Dakota Orlando

Dakota Orlando

@dakoauthor.bsky.social

Published novelist who writes sci-fi, fantasy and historical fiction for kids thru adults. Continuing education instructor of novel and short story writing courses at Walla Walla Community College. Married to Dodie. Likes movies, astronomy and chess.

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This is the first time I’ve won a battle of wills with Onion. He spent two weeks pretending he couldn’t figure out this puzzle feeder. I had to take out one of the inserts so more would fall out and tempt him. Now he has NO EXCUSE. YOU’RE ALL WITNESSES.

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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

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Got a new one today when the press secretary accused him of being a "human trafficker" just absolutely out of thin air!

Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social

Just so we’re clear, everybody calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist” or a “gang member” are lying, and they know they’re lying, and they repeat it for purposes of confusing people who don’t follow this stuff closely into accepting what was done to him.

But, Caroline, you're working overtime to make the American consumer as poor as a Chinese peasant.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Karoline Leavitt, "China needs to make a deal with us, we don't have to make a deal with them" "China wants what we have, what every country wants, what we have, the American consumer" "Or to put it another way they need our money"

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We had the reporter on tonight; @maddow has the whistleblower

Phillip Anderson@phillipanderson.bsky.social

There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:

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AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.

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Asia’s cleanest river, the Umngot (Dawki), flows through Meghalaya. Its crystal-clear waters make boats look like they're floating in the air! A remarkable example of the Khasi and Jaintia tribes’ deep respect for nature and strong environmental awareness.

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"His office leadership instructed appointees to act as servers for a multicourse meal. They dispatched a US Park Police helicopter for his personal transportation. On at least one occasion, a staffer was told to remake the cookies because the batch was subpar..." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

theatlantic.comThe Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly BakedThe unusual requests made of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s staff are raising concerns all the way to the White House.

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"Standing up to abuse of power is difficult. It can also be inspiring. People who do so often look back proudly on their actions and are celebrated for it after a crisis passes. But crises don't usually end on their own. Resolving them requires courage and action..." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | A Playbook for Law Firms and Colleges to Stand Up to President TrumpLaw firms and universities do not need to capitulate. Here’s how they can fight back.

So they were just scooping up any Hispanic to ship them off and call them criminals. Sounds like Trump's mo.

60 Minutes@60minutes.bsky.social

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

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“These are normal, everyday people who are saying I’ve had enough. I’ve seen institutions fall. I’ve seen universities, I’ve seen businesses, I’ve seen law firms not stand up, not support our liberal democracy. So what am I going to do as an individual?” “That’s what tomorrow is about.” - Ezra

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Pussy Riot came to NYC to tell us “ We see the rise of authoritarianism here and we want go call people to not be silent. We want ppl to remember not to give up”.

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Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"

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Direct evidence of criminal election bribery under Wis. Stat. §12.11: “‘My name’s Ekaterina Deistler,’ she said in a video posted Monday morning. ‘I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.’”

jsonline.comBice: Elon Musk group removes video from $1M winner after she says she got money to 'vote'Elon Musk's super PAC removed an X video from a $1M giveaway winner in which she said she received the money, in part, to 'vote.'

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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

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It’s well known that I was on The Apprentice. We were all covered by NDAs at the time, but mine has now expired. And do I ever have some tea to spill. I’ll post it later today after consulting once again with my attorneys.

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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

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