Pamela Marrache 🦋 🦋 🦋

Pamela Marrache 🦋 🦋 🦋

@pamelamarrache.bsky.social

Democracy dies in silence. Resist loudly! Avid reader, poet. Humanist, nature lover, animal lover, voter & resister. Chronic pain warrior. Identifies as She/Her & Try Me

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Lowkey Mischief has been granted another chance He is off the kill list and is back in adoptions Please continue sharing him until he is rescued or adopted

morgfairsdogs.bsky.social@morgfairsdogs.bsky.social

Lowkey Mischief 253202 Relisted TBK 9/5 #NYCACC #AdoptMe He is a cute 2 yr old Social with staff Jumping & vocalizing in kennel Playful spirit, affectionate in prev home Save Lowkey Mischief! nycacc.app/browse/253202 #Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt

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Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.

ProPublica@propublica.org

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:

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Replying to @juliusgoat.bsky.social

They act like homelessness is an unsolvable mystery when in truth the answers are known and have been proven in study after study. Build a lot more affordable housing options, pass UBI & increase min wage. There’s other stuff but this would fix like 80% of it.

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Please read this whole thread. It’s a very good depiction of how community care looks right now. Please be ready to show the same care.

Friendly Neighborhood Mouse@missmouse.bsky.social

Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.

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We lost another visionary this week in Gloria Steinem. Many knew her for her powerful work in feminism, but did you also know she was a fierce animal advocate? She fought against the concept of speciesism and believed that protection and freedom belong to all living beings.

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It's Nazism, again. Do you know what genocide is? Cultural genocide, too, for example? This is that. You're not seeing it on your IG or TikTok feeds, visceral, bloody, violent, but it's ongoing. Why don't you care about it, say, as much as other things? Why don't you SAY something about it?

Kristian Kiehling@kristiankiehling.bsky.social

In addition to the hundreds of thousands of children who have been taken out of Ukraine and sent to russia,approx 1.6 million children in occupied Ukrainian territories are being 'russified'. When Germany invaded Poland,the Nazis took 200,000 Polish children with the intention of 'Germanising' them.

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Day 1655 of Russia's colonial & genocidal war, to erase Ukraine's language, culture + people. As I type, Agent Vitkov & NepoBaby's plane has just crossed into Russia. Trump says a deal can be made, but he was supposed to stop this war in 24 hours, he's 593 days late & counting

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Revealed: White House launched polygraph frenzy after humiliating leaks

dlvr.itRevealed: White House launched polygraph frenzy after humiliating leaksThe New York Times reports the Pentagon hit roughly 50 members of the Joint Staff with polygraph tests in an aggressive war on potential leakers. “U.S. government investigators have taken the extraordinary step of subjecting … members of the U.S. military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists, including about how the Iran war has created a shortage of crucial munitions, according to officials briefed on the move,” the Times reports, with investigators asking military officers and civilian employees on if they had ever disclosed classified information to members of the press, and about whether they provided information about diminished U.S. munitions stocks. According to the Times, the polygraph tests were conducted in August “after a flurry of news reports detailed diminished stocks of crucial munitions, including of long-range missiles and Patriot interceptors.” Trump himself was reportedly caught off guard by news of the devastated munitions, likely because his staff and lieutenants feed him nothing but good news concerning his unilateral war. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth allegedly found himself sidelined after proving himself a useless ‘yes-man’ incapable of delivering more than happy fluff about the U.S. conflict. “Hegseth, among others in the president's orbit, 'tells Trump what he wants to hear,'” the Daily Mail recently reported, citing an insider, who echoed “concerns about Trump's 'yes-men' military advisors shared by Republicans on Capitol Hill.” The elevation of Trump’s new “golden boy” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over Hegseth in military matters followed an explosion at a Camp David retreat earlier this month after Trump became furious that all the good news he was getting from flunkies did not live up to the reality of the war. Most notably, the U.S. military's shortage of critical defense munitions, which Trump had been convinced “had been fixed.” 'The environment changed,' a Trump insider said, describing a realization inside the administration that Trump simply “can't bludgeon [Iran] anymore.” “In a statement, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told the Times that the department “does not comment on internal personnel or investigative matters but takes all leaks of classified national security information extremely seriously and investigates accordingly.”

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Sorry, Donald. Republican, Democrat or Independent President. It's NO.

Governor Newsom Press Office@govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov

ANOTHER WIN. A judge has AGAIN halted Trump’s USPS mail ballot scheme through the November elections. His war on voting rights keeps running into the same problem: THE LAW!

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Oh, this is going to piss some folks off. They’ve repeated the lie so many times they thought nobody would check the receipts. We checked. Jeffries is the first Black party leader in congressional history, and the “bought by AIPAC” smear has been repeated like gospel. Here are the actual numbers.

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Convinced the few people left on his side in Congress that aren't total MAGA stooges just tell themselves he's an idiot, because they don't want to deal with the alternative -- that he's intentionally sabotaging the country.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

“We could do tremendous good for ourselves by just not trading with countries” — Trump’s bonkers view of trade is that you become wealthy by not engaging in commerce

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Sec. Hegseth gutted Civilian Harm Mitigation & Response because it was “woke.” EVERY SINGLE COMMANDER pushed back, but Hegseth went against our legal -& moral- imperative anyway. Since then, the US military has killed hundreds of civilians. Hegseth & Trump's illegal, reckless war on Iran must end.

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We’ve been spot on EVERY time we’ve called bullshit on this administration and despite being called “extreme” by the establishment ™️, we are once again ringing alarm bells about this agreement: WHEN HAVE RFK JR, JAYANTA, AND PETE HEGSETH EVERRRRR IMPROVED ANYTHING THEY PUT THEIR SIGNATURE ON?!

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RW fetishization of The Troops has always been more about policing gender stereotypes than honoring service (nb: how Hegseth is running the Defense Department)--this is one of those at-least-he's-honest-about-his-complete-lack-of-fucks moments.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says 18 Americans dying fighting Iran is “small potatoes”

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Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026. So far. The scams, schemes and grifts have been endless, as the Trump Family seems to spend most of their time and energy finding new ways to profit off the presidency. Here is my Top 75. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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Trump implying that 18 dead US soldiers is “small potatoes” is sick and outrageous—but there’s something even more telling here. He all but reveals that he thought attacking Iran would be as easy as Venezuela. Confirms his incompetence, that he ignored warnings from top US military leaders, or both.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says 18 Americans dying fighting Iran is “small potatoes”

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I would be remiss if I did not point out that Hot Tamales - the candy that is probably causing Trump's brain fart here - are manufactured in Lancaster, PA.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social

Trump says that one of the only things we import from Mexico are "hot tamales." Not tamales -- but "hot tamales." Because if you go to any crossing on our southern border, you will see 18-wheelers with huge ovens. Those ovens are set to 375 degrees, and they are filled with tamales.

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He knows they'll ask embarrassing questions about when Trump will end the war, when he'll put a leash on ICE, etc. Yep, painful waste of time. Hope his Dem opponent is paying attention. #ProudBlue

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I hate to play this game but ... it's apt! If Obama or Biden has said this, the ensuing meltdown would have made Chernobyl look like a spa day. For this asshole, it's just another Friday.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says 18 Americans dying fighting Iran is “small potatoes”

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mandatory country-of-origin labels on beef will NEVER happen under donny's mafia but stick a 📌 in @shawnforcongress.bsky.social's fantastic idea for a future date when non-mob adults are in charge Shawn does Georgia proud. #gapol 🧢 @whodat35.bsky.social

Shawn Harris@shawnforcongress.bsky.social

You shouldn’t have to guess where your beef comes from. As a cattle farmer, I’m calling for mandatory country-of-origin labeling and strong USDA inspections. Families deserve to know where their beef was raised and slaughtered. And Snowflake? Still keeping us waiting!

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked Trump’s efforts to evict native bison from public lands in MT—a win for American Prairie (AP), a conservation organization. The BLM withdrew AP's permits so billionaire ranchers could graze their immigrant cattle on public lands; the cattle destroy the land.

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First, we can’t eat without getting sick and now we can’t clean without getting sick. Trump has deregulated agencies that were tasked with keeping us safe. So none of this should come as a surprise.

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Trump‘s racism has to be called out now! He says who cares about trade with Mexico. We only import “tomatoes “& “hot tamales”.Well, we actually import vehicles, computers, electric machinery. Latino voters must come out roaring against Republicans & this doesn’t even mention masked secret police.

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"You have no choice." President Trump often says that, especially to women and girls.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ranchers are visibly uncomfortable as Trump tells them they’re now empowered to kill wolves even though it’s illegal

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BREAKING: President Trump signed an Executive Order today requiring Sec. of the Interior Burgum to explore removing federal protections for gray wolves + Mexican gray wolves. It's clearly meant to appease ranchers, despite the biggest threat to their businesses coming from tariffs, not wolves.

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Trump says that one of the only things we import from Mexico are "hot tamales." Not tamales -- but "hot tamales." Because if you go to any crossing on our southern border, you will see 18-wheelers with huge ovens. Those ovens are set to 375 degrees, and they are filled with tamales.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

“We could do tremendous good for ourselves by just not trading with countries” — Trump’s bonkers view of trade is that you become wealthy by not engaging in commerce

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If you needed any more motivation to purchase beef from local farmers at farmers markets, here is the Number 1 reason to do so. Trump’s corporate friends are selling beef slop at their grocery chains.

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“You're thinking of beef all wrong. As if I had the cuts back in a walk-in freezer. The meat's not from here. Well, your beef's from Argentina... right next to Brazil. And from wild horses, and disappeared ICE detainees and a hundred other places."

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Me crossing beef off my shopping list …