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I put my money where my haiku was yesterday.

Hand holds quiet power--
a mark becomes a voice heard.
A voice voted loudly.

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Tomorrow we vote.
Another chance to have our
voices heard. Vote loudly.

#mondaymood @Deblovestoread

Tomorrow's a big day for quite a few states. A major way to effect change is to get out there and vote. Vote “bigly“ ... and hopefully keep our democracy--well, what little we have that's left of it anyway. Yeah, quite a mood.

Hello friends! It‘s time to vote for the #LittensLoveRomance November 2025 read: here is the link to vote: https://forms.gle/eeuLfajMZYoKnToG8

Early voting is open in NJ, and mail in drop boxes are plentiful. Here‘s your reminder to vote - I know we aren‘t the only ones with an important election this Tuesday.

And you may call me petty, but I argue I‘m consistent. If you voted to make America great again, you own what‘s happening in DC right now. You own the shutdown, you own what‘s happening to benefits and healthcare. Sit with that and do not engage with me. Sit in your bigotry.

Great read for children on how people pick and elect the president of the United States!

Mailed the last batch of cards today as part of the Postcards for Progress campaign. With this batch to New Jersey plus others to Virginia throughout the summer, I‘ve written and mailed 800 postcards. 👊🏼💙💙👊🏼

Vote like your life depends upon it—because it does.

I wanted to take a moment to pay homage to Portlanders who, instead of being cowed by a dictator, embraced their first amendment right to peaceful assembly and continued protesting, but in costume, to prove the lie to their city being “war ravaged.” I cannot think of a better response. I love their creativity and stance for their, and our, rights.

During the rapid and accelerated unraveling of our democracy, it is doubly important to read these "boring" stories of the actual American heroes who really did make our country great before the racists and the oligarchs and their cheering sycophants truly understood the ease and effectiveness of demonizing our greatest and most authentic public servants. This won't be one of the first books banned, but it will eventually be added to the list.

I‘ll read anything Lepore writes and her latest, out today, which is about the constitution feels especially timely. I know she thinks originalism is deeply flawed (she‘s right) and that our inability to amend the constitution is a threat to our democracy (again she‘s right). Can‘t wait to read more. I m expecting an informative, compelling and occasionally frustrating/maddening (because politics!) read. Top of the nonfiction pile it goes.