Jim Loomis
@jwloomis.bsky.social
reader, writer, volunteer, sole caregiver, educator
The next era could come sooner than you think
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The next era could come sooner than you think
This Thanksgiving, let's be thankful for the possibility of renewal
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November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The next era could come sooner than you think
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No Wonder We Have a Shutdown
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No Wonder We Have a Shutdown
Trump's abject ignorance and narcissism made this inevitable
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October 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
No Wonder We Have a Shutdown
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We knew Keri when she worked in Ithaca, NY. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
ProPublica Hires Keri Blakinger and Raquel Rutledge as National Reporters
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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August 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We knew Keri when she worked in Ithaca, NY. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
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Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
"Better..." for whom?
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July 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The Supreme Court's Pandora's Box
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The Supreme Court's Pandora's Box
The Roberts Court let Pandora out of the box, and now there seems to be no putting everything back in.
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July 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Supreme Court's Pandora's Box
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Taking away your citizenship
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Taking away your citizenship
Here it is, right on schedule.
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July 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Taking away your citizenship
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How is the federal budget distributed across agencies? | USAFacts
Explore how federal money flowed through the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in FY 2024.
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July 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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"Writers, artists, and scholars must be free to express their views openly without compromising their free movement across borders," said PEN America's @jonfreadom.bsky.social following detainment and deportation of Australian writer Alistair Kitchen for his personal writings pen.org/press-releas...
Deportation of Australian Writer For Speech Fits “Disturbing Pattern” of U.S. Border Agents Screening Visitors For Their Viewpoints - PEN America
Australian writer detained at border for speech critical of Trump and Israeli administrations and part of a growing censorship trend.
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June 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"Writers, artists, and scholars must be free to express their views openly without compromising their free movement across borders," said PEN America's @jonfreadom.bsky.social following detainment and deportation of Australian writer Alistair Kitchen for his personal writings pen.org/press-releas...
When Nobody Comes to Fix the Bridge via @truthdig.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
When Nobody Comes to Fix the Bridge via @truthdig.bsky.social
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The Man Whose Weather Forecast Saved the World
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June 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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What is democracy, anyway?
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What is democracy, anyway?
To explain the threat, focus on the *why* not the *what*
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May 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What is democracy, anyway?
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Words & Phrases We Can Do Without
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Words & Phrases We Can Do Without
We've had more than our fill of Trump telling us about our “needs”
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May 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Words & Phrases We Can Do Without
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Opinion | Gov. Josh Shapiro: Finding Moral Clarity After an Arsonist’s Attack (Gift Article)
This level of violence has to stop.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The "King" is not well: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Completely out of touch’: golf and dinners for ‘king’ Trump as economy melts down
Casual attitude as markets fall suggests man detached from anxieties of ordinary voters – and surrounded by yes men
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April 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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OPINION:
Trump, dementia and the duty to warn
To ensure that the United States will always be led by a coherent, functioning President, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment provides for the prompt, orderly, and democratic transfer of executive power in the...
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April 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
OPINION:
Five Questions with Olivia Troye
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Five Questions with Olivia Troye
Former Pence advisor explains Trump's EO's targeting his own people
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April 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Five Questions with Olivia Troye
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The trade deficit is much misunderstood. taxfoundation.org/blog/trade-d...
Debunking Myths about the Trade Deficit
Politicians often bemoan the trade deficit, but their disdain for this economic statistic is largely misplaced. The trade deficit reflects deeper choices about how we use our money, and reducing it ma...
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April 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The trade deficit is much misunderstood. taxfoundation.org/blog/trade-d...
Posts online correctly cracked the formula for Trump's tariffs www.snopes.com/news/2025/04...
Posts online correctly cracked the formula for Trump's tariffs
Despite a White House spokesman claiming otherwise, the published formula matched what social media users calculated.
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April 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The Idiotic Tariff Policy of Dim-Witted Trump www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
The Idiotic Tariff Policy of Dim-Witted Trump | Common Dreams
The U.S. president, sadly, is not that smart or well-informed about history or the global economy—and apparently neither are his advisors. Ideally, Democrats would start proving they understand how to...
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April 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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