@mtm12947.bsky.social
Retired science educator and administrator. Liberal Christian. Gardener. Dachshund Parent.
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It was yet another Trumpy Friday.
If you feel bad, it means you haven’t yet been broken. It means you still have a soul. Your moral core has not been breached.
Six months of Trumpism and you have a heart. It is, however, likely suffering moral injury.
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If you feel bad, it means you haven’t yet been broken. It means you still have a soul. Your moral core has not been breached.
Six months of Trumpism and you have a heart. It is, however, likely suffering moral injury.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Serenity....Are You Kidding?
Everything is worse than expected. Hearts are breaking; many are confused and afraid. A late night reflection.
open.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It was yet another Trumpy Friday.
If you feel bad, it means you haven’t yet been broken. It means you still have a soul. Your moral core has not been breached.
Six months of Trumpism and you have a heart. It is, however, likely suffering moral injury.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
If you feel bad, it means you haven’t yet been broken. It means you still have a soul. Your moral core has not been breached.
Six months of Trumpism and you have a heart. It is, however, likely suffering moral injury.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
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Finally! Someone pushes back & calls out the lie!!!! 👇👇👇
July 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Finally! Someone pushes back & calls out the lie!!!! 👇👇👇
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KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.
Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him
In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a Santa Ana father before forcing him into…
ktla.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.
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(FWIW, their "Jesus" and their particular prophecy tradition only dates to the mid-1800s. It was a completely invented theology about 200 years ago. And that invention has been one of the most wildly successful heresies in the history of Christianity in terms of spread and influence.)
June 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
(FWIW, their "Jesus" and their particular prophecy tradition only dates to the mid-1800s. It was a completely invented theology about 200 years ago. And that invention has been one of the most wildly successful heresies in the history of Christianity in terms of spread and influence.)
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Worth remembering that Trump moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem. To his evangelical base, he's fulfilling end times prophecies before their eyes.
What is happening right now is nothing less then God's work, and they believe that they are the recipients of the long-awaited promise of Jesus' return.
What is happening right now is nothing less then God's work, and they believe that they are the recipients of the long-awaited promise of Jesus' return.
June 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Worth remembering that Trump moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem. To his evangelical base, he's fulfilling end times prophecies before their eyes.
What is happening right now is nothing less then God's work, and they believe that they are the recipients of the long-awaited promise of Jesus' return.
What is happening right now is nothing less then God's work, and they believe that they are the recipients of the long-awaited promise of Jesus' return.
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HUGELY Important.
While Mike Lee and Steve Daines' Senate Natural Resources Committee amendment to the budget reconciliation package mandates the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land, what most people miss is that it also authorizes the sale of 258 million acres. That's 40 percent of all public land:
Lee, Daines Up Public Land Sell Off To 258 Million Acres
The Senate's budget reconciliation package includes provision to sell off 40 percent of all public land
wessiler.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
HUGELY Important.
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Every single foreign student at Harvard and every other US institution had to get a visa which required them to specify the school, and is tracked in a DHS system called SEVIS by their school.
Trump: "Part of the problem w/ Harvard is there are about 31% of foreigners coming to Harvard...but they refuse to tell us who the people are...it shouldn't be 31%. It's too much. Bc we have Americans who want to go there...we want a list of those students...I assume with Harvard many will be bad"
May 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Every single foreign student at Harvard and every other US institution had to get a visa which required them to specify the school, and is tracked in a DHS system called SEVIS by their school.
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But but but Joe Biden old, ergo …..
Does everyone remember that that the yacht, trophy wife story Trump told at the West Point graduation is the same one he told to the Boy Scouts, right?
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time.com/4872118/trum...
May 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
But but but Joe Biden old, ergo …..
Clearly our President was raised on too much Family Circus—all he can say is “Not Me”!
April 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Clearly our President was raised on too much Family Circus—all he can say is “Not Me”!
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Clearly maintaining the White House dress code is very important
March 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Clearly maintaining the White House dress code is very important
From the Guardian this morning. Money is power and I guess you can never have enough.
“Flurry of directives relaxes regulations and drop lawsuit – and billionaires who donated to Trump are ready to benefit”
“Flurry of directives relaxes regulations and drop lawsuit – and billionaires who donated to Trump are ready to benefit”
February 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
From the Guardian this morning. Money is power and I guess you can never have enough.
“Flurry of directives relaxes regulations and drop lawsuit – and billionaires who donated to Trump are ready to benefit”
“Flurry of directives relaxes regulations and drop lawsuit – and billionaires who donated to Trump are ready to benefit”
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He's never worked a day in government.
Yet he gets to decide what is wasteful and what is fraud?
Is a program that provides lifesaving medications to our impoverished allies "wasteful"?
Is one that feeds starving kids "fraud"?
He decides. An unelected oligarch decides our values.
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Yet he gets to decide what is wasteful and what is fraud?
Is a program that provides lifesaving medications to our impoverished allies "wasteful"?
Is one that feeds starving kids "fraud"?
He decides. An unelected oligarch decides our values.
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February 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
He's never worked a day in government.
Yet he gets to decide what is wasteful and what is fraud?
Is a program that provides lifesaving medications to our impoverished allies "wasteful"?
Is one that feeds starving kids "fraud"?
He decides. An unelected oligarch decides our values.
...
Yet he gets to decide what is wasteful and what is fraud?
Is a program that provides lifesaving medications to our impoverished allies "wasteful"?
Is one that feeds starving kids "fraud"?
He decides. An unelected oligarch decides our values.
...
Whichever medical school conferred the MD degree on Senator Cassidy should take it back.
February 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Whichever medical school conferred the MD degree on Senator Cassidy should take it back.
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@wired.com: “6 young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24 who have little to no government experience are now playing critical roles in Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)” & are heading up Musk’s hostile takeover of our government
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
@wired.com: “6 young men—all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24 who have little to no government experience are now playing critical roles in Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)” & are heading up Musk’s hostile takeover of our government
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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An excellent piece by @timothysnyder.bsky.social and recommended strongly by @hcrichardson.bsky.social - Please read and spread the word!
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
An excellent piece by @timothysnyder.bsky.social and recommended strongly by @hcrichardson.bsky.social - Please read and spread the word!
5. I am an election judge and I think every person for voting, especially the disabled as they make such an extra effort to come out and vote. I don’t know who these citizens voted for.
You apparently feel I qualify as “the enemy within.” That’s pretty sad
You apparently feel I qualify as “the enemy within.” That’s pretty sad
November 19, 2024 at 12:15 AM
5. I am an election judge and I think every person for voting, especially the disabled as they make such an extra effort to come out and vote. I don’t know who these citizens voted for.
You apparently feel I qualify as “the enemy within.” That’s pretty sad
You apparently feel I qualify as “the enemy within.” That’s pretty sad
4. I am the person who has had my feelings deeply hurt in my lifetime and so I try not to do that to anyone else.
I do not litter. I love the outdoors. I try to be a good steward of my time, talents, and financial resources.
I do not litter. I love the outdoors. I try to be a good steward of my time, talents, and financial resources.
November 19, 2024 at 12:13 AM
4. I am the person who has had my feelings deeply hurt in my lifetime and so I try not to do that to anyone else.
I do not litter. I love the outdoors. I try to be a good steward of my time, talents, and financial resources.
I do not litter. I love the outdoors. I try to be a good steward of my time, talents, and financial resources.
3. I am the person who will bring a meal or soup or homemade dessert to a neighbor in need.
I am the person who abhors cruelty in all forms but especially intentional cruelty.
I am the person who abhors cruelty in all forms but especially intentional cruelty.
November 19, 2024 at 12:11 AM
3. I am the person who will bring a meal or soup or homemade dessert to a neighbor in need.
I am the person who abhors cruelty in all forms but especially intentional cruelty.
I am the person who abhors cruelty in all forms but especially intentional cruelty.
2. I am the Christian who is an active member of a social justice-oriented denomination, who tries to act as The Good Samaritan whenever possible. Humans were created in the image and likeness of God (according to Genesis) and I take that seriously.
November 18, 2024 at 11:25 PM
2. I am the Christian who is an active member of a social justice-oriented denomination, who tries to act as The Good Samaritan whenever possible. Humans were created in the image and likeness of God (according to Genesis) and I take that seriously.
1. I am part of “the enemy within.”
I am retired.
I am the neighbor who will shovel the snow from your driveway if you can’t. And I will do that for your parents and grandparents.
I am retired.
I am the neighbor who will shovel the snow from your driveway if you can’t. And I will do that for your parents and grandparents.
November 18, 2024 at 11:23 PM
1. I am part of “the enemy within.”
I am retired.
I am the neighbor who will shovel the snow from your driveway if you can’t. And I will do that for your parents and grandparents.
I am retired.
I am the neighbor who will shovel the snow from your driveway if you can’t. And I will do that for your parents and grandparents.
For my first post, I’d like to suggest that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz saved the Democratic Party, infusing it with energy and enthusiastic during the final 100 days of the campaign.. Thank you, Harris and Walz! Nobody could have done it better.
November 14, 2024 at 11:00 PM
For my first post, I’d like to suggest that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz saved the Democratic Party, infusing it with energy and enthusiastic during the final 100 days of the campaign.. Thank you, Harris and Walz! Nobody could have done it better.