Mary Pols
@marypols.bsky.social
Former California journalist now working in higher education comms in Maine. I write Down East magazine’s Room With a View column.
This willful, uneducated and most dangerous president acts without Congress. No taxation without representation.
June 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This willful, uneducated and most dangerous president acts without Congress. No taxation without representation.
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Hear from marchers at today's vast No Kings rally in New York City: "I'm glad to see everybody out here right now, knowing that people's eyes are open—and they're fighting for what's right."
“That’s Why America Is Great”: New York City Protesters Push Back With Love and Defiance
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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June 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hear from marchers at today's vast No Kings rally in New York City: "I'm glad to see everybody out here right now, knowing that people's eyes are open—and they're fighting for what's right."
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Ocean Beach per SFGate.com drone footage
June 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Ocean Beach per SFGate.com drone footage
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This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now.
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
'Weakness masquerading as strength': Hear Newsom's blistering speech on Trump as LA protests persist
YouTube video by CNN
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June 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now.
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.
This is how you want a leader to talk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=linJ...
55 years ago. Four dead in Ohio. How far away are we from this kind of brutal killing of protesters by government forces happening again in America?
June 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
55 years ago. Four dead in Ohio. How far away are we from this kind of brutal killing of protesters by government forces happening again in America?
I wish the New York Times would have included this key information higher than the fifth graf
April 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I wish the New York Times would have included this key information higher than the fifth graf
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Psychologist and author of cultural phenomenon "Grit" Angela Duckworth to deliver 2025 Bates Commencement address May 25. Fellow honorands are marriage equality attorney Mary Bonauto, documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick. www.bates.edu/news/2025/04...
Angela Duckworth, psychologist and author of the cultural phenomenon ‘Grit,’ to deliver 2025 Bates Commencement address
Duckworth's fellow honorary degree recipients at the May 25 Bates Commencement are trailblazing marriage equality attorney Mary Bonauto, award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, and champio...
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April 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Psychologist and author of cultural phenomenon "Grit" Angela Duckworth to deliver 2025 Bates Commencement address May 25. Fellow honorands are marriage equality attorney Mary Bonauto, documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick. www.bates.edu/news/2025/04...
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Breaking: Senior Trump officials discussed classified plans to launch airstrikes against the Houthis on a commercial chat service and mistakenly included a journalist
Top Trump Officials Debated War Plans on Unclassified Chat Shared With Journalist
The texts on the Signal encrypted messaging service revealed disagreements about whether to strike Houthis in Yemen.
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March 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Breaking: Senior Trump officials discussed classified plans to launch airstrikes against the Houthis on a commercial chat service and mistakenly included a journalist
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The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says
New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.
www.cnbc.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
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America faces a Trumpian economic slowdown
Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth www.economist.com/finance-and-...
America faces a Trumpian economic slowdown
Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth
www.economist.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
America faces a Trumpian economic slowdown
Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Words this former newspaperwoman never thought would even cross her mind: “I am glad I don’t work at the Post.” Deep support for those who still do. Because they need to. Because it was a dream. Bezos is a disgrace.
February 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Words this former newspaperwoman never thought would even cross her mind: “I am glad I don’t work at the Post.” Deep support for those who still do. Because they need to. Because it was a dream. Bezos is a disgrace.