Eileen Winterbottom

observing from the Pacific Northwest 🌲🏔🌊

[Patrick Skinner @SkinnerPm]

Our society is so beat down by oligarchy manipulation that we think having billionaires pay more to support the society & infrastructure that literally enabled them to make billions is communism.
We don’t just lick the boots of these people, we buy their boots for them.

[Eileen Winterbottom @ewinterbottom]

@svershbow same 💘

[Eileen Winterbottom @ewinterbottom]

@svershbow I love her🥰

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post offering “financial runway." This month it gutted its newsroom—more than 300 layoffs.

Whatever you think of legacy news, the hard data shows us that newspaper closures hurt Americans. Here's how: 🧵

[Eileen Winterbottom @ewinterbottom]

@GardenBrocante Yes! Spring is well & truly underway!

[Eileen Winterbottom @ewinterbottom]

@GardenBrocante Will you start them inside? I love them but can’t figure them out—my success is random 😅

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

I really need Democratic lawmakers to understand that we're fed up with them simply posting on social media "this has to stop" without calling for specific actions to make it stop.

We know this needs to stop. We elected you. Tell us what needs to be done to make it stop.

[Eileen Winterbottom @ewinterbottom]

@SoVeryBritish perfect mug too 🙌🏻

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

These👇🏼180-125 yo Victorian ink bottles are still available as posy-making kits in my Etsy shop. Each kit is designed to improve mental health & includes a booklet about the neuroscience with how-tos, a posy of dried flowers (also in photo below), stationery extras & a hand-printed box:
https://t.co/iRLlvlVA0X

[Eileen Winterbottom @ewinterbottom]

@SandyHorne61 I love seeing your photos & I can tell you had a great time visiting my little corner of the world 🤩

[Eileen Winterbottom @ewinterbottom]

@SandyHorne61 so pretty, but just as loud as other jays 😂

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Retweet this if you listen to NPR and have heard an anti-Obama Republican interviewed on your member station. Trying to see something.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Nobody said it would be easy, but Republicans found a way to cut taxes for the rich while taking away your healthcare. A story of true heroism.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Things that are not a distraction: People being deported without due process, tariffs and inflation, executive overreach, court defiance.

Things that are a distraction: A four-day conversation about whether Americans understand what the word oligarchy means.

Next…

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

Donald Trump’s order dismantling the Department of Education is yet another attack on our children’s future. This isn’t about empowering states—it’s about gutting protections for students, slashing resources for public schools, and abandoning families who rely on federal support as a pathway to prosperity. The Department of Education exists to ensure every child, no matter their zip code, has access to a quality education. Without it, this administration will weaken civil rights enforcement, jeopardize special education funding, and cut off college affordability for millions of our youngest Americans.

We must be clear: This is part of a larger Republican agenda to roll back progress and dismantle the institutions that serve working families. As Trump and Republicans celebrate this reckless move, we will fight back. Every child deserves a champion, and we will not stand by while their futures are put at risk.

[Victoria Brownworth @VABVOX]

My latest on Trump's speech and all the ramifications. Vulnerable Americans are at more risk than they may even know.
🎁 link. Please RT/QT https://t.co/aFmuHNKYb6

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

We went from “what good are the humanities?” to “suddenly, no one can read” in about a year, and the answer to the first question is the disinformation and lack of critical thinking you see all around you. *That* is why you need the humanities. This is what they prevent.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Trump and Elon are destroying the Social Security Administration, and without staff & offices, there will be people who can’t get their benefits—period.

I put together a fact sheet about what Elon's decimation of @SocialSecurity will mean for YOU.

Please share it far and wide.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

24% of Americans get their health insurance from Medicaid.

Seniors. Working families. Millions of kids.

Republicans voted tonight to burn Medicaid to the ground.

And for what? To fund a giant tax cut for their billionaire friends.

A moral abomination.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

It's nearly 5am and Republicans just rammed through their pro-billionaire, anti-middle class budget blueprint.

To pass massive tax giveaways for billionaires, they're going to defund Medicaid, slash veterans benefits, & force kids to go hungry.

Make sure everyone knows it.