Mary Sweeney
@mcsweeney.bsky.social
Music lover of all things Brit Rock 🎧 My very first date was seeing Bowie's Ziggy Stardust US Kickoff concert at Music Hall. It was life affirming as a freshman in high school. Proud compassionate liberal. Beyond concerned for this democratic republic.
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In an unforgettable Veterans Day moment, former President Barack Obama surprised dozens of Korean and Vietnam War veterans as their Honor Flight landed in Washington, D.C. The veterans, fresh off their flight from Madison, Wisconsin, were greeted by President Obama himself.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In an unforgettable Veterans Day moment, former President Barack Obama surprised dozens of Korean and Vietnam War veterans as their Honor Flight landed in Washington, D.C. The veterans, fresh off their flight from Madison, Wisconsin, were greeted by President Obama himself.
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
Does he think giving taxpayers 2,000 dollars is the equivalent of providing a healthcare plan?
Unless that's per month that wouldn't get you much with a the ACA in place let alone without.
Clueless, zero concepts of a plan.
Does he think giving taxpayers 2,000 dollars is the equivalent of providing a healthcare plan?
Unless that's per month that wouldn't get you much with a the ACA in place let alone without.
Clueless, zero concepts of a plan.
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Wait a minute, wait a minute!
Does he think giving taxpayers 2,000 dollars is the equivalent of providing a healthcare plan?
Unless that's per month that wouldn't get you much with a the ACA in place let alone without.
Clueless, zero concepts of a plan.
Does he think giving taxpayers 2,000 dollars is the equivalent of providing a healthcare plan?
Unless that's per month that wouldn't get you much with a the ACA in place let alone without.
Clueless, zero concepts of a plan.
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
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The USA is under occupation and enemy control, full stop.
The world should prepare accordingly.
The world should prepare accordingly.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The USA is under occupation and enemy control, full stop.
The world should prepare accordingly.
The world should prepare accordingly.
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They never fail to disappoint.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They never fail to disappoint.
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They really think he’s going to send them a $2,000 check, and it’s heartbreaking to see.
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
They really think he’s going to send them a $2,000 check, and it’s heartbreaking to see.
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Eight Democratic Senators on the best taxpayer funded healthcare plan in the country voted against extending healthcare subsidies for taxpayers.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Eight Democratic Senators on the best taxpayer funded healthcare plan in the country voted against extending healthcare subsidies for taxpayers.
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BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
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"Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.” —Frederick Douglass, speaking to Senate Democrats
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.” —Frederick Douglass, speaking to Senate Democrats
Folding ..... with a winning hand.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Folding ..... with a winning hand.
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Dick Durbin can room with Merrick Garland in the Neville Chamberlain Retirement Home.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Dick Durbin can room with Merrick Garland in the Neville Chamberlain Retirement Home.
Did I hear Schumer is voting no?
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Did I hear Schumer is voting no?
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JUST IN: Two pitchers with the Cleveland Guardians have been charged with a gambling/ bribery/ money laundering conspiracy.
See the indictment: www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
See the indictment: www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
JUST IN: Two pitchers with the Cleveland Guardians have been charged with a gambling/ bribery/ money laundering conspiracy.
See the indictment: www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
See the indictment: www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
And, so tired of this regime!
Donald Trump said he'd make Americans healthier and wealthier.
10 months in, we're poorer and sicker.
10 months in, we're poorer and sicker.
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
And, so tired of this regime!
Horrible deal!
A promise of a vote on healthcare?
Schumer has to go.
A promise of a vote on healthcare?
Schumer has to go.
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Horrible deal!
A promise of a vote on healthcare?
Schumer has to go.
A promise of a vote on healthcare?
Schumer has to go.
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All is yet chaos, but, slowly, the apparitions change into living flesh, the shimmering mists take shape, and—who knows?—something may be born of the clash of nebulous ideas.
#SundaySentence
#JosephConrad
Conrad’s description of the writing process from a letter
#SundaySentence
#JosephConrad
Conrad’s description of the writing process from a letter
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
All is yet chaos, but, slowly, the apparitions change into living flesh, the shimmering mists take shape, and—who knows?—something may be born of the clash of nebulous ideas.
#SundaySentence
#JosephConrad
Conrad’s description of the writing process from a letter
#SundaySentence
#JosephConrad
Conrad’s description of the writing process from a letter
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
Indeed!
"A little party never killed anyone, sure, but a big party, the Republican Party, has indubitably killed hundreds of thousands of people—and it’s just getting warmed up."
Sunday Pages: White Houses
Musings on Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, Evelyn Nesbit, and Jay Gatsby.
gregolear.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Indeed!