Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Back for 2 shows, one in Lincoln Coty and one in Nay City!! Doc will be a guest! 010 1
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonKathleen Dreier @bluerobedcrone.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Several more rally/march events have been added to my ongoing and ever-growing viewing album. There were two actions in Tucson on March 4th. Images are in reverse chronological order. #togetherwemoveforward @mobilizetucson.bsky.social kathleendreierphotography.smugmug.com/Community-Ev...kathleendreierphotography.smugmug.comSocial Justice Actions - Kathleen Dreier Photography2025 We have entered a new era of fighting for peoples' rights. This ongoing album is a collection of social justice actions Kathleen has documented since the inauguration on 01/20/25. The images will... 2112 11
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Standing with you and staying loud! 000 0
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Thank you Senator Ron Wyden! Don't back down. 030 3
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonD’Epitomee of 92% @epitomee.bsky.social · 15/02/2025cc: @Gavin Newsome It’s time to build a CDC & NIH in California with the folks who were fired from the feds. In fact, I think each blue state governor needs to scoop up these scientists, healthcare workers and laboratory workers asap. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social 650154383322 15.4K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonMainer 📎 @mainelife.bsky.social · 08/02/2025One of Maine’s Senators is trying to protect the Constitution. The other may or may not be concerned. Thank you, Senator King. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...open.substack.comFebruary 7, 2025Maya Miller of the New York Times reported today that the congressional phone system has been jammed with tens of millions of calls from outraged constituents contacting their representatives to deman... 361452220 1.5K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonSue Collier @suecollier.bsky.social · 05/02/2025From @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social. "If you’re always consumed by the next outrage, you can’t look closely at the last one. The impression of Trump’s power remains; the fact that he keeps stepping on rakes is missed. The projection of strength obscures the reality of weakness. Don’t believe him."youtube.comDon't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein ShowYouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show 42977514 977
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/02/2025"And then we'll have a white guy with a shaved head wearing a brown shirt block the way..." "Come on, Bob, no one will believe that part of the script. Dial it down." 2261969539 2K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonKatelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Lost my CDC contract after a visit from DOGE. I feel like I’m in the dirt (or TBH eating a pint of ice cream on a couch crying). But here’s the thing: Pushing people down—especially those with heart, purpose, and love for public service—doesn’t mean they stay down. It’s literally against their DNA. 1342399407 2.4K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025February 5, 2025:heathercoxrichardson.substack.comFebruary 5, 2025Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial. 672594646 2.6K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Senator Schiff (as Dems filibuster the nomination of Project 2025 author Russ Vought): “The moment you say it’s ok to violate the law to shut down USAID you have said it is ok to violate the law and shut down anything.” 642369519196 37K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Robert Reich: This is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans: It’s a coup. As Trump talks about taking over Gaza (“beautiful shoreline”), Greenland (“great minerals”), Panama (“very strategic”), and making Canada the 51st state, the media has gone ape-shite wild. Meanwhile, Trump’s goons…alternet.orgRobert Reich: This is no longer about Democrats versus RepublicansIt’s a coup. As Trump talks about taking over Gaza (“beautiful shoreline”), Greenland (“great minerals”), Panama (“very strategic”), and making Canada the 51st state, the media has gone ape-shite wild. Meanwhile, Trump’s goons are taking over the… 391282333 1.3K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/02/2025The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this. 6013636110775 36.4K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 06/02/2025I’ve got the morning shift. This guy is dangerous and unfit to serve and I’m about to explain why. Tune in: www.senate.gov/legislative/...senate.govU.S. Senate: Floor ProceedingsFloor Activity 2113463267641 46.3K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/02/2025‘They’re hurting our children, our babies’: US schools on high alert amid Trump immigration raidstheguardian.com‘They’re hurting our children, our babies’: US schools on high alert amid Trump immigration raidsEducators have been rushing to keep students safe and support anxious parents, as fear of deportation ramps up As immigration officers moved in on Chicago following Donald Trump’s inauguration, carrying out the president’s plans for “mass deportations”,… 18381107 381
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 06/02/2025 23953471332 5.3K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/02/2025The White House has directed the C.I.A. to send an unclassified email listing employees hired within the past two years, as part of an Elon Musk-led initiative to drastically reduce the federal workforce. 842378342 2.4K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 06/02/2025As a prosecutor, we investigated cases where bad actors left themselves a back door in govt systems. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse suggests Musk’s team could “manipulate data, steal data, and leave back doors. Your privacy gone.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...nytimes.comTreasury Sought to Freeze Foreign Aid Payments, Emails Show (Gift Article)Trump administration appointees and allies of Elon Musk wanted to use the Treasury’s sensitive payment system to block payments. 21340411504 4K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Musk’s band of boys has “sweeping authority to install and modify software on government-supplied equipment and, according to two OPM officials, to alter internal documentation of their own activities.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comMusk’s DOGE agents access sensitive personnel data, alarming security officialsElon Musk’s DOGE team has accessed highly restricted data maintained by the Office of Personnel Management, including personally identifiable information for millions of federal employees. 1471680814 1.7K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.ioWelcome to Meditations in an EmergencyWe are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and... 541676301 1.7K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonSenate Finance Committee @senatefinance.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Wyden: Trump Tariffs Will Make Everything More Expensive, Solve Zero Problems and Harm American Farmers and Small Businessesfinance.senate.govWyden: Trump Tariffs Will Make Everything More Expensive, Solve Zero Problems and Harm American Farmers and Small Businesses | The United States Senate Committee on FinanceWyden: Trump Tariffs Will Make Everything More Expensive, Solve Zero Problems and Harm American Farmers and Small Businesses 24503148 503
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 01/02/2025NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it. 58832868612987 28.7K
Reposted by Wendy Burroughs and Mike OlsonSenate Finance Committee @senatefinance.bsky.social · 31/01/2025NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments Systemfinance.senate.govWyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on FinanceWyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System 4342761951 2.8K
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Stay on the case. We appreciate your work to protect and defend our rights. 020 2
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Thank you Senator Ron Wyden for taking actions to protect our democracy. 000 0
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 23/01/2025open.substack.com/pub/contrari...open.substack.comTrump’s Actions Are Not Just Lawless; They Defy Our Deepest ValuesLeaders of all faiths publicly implore a man who hawks Bibles to show some human decency in the name of God 020 2
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 22/01/2025This is the face of a pissed off pygmy owl who wants to get back to eating the starling he caught. #owls #wildlife #birds #nature 070 7
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 14/01/2025#news #democracy #freepress #journalism #climate #politics #science #criticalthinking #resist #engage open.substack.com/pub/contrari...open.substack.comOn Meeting the Autocratic MomentWhy Jen Rubin and I launched The Contrarian, Why we need it now, and Who will be joining us for this thrilling new venture 000 0
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 20/12/2024So proud of the Cape Meares Community. #watershed #conservation #wildlife #forests #Oregon www.opb.org/article/2024...opb.orgTiny Oregon community works to protect wildlife and water along Cape Meares — the ‘land that walks’A mixture of landslides, volunteerism and fundraising may help Cape Meares residents surround themselves with a wildlife sanctuary and protect their water supply. 030 3
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Nice view from this parking spot. #beach #coast #random #photography 0110 11
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Found you. In your FB post you had misspelling it was listed as sisterbsmboo 100 1
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 05/12/2024A brilliant start to the day. #Oregon #Coast #Nature #Landscapes #Sunrise 040 4
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 16/11/2024It's just a log... #Beach,#Oregon #Coast #Nature #Photography 040 4
Wendy Burroughs and Mike Olson @wendyymike.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Not much blue sky today but plenty of water flowing over the beaver dam. 030 3