PortfolioCarmel
Carmel-by-the-Sea | Big Sur Coast
resident of DC and NYC in days of yore
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- Reposted by PortfolioCarmel▫️ unforgotten ▫️
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelthis is a good one storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelBREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelFLAG: Trump said today that Republicans should nationalize elections — continuing to double down on his 2020 election lies. The suggestion runs contrary to the Constitution's delegation of election administration to state governments.
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelSometimes you have to say it out loud to appreciate how dire t all is: The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
- Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelNearly ten years ago I co-founded @wbaidlaw.bsky.social to provide pro bono representation of whistleblowers. Yet another example of the great work it does. The DNI & Tulsi Gabbard have a lot of explaining to do.
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelI love FOIA.
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- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelEvery year at Candlemas, great drifts of snow-drops bloomed across Old Fox's village; miraculous, unadorned, pilt into the pale February sunlight from the dark, moleish earth below. In the churchyard around the graves and by the yew trees, across the green, in cottage gardens and under wayside oaks,
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelthey bowed their delicate heads and quickened hope in every heart and every weary soul. Lady Mary's Fair Maids, Grey Brock called them, here to herald the spring and fare ye well to Christmas for another season in this old and stormy world.
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelHappy #Imbolc, ushered in by Brigid and her hare. Nature is stirring, there’s a full moon. The winter is ebbing away. The seeds scattered last year are waking up. Pat yourself on the back , you’ve made it through another winter.
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmel"If I can't have you, no one can" is the credo of almost every abuser. He's even tattooed his name on the building.
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- Honoring Imbolc with the memory of blacksmith and dowser Hamish Miller of Cornwall, who, with wife Ba, referred to me as ‘the daughter we never had’. Among much other magic, Hamish hand-forged the replacement Chalice Well cover in Glastonbury— seen here in a photo by @glastomichelle.bsky.social
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelThinking this morning about the arrests of journalists, activists, and the overall state of the country. As is often the case, James Baldwin came to mind. This the 63rd anniversary of THE FIRE NEXT TIME. He wrote, “Everything now, we must assume, is in our hands.”
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View full threadReposted by PortfolioCarmel“What it comes to is that if we, who can scarcely be considered a white nation, persist in thinking of ourselves as one, we condemn ourselves…to sterility and decay, whereas if we could accept ourselves as we are, we might bring new life to Western achievements and transform them.”
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelBREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelI testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
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- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelQuite appropriate as we begin Black History Month. Let us be clear, despite the Regime's attempt to redact it, Black History is American history. Thanks.
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelon this day in 1960 was the start of the Greensboro sit-ins, a compelling stand for civil and human rights, a spark that helped ignite a fire of positive change in America. We can do this today America: the power of love and decency is stronger than the forces of hate and cruelty.
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelThank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam. We won’t stop until all children and families are home.
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- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelhappy bday writer, one of my favs, Langston Hughes, b.1901, Joplin, MO, leading figure of Harlem Renaissance. “Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.” “Looks like what drives me crazy Don't have no effect on you--...
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmel...But I'm gonna keep on at it Till it drives you crazy, too.”
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelA huge political earthquake in Texas tonight as Democrats flipped a State Senate seat from red to blue in a district Trump won by 17 points. Trump personally waded in — endorsing the Republican and personally urging base turnout — and was dealt a massive loss.
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelHard to overstate how big a deal a Rehmet win would be. Tarrant County is the epicenter of Christian nationalism in Texas, an incubator for far-right policies, and nexus of billionaire Tim Dunn's network, which is riding hard for Wambsganss. Rehmet almost entirely funded by donations of $100 or less
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelDemocrats didn’t just see a 30-point shift in Texas and flip a State Senate seat red to blue: they did it while being outspent 20-to-1. This will send shockwaves through the Republican Party.
- Reposted by PortfolioCarmelWow, buckle up. The early vote just came in Tarrant County, and Democrat Taylor Rehmet is up 56% to 44% in the special election for a Texas state Senate seat. This is a seat that went for Trump by 17%. This would be a huge upset. This is already 45K votes.
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