MevaRaj
@mevaraj.bsky.social
Wife, mother, musician, writer, teacher, dog lover, photographer, webmaster, artist, political activist, naturalized citizen
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November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Good morning, my friend! My 2nd every-other-week column for The Post-Gazette appeared in Fri’s edition w/internationally renowned (& local treasure) conductor Jonathan McPhee! Upcoming concerts/info lexingtonsymphony.org, @lexingtonsymphony.bsky.social, maestromcphee (on IG)! Hope you’ll read! 🎶
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Good morning, my friend! My 2nd every-other-week column for The Post-Gazette appeared in Fri’s edition w/internationally renowned (& local treasure) conductor Jonathan McPhee! Upcoming concerts/info lexingtonsymphony.org, @lexingtonsymphony.bsky.social, maestromcphee (on IG)! Hope you’ll read! 🎶
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“Here in New Jersey, we know that this nation has not ever been, nor will it ever be ruled by kings. We take oaths to a Constitution, not a king.” - Governor-elect @mikiesherrill.bsky.social #NoKings
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“Here in New Jersey, we know that this nation has not ever been, nor will it ever be ruled by kings. We take oaths to a Constitution, not a king.” - Governor-elect @mikiesherrill.bsky.social #NoKings
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Gov. Beshear: “The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Gov. Beshear: “The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
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Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
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By seeing an absolutely jaw dropping 10.8 MILLION voters turn out!
“Ya gotta give ’em Hope!” — Harvey Milk
“Ya gotta give ’em Hope!” — Harvey Milk
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
By seeing an absolutely jaw dropping 10.8 MILLION voters turn out!
“Ya gotta give ’em Hope!” — Harvey Milk
“Ya gotta give ’em Hope!” — Harvey Milk
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Thank you!!
a large brown bear is standing on its hind legs in a field .
ALT: a large brown bear is standing on its hind legs in a field .
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November 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Thank you!!
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Democracy wins! 🗳️💙
Prop 50 has passed thanks to every single person who stood up and spoke out against Trump’s election-rigging scheme tonight. Thank you, California!
Prop 50 has passed thanks to every single person who stood up and spoke out against Trump’s election-rigging scheme tonight. Thank you, California!
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Democracy wins! 🗳️💙
Prop 50 has passed thanks to every single person who stood up and spoke out against Trump’s election-rigging scheme tonight. Thank you, California!
Prop 50 has passed thanks to every single person who stood up and spoke out against Trump’s election-rigging scheme tonight. Thank you, California!
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A shaky ceasefire is holding. Now the Palestinian territory is in urgent need of a functioning government, order on the streets, and resources to start rebuilding the shattered territory. n.pr/3KP5U7n
Some of the things Gaza needs: A government, security and tools to rebuild
A shaky ceasefire is holding. Now the Palestinian territory is in urgent need of a functioning government, order on the streets, and resources to start rebuilding the shattered territory.
n.pr
October 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A shaky ceasefire is holding. Now the Palestinian territory is in urgent need of a functioning government, order on the streets, and resources to start rebuilding the shattered territory. n.pr/3KP5U7n
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Susan Collins' tenure must end next year!
Susan Collins voted for this guy though everyone knew what he wanted to destroy and how he’d do it. #mepolitics
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
October 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Susan Collins' tenure must end next year!
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The Founders counted on Congress being interested in protecting its own powers vis a vis the executive. They certainly didn't foresee a speaker like Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism
Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Founders counted on Congress being interested in protecting its own powers vis a vis the executive. They certainly didn't foresee a speaker like Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...
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OPINION by @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social co-host @michaelsteele.bsky.social:
“Trump-era Republicans do not want to govern for the American people anymore.”
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“Trump-era Republicans do not want to govern for the American people anymore.”
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Opinion | The GOP’s coordinated attack on the No Kings rally is ridiculous
The Republican talking points are out of touch with the reality of Saturday's protests.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
OPINION by @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social co-host @michaelsteele.bsky.social:
“Trump-era Republicans do not want to govern for the American people anymore.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
“Trump-era Republicans do not want to govern for the American people anymore.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Join us for the Hillie Forum, School Committee edition! For details, see haverhilldems.org.
October 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Join us for the Hillie Forum, School Committee edition! For details, see haverhilldems.org.
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The Supreme Court is on the verge of gutting the Voting Rights Act's equal opportunity protections for minority voters — 12 years after they first rolled back its safeguards against voter suppression.
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Supreme Court is on the verge of gutting the Voting Rights Act's equal opportunity protections for minority voters — 12 years after they first rolled back its safeguards against voter suppression.
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"We’ve been sending up well-tested people for decades, and the country is in worse straits than it’s ever been. It’s a mess right now, and it’s a mess that is, in my opinion, built specifically by the political class. And it’s time to do something different." - @grahamformaine.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"We’ve been sending up well-tested people for decades, and the country is in worse straits than it’s ever been. It’s a mess right now, and it’s a mess that is, in my opinion, built specifically by the political class. And it’s time to do something different." - @grahamformaine.bsky.social
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Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, a city now 90% controlled by gangs. n.pr/3KPQcJ3
Doctors Without Borders permanently closes its emergency center in Haiti's capital
Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, a city now 90% controlled by gangs.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that ongoing violence in the capital of Haiti has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, a city now 90% controlled by gangs. n.pr/3KPQcJ3
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In the year since Liam Payne’s death, supporters in Argentina have arranged flowers, photos and letters at a cemetery and the hotel where he died, visiting often to take care of it. “Some people come for the events of monthly anniversaries, but we’re always here.”
The Liam Payne Fans Tending His Memorials
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October 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In the year since Liam Payne’s death, supporters in Argentina have arranged flowers, photos and letters at a cemetery and the hotel where he died, visiting often to take care of it. “Some people come for the events of monthly anniversaries, but we’re always here.”
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WATCH LIVE: Gov. Pritzker holds a presser with former generals on the militarization of U.S. cities
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LIVE: Gov. Pritzker holds presser with fmr. generals on militarization of U.S. cities
YouTube video by MSNBC
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October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
WATCH LIVE: Gov. Pritzker holds a presser with former generals on the militarization of U.S. cities
www.youtube.com/live/-aRKOlv...
www.youtube.com/live/-aRKOlv...
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Let’s chat. Later this afternoon, @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social will jump online to discuss the GOP’s panic about Saturday’s peaceful No Kings protests, the ongoing Trump Shutdown, and much more.
What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders · Indivisible
The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back.
The an...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Let’s chat. Later this afternoon, @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social will jump online to discuss the GOP’s panic about Saturday’s peaceful No Kings protests, the ongoing Trump Shutdown, and much more.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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There's battle lines being drawn
And nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Are gettin' so much resistance from behind
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
And nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Are gettin' so much resistance from behind
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
October 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
There's battle lines being drawn
And nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Are gettin' so much resistance from behind
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
And nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Are gettin' so much resistance from behind
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
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We are all Dr. Brunkow 😴
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems
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October 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We are all Dr. Brunkow 😴
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
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Nicolle Wallace reacts to Attorney General Bondi's day of testimony.
WATCH HERE:
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WATCH HERE:
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'Brazen' 'Shameless' 'Verifiably false': Nicolle SMASHES Pam Bondi's testimony
YouTube video by MSNBC
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October 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Nicolle Wallace reacts to Attorney General Bondi's day of testimony.
WATCH HERE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrNG...
WATCH HERE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrNG...
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If the Democrats win this shutdown fight, "it will show that most Americans care more about helping themselves and each other than they do about choking off the last trickle of aid to undocumented immigrants." www.thebulwark.com/p/when-in-do...
When in Doubt, Blame the Immigrants
No. You’re not experiencing déjà vu. The current Republican government shutdown talking point is the same one they’ve trotted out before.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
If the Democrats win this shutdown fight, "it will show that most Americans care more about helping themselves and each other than they do about choking off the last trickle of aid to undocumented immigrants." www.thebulwark.com/p/when-in-do...