going to have major surgery in the morning so will be in hospital and offline for at least 5 days. Please take time for yourselves! Everything is in bloom here. Even the bleeding hearts are out (haha!). See you all soon!
Bleeding hearts in bloom Spring 2026.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
But the Dow!!!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
ARE YOU READY??? Start getting ready! Tomorrow is THE day!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
ARE YOU READY? Do you have a plan? Do you know your rights? Saturday is March 28! Let’s march!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
OMG March 28 is this Saturday! ARE YOU READY??? Find an event close to you at www.nokings.org
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
ARE YOU READY! Make a plan! Work the plan! Stay strong and loud!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Here’s an Instagram reel from Adam Dunigan running for office in VA. There’s lots of videos out but this one shares how to interpret the cost of oil due to Chump’s little excursion to what may hit us next (my words). And, here’s a short WSJ article on the price of oil www.wsj.com/finance/comm...
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy St Patrick’s Day!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
ARE YOU READY? I know we’re all tired; tired of winter, tired of fighting for every damn thing. Don’t give up or give in! Stay strong and loud! Make a plan to march on March 28th. Let’s show the world that Americans will still stand up and speak out!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Spring is getting close. The Dark-eyed Junco says so!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
These miniature daffodils are heralding the start of spring, even though it’s supposed to snow a little more tonight.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
ARE YOU READY? From the ACLU:
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Oh Mr Chump! How about that Dow! That was/is a really great deal you and Bibi/MBS made!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
But the Dow!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
But the Dow!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! This is worst case but…
NWS 3 day snow forecast (worst case).
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Cosplay Barbie (aka Kristi Noem) has started claiming a role for DHS over elections as part of DHS securing U.S. infrastructure. This is typical of Trump and R’s overreaching their authority. Noem has begun discussing this in several recent interviews (see www.politifact.com/article/2026...).
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Also from BLS, current unemployment for December at 4.4 so still increasing even if only “civilian” unemployment is counted.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This from BLS this afternoon. Revised numbers for December 2025 are now scheduled for February 13th. I’m not really buying this chart. I don’t know of anywhere, except in Trump’s imagination, that energy costs are lower.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Thank you @ablueview.bsky.social This is great! I hope some small business starts making patches. I know I’d pay for a few especially if any extra funds went to support kitchens etc!
American Revolution 2.0
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Beautiful! Here’ a pic of mine from August 2025.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
We haven’t had much snow here in years, just dry cold. But we will get a coating to an inch today!
Getting a little snow today!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
For those who still have any doubts about whether or not ICE is a bunch of pussies (sit down to pee) I saw the underwear for them while shopping with my husband yesterday, picture below!
Picture of outside of box of ICE Underwear.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
It’s been a couple great moonrises! Here it is just cresting the horizon. I have got to get better at night photography!
Wolf moon coming up, just over the horizon.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
There is a front coming through. The east end reaches to Vermont. The west ends at the Ohio/Indiana state line. Here’s the radar! If it were summer we’d call it a derecho. Batten down the hatches!
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
No kidding! Here’s what I got from NOAA’s Clime app.
Weather radar showing squall line Han 1, 2026 1:05 am EST.
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
If the link won’t work for you here is the graphic from WINK weather in Ft Myers, FL
Weather map of winds in Pacific Northwest
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NorthStar @mphamner.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
No war!!!
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