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The Weeping Somnambulist

@pigeon75.bsky.social
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Appalachia raised 🌳 In the PNW more than 20 years now 🌋Degrees in history, law, & library science. I love to read 📚 lifelong learner 🎓fav reads are sci-fi 🪐& fantasy 🧚 I’m chronically ill but persevering ♿️

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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cartoonist: Pedro Molina
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
Idea: no corporate welfare, subsidies, or government contracts for corporations whose employees need to rely on government assistance because of low wages.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes. Right now, it means voting against all Republicans. ALL of them, because their only priority is party & personal power. Do you think YOUR Rep or Senator is different? Is one of the "exceptions"? Well, they ALL vote in lockstep. Against US. No exceptions. Vote Blue. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Forbes @forbes.com · 17/09/2026
McConnell appeared to need help on how to vote on a farm bill Wednesday.
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McConnell’s Senate Return Sparks More Questions About 84-Year-Old’s Health (Video)
McConnell appeared to need help on how to vote on a farm bill Wednesday.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/09/2026
Not sure I would call this a poem. Just some thoughts I had last year.
What even makes a man a man?
If we’re going by traditional gender roles, 
I’m more manly than most men I’ve met. 

They’re sexually irresponsible, overly-emotional welfare queens. Especially the ones who actually make more money than me. 

Tree pose is just how I stand 

All the traits I was told I would find in men, I found in myself.
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Congress worked 75 days this year. That’s summer camp, not legislation.
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Self explanatory 'I-001 is endorsed by the Washington State Young Republicans and Moms for Liberty Washington, among others, according to Let’s Go Washington." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Gov. Ferguson warns against ‘under the radar’ ballot initiative
Ferguson joined Democratic Party lawmakers and other allies Thursday in warning voters against an initiative that would modify parents’ and students’ rights in public schools.
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I've never used ChatGPT and somehow live a successful happy life so people panicking about what we'd do without it have a short memory of, uhhh, not so very long ago
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Well I'll be damned. Good thing I didn't put any money down. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
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McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalization
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has returned to the Senate after a long absence.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You’re probably going to hear a lot of fearmongering from Trump and Republicans about “socialism” over the next two days. But what are they really afraid of?
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At the end of the day, don't we all just want to read Edgar Allan Poe in a dimly-lit café on a cobblestone side street in Prague during a raging thunderstorm whilst enjoying cappuccinos and croissants?
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"We knew it was likely to turn into nefarious activity" Likely. Who would've thought that Minority Report was a documentary. www.404media.co/flock-taught...
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Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters
A Flock webinar teaches police how to surveil protests, fireworks shows, parades, bike races, and more.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I might get a phone call from a convicted rapist today asking me to support Republicans.
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Oklahoma Prisoners Paid $2 an Hour to Make Political Calls for Conservative Super PAC | Law Commentary
Oklahoma prisoners were paid $2 an hour to make political calls linked to a conservative super PAC while a private contractor paid the state $10 for every inmate hour worked, under a prison call-cente...
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Unfortunately I don't think anyone in the US will care until it begins to affect white "This is a disease of poverty. It’s a neglected disease, in a neglected population, in a neglected part of the world, in impoverished communities" www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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A Mysterious Kidney Disease Has Arrived in Texas. Immigration Enforcement Has Made It Harder to Combat.
The condition, linked to heat on a warming planet, is affecting laborers from Central America and Mexico. As scientists race to track the growing epidemic, its victims have been driven further into hi...
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Everything was fine with him before this happened,” his father, Pierre Ronal Bel, said in an interview Monday. “They put an ankle monitor on him, and everything changed. I don't have the words to express how I feel about this regime. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
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Haitian student, despondent over ankle monitor, dies in apparent suicide
The Trump administration ended TPS for Haitians in July and initiated an aggressive electronic monitoring campaign centered on Springfield, Ohio.
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Rosegarden54 @rosegarden54.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Watching 9 to 5. Love those 80s hairdos.
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
www.contrariannews.org/p/tom-the-da...
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Tom the Dancing Bug
The MAGAs in ‘A Right Christmas’
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Etc.

End of Thinking 
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"The photograph shows 11 firefighters, in full gear, standing atop a mound surrounded by smoldering grass and shrubs. Two in the back row are holding up the green-and-white triband flag of Rhodesia, a Black majority, white-ruled country in southern Africa" www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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WA wildfire crew investigated for posing with white nationalist flag
The photo, which was published on Instagram, shows 11 firefighters standing in front of the green-and-white triband flag of Rhodesia.
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This "man" has blood on his hands. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that
The Associated Press and The Guardian have obtained documents that contradict statements made by current Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during two congressional hearings in 2025.
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Rap Bastardz® @rapbastardz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The instant Lake Ontario was renamed Lake America it became obese, strapped on an AR-15, turned green from algae, forgot how to speak French and lost its healthcare.
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This breaks my heart. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
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Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations, has died at 80
Dolly Parton, the beloved music and film star known for her vibrant personality and poignant songwriting, has died.
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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The Trump Administration’s March to the Spoils System
The White House would have extraordinary control over the workforce by making it easy to hire employees based on their politics and to remove anyone viewed as insufficiently loyal.
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Happy #fatmarmotweek everyone! www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
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Move over, bears: Fat Marmot Week puts a spotlight on the alpine rodents
Scientists are getting creative to drum up donations for their long-running research into the rodents to keep it going through federal funding cuts.
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
These people are monsters www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Wife of WA fisherman who died in Alaska denied entry to U.S. for his funeral
Adriana Gonzalez hopes to attend the funeral, then collect her husband’s ashes and bring them back to the home they shared with their three children in Mexico.
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"After years of activist complaints that King County is not doing enough...the county has hired an employee who will ensure those flights follow safety regulations and count the number of handcuffed and shackled people coming on and off" www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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King County fills first-of-its-kind role to track ICE at Boeing Field
The new position is likely one of the few of its kind in the country and taps into a debate over the Seattle airport's role in immigration enforcement.
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I have gone on rants on panels that we should be doing everything in our power to build reading audiences including aggressively pushing graphic novels to instill a bone deep love of immersion into imagination from a young age.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
what Florida Democrats have flipped today: —the school board of Sarasota County (one the more symbolic strongholds of Moms for Liberty) —the office of the school board chair in Orange County —an at-large city council seat in Jacksonville
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Can't have a record of what they're doing. Just like not wearing and/or not turning on their body cameras. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
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ICE bars its workers from wearing Meta’s smart glasses on the job
ICE joins a growing number of organizations and workplaces to ban Meta’s smart glasses, which have raised privacy and surveillance concerns.
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
AI slop but still awesome substack.com/@mjfree/note...
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Best POTUS Quartet Ever
Enjoy a Little Thursday Pick-Me-Up 🌞
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I really love the phrase’with all due respect ‘ because it doesn’t specify how much respect is due. 

It could be none.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is a very dangerous lunatic. RFK Jr: “The polio vaccine "killed many, many more people" than polio ever did.”
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The Weeping Somnambulist @pigeon75.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I want to know what the Defense Department is doing with their massive budget because it's damn obvious that they aren't maintaining our Navy. The Pentagon has failed 8 audits in a row. Where's all those hundreds of millions of dollars going? www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
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U.S. Navy destroyer lost power for 4 days in South China Sea
The ship’s crew lost access last month to drinkable water, running toilets and air conditioning, as the fleet sees heavy use by the Trump administration.
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God @thegodshow.com · 16/08/2026
Hakeem Schumer and Chuck Jeffries would rather Democrats lose to Trump forever than lose their control over the Democratic party. They work only for their billionaire donors. They both must be fired and replaced.
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DJ @djwickstrom.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social drop your fucking health insurance you have now and try our system for a change and let’s see how quickly you decide it’s worth fixing. You idiots have no clue.
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The Cassandra Files (I told you so) @triedtowarnyou.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Hakeem Jeffries says Medicare for all is not legislation he currently supports (Video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=U78o...
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Hakeem Jeffries says Medicare for all is not legislation he currently supports
YouTube video by NBC News
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Bust up big corporations and tackle Wall Street’s greed. Get big money out of politics. Strengthen unions and boost wages. Pass Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare, and so much more... This is the agenda Democrats need to fight for. It's not enough to simply be anti-Trump.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/08/2026
O'KEEFE: You have been writing letters & trying to get updates on the status of McConnell. Have you heard anything? BESHEAR: I have heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell... all he needs to do is do a video for 2 minutes to the people he's supposed to serve, but he absolutely refuses to
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DJ @djwickstrom.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Murray: Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? Dahl: Yes. Murray: And what is the rate for someone making $1,000,000? Dahl: 2.2%.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
January 6 was only 5 and a half years ago, and we’ve already cycled through investigation, indictment, conviction, pardon, and now gleeful promises to do it again only with actual hanging rather than just chants about it. Nice job GOP.
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They're still doing it because we didn't hang them
last time.
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