James G. Mathis
@jamesgmathis.bsky.social
Retired physician, (Anesthesiologist}. Flight simulator and Bluegrass Music enthusiast.
Chauncey: She's 4 months old and in charge of our home. photos.app.goo.gl/q6g6AruY8qw5...
New item by James Mathis
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May 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Chauncey: She's 4 months old and in charge of our home. photos.app.goo.gl/q6g6AruY8qw5...
M Gessen, who knows about government suppression of ideas:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
M Gessen, who knows about government suppression of ideas:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
I have always considered myself patriotic. But if accepting this from my government is part of being a patriot, then I'M THE LEAST PATRIOTIC PERSON YOU KNOW.
March 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have always considered myself patriotic. But if accepting this from my government is part of being a patriot, then I'M THE LEAST PATRIOTIC PERSON YOU KNOW.
Last Tuesday (March 25th, 2025), Rumeysa Ozturk was accosted, arrested, handcuffed, and loaded into a vehicle by black-clad goons from the Department of Homeland Security. She was then whisked off to confinement a thousand miles away in Louisiana, despite a court order forbidding this transfer.
March 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Last Tuesday (March 25th, 2025), Rumeysa Ozturk was accosted, arrested, handcuffed, and loaded into a vehicle by black-clad goons from the Department of Homeland Security. She was then whisked off to confinement a thousand miles away in Louisiana, despite a court order forbidding this transfer.
Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish Tufts University graduate student on a valid visa. In March 2024, she co-authored an opinion piece in the Tufts student newspaper critical of the violence and destruction in Gaza.
March 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Rumeysa Ozturk is a Turkish Tufts University graduate student on a valid visa. In March 2024, she co-authored an opinion piece in the Tufts student newspaper critical of the violence and destruction in Gaza.
Big rally in the mile-high city. Young representative, old senator. Two friends, two fighters, two patriots.
March 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Big rally in the mile-high city. Young representative, old senator. Two friends, two fighters, two patriots.
The Democratic party needs fighters like AOC. Despite the frantic attempts to portray her as a leftie lunatic, if you really listen, she sounds moderate, authentic, and compassionate ... toward all her fellow Americans who grew up working for a living like her.
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Democratic party needs fighters like AOC. Despite the frantic attempts to portray her as a leftie lunatic, if you really listen, she sounds moderate, authentic, and compassionate ... toward all her fellow Americans who grew up working for a living like her.
Reposted by James G. Mathis
Today, everybody says they're fighting for freedom
"Freedom" can become just a virtue-signaling buzzword signifying nothing.
But to someone who has been imprisoned, "freedom" is real- in a way that may be incomprehensible to people like me who have always lived in a free and comfortable country.
"Freedom" can become just a virtue-signaling buzzword signifying nothing.
But to someone who has been imprisoned, "freedom" is real- in a way that may be incomprehensible to people like me who have always lived in a free and comfortable country.
March 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Today, everybody says they're fighting for freedom
"Freedom" can become just a virtue-signaling buzzword signifying nothing.
But to someone who has been imprisoned, "freedom" is real- in a way that may be incomprehensible to people like me who have always lived in a free and comfortable country.
"Freedom" can become just a virtue-signaling buzzword signifying nothing.
But to someone who has been imprisoned, "freedom" is real- in a way that may be incomprehensible to people like me who have always lived in a free and comfortable country.
Reposted by James G. Mathis
A few days ago, Pulizer prize winner Anne Appelbaum post this conversation with Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian journalist who earned his Pulitzer prize for stories filed from solitary confinement in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
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Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian Imprisonment and Fighting for Democracy by Pulitzer on the Road
megaphone.link
March 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A few days ago, Pulizer prize winner Anne Appelbaum post this conversation with Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian journalist who earned his Pulitzer prize for stories filed from solitary confinement in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
megaphone.link/CAD4079519900
megaphone.link/CAD4079519900
A few days ago, Pulizer prize winner Anne Appelbaum post this conversation with Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian journalist who earned his Pulitzer prize for stories filed from solitary confinement in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
megaphone.link/CAD4079519900
megaphone.link/CAD4079519900
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian Imprisonment and Fighting for Democracy by Pulitzer on the Road
megaphone.link
March 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A few days ago, Pulizer prize winner Anne Appelbaum post this conversation with Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian journalist who earned his Pulitzer prize for stories filed from solitary confinement in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
megaphone.link/CAD4079519900
megaphone.link/CAD4079519900
Today, everybody says they're fighting for freedom
"Freedom" can become just a virtue-signaling buzzword signifying nothing.
But to someone who has been imprisoned, "freedom" is real- in a way that may be incomprehensible to people like me who have always lived in a free and comfortable country.
"Freedom" can become just a virtue-signaling buzzword signifying nothing.
But to someone who has been imprisoned, "freedom" is real- in a way that may be incomprehensible to people like me who have always lived in a free and comfortable country.
March 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Today, everybody says they're fighting for freedom
"Freedom" can become just a virtue-signaling buzzword signifying nothing.
But to someone who has been imprisoned, "freedom" is real- in a way that may be incomprehensible to people like me who have always lived in a free and comfortable country.
"Freedom" can become just a virtue-signaling buzzword signifying nothing.
But to someone who has been imprisoned, "freedom" is real- in a way that may be incomprehensible to people like me who have always lived in a free and comfortable country.
The two guys high-fiving each other and the little girl standing next to them are three reasons that Americans need not fear the future.
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I'm Not Running in 2026, But I Am Getting to Work
We all have work to do in delivering a better kind of politics for America.
open.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The two guys high-fiving each other and the little girl standing next to them are three reasons that Americans need not fear the future.
open.substack.com/pub/petebutt...
open.substack.com/pub/petebutt...
The truth about tariffs:
MYTH: Tariffs will revitalize the American auto industry.
FACT: Only the second coming of the Ford Fiesta could do that. theonion.com/trumps-north...
FACT: Only the second coming of the Ford Fiesta could do that. theonion.com/trumps-north...
Trump’s North American Tariffs: Myth Vs. Fact
President Trump’s plans for tariffs, including on goods from Canada and Mexico, have left many consumers and investors uneasy. The Onion separates the facts from the myths. MYTH: Tariffs will revitali...
theonion.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The truth about tariffs:
A note to Senator Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania:
As you consider your stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, remember this:
Number of Ukrainian Americans living in PA: 113,000
Margin by which you won election to Senate: 15,115 votes.
www.scrippsnews.com/politics/in-...
As you consider your stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, remember this:
Number of Ukrainian Americans living in PA: 113,000
Margin by which you won election to Senate: 15,115 votes.
www.scrippsnews.com/politics/in-...
In Pennsylvania, Ukrainian-Americans grapple with overseas war and how to vote
In Pennsylvania, Ukrainian-Americans grapple with an overseas war and how to vote. Hear their stories.
www.scrippsnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A note to Senator Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania:
As you consider your stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, remember this:
Number of Ukrainian Americans living in PA: 113,000
Margin by which you won election to Senate: 15,115 votes.
www.scrippsnews.com/politics/in-...
As you consider your stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, remember this:
Number of Ukrainian Americans living in PA: 113,000
Margin by which you won election to Senate: 15,115 votes.
www.scrippsnews.com/politics/in-...
Reposted by James G. Mathis
MAGA 2017: "Trump-Russia is a hoax and a slur."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
March 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
MAGA 2017: "Trump-Russia is a hoax and a slur."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
MAGA 2025: "Trump-Russia is the basis for our foreign policy and anybody who doesn't agree should be primaried out of the party."
