Ann Elise McLaughlin she/her 🏳️🌈🇺🇲
@annelisemcl1
genX, Independent progressive registered Dem just to vote, mom, feminist, bisexual, activist, reader, researcher, partner, truth-seeker, lifelong learner, advocate, crafter, open primaries & ranked choice voting advocate
My coworker had to make the awful decision to euthanize her rescue kitty who developed a blood clot in his heart. I couldn't do anything, since I made her a small bouquet from my garden. I can't do anything for you but I am sharing that bouquet with you.
I don't know how some folks here have such big followings when their replies to others are continually awful. And she is an author selling books?! Is it like the trend of restaurants where the staff were rude to you & that was the shtick? I don't get it...and I hope I never do. Blocked.
In NE PA, katydids have started their nighttime songs & it reminds me of my childhood returning from North PA's Eagles Mere Lake to the hotter more humid Philly suburb knowing summer was ending & school would soon start. Even decades later, I still feel the discordant sad excitement.
Public Service Announcement. This is a #SCAM the business I work for got in the mail from United Safety Standard. Similar deceptive "invoices" have been sent the past few years. The small print states "payment constitutes a binding contract". How is this legal? Why isn't the FTC stopping this?
Back when Biden campaigned at my local middle school, I stood outside the perimeter with my sign below. In Blue Delco, I got shit from other dems for this quiet protest.
What do you do on a 100° day that feels like 111° with humidity? I listen to @wxpnfm.bsky.social while fixing broken jewelry.
This is my PA Senator @fetterman.senate.gov denouncing a member of his own party who won her primary because "Israel". This man needs to resign. He is not capable of representing Pennsylvanians & Americans when he puts the demands of a foreign country ahead of his constituents & the U.S.
Shouldn't a journalist being neutral cite their source for a quote? Haven't found it through a Google search (yes, I know, Ai has screwed up Google) My source for DSA USA because I could not find a quote on NYC DSA: www.dsausa.org/statements/o...
The app 5calls makes it even easier & gives you your 3 Fed legislators DC & local office phones with suggested issues & scripts. I call weekly or more.
My husband & I joke with each other about "Hallmark holidays" and such AND he knows I love any excuse for cake. On Mother's Day, he surprised me with this cake & he was equally surprised when I asked if he read the cake before giving it to me...🦌 #MothersDay
Wait. Is this 1966 or 2026? We are going backwards under Trump & Republicans.
And here is @fetterman.senate.gov right on cue as Trump's propagandist.
The graph literally shows a drop & then rise in homicide from Sept to Oct during the DC deployment. And it is almost identical to the drop and rise from Feb - April with no Guard deployment.
I never expected this children's story to become non-fiction, yet here we are...
@wytnyt.bsky.social @truthtony.bsky.social This your guy? I blocked him. I don't need his engagement.
@fetterman.senate.gov @johnfetterman.com has abandoned his progressive base that voted to elect him. His comments are full of MAGA folks praising him.
If you haven't watched the 2020 Jeffrey Epstein Documentary, now is a good time to binge watch it. #ReleaseEpsteinFiles
Are you sharing the "5 Calls" app with folks who feel like they need to do something but aren't the protesting/ marching type? Calling/emailing your elected officials is very impacting. Share the app with folks you know.
#SaveAct I am opposed to the SAVE Act. I am shocked older Republican women are not because statistically, they will have a higher difficulty voting if this bill passes than other women.
Reminder that the RNC & Trump invited the McCloskey's to give a (recorded) speech at the RNC Convention.
@robedwards1.bsky.social are you aware you are following an anti-trans person here on Bluesky? I would want to know.
Elected Democrats should be plastering these images everywhere!
#NoKings in Philly! Many suburbanites came in from the surrounding towns.
In less than a month, Bluesky suspended my account for "suspicious activity on your Bluesky account that suggests someone else may have accessed it without your permission." but they never define what that suspicious activity is. Am I liking and reposting too much?
What is @fetterman.senate.gov @johnfetterman.com playing at with closing his offices & phone lines during the shutdown? Even Senator McCormick's office has staff talking to constituents. Bad disingenuous behavior Senator. As a constituent, I don't appreciate being manipulated by you & your staff.
Disappointed that some of my mutuals follow this anti-trans person here. Dr. Rachel Brody.