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Gracie Lou Freebush

@vividcactus.bsky.social
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“Dreams don’t have deadlines!” -Bridget Everett. Aspiring Author(pen name: Gracie Lou Freebush), Book fan, lefty goofy podcast aficionado, full-time cat mom, late thirties , she/her , 💗💛💙 📖current book : Surviving Autocracy

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge. As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city. Tomorrow, we win it together.
Zohran, Tish James and Brad Lander lead a procession of hundreds walking across the Brooklyn Bridge at dawn. Tish James, Brad Lander, Tony Simone and Rita Joseph wait for the march on the bridge. Zohran at a packed press conference outside city hall, Tish James and others raising their hands in the air.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system. Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/11/2025
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
{ gift link } www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Of course he brags about harassing young women on his main account too ick
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
It’s crazy they think they can appeal to a sense of duty or moral obligation from their rudderless psychopath base.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/10/2025
Election Day is a week from tomorrow, and millions of Americans have a chance to elect important local leaders — judges, council members, school boards, and more — crucial to defending and rebuilding democracy. If you haven’t already, make a plan to cast your vote.
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Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Damn. @wsj.com $UPS www.wsj.com/business/log...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I hear people all around me saying, “They are going to crash the economy. Surely they don’t mean to crash the economy.” I beg to differ. This is curated failure. jesspiper.substack.com/p/i-know-exa...
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I Know Exactly What They Are Doing
Rural foresight
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Forbes @forbes.com · 27/10/2025
As the country’s second-longest government shutdown hits day 27, air traffic controllers are calling in sick and “wearing thin”—leading to flight delays in major U.S. hubs.
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Monday Air Traffic Staffing Issues Cause Flight Delays In Atlanta, Los Angeles
As the country’s second-longest government shutdown hits day 27, air traffic controllers are calling in sick and “wearing thin”—leading to flight delays in major U.S. hubs.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 28/10/2025
“This is all part of a plan by a corporate movement that sees democracy — the government providing what people want — sees that as a threat.”
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Master Plan: David Sirota on Trump & the Decadeslong “Plot to Legalize Corruption in America”
We speak with journalist David Sirota about his new book, Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America. Co-authored with Jared Jacang Maher, the book is based on their award-winning ...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/10/2025
Over the next few weeks, millions of Americans are going to receive notices that their healthcare costs are set to explode in 2026. Many more will log onto online insurance marketplaces only to find that they’ve been priced out of the coverage they rely on.
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I wonder how many people in her position would consider it beneath the dignity of that position to describe other world leaders as “unhinged”. All of them? Except Huckabee maybe?
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Katie Harbath @katieharbath.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Thanks for the context, that’s a really irresponsible headline.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.
U.S. marshal and undocumented immigrant shot during ICE stop in Los Angeles, officials say
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/10/2025
Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona... red America is making their own people sick. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
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More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS SEATTLE” - sign up now to join me! tinyurl.com/NoKingsSeattle
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NO KINGS WEST SEATTLE · Stand Up America
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
great episode if you’re feeling hopeless but also feel like learning something #democracy #constitutionallaw
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The Supreme Court Case That Stopped School Integration
Podcast Episode · Opening Arguments · 10/13/2025 · 52m
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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Glad to see the Tabletop Games series at @uofmpress.bsky.social take off with @jreylee.bsky.social's book on Catan. Clear, unambiguous writing on abstraction and gaming with regard to colonial themes.
Book cover -- Unsettling Catan
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
It’s pronounced cyclist.
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No John @nojohn.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
crying
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I hope whoever wrote the duck jokes for Netflix’s (wrongly) cancelled cartoon Inside Job is doing well.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2025
It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2025
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 28/09/2025
When a president brags about gold accessories as proof of “success,” it projects not leadership but authoritarian pageantry.
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Too soon
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The iPhone glass update is a direct attack on my astigmatism. I’m tired of updates that don’t improve user experience .
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
This is a good episode! It includes first hand account of brutality from ICE from an Illinois congressional candidate.
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Some More News: Jimmy Kimmel Cancel Cultured
Podcast Episode · Some More News · 09/19/2025 · 55m
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 21/09/2025
According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, about 12% of Americans suffer from chronic insomnia. The resulting daytime fatigue, depression and low motivation can lead to accidents, lost productivity and other consequences. to.pbs.org/41GBUjl
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Why insomnia is becoming seen as a public health emergency in the U.S.
According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, about 12% of Americans suffer from chronic insomnia. The resulting daytime fatigue, depression and low motivation can lead to accidents, lost produ...
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Elisabeth J. Hobbes author @elisabethhobbes.co.uk · 16/09/2025
Sad to hear that Robert Redford died. It’s a rare death where no one has a bad word to say and everyone agrees the deceased was hot af.
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a man wearing a cowboy hat and a bow tie
ALT: a man wearing a cowboy hat and a bow tie
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
I have a feeling a lot of the “no you’re one of the good ones” guys were all selected to be scapegoats. Those are the people selected by severely antisocial people to be their employees/supply. I mean look how they disrespect and use the current guy they have for an excuse/martyr.
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
it’s easy to believe a bunch of dishonest and unlikeable people don’t like or trust each other.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2025
Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The “network” is incels with Republican dads that don’t secure their firearms? It’s always an entitled young conservative man??
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Dr. James H. Gundlach @pecanjim.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Sitting here recovering from running over my upper legs with my 1962 Ford 800 tractor watching MYTHBUSTERS. They timed people with lower arm in ice and found cussing increased the time they could stay in the ice by 30%. Anti-cussing rules are a handicap!🧪☠️ #Sociology #Population #Think #News
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 10/09/2025
People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest, at the peak of the pandemic in 2020. Data holds lessons for preventing future deaths. Read our analysis ⬇️
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Officials Failed to Act When COVID Hit Prisons. A New Study Shows the Deadly Cost.
People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest. New data holds lessons for preventing future deaths.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/09/2025
can't come up with words to describe how irresponsible and absurd this is.
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 07/09/2025
I do think you’ve gotta hand it to Ezra Klein for this one, which we need more of, much more, from his peers www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 07/09/2025
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which Kennedy heads, shows that the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine was 33% effective against emergency department or urgent care visits for adults over 18, compared to those who didn't receive the vaccine.
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Fact Checking RFK Jr. on Vaccines, SSRIs and School Shootings
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made myriad false and misleading claims on Thursday as he fielded questions examining his seven-month tenure.
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Alt Health and Human Services @alt-hhs.altgov.info · 07/09/2025
MAHA is a dangerous pseudoscientific programme of work that supports a corrupt and unscientific wellness industry, seeks to discredit mainstream medicine, and portrays institutions and experts as enemies, not partners.
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RFK Jr and MAHA: dangerous, emboldened, and escalating
The week beginning Aug 4, 2025 was the most dangerous and tragic week of Robert F Kennedy Jr's tenure yet: a fatal CDC shooting by a gunman distrustful of COVID-19 vaccines, the cancellation of US$500...
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
bless you Dave!
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Watching the RFK hearing after work. Thank you #SenatorMariaCantwell! You represented us with dignity and integrity in that hearing and I appreciate your comments greatly.
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Theres few things I love more than russet potatoes, the renewing promise of autumn weather and sweaters. Happy September everyone !
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Bookish checkpoint 📚🌟 Currently reading: Refuse to be Done, Lucky Day, The Pirate Bride, Chef’s Kiss Last book read: Sweet Berries Last book added to TBR: Leaving isn’t the Hardest Thing Next read: Spells to Forget Us #booksky #fantasyfaction #bookish #reading
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The Book Bazaar: Coming October 29th, 2026 @the-book-bazaar.com · 27/08/2025
New site update now lists the title of books on hover, corrects some genre and age categorizations for some titles, and also has the author names on the pages! Find your next favorite read at The Book Bazaar, launching Nov 12th! 💙📚 #Booksky #Books #IndieAuthor #Writesky #Writers
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The Book Bazaar - A Group Crowdfunding Project for Authors
Indie authors, small publishers, and book enthusiasts take notice! The Book Bazaar is coming November 12th, 2025.
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Gracie Lou Freebush @vividcactus.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
T-T I wish Nathan Lane was my gay dadmom.
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