Mary Hurley
@maryehurley.bsky.social
Writer; former newspaper reporter; current non-profit fundraiser in Boston.
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One of the finest sports interviews you will ever watch:
“How did you get through the 9th?”
“Threw the ball over the plate.”
Marlins pitcher Tyler Phillips, speaking to Stephen Strom/Marlins Radio Network
“How did you get through the 9th?”
“Threw the ball over the plate.”
Marlins pitcher Tyler Phillips, speaking to Stephen Strom/Marlins Radio Network
August 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
One of the finest sports interviews you will ever watch:
“How did you get through the 9th?”
“Threw the ball over the plate.”
Marlins pitcher Tyler Phillips, speaking to Stephen Strom/Marlins Radio Network
“How did you get through the 9th?”
“Threw the ball over the plate.”
Marlins pitcher Tyler Phillips, speaking to Stephen Strom/Marlins Radio Network
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I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
May 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
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This one is largely on Democrats.
They could easily make Stephen Miller the face of the administration — emphasizing how out of control Trump is and how far right the actual policies are, prompting the media to follow their lead — but they’re largely giving him a pass. It’s bizarre.
They could easily make Stephen Miller the face of the administration — emphasizing how out of control Trump is and how far right the actual policies are, prompting the media to follow their lead — but they’re largely giving him a pass. It’s bizarre.
It is truly amazing how little scrutiny Stephen Miller gets—not because he’s an architect of Trumpism; that gives him too much credit. But because he is openly the most bigoted and malicious person there and he behaves and sounds like a petulant child.
Not even attempting to disguise it. the fact that this isn't an immediate death sentence for one's political life is an indictment of the whole of American politics and the press that enables it
May 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This one is largely on Democrats.
They could easily make Stephen Miller the face of the administration — emphasizing how out of control Trump is and how far right the actual policies are, prompting the media to follow their lead — but they’re largely giving him a pass. It’s bizarre.
They could easily make Stephen Miller the face of the administration — emphasizing how out of control Trump is and how far right the actual policies are, prompting the media to follow their lead — but they’re largely giving him a pass. It’s bizarre.
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If you want to understand the rationale and cruelty behind Trump's anti immigrant policies, just read up on Stephen Miller. This is all his doing. Trump is golfing most of the time. Miller is an avowed white nationalist. He doesn't hide any of it. It's all there.
April 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you want to understand the rationale and cruelty behind Trump's anti immigrant policies, just read up on Stephen Miller. This is all his doing. Trump is golfing most of the time. Miller is an avowed white nationalist. He doesn't hide any of it. It's all there.
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There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
April 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
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I’ll say it again: since the election the WSJ has been MUCH more honest about how things are unfolding than the other two. If you knew nothing of the USA & only read WSJ you’d be much better informed.
The Wall Street Journal calls it [American] carnage.
April 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I’ll say it again: since the election the WSJ has been MUCH more honest about how things are unfolding than the other two. If you knew nothing of the USA & only read WSJ you’d be much better informed.
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People on here who are poo-pooing Booker underestimate the power of storytelling in politics.
April 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
People on here who are poo-pooing Booker underestimate the power of storytelling in politics.
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British PM Starmer hugged Zelenskyy. That’s how bad U.S. foreign policy has gotten—it’s driving the Brits to physical displays of emotion.
March 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
British PM Starmer hugged Zelenskyy. That’s how bad U.S. foreign policy has gotten—it’s driving the Brits to physical displays of emotion.
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Zelenskyy's character can be judge more directly by how he treats others and whether you think he's protected his country. From what I've seen, he has treated Americans with respect. His attire is to remind people he's at war, not unlike Churchill wearing a siren suit to the White House in 1942.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Zelenskyy's character can be judge more directly by how he treats others and whether you think he's protected his country. From what I've seen, he has treated Americans with respect. His attire is to remind people he's at war, not unlike Churchill wearing a siren suit to the White House in 1942.
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“And so declines can be reversed. The United States seemed to be in deep trouble, both at home and abroad, in the mid-1970s. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. History doesn’t move in a straight line.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Trumpism Is Not Inevitable
But if Trump and Musk are going to be defeated, it has to start now.
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February 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“And so declines can be reversed. The United States seemed to be in deep trouble, both at home and abroad, in the mid-1970s. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. History doesn’t move in a straight line.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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@newsjennifer.bsky.social on the gripping and impactful DOGE reporting by local news outlets: "It would be both ironic and so very American if the rich and powerful oligarchs were finally stopped by the underfunded newsrooms and working-class reporters." jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/local-news...
Local news deserves high marks for coverage of the doge fallout
Reporters are telling gripping human stories, connecting the dots from DC to main street, going beyond acronyms to explain what government agencies do & giving voice to concerns of regular people
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February 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
@newsjennifer.bsky.social on the gripping and impactful DOGE reporting by local news outlets: "It would be both ironic and so very American if the rich and powerful oligarchs were finally stopped by the underfunded newsrooms and working-class reporters." jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/local-news...
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The resignation letter by the 38-year-old lead federal prosecutor in the Eric Adams corruption case, and who he is.
We are in a character-testing time. Hagan Scotten just passed his with high honors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/n...
We are in a character-testing time. Hagan Scotten just passed his with high honors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/n...
February 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The resignation letter by the 38-year-old lead federal prosecutor in the Eric Adams corruption case, and who he is.
We are in a character-testing time. Hagan Scotten just passed his with high honors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/n...
We are in a character-testing time. Hagan Scotten just passed his with high honors. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/n...
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This.
The AP must refuse this but more importantly the rest of the White House Correspondents Association should back them.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office."
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
February 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This.
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It was lovely to talk w/ Nathalie Stutzmann about her Boston Symphony program, which you'll hear live on @crbclassical.bsky.social on Sat., 8pm. Ravel, Stravinsky, & Beethoven's Violin Concerto w/ Veronika Eberle & fabulous Jörg Widmann cadenzas! Our interview: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...
Stutzmann Conducts Stravinsky and Eberle Plays Beethoven
Saturday, February 8th, 2025 at 8:00pm, conductor Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Boston Symphony Orchestra debut in a program that includes Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with soloist Veronika Eberle, Rave...
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February 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It was lovely to talk w/ Nathalie Stutzmann about her Boston Symphony program, which you'll hear live on @crbclassical.bsky.social on Sat., 8pm. Ravel, Stravinsky, & Beethoven's Violin Concerto w/ Veronika Eberle & fabulous Jörg Widmann cadenzas! Our interview: www.classicalwcrb.org/show/the-bos...
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Just saw this posted on FB and had to share.
February 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Just saw this posted on FB and had to share.
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Trudeau makes the best case against Trump and MAGA (and of course tariffs) that I've heard since the election. I don't know if we can pretend at this point that our countries have the same values. youtu.be/PnvyrKvo-2w
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces Canada's response to U.S. tariffs – February 1, 2025
YouTube video by cpac
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February 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trudeau makes the best case against Trump and MAGA (and of course tariffs) that I've heard since the election. I don't know if we can pretend at this point that our countries have the same values. youtu.be/PnvyrKvo-2w
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I am old enough to remember how the country lost its mind when Bill Clinton removed low level employees in the White House Travel Office.
January 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I am old enough to remember how the country lost its mind when Bill Clinton removed low level employees in the White House Travel Office.
This is a fascinating post. Thank you for recommending Marc Morris's The Norman Conquest. I look forward to reading it.
January 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is a fascinating post. Thank you for recommending Marc Morris's The Norman Conquest. I look forward to reading it.
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Hi, I’m God.
I had nothing to do with saving that guy’s life or making him president.
I had nothing to do with saving that guy’s life or making him president.
January 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Hi, I’m God.
I had nothing to do with saving that guy’s life or making him president.
I had nothing to do with saving that guy’s life or making him president.
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This power of this commemorative TIME cover is all in the cropping
January 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This power of this commemorative TIME cover is all in the cropping
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Join the #TCMParty for our watch-party Sunday night at 8pE for one of our favorite holiday films: CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945). Missy in one of her most romantic roles!
^JW
^JW
December 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Join the #TCMParty for our watch-party Sunday night at 8pE for one of our favorite holiday films: CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945). Missy in one of her most romantic roles!
^JW
^JW
What a great interview - thank you!
Elaine Pagels, the historian of the early church, discusses ancient accounts suggesting that Jesus might have been fathered by a Roman soldier, Panthera. The Roman soldiers stationed just four miles from Nazareth were notorious for rape. bit.ly/4077uX6
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Opinion | The Virgin Birth That Maybe Wasn’t (Gift Article)
The scholar Elaine Pagels discusses her research about ancient accounts suggesting that Jesus’ father might have been a Roman.
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December 21, 2024 at 1:45 PM
What a great interview - thank you!