Bill Parsons
billparsons.bsky.social
Bill Parsons
@billparsons.bsky.social
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March 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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This makes me quake. Make no mistake... theirs is NOT the pursuit of a conventional conservative agenda, nor even of a VERY conservative agenda; it's the pursuit of theocracy.
Ahead of the Texas House speaker race, Republican lawmakers appeared outside for a prayer meeting where pastors called for Christians to “take charge and authority” over the legislature and exercise their rightful “jurisdiction over the affairs of men.” #txlege
January 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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January 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82.

With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.

www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82
Bruised and bloodied while traveling through the South in 1961, he challenged segregation on interstate buses and in terminal waiting rooms.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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She’s right, you know.
January 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Well, before we even talk about how racist you have to be to back the extermination of the Palestinians in Gaza, here’s a few other highlights from Keir Starmer.
January 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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January 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
January 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
No lie detected
January 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Solidarity with all workers (but especially those near my home town)
www.peoplesworld.org/article/star...
Starbucks strike solidarity in small town Pennsylvania
LANCASTER, Penn.—In sub-freezing weather, Mennonites pass by in horse and buggy while a sign on the local Starbucks door reads, “Don’t Iron While the Strike is Hot.
www.peoplesworld.org
January 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Late stage capitalism
January 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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January 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
After almost 20 years of division, Service Employees rejoin AFL-CIO www.peoplesworld.org/article/afte...
After almost 20 years of division, Service Employees rejoin AFL-CIO
WASHINGTON—After almost 20 years officially on the outside, the gigantic Service Employees are formally bringing their two million members back into the AFL-CIO.
www.peoplesworld.org
January 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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January 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Adopting Trump’s style, European far right copies leftist language to sell fascism www.peoplesworld.org/article/adop...
Adopting Trump’s style, European far right copies leftist language to sell fascism
Around the world, we have been witnessing the rise of new right-wing and neo-fascist political forces at the same time as we have experienced the demise or marginalization of strong left-wing forces. ...
www.peoplesworld.org
January 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Something something history rhymes something
January 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Break in food and drink
December 31, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Book haul from a quick trip to Otto Books in Williamsport
December 31, 2024 at 2:53 PM