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Persimmons for Peace

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Solo mom to 2 humans & 3 🐶🐶🐶, LBGTQIA+ ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, USAF ✈️ military brat, interpreter, teacher, sister, daughter, aunt,widow, DYI volunteer traveler, Bilingual, Hispanophile, work w/ immigrants, possess fierce manifestation chops;✨Gen-X ✨ Kubasaki Alum 🐲

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h
⚾️ Jake Bauers of the Milwaukee Brewers says he decided not to retire because his wife was pregnant and they needed health insurance. In the richest country in the world. It doesn’t have to be like this. #MedicareForAllNOW
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The horror!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is going to get very ugly.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Here we go again. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds (Gift Article)
The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Renee Good's mom: "I am a registered Republican. I voted for President Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect citizens -- innocents like our family and the others here. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness."
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is not great
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
oh my goodness -- I had no idea Mike Collins's hit ads on Jon Ossoff are *this* bad. Truly abysmal stuff.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i've always wanted to visit iceland sure wish i hadn't been holding that monkey's paw when i said it
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hard confirmation that she’s thinking about it. The degree of hard that I would go for an AOC/Ossoff ticket cannot be overstated. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028? Here’s What She Said. (Gift Article)
In a wide-ranging interview, the New York congresswoman offered her most detailed insight yet into how she is thinking about a possible presidential run.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Shut up about the gas & diesel prices, peasants! ⛽️ Be happy we’re spending hundreds of millions on a ‘military complex’ Arch Of Trump nobody wanted or asked for! 🤷🏼
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Holy shit that's a nasty surprise. There are things you expect to cost $500, like a Nintendo Switch, or tix to see Ed Sheeran 2 weeks ago 👀... being able to breathe is not one of them." John Oliver on our broken health care system ☠️ people unnecessarily. #MedicareForAllNOW
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Afra Kroon 🇳🇱 @afrakroon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When the public finally learns the full accounting of the damage done in this war, it’ll probably be too late to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable. But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Money where his mouth is. Well done.
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/09/2026
Trey Parker & Matt Stone announce that ‘SOUTH PARK’ will be renamed to ‘SOUTH AMERICA’. “Inspired by the bravery & patriotism of Apple & Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount — a Skydance Capitulation.”
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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 #AbolishICE, #SlavaUkraini @andreasor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
1. They're gonna let ranchers shoot wolves. 2. They're gonna let beef go without inspections. 3. They're gonna built a "TRIUMPH" arch. 4. And now this.
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Sandra 🗽is abolish ICE! @gobuxgal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tremendous accomplishments! May she rest in power. 💪👑
Quote:
Instagram @ms.bea.kind:

“EMPATHY 
IS THE MOST 
RADICAL 
OF HUMAN 
EMOTIONS”
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem taught America that sexism is a symptom of a system that can be changed. 

From the fight for equal pay to abortion access and political representation, she showed that progress comes when people organize, build power and refuse to accept inequality as inevitable.

She staged protests, established domestic violence shelters, created a magazine owned and operated entirely by women and helped build a movement that fundamentally changed this country.

Her legacy is the millions of people she inspired to believe that a more just world was possible.

She lived in New York for 70 years. We were lucky to have her. We mourn her loss and will carry her work forward.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
ICYMI— Israel-Backed Dems & Republicans just again made it clear who their priority is
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The right result. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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Senator Ed Markey, 80, Turns Back Younger Challenger in Massachusetts (Gift Article)
The oldest senator in Massachusetts history used a progressive message to beat Representative Seth Moulton, 47, defying calls for generational change.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/08/2026
If Clyburn backs it, it’s mainstream. LFG.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The words you’re all looking for are “soulless effing ghoul”
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Persimmons for Peace @uniblonder.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I love this man.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Respect, Kacey Musgraves 🫡 @theyoungcenter.bsky.social —> www.theyoungcenter.org
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Pathetic
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Curly sue @moocowsue.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Harp distorts the world for a man who, with every passing year, is detaching more and more from reality. His world is narrowing to a pinhole. Late in the life of Donald Trump, the worst qualities of the man, never a secret, are emerging as never before. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Wrath of MAGA
The ferocity of the response to Jon Ossoff reveals something deeper about the world of Trump supporters.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
CBS just reported that the number of missing in Nepal is over 12,000. The government set up an app for locals to report their missing. The number quickly rose to shocking. And the threat of more flooding is not over.
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Cosm @cosmickasha777.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
dolly parton AND tim curry? i hate it here
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Travandboo @travandboo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Her website is crashing from donations. If that isn’t the most beautiful thing, I don’t know.
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Kill Tim Faust 💀 @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 26/08/2026
my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.
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Persimmons for Peace @uniblonder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I know I’m not alone. Dolly Parton’s passing has left me undone. 💔 Despite never having lived in Appalachia, I raised w/Appalachian traditions & the mountains were always referred to as “home” by my parents. Dolly made us all proud be identified as Appalachian, as she was unapologetic. #DollyParton
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William "Chip" Nagel @cto1usn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
youtube.com/shorts/b4TrW... Courtesy of CTICS @malcolmnance.bsky.social
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Which US Bases Are Gone? #substack #shorts
YouTube video by Malcolm Nance
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You gotta be kidding me. Jeffries has to go. This is appalling. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly (Gift Article)
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?
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Persimmons for Peace @uniblonder.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Gift 🎁 article. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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Natalie Harp, Trump’s Most Devoted Aide, Is Always by His Side. What Exactly Does She Do? (Gift Article)
President Trump’s White House aide Natalie Harp is always by his side. What, exactly, does she do?
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Miguel" and his coworkers are picking strawberries in Salinas, CA. With the current heatwave temps have been above normal. "This heat makes it very hard on us as we are working piece rate and we're constantly running. The higher temperatures makes us more tired." #WeFeedYou
A strawberry worker in a field running to the end of the row with his box full of strawberries
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides for #Florida farmworkers, and that the problem is poised to grow as the climate warms. insideclimatenews.org/news/1708202... via @amybgreen.bsky.social
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As Temperatures Get Hotter, Pesticides Are More Dangerous to Farmworkers - Inside Climate News
Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides for farmworkers, and that the problem is poised to grow as the global climate warms.
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Yo Un-hyong Appreciator @mongyang.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Holy shit, Trump really do be making decisions based upon what he saw on teevee in the 1960s
“Has anyone seen Victory at Sea?” he asked the press.

The 26-episode docuseries chronicling America’s naval warfare with Nazi Germany and Japan first aired in 1952, when Trump was 8 years old.

“You ever hear of battleships, you know, World War II?” he said. “You saw those big ships, the Iowa, the Alabama, the Missouri… sailing through that water like it’s nothing. Those big waves are crashing under the front.”The U.S. Navy is considering a major redesign of its new aircraft carriers to better match President Donald Trump’s preferred aesthetic for the warships, according to seven current and former U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The service is evaluating the feasibility of moving the multistory tower that acts as the carrier’s command center farther forward, toward the middle of the ship, to resemble older vessels, the officials said. The review, which has not been previously reported, is in response to Trump’s concerns about the “look” of the new Ford-class ships, where the island is near the rear, these people said.
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My parents have 12 photos of me from the year 1985. I have 125 photos of my cat from this morning.
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Karen H @karenmhj.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I am reminded of that episode of M*A*S*H where Henry leaves so Frank is left in charge. He remembers that the M is for 'mobile' so he orders the entire camp to move down the road 100 yards - because he can. A stupid annoying foolish waste of time & money to stoke an idiot's power fantasy.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I don’t understand the logic in scrapping the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS), and neither do the navy personnel who operate these carriers. Just changing shit for no reason.
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Good Trouble Trumbull @gttrumbull.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Haitians in Springfield are required to report to Ohio's ICE offices and wear ankle monitors • Ohio Capital Journal
Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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