🌹Rose Gardener 🦋

🌹Rose Gardener 🦋

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🦋 Just a female, white, suburban, baby-boomer who is progressive (as in Bernie Sanders, AOC and Pramila Jayapal progressive). Within me competes both a romantic poet and a snarky cynic...

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On Monday I pulled MLK's "Strength to Love" off my bookcase to read one of his sermons on his day. And I've decided to keep it on the table by my chair going forward. In the days and years ahead, I will be reading MLK regularly ... as the dirty road ahead of us unfolds... I need his wisdom...

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......'I Never Thought It Would Hit My Own Family' She was fine with "it" when "it" was harming other people though.... [Banging Head Against Brick Wall]😡🤷🏻‍♀️ www.ibtimes.co.uk/south-texas-...

ibtimes.co.ukTrump Voter Who 'Expected Deportations' Says 'I'll Never Vote for That Man Again' After Brother Is DetainedA South Texas coffee shop owner says she regrets voting for Donald Trump after her brother was detained and deported, amid growing concern over the immigration crackdown's political impact.
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Who amongst us could've guessed???🤔 ===== For each percentage point increase in the average tariff, the team said that consumer goods prices were higher by roughly a quarter of a percent a year later. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/i...

cnbc.comInflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed saysTariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.
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If only MAGA would🤷🏻‍♀️ ... Is it not time to awake from the deceitful dream of a golden age, and to adopt as a practical maxim for the direction of our political conduct, that we, as well as the other inhabitants of the globe, are yet remote from the happy empire of perfect wisdom and perfect virtue?

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Robert Reich pulls no punches, & I'm here for it.😊 .. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 34 years — its dependence on money from big corporations and the wealthy.... robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-b...

robertreich.substack.comThe Rahm BombHe’s the single worst Democratic hopeful now (almost) running for president. Democratic midterm candidates be warned: stay away from him.
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Classism is the foundational bias. It uses racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, etc to achieve its ends. But at the end of the day, underneath it all is power dynamics and the fundamental assumption that "my tribe is superior".🤷🏻‍♀️

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From his OpEd.... ...He continued, “There are ‘just asking questions’ Jew-haters, misogynists who worship hypermasculinity, conspiracy nuts seeking clicks for profit, and religious bigots who won’t differentiate between Muslim terrorists and Muslim American patriots.”

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I grew up in Iowa when the Iowa Basic Skills standardized test was considered gold standard throughout the country. Ohhh... how far my home state has fallen...😣 www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

yahoo.comIowa, Deemed Below Basic in Reading, Stays Silent on the ‘Honesty Gap’Every few years, testing experts at the U.S. Department of Education weigh state assessments against their “gold standard,” the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as “the nation’s...
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When you're right, you're right.🤷🏻‍♀️ === ... Voters see clearly that many of our politicians are serving their largest corporate donors instead of the working class. Younger voters cannot fathom voting for a status quo that has never served them, www.commondreams.org/news/david-h...

commondreams.orgForced Out of DNC for Criticizing Party Leaders, David Hogg Speaks Out: 'I Wasn't Wrong' | Common DreamsAs progressives notch win after win in Democratic primaries, the 26-year-old activist said it shows that the party "didn’t lose Gen Z; they just needed candidates to vote for."
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The common sense solution. 🤷🏻‍♀️ .... Both Sanders and Warren support lifting the cap on taxable income to generate more revenue for Social Security. Currently, the Social Security payroll tax only applies to the first $184,500 workers earn... newrepublic.com/post/214079/...

newrepublic.comWill This Bill Save Social Security, or Kill It?Welcome to The Blue Book! Today, read about the PROMISE Act, Doug Jones’s chances in Alabama, and more ...
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..... Melinda Person said “a robot built by a company associated with sex dolls has no business in our classrooms,” emphasizing that robots — no matter how “lifelike” — are incapable of the human connection students require in order to thrive. www.newyorkupstate.com/schools/2026...

newyorkupstate.comAfter backlash, Upstate NY school district pauses plan to add humanoid robot to classroomThe $57,590 investment in an AI teaching assistant sparked intense community debate.
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Looks like Democratic Socialists have corporate Dems running scared.🤷🏻‍♀️

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bernie Sanders: "People are sick and tired of the Democratic establishment and the Republican establishment ... the American people are tired of a rigged economy, a corrupt campaign finance system. They want real change. They don't want Rahm Emanuel and the establishment maintaining the status quo."

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The numbers of people who conflate "bold" with unrepentant bullyism is astounding....🤷🏻‍♀️ ====/ Among positive attributes, "bold" was the most commonly selected, with 43 percent saying it describes the president www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

newsweek.comDonald Trump’s approval rating with men crashes to record lowDonald Trump's approval rating among men has fallen to its lowest level on record across both of his presidencies, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.
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On the way to idiocracy...🤷🏻‍♀️ ... “We cannot afford to have a society in which a significant fraction of our best young minds think that cheating is OK,” he said. “That leads to a declining society, to a failed society … We cannot choose to become idiots.” www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

insidehighered.comBrown Professor Suspects Most of His Class Used AI to CheatBrown University leaders’ response to the alleged cheating incident has been “meek,” the professor said.
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.... They included Bank of America, Berkshire Hathaway, Boeing, BP, General Motors, Google, Lockheed Martin, Merck, Oracle, United Technologies, Walmart and Wells Fargo. He also lobbied for trade associations like the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity and the National Mining Association🤷🏻‍♀️

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... Trump said as many as 45,000 people attended the kickoff rally on Wednesday night. However, independent estimates ..... with some placing attendance at just over 1,000 and noting the audience thinned before the speech ended. www.newsweek.com/trumps-state...

newsweek.comTrump’s State Fair loses power on first dayTrump’s State Fair hit by outage as vendors lose power, crowds draw scrutiny and states and performers pull back from the event’s rollout.
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.... Hakeem Jeffries ..... says New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is going to have to smooth things over with congressional Democrats after backing several progressive candidates who ousted incumbents during Tuesday’s primary elections. 🤣😅😂🤣😂😅 www.huffpost.com/entry/hakeem...

huffpost.comSour Jeffries Says Mamdani Has 'Work To Do' After His Candidates Oust House IncumbentsThe House minority leader told CNN the mayor is going to have to patch things up with congressional Democrats follow Tuesday's primary upsets.
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The chickens have come home to roost. Dem Socialists aren't playing around. Either "Third Way" corporate dems can get on board, or they can exit stage right. Their time is over. Dems who understand why FDR was such a popular president are taking over the failed party.✊️

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I wonder if Susan Collins is "concerned" yet?🤷🏻‍♀️ www.commondreams.org/news/maine-p...

commondreams.orgAs Oligarchy Pours $400 Million Into Pro-Collins Ads, Platner Says: 'Ban Billionaires From Buying Elections' | Common DreamsIn a high-stakes Senate race in Maine, Democratic candidate Platner's historic primary win has Republicans worried. With a projected $384 million in spending, can grassroots support overcome billionai...
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When the battle lines are clearly drawn and the powerful see the peasants rising up.🤷🏻‍♀️ www.commondreams.org/news/susan-c...

commondreams.org'This Is Oligarchy': Nearly 100 Billionaires Are Funding Susan Collins' Reelection Bid | Common Dreams"While Susan Collins’ campaign is backed by billionaire donors, our campaign is built on a movement funded by the people, with an average donation of $26," said Graham Platner's campaign manager.
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Anticipated titles to include: * When the Spirit Moves Me * Tomorrow is Forever Away * Always Tomorrow * Excuses Abound * Time Gets Away * Better Things to Do * Waiting for the Moment And hot off the presses (when they get around to it)... * Mythical Somedays🤷🏻‍♀️

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Dr. King and all those who worked, led and fought during the Civil Rights Movement carved the path forward. Now we must pick up where they left off and leave a path with our own foot prints added to it. A path for our own children and grandchildren to follow....

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

WATCH: “The Supreme Court tore that apart — and the fact that Republicans came for MEMPHIS first feels deeply personal because of that city’s Civil Rights history.” @channel4news.bsky.social puts the racist Republican redistricting in historical context.