Abbey Rhodes
@abbeyr28.bsky.social
Writer, addicted reader and climate activist, I live in San Francisco. Bluesky has helped me come to a reckoning with Trump and the 77 million Americans who voted for him. Books are my refuge, writing is my release. https://daverhodywriting.wordpress.com
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Spot on cynicism - why political cartoons were invented.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Spot on cynicism - why political cartoons were invented.
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And, as Cool Hand Luke said when the prison guards threw him into the 'sweat box':
"Callin' it your job, don't make it right."
"Callin' it your job, don't make it right."
THE TENTH LEVEL was a made-for-TV drama, 50 years ago, starring William Shatner in one of his most powerful performances ever. It was inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research experiments, which studied the willingness to “just follow orders.” youtu.be/wzV_Z6EXhpE
The Tenth Level 1975 | William Shatner
YouTube video by Spotlight Kid
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November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
And, as Cool Hand Luke said when the prison guards threw him into the 'sweat box':
"Callin' it your job, don't make it right."
"Callin' it your job, don't make it right."
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The Epstein Files and the Art of Political Distraction: Why Transparency Remains Elusive
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The Epstein Files and the Art of Political Distraction: Why Transparency Remains Elusive
A Deep Dive into Trump’s Sudden ‘Change of Heart’ and the Systemic Failure to Protect Victims
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November 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Epstein Files and the Art of Political Distraction: Why Transparency Remains Elusive
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"A majority of people would prefer to live in a world where a child does not have to sell her body to older men in order to save enough money to get braces on her teeth."
-Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
-Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"A majority of people would prefer to live in a world where a child does not have to sell her body to older men in order to save enough money to get braces on her teeth."
-Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
-Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Really, Raskin?
In addition to supporting the Big Lie, Greene repeatedly endorsed violence against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.
The big tent isn't big enough to include a hater.
In addition to supporting the Big Lie, Greene repeatedly endorsed violence against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.
The big tent isn't big enough to include a hater.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Really, Raskin?
In addition to supporting the Big Lie, Greene repeatedly endorsed violence against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.
The big tent isn't big enough to include a hater.
In addition to supporting the Big Lie, Greene repeatedly endorsed violence against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.
The big tent isn't big enough to include a hater.
Who else is waiting for the other shoe to drop after Trump does an about-face on the Epstein files. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top Democrat accuses Trump of ‘panicking’ after U-turn on Epstein files vote
US president says he backs efforts to release documents related to late sex offender because ‘we have nothing to hide’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Who else is waiting for the other shoe to drop after Trump does an about-face on the Epstein files. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Love the ICE-alert tactic that Chicagoan Baltazar Enriquez came up with. He and his team gave out whistles.
"The furious blasts both warn and attract observers who record video or criticize agents."
His tactic is catching on across the U.S. apnews.com/article/chic...
"The furious blasts both warn and attract observers who record video or criticize agents."
His tactic is catching on across the U.S. apnews.com/article/chic...
Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities
As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal governme...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Love the ICE-alert tactic that Chicagoan Baltazar Enriquez came up with. He and his team gave out whistles.
"The furious blasts both warn and attract observers who record video or criticize agents."
His tactic is catching on across the U.S. apnews.com/article/chic...
"The furious blasts both warn and attract observers who record video or criticize agents."
His tactic is catching on across the U.S. apnews.com/article/chic...
I love her optimism. It fuels my hope for a better tomorrow.
CLARKSVILLE — TN-7 nominee Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social (D): “Tennessee & the South is worth fighting for… we’re going to flip this seat and send shockwaves across this nation.” 🇺🇸
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I love her optimism. It fuels my hope for a better tomorrow.
Alice Wong's final words: "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Alice Wong's final words: "Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."
This is so powerful.
Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is so powerful.
'Dominion' is bold, soul-stirring literary fiction. Addie E. Citchens is my new favorite American author.
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Her first novel, Addie E. Citchens crafted Dominion into a piece of literary fiction that rivals Toni Morrison.
Set in the deep South, every element of Dominion is designed to reveal the naked truth about the misfortunes of women who love deeply flawed men. We’re presented with the raw first-person testimony…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
'Dominion' is bold, soul-stirring literary fiction. Addie E. Citchens is my new favorite American author.
daverhodywriting.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/h...
daverhodywriting.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/h...
Her first novel, Addie E. Citchens crafted Dominion into a piece of literary fiction that rivals Toni Morrison.
Set in the deep South, every element of Dominion is designed to reveal the naked truth about the misfortunes of women who love deeply flawed men. We’re presented with the raw…
Set in the deep South, every element of Dominion is designed to reveal the naked truth about the misfortunes of women who love deeply flawed men. We’re presented with the raw…
Her first novel, Addie E. Citchens crafted Dominion into a piece of literary fiction that rivals Toni Morrison.
Set in the deep South, every element of Dominion is designed to reveal the naked truth about the misfortunes of women who love deeply flawed men. We’re presented with the raw first-person testimony of two very different women who love the same young man. One is his mother, Priscilla, the other his girlfriend, Diamond. Priscilla is the sad pill-popping wife of the Reverend Sabre J.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Her first novel, Addie E. Citchens crafted Dominion into a piece of literary fiction that rivals Toni Morrison.
Set in the deep South, every element of Dominion is designed to reveal the naked truth about the misfortunes of women who love deeply flawed men. We’re presented with the raw…
Set in the deep South, every element of Dominion is designed to reveal the naked truth about the misfortunes of women who love deeply flawed men. We’re presented with the raw…
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Amazing that Tyler can move on and live a positive life after 42 years of wrongful imprisonment - a good soul.
After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
Artist Gary Tyler turns 40 years of wrongful imprisonment into powerful textiles
An exhibition of Tyler’s quilts captures scenes of humanity from within the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Amazing that Tyler can move on and live a positive life after 42 years of wrongful imprisonment - a good soul.
Bovino and his goons strike terror into the hearts of every community they haunt.
On November 16, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina, activists are distributing whistles to community members to notify their neighbors about the presence of ICE and federal goons.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Bovino and his goons strike terror into the hearts of every community they haunt.
James Austin Johnson's Trump impersonation is spot on, except for one flaw. He comes off as fumbling fool, but sometimes - dare I say it - as a likable fumbling fool.
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
James Austin Johnson's Trump impersonation is spot on, except for one flaw. He comes off as fumbling fool, but sometimes - dare I say it - as a likable fumbling fool.
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The murders continue. Unabated. Its egregious. And illegal.
Who's going to stop it❓
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
Who's going to stop it❓
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Just 29% of Americans support US military killing drug suspects, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
The poll finding is a rebuke of President Donald Trump's strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The murders continue. Unabated. Its egregious. And illegal.
Who's going to stop it❓
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
Who's going to stop it❓
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The Indigenous tribes of Brazil should be the heart of COP30. As in all cases around the world, the people who've done the least to cause it suffer the most from the climate crisis. apnews.com/photo-galler...
Photos show Indigenous participants at the People's Summit held alongside the COP30 climate meeting
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — While delegates at a U.N. conference discussed how to fulfill past promises on fighting climate change, a boisterous gathering focused on the same topic from a very different pers...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Indigenous tribes of Brazil should be the heart of COP30. As in all cases around the world, the people who've done the least to cause it suffer the most from the climate crisis. apnews.com/photo-galler...
Naturalized citizens have every reason to fear Trump's anti-immigrant policies.
But we cannot let him continue down this path. #Resist apnews.com/article/natu...
But we cannot let him continue down this path. #Resist apnews.com/article/natu...
Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief
As Trump reshapes immigration and the nation’s relationship with immigrants, some naturalized citizens are wondering if the country they made a commitment to when they took the oath of citizenship is ...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Naturalized citizens have every reason to fear Trump's anti-immigrant policies.
But we cannot let him continue down this path. #Resist apnews.com/article/natu...
But we cannot let him continue down this path. #Resist apnews.com/article/natu...
It's not hoarding if it's books. Wish I had as much space as you.
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It's not hoarding if it's books. Wish I had as much space as you.