Gail Maitland Urso
@gailmurso.bsky.social
Wife, mother, grandmother, Democrat, interior designer, suicide loss survivor, fan of Detroit Lions, U of Mich., Pete Buttigieg and Regé-Jean Page 🐝💛💙🦁
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November 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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On Friday night, the federal government sent Harvard a five-page fusillade of new demands that would reshape the school’s operations, admissions, hiring, faculty and student life.
It took less than 72 hours for Harvard to say no.
It took less than 72 hours for Harvard to say no.
Why Harvard Decided to Fight Trump
The Trump administration will freeze over $2 billion in federal funds because Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands. Harvard leaders believed saying no was worth the risk.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
On Friday night, the federal government sent Harvard a five-page fusillade of new demands that would reshape the school’s operations, admissions, hiring, faculty and student life.
It took less than 72 hours for Harvard to say no.
It took less than 72 hours for Harvard to say no.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Trump Takes Instant Revenge by Chopping Ukraine Aid Cash
The State Department will terminate a USAID project aimed at restoring Ukraine’s energy grid.
The State Department will terminate a USAID project aimed at restoring Ukraine’s energy grid.
Trump Takes Instant Revenge by Chopping Ukraine Aid Cash
The State Department will terminate a USAID project aimed at restoring Ukraine’s energy grid.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Trump Takes Instant Revenge by Chopping Ukraine Aid Cash
The State Department will terminate a USAID project aimed at restoring Ukraine’s energy grid.
The State Department will terminate a USAID project aimed at restoring Ukraine’s energy grid.
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I just donated to the Ukrainian Armed Forces €40 … translation 40 euros
I hope you’ll join me to show President Zelenskyy that we have his back even if Trump won’t!
Passing it forward to @soundskugle.bsky.social
Will you join me? See post below for link
I hope you’ll join me to show President Zelenskyy that we have his back even if Trump won’t!
Passing it forward to @soundskugle.bsky.social
Will you join me? See post below for link
February 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I just donated to the Ukrainian Armed Forces €40 … translation 40 euros
I hope you’ll join me to show President Zelenskyy that we have his back even if Trump won’t!
Passing it forward to @soundskugle.bsky.social
Will you join me? See post below for link
I hope you’ll join me to show President Zelenskyy that we have his back even if Trump won’t!
Passing it forward to @soundskugle.bsky.social
Will you join me? See post below for link
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Trump’s Pentagon purge has included the top military lawyers. Nobody should be surprised. Dictators politicize the military. Trump wants those with the biggest guns loyal to him, not the Constitution He says he’s demilitarizing it. I call BS. Orwellian to the core.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon
The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot, upends a tradition in which the Joint Chiefs chairman traditionally remains in place as administrations change.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Trump’s Pentagon purge has included the top military lawyers. Nobody should be surprised. Dictators politicize the military. Trump wants those with the biggest guns loyal to him, not the Constitution He says he’s demilitarizing it. I call BS. Orwellian to the core.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
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We're going to wake up one day soon to learn that tRump has sold Alaska to Putin.
Watch.
And if you think that sounds utterly ridiculous, you haven't been paying attention.
Watch.
And if you think that sounds utterly ridiculous, you haven't been paying attention.
February 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We're going to wake up one day soon to learn that tRump has sold Alaska to Putin.
Watch.
And if you think that sounds utterly ridiculous, you haven't been paying attention.
Watch.
And if you think that sounds utterly ridiculous, you haven't been paying attention.
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Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)
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“VOTING FOR THE MAYOR WHO PROMISED TO BLOW UP THE CITY DOESN’T MEAN I APPROVE OF THE MAYOR BLOWING UP THE CITY”
A masterclass from @mikedrucker.bsky.social
A masterclass from @mikedrucker.bsky.social
Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
www.mcsweeneys.net
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“VOTING FOR THE MAYOR WHO PROMISED TO BLOW UP THE CITY DOESN’T MEAN I APPROVE OF THE MAYOR BLOWING UP THE CITY”
A masterclass from @mikedrucker.bsky.social
A masterclass from @mikedrucker.bsky.social
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NEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated the GSA and they're looking for ways to use White House credentials to access agency tech, potentially allowing them to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say.
w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources ...
www.wired.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated the GSA and they're looking for ways to use White House credentials to access agency tech, potentially allowing them to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say.
w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
w/ @zoeschiffer.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Trump has taken a sledgehammer to government ethics by:
-Rescinding Biden's EO outlining ethics commitments for political appointees
-Firing 18 federal inspectors general
-Launching a self-enriching crypto coin
This will be the most corrupt administration in history.
-Rescinding Biden's EO outlining ethics commitments for political appointees
-Firing 18 federal inspectors general
-Launching a self-enriching crypto coin
This will be the most corrupt administration in history.
January 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trump has taken a sledgehammer to government ethics by:
-Rescinding Biden's EO outlining ethics commitments for political appointees
-Firing 18 federal inspectors general
-Launching a self-enriching crypto coin
This will be the most corrupt administration in history.
-Rescinding Biden's EO outlining ethics commitments for political appointees
-Firing 18 federal inspectors general
-Launching a self-enriching crypto coin
This will be the most corrupt administration in history.
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#ReidOutBlog: Some companies are refusing to comply with Trump’s anti-DEI crusade
JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Pinterest are just a few of the companies whose leaders say they will still emphasize diversity, as the new administration’s war on such policies ramps up.
JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Pinterest are just a few of the companies whose leaders say they will still emphasize diversity, as the new administration’s war on such policies ramps up.
Some companies are refusing to comply with Trump’s anti-DEI crusade
JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Pinterest are just a few of the companies whose leaders say they will still emphasize diversity, as the new administration’s war on such policies ramps up.
on.msnbc.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#ReidOutBlog: Some companies are refusing to comply with Trump’s anti-DEI crusade
JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Pinterest are just a few of the companies whose leaders say they will still emphasize diversity, as the new administration’s war on such policies ramps up.
JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Pinterest are just a few of the companies whose leaders say they will still emphasize diversity, as the new administration’s war on such policies ramps up.
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Dear Ministers in America,
Bishop Budde did something awe-inspiring, something sadly rare, and something you are also capable of doing.
Sunday is here.
May you greet it with courage.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...
#Bishopbudde
Bishop Budde did something awe-inspiring, something sadly rare, and something you are also capable of doing.
Sunday is here.
May you greet it with courage.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...
#Bishopbudde
Don't Let Bishop Budde Stand Alone: A Challenge to Every Minister in America.
To the Ministers in America,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Dear Ministers in America,
Bishop Budde did something awe-inspiring, something sadly rare, and something you are also capable of doing.
Sunday is here.
May you greet it with courage.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...
#Bishopbudde
Bishop Budde did something awe-inspiring, something sadly rare, and something you are also capable of doing.
Sunday is here.
May you greet it with courage.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...
#Bishopbudde
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We are Christians who believe a faith without mercy and empathy is fraudulent, heretical, and devoid of Jesus.
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johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-statemen...
A Statement of Faith from Merciful Christians
Sometimes what seems like reality is just volume.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We are Christians who believe a faith without mercy and empathy is fraudulent, heretical, and devoid of Jesus.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-statemen...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-statemen...
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Trump is concerned that moms & babies crossing the border are criminals while he is blithely releasing people convicted of seditious conspiracy from prison back into our communities. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
GUARANTEEING THE STATES PROTECTION AGAINST INVASION – The White House
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Trump is concerned that moms & babies crossing the border are criminals while he is blithely releasing people convicted of seditious conspiracy from prison back into our communities. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Thanks, @hcrichardson.bsky.social for directing me here in today’s Letter.
January 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Thanks, @hcrichardson.bsky.social for directing me here in today’s Letter.
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Please adopt or foster an animal from our #LA #AnimalShelters, if you’re able to @ this time 🤝❤️
🚨 ADOPTION FEES ARE BEING WAIVED NOW THROUGH JANUARY 31st AT ALL *LA City & County* Animal Shelters 🚨
#Adopt #Foster #Animals #LAFires #LosAngeles #Fires #Wildfires #Pets #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #Now
🚨 ADOPTION FEES ARE BEING WAIVED NOW THROUGH JANUARY 31st AT ALL *LA City & County* Animal Shelters 🚨
#Adopt #Foster #Animals #LAFires #LosAngeles #Fires #Wildfires #Pets #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #Now
January 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Please adopt or foster an animal from our #LA #AnimalShelters, if you’re able to @ this time 🤝❤️
🚨 ADOPTION FEES ARE BEING WAIVED NOW THROUGH JANUARY 31st AT ALL *LA City & County* Animal Shelters 🚨
#Adopt #Foster #Animals #LAFires #LosAngeles #Fires #Wildfires #Pets #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #Now
🚨 ADOPTION FEES ARE BEING WAIVED NOW THROUGH JANUARY 31st AT ALL *LA City & County* Animal Shelters 🚨
#Adopt #Foster #Animals #LAFires #LosAngeles #Fires #Wildfires #Pets #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #Now
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This is DC Police Officer Michael Fanone. He took an off-duty call on January 6th and helped drive away Trump's insurrection mob from the building despite being attacked. His family was later harassed because of his bravery.
REPOST to thank Officer Fanone for his service!
REPOST to thank Officer Fanone for his service!
January 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is DC Police Officer Michael Fanone. He took an off-duty call on January 6th and helped drive away Trump's insurrection mob from the building despite being attacked. His family was later harassed because of his bravery.
REPOST to thank Officer Fanone for his service!
REPOST to thank Officer Fanone for his service!
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🚨NEW: Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly wants to fire House Chaplain Margaret Kibben. She is a 30-year Navy veteran and has been criticized by the GOP for holding a prayer to mark the 4th anniversary of January 6th.
REPOST if you stand with Chaplain Kibben against the GOP!
REPOST if you stand with Chaplain Kibben against the GOP!
January 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
🚨NEW: Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly wants to fire House Chaplain Margaret Kibben. She is a 30-year Navy veteran and has been criticized by the GOP for holding a prayer to mark the 4th anniversary of January 6th.
REPOST if you stand with Chaplain Kibben against the GOP!
REPOST if you stand with Chaplain Kibben against the GOP!
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"It’s unclear why the president-elect would personally 'make a call to check references, a task generally left to lower-level aides'..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Alito and Trump make the Supreme Court’s troubles even worse
As the far-right justice faces yet another controversy, he doesn’t exactly have a deep reservoir of credibility he can turn to in response.
www.msnbc.com
January 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"It’s unclear why the president-elect would personally 'make a call to check references, a task generally left to lower-level aides'..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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And as insult to terrible injury of the wildfires, came a simultaneous destructive firestorm of tribal war rhetoric, intentional disinformation, uninformed criticism, and general lack of basic human empathy.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-califo...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-califo...
The California Fires are a Disaster. The American Cruelty is a Tragedy.
In this life, there is devastation that human beings experience here that defies understanding: pain so all-consuming and loss so indescribable that wrapping our minds around it or explaining it is si...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
And as insult to terrible injury of the wildfires, came a simultaneous destructive firestorm of tribal war rhetoric, intentional disinformation, uninformed criticism, and general lack of basic human empathy.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-califo...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-califo...
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Hey everyone! The discussion I had with Officers Fanone and Dunn about their thoughts and feelings on the fourth anniversary of Jan 6 attack was so important, that I lifted the paywall. Please take a look, it’s very powerful
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January 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Hey everyone! The discussion I had with Officers Fanone and Dunn about their thoughts and feelings on the fourth anniversary of Jan 6 attack was so important, that I lifted the paywall. Please take a look, it’s very powerful
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/special-ja...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/special-ja...