Hap Connors
@hapconnors.bsky.social
Recovering politician and lobbyist trying to live my values and seeking new ways to make our communities vibrant.
“Like everything else that is good about America, the story of Christmas here in Massachusetts is the story of revolutionary acts against nativism, against religious intolerance, and against slavery and oppression of all kinds….”
@theshebeen.bsky.social
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This was England, in the early part of the 17th century, every 25th of December, every year, until the Puritans moved into power, and the monarchy fell with the head of Charles I. Things became a bit grim, as Professor Schnepper writes.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Like everything else that is good about America, the story of Christmas here in Massachusetts is the story of revolutionary acts against nativism, against religious intolerance, and against slavery and oppression of all kinds….”
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"Even Putin doesn't name classes of ships after himself. Kim Jong-un doesn't name — I mean this is crazy," Tom Nichols tells Tim Miller. "We're gonna run around in circles because this unhinged old man, you know, wants to have a ship with his name on it."
December 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
"Even Putin doesn't name classes of ships after himself. Kim Jong-un doesn't name — I mean this is crazy," Tom Nichols tells Tim Miller. "We're gonna run around in circles because this unhinged old man, you know, wants to have a ship with his name on it."
“You take wisdom and you take compassion, and with these two wings, each of us can learn to fly and make a difference in the world.”
— Tencho Gyatso, “The Dalai Lama’s Lasting Message”
#Wisdom
#Compassion
#NewAmericanDream
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— Tencho Gyatso, “The Dalai Lama’s Lasting Message”
#Wisdom
#Compassion
#NewAmericanDream
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The Dalai Lama’s Lasting Message
Speaking with Wisdom of Happiness director Barbara Miller and Tibetan activist Tencho Gyatso
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December 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“You take wisdom and you take compassion, and with these two wings, each of us can learn to fly and make a difference in the world.”
— Tencho Gyatso, “The Dalai Lama’s Lasting Message”
#Wisdom
#Compassion
#NewAmericanDream
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— Tencho Gyatso, “The Dalai Lama’s Lasting Message”
#Wisdom
#Compassion
#NewAmericanDream
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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New court documents show DOJ lied to judge multiple times: legal experts
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New court documents show DOJ lied to judge multiple times: legal experts
The Justice Department may have been caught lying in court – and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche could be on the hook for it, legal experts say.There has been an ongoing court case involving Kilm...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New court documents show DOJ lied to judge multiple times: legal experts
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“Rural schools hit by Trump’s grant cuts have few options for making up for the lost money.”
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@dailyyonder.bsky.social
#MAGA
#RuralSchools
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#MAGA
#RuralSchools
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Rural schools hit by Trump's grant cuts have few options for making up for the lost money
Many rural school districts around the United States are having a hard time making up for federal grant money that's been cut by the Trump administration.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Rural schools hit by Trump’s grant cuts have few options for making up for the lost money.”
@apnews.com
@dailyyonder.bsky.social
#MAGA
#RuralSchools
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@dailyyonder.bsky.social
#MAGA
#RuralSchools
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“What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach…. When we approach with reverence great things decide to approach us.”
- John O’Donohue
#Advent #mindfulness #reverence
- John O’Donohue
#Advent #mindfulness #reverence
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach…. When we approach with reverence great things decide to approach us.”
- John O’Donohue
#Advent #mindfulness #reverence
- John O’Donohue
#Advent #mindfulness #reverence
“But while Trump focuses on his architectural projects, the administration seems unable to meet other obligations.”
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December 16, 2025
While President Donald J.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“But while Trump focuses on his architectural projects, the administration seems unable to meet other obligations.”
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December 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope."
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
#Advent #hope #activehope #community
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
#Advent #hope #activehope #community
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope."
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
#Advent #hope #activehope #community
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
#Advent #hope #activehope #community
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“When we have created — and allowed — a world where the fearmongering of scarcity is rewarded far and above the possibility of abundance, we are indeed facing Advent in a time of starvation.”
#Advent
#GOPCruelty
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#Advent
#GOPCruelty
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Unsettling Advent 2025, Day 13
“That evening the disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘This place is like a desert, and it’s already late.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“When we have created — and allowed — a world where the fearmongering of scarcity is rewarded far and above the possibility of abundance, we are indeed facing Advent in a time of starvation.”
#Advent
#GOPCruelty
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#Advent
#GOPCruelty
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“Dark nights don’t involve a diminution of self, but rather a shift in focus away from the ego and onto others….
“The dark night heightens our connections to all living beings…. It may be dark in here, but it’s full of love.”
— Therese DesCamp
#Advent #DarkNights #compassion
#community
“The dark night heightens our connections to all living beings…. It may be dark in here, but it’s full of love.”
— Therese DesCamp
#Advent #DarkNights #compassion
#community
December 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“Dark nights don’t involve a diminution of self, but rather a shift in focus away from the ego and onto others….
“The dark night heightens our connections to all living beings…. It may be dark in here, but it’s full of love.”
— Therese DesCamp
#Advent #DarkNights #compassion
#community
“The dark night heightens our connections to all living beings…. It may be dark in here, but it’s full of love.”
— Therese DesCamp
#Advent #DarkNights #compassion
#community
“The greatest, most profound, tenderest things in the world, we must wait for. It happens not here in a storm but according to the divine laws of sprouting, growing, and becoming.”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, writing from a Nazi prison
#Advent #hope #activehope
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, writing from a Nazi prison
#Advent #hope #activehope
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“The greatest, most profound, tenderest things in the world, we must wait for. It happens not here in a storm but according to the divine laws of sprouting, growing, and becoming.”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, writing from a Nazi prison
#Advent #hope #activehope
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, writing from a Nazi prison
#Advent #hope #activehope
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
“On A Journey”
….Don’t be downcast, the time will soon come
When we can have rest. Our small crosses will stand
On the bright edge of the road together,
And rain fall, and snow fall,
And the winds come and go.
— Hermann Hesse
#Advent #Hope #Journey #Awakening
….Don’t be downcast, the time will soon come
When we can have rest. Our small crosses will stand
On the bright edge of the road together,
And rain fall, and snow fall,
And the winds come and go.
— Hermann Hesse
#Advent #Hope #Journey #Awakening
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“On A Journey”
….Don’t be downcast, the time will soon come
When we can have rest. Our small crosses will stand
On the bright edge of the road together,
And rain fall, and snow fall,
And the winds come and go.
— Hermann Hesse
#Advent #Hope #Journey #Awakening
….Don’t be downcast, the time will soon come
When we can have rest. Our small crosses will stand
On the bright edge of the road together,
And rain fall, and snow fall,
And the winds come and go.
— Hermann Hesse
#Advent #Hope #Journey #Awakening
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Everyone saw this coming.
Trump stiffed his contractors, then fell out w/his architect because he refused to back his demand for a ballroom bigger than the WH.
And those corporate donations he keeps bragging about are pledges, not real money. Taxpayers will end up on the hook one way or another.
Trump stiffed his contractors, then fell out w/his architect because he refused to back his demand for a ballroom bigger than the WH.
And those corporate donations he keeps bragging about are pledges, not real money. Taxpayers will end up on the hook one way or another.
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Everyone saw this coming.
Trump stiffed his contractors, then fell out w/his architect because he refused to back his demand for a ballroom bigger than the WH.
And those corporate donations he keeps bragging about are pledges, not real money. Taxpayers will end up on the hook one way or another.
Trump stiffed his contractors, then fell out w/his architect because he refused to back his demand for a ballroom bigger than the WH.
And those corporate donations he keeps bragging about are pledges, not real money. Taxpayers will end up on the hook one way or another.
DC Council Member Janeese Lewis George running for Mayor. Her work has been focused on looking out for the underdogs and those in need.
#DCMayor
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#DCMayor
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Councilmember Janeese Lewis George announces run for DC mayor
Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George announced Monday she is running to be D.C.’s next mayor.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
DC Council Member Janeese Lewis George running for Mayor. Her work has been focused on looking out for the underdogs and those in need.
#DCMayor
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#DCMayor
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The Siren's Call
Where evil lives inside me
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November 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Assess your values. Choose wisely. open.substack.com/pub/betweenh...
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happy Thanksgiving.
“Gratitude gives us a new story. It opens our eyes to see that every life is, in unique and dignified ways, graced….
“Gratitude calls us to sit together, to…feed one another….
“To know and celebrate abundance.”
- Diana Butler Bass
#gratitude #HappyThanksgiving #community #abundance
“Gratitude calls us to sit together, to…feed one another….
“To know and celebrate abundance.”
- Diana Butler Bass
#gratitude #HappyThanksgiving #community #abundance
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“Gratitude gives us a new story. It opens our eyes to see that every life is, in unique and dignified ways, graced….
“Gratitude calls us to sit together, to…feed one another….
“To know and celebrate abundance.”
- Diana Butler Bass
#gratitude #HappyThanksgiving #community #abundance
“Gratitude calls us to sit together, to…feed one another….
“To know and celebrate abundance.”
- Diana Butler Bass
#gratitude #HappyThanksgiving #community #abundance
Thank you, heart for breaking open every time you hear of the throbbing ache of war…. of hunger…. May you never grow callous…. For all the times I have forgotten to say thank you, forgive me…. I am still learning.
— Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
#compassion #grateful #together #community
— Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
#compassion #grateful #together #community
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Thank you, heart for breaking open every time you hear of the throbbing ache of war…. of hunger…. May you never grow callous…. For all the times I have forgotten to say thank you, forgive me…. I am still learning.
— Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
#compassion #grateful #together #community
— Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
#compassion #grateful #together #community
“Letter to Our Children” (excerpt)
“…Tear down the walls
and use the debris
to build bridges.
Tattoo these words
on your hands,
on your tongue:
we are all in this
together.”
— Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
#oneness #community #compassion #together
“…Tear down the walls
and use the debris
to build bridges.
Tattoo these words
on your hands,
on your tongue:
we are all in this
together.”
— Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
#oneness #community #compassion #together
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“Letter to Our Children” (excerpt)
“…Tear down the walls
and use the debris
to build bridges.
Tattoo these words
on your hands,
on your tongue:
we are all in this
together.”
— Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
#oneness #community #compassion #together
“…Tear down the walls
and use the debris
to build bridges.
Tattoo these words
on your hands,
on your tongue:
we are all in this
together.”
— Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
#oneness #community #compassion #together
Marjorie Taylor Greene was never a serious member of Congress. She has always been a MAGA social media influencer, who used politics to get very rich. No matter her feelings about Trump today, they will always have that in common.
#MarjorieTaylorGreene
#MAGAMoochers
#MarjorieTaylorGreene
#MAGAMoochers
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene was never a serious member of Congress. She has always been a MAGA social media influencer, who used politics to get very rich. No matter her feelings about Trump today, they will always have that in common.
#MarjorieTaylorGreene
#MAGAMoochers
#MarjorieTaylorGreene
#MAGAMoochers