Ilse Dawg

Ilse Dawg

@ilsethedog.bsky.social

Proud Bridgewater College and JMU grad👩🏼‍🎓 USAF Vet 🇺🇸 Politics & Music, mostly.

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At last! When the former school board voted to abandon the confederate school names in 2020, old racists ran against them and won seats on the board. IMO - all in an effort to change the names back to the post Brown v Board confederate general's.

nytimes.comJudge Rules Two Virginia Schools Must Change Confederate Names (Gift Article)The school board’s decision to rename the schools after Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby “cannot be divorced from racial discrimination,” the judge wrote in his ruling.

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Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams: “There’s a lot of discourse around trans athletes and what they can compete in. I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team. Anytime. I don’t think it’s a problem in the world, it’s just another way to kind of attack trans people.”

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Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎

Right on!👊🏼

KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸@kdnerak33.bsky.social

They never cared about women’s sports before it became politically convenient. Equal pay? Pfffft. Rampant sexual abuse? Sorry that keeps happening. An excuse to attack a tiny population of vulnerable transgender athletes? “PROTECT WOMENS’ SPORTS!”

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The wildfires in Ontario and Minnesota are a direct consequence of the high temperatures and low rainfall resulting from a major July heat dome event. A year ago we showed that these events had tripled in frequency due to human-caused warming: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/extreme...

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Notice how a book can make you gay, a vaccine can make you autistic, a mask can make you sicker, and a poster of the Ten Commandments can make you moral, but guns don’t kill people.

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Radical view I know, but no amount of Woah/Hooah/Oorah/Hooyah can overcome poor planning, lack of strategic clarity, mixed messaging and… geography.

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In addition to being absolutely brilliant, amazing & charming in her own right, we all know she was raised by a single dad w/4 siblings and that he came to the US bc of persecution bc of his participation in the ‘89 Tiananmen democracy uprising, right?

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com

ICONIC

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AOC’s biggest problem if she runs for president is that the white men who control our media ecosystem will not so much put a finger on the scale to stop her as an entire hand it can be done (see: Zohran) but it’s going to be blatant and it’s going to be infuriating

Sam Youngman@samyoungman.bsky.social

Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?

Most people don't know the numbers...or understand the oligarchy of defense contractors/masters of war who devise new ways to destroy. This is why we can't have nice things.

Jeff Galvin@docgalvin64.bsky.social

JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?

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Any Dem Senators going along with this madness should be sued for malpractice. This is an effort to make it very hard to vote for Dems. What kind of politician would support disenfranchising their base? Other than Fetterman....

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: The GOP’s sweeping new anti-voting bill cleared the U.S. House Wednesday, setting up a high-stakes battle in the Senate. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Replying to @crampell.bsky.social

Yikes here are the numbers for the past 12 months. Everything is pretty much dead except healthcare/social assistance. Note that healthcare growth is largely not about the business cycle -- it's about the aging of the population and more elderly people needing care.

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Everyone is shitting on the Post for implying that Bad Bunny, from Puerto Rico, is a “immigrant,” not an American citizen. But WaPo is actually being honest about the Trumpist immigration agenda, for which dutifully if dully supports. The Trumpist agenda is white nationalist. /1

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.

Thy are telling us exactly what they plan to do...

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

I have been warning for weeks the administration will do anything to get these records. They want to rig the midterms 🚨“The letter adds the state’s unwillingness to share voting data to a litany of grievances the Trump administration has leveled against Minnesota.”🚨

Trigger warning, very violent vid. A man was killed.

Brian Cardone@cardonebrian.bsky.social

Once again ICE thugs decide they’re going to be judge, jury and executioner in Minneapolis. This shit needs to STOP and it needs to STOP now!!!

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Why doesn't @repbencline.bsky.social remember?

Blue Virginia@bluevirginia.bsky.social

Good that Rep. @joeneguse.bsky.social reminded everyone what Ben Cline said after 1/6/21: “Congress stands united in our rejection of the violence that occurred this week & I’ll continue to urge the swift prosecution of those involved to the fullest extent of the law” bluevirginia.us/2026/01/vide...

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This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained

Ashley Miller@amreports.bsky.social

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

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We just saw this, and it’s a good idea for businesses to post. Private businesses are allowed to set dress and conduct rules. Requiring no full face coverings has long been standard for safety and loss prevention reasons, and it is within a business’s rights to refuse entry or service.

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Today we stood by the bridge in the cold to protest Autocracy and Corruption and advocate for Democracy and the rule of law. Please join us. We need your voice. #goodtrouble #resist #noice #ShencoDems #ShenandoahCountyDemocratsq #AbolishICE

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The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session: —protect abortion rights —repeal the same-sex marriage ban —allow mid-decade redistricting —greatly expand voting rights restoration. These will all go to 2026 referendums.

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I also love America and believe in its stated values. And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor. One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”

Ghouls, all of them.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social

I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"