Kathleen
kmclaugh4.bsky.social
Kathleen
@kmclaugh4.bsky.social
Editor, voracious reader, quilter, gardener, mom of adult children, LGBTQIA+ ally, time traveler
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I just used @5calls.org ’s app to call both my senators, my governor, and both state reps to urge them to oppose the radical actions of this new administration.

Posting on social media isn’t enough. Take action. Making calls like these is a good start. #2+2=4 apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
‎5 Calls: Contact Your Congress
‎**As seen on MSNBC...**
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January 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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🚨 Elon Musk is an unelected billionaire now equipped with untethered access to our government's most sensitive data, payment and communication systems.

Call your reps to demand they fight against this unlawful and dangerous takeover! 🔥📞🔥

Info, numbers & script here: 5calls.org/issue/elon-m...
Fight Against Elon Musk’s Government Takeover ⭑ 5 Calls
After spending $288 million to help elect Trump, billionaire and Nazi sympathizer Elon Musk has begun to influence various parts of the federal …
5calls.org
February 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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November 24, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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We’re not going back.
November 24, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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140 million people in the US have a pre-existing medical condition. The Affordable Care Act guarantees that they can’t be turned away at the emergency room or denied coverage.

Trump and his MAGA Republican enablers in Congress have promised to repeal it.

We are going to stop them AGAIN!
November 18, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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A year ago, I wrote a review of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts," an account of the US Ambassador to Germany's tenure there in the early-mid 30s.

I shared lessons from the account that feel more relevant now than ever.

Here is a snippet of them:

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November 19, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #kidlit #books
November 18, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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Women dying before they get healthcare? Nazis in the street… Isn’t that starting to look like dominance of intolerance?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox...
November 19, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Yes, please. #booknook
November 19, 2024 at 2:04 AM
November 18, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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November 17, 2024 at 6:59 AM
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Tolerance is a crime when applied to evil.
November 17, 2024 at 7:34 AM
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A safe place to hide from morons is a library or book store.
November 17, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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daily reminder to support your local library, even if that’s just by checking out ebooks! 📚
November 17, 2024 at 1:04 PM