Reposted by Laurel🌲🌀🐾Colorado Citizen♻️🐾🌲🌲 @coloradocitizen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Once again, thank you @bennet.senate.gov this was 🔥! This is what we need from every Senator and Congress person. They need to be held accountable for this. 1238 0
Reposted by LaurelChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time. 18263624616128 0
Reposted by LaurelMolotov Cocktail @mollycocktail.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Who called him Pete Hegseth and not Whiskeyleaks? 4387 0
Reposted by LaurelMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/03/2025BREAKING: A high level information security source inside the Department of Defense says they were ordered by political appointees to ignore information security regulations and install Signal on government phones for senior leaders.fpwellman.substack.comEXCLUSIVE: DOD has deployed Signal on government devices overriding their own policyA high level source in DOD has confirmed that they were ordered to approve installation of Signal on government devices by Trump officials last month 51563592811 0
Reposted by LaurelRick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Have I mentioned the cover-up is worse than the crime? Because the cover-up is worse than the crime. 593155902730 0
Laurel @orioletucker.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Unwelcome in Denver, unwelcome at The Antlers, unwelcome anywhere in Colorado. It deeply offends me that the GOP thinks my city is a safe haven for the far right. If Venu is unwilling to cancel, join us in protest on the day of the event. 120 0
Reposted by LaurelPeter @peteandthegang.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Posting this again … Come on Bluesky. We need all 32 million of us to pick a day and time. And step out for 15 minutes a half hour all across the country. And show the world we are standing for our freedom. And felon47 and his government they are heading to jail. 2153 0
Reposted by LaurelMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 19/03/2025This is a US court of law, refusing to bar illegal actions of the Executive branch out of an explicit concern that its agents will react with deadly force. 145111624 0
Reposted by Laurelalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going. 8939411648 0
Reposted by LaurelMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements. 677234217026 0
Reposted by LaurelThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽 1185189827075 0
Reposted by LaurelChris Alexander @chrisa327.bsky.social · 19/02/2025media.tenor.coma man wearing headphones is making a funny face and says you are nailing itALT: a man wearing headphones is making a funny face and says you are nailing it 68931 0
Reposted by LaurelVincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The aurora right above me 321158821210 0
Reposted by LaurelBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg. 571572287391 0
Reposted by LaurelBob Collins @mylittlebloggie.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Just wonderful writing on the 60 Minutes piece on President aMusk dismantling of USAID "The world's richest man cut off aid for the world's poorest people." Well done. 294234104319 0
Reposted by LaurelJames Hicks 🌈♾️ (ASD) 🌈🦋 (ADHD) @drenethdolly.bsky.social · 12/02/2025It's possible that some of them lack the stomach for a constitutional crisis. You don't need to bet on Republicans Congressmen. But you do need to call them. Make it as hard for them as possible.abcnews.go.comSome Republicans defend courts against Trump administration attacksAfter Vance’s comments that “judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power,” some Republican lawmakers find themselves defending the judicial branch. 021 0
Reposted by LaurelJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/02/2025If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it. 13095065411714 0
Reposted by LaurelRadarNick @radarnick.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you want to know where Donald Trump gets his vision. Look no further than Hitler, Mussolini, Bonaparte and Franco. 011 0
Reposted by LaurelKippy Spilker @kippy.geminai.com · 17/02/2025Feeling a little overwhelmed of late, had to take a bit of a mental break to quiet thoughts. I endeavored for my brain to look like this photo, #SomethingBeautiful photographed while drifting by on a kayak on the Cosumnes River. #PhotographersUnited #BirdPhotography #Kayaking #Silence #Solitude 1142 0
Reposted by LaurelSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Sometimes I think about how close we were to the fun stories about VP Walz saying some truth that Republicans would turn into multi day scandals. 1037832 0
Reposted by LaurelThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 17/02/2025This is what happens when you're an uninformed immigrant. Someone tell this weirdo to study up for his naturalization exam. 2132476 0
Reposted by LaurelNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 17/02/2025✅ DEI Employer of the Day™ DSW "We believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion [DEI], and call on our associates, customers, and communities to hold us accountable to showing it every day." The NAACP Black Consumer Advisory encourages consumers to 'buy-in' on companies that back their values. 243166783475 0
Laurel @orioletucker.bsky.social · 17/02/2025CO 5 - who are we running to oppose Jeff Crank? I want to put my energy into getting that going because appealing to any sense of rationality or actual values is not working. He's obviously not on speaking terms with reality. @radarnick.bsky.social - know anyone? #ColoradoSprings #CODistrict5 340 0
Reposted by LaurelBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/02/2025New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...nbcnews.comCDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cutsAdministration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees. 7430021484 0
Reposted by LaurelPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why? 22668146920157 0
Reposted by LaurelPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them. 214312427931285 0
Reposted by LaurelRichard Corsi @corsiaq.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Old friend just laid off by USDA, 1 mos short of his probationary period as senior researcher. Brilliant person who left a tenured faculty position several yrs ago to join USDA. Bright early-career researchers also being laid off. USDA is terminating a generation of highly-qualified scientists. 784207835566 0
Reposted by Laurelandy™ @andylevy.net · 16/02/2025hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...theverge.comAmazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle booksIt’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies. 37269503919 0
Reposted by LaurelGod @thegodshow.com · 17/02/2025When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point. 5644783010380 0
Laurel @orioletucker.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Happy Valentine's Day! My annual tradition is a trip to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Today I actually got to pet Acacia, one of the youngest red-necked wallabies, but then she got the zoomies so here's a picture of the mob matriarch Matilda, instead. #ValentinesDay #AceOfHearts 030 0
Reposted by LaurelJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 11/02/2025I’m just saying it feels like this level of sustained anxiety should be burning more calories than this 892361335 0
Reposted by LaurelKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/02/2025JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.com 14735191513633 0
Reposted by LaurelRadarNick @radarnick.bsky.social · 10/02/2025The NIH supports scientists who provide research on cutting edge drugs such as the new Diabetes drug Ozempic. The support through the National Institute of Health provides the funds needed for these scientists to operate the labs needed to develop these drugs. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...globalnews.caHow a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.caIn 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic. 031 0
Reposted by LaurelLiz Cheney @lizcheney.bsky.social · 09/02/2025JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny. 1003280646433 0
Reposted by LaurelAmbassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social · 09/02/2025 414339556653 0
Reposted by LaurelKippy Spilker @kippy.geminai.com · 07/02/2025Last night at a work event, I saw #SomethingBeautiful. I'm not sure Olaf the Owl thought the same. haha. He stared at me for nearly a full minute like this. Perhaps he sensed my adoration ... #PhotographersUnited #Owls #Falconers #Raptors #UnrequitedLove 181 0
Reposted by LaurelMariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 07/02/2025I'm having salad for dinner. Actually, it's fruit salad. Well, mostly grapes. OK, all grapes. Fermented Grapes. Wine. I'm having wine for dinner. 1092240971683 0
Reposted by LaurelThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Fact. Let's see some justice for America, already. 212425 0