Mary Shelden
@maryshelden.bsky.social
Writer, Teacher, Skilled Facilitator, Spiritual Guide in Formation
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The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
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WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social explains precisely why Mike Johnson is stalling the new Dem rep's swear-in over the Epstein vote: "Right now, Johnson can pressure the four Republican signers to change their minds. He has time to do it—as long as he keeps Adelita Grijalva out of Congress."
October 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social explains precisely why Mike Johnson is stalling the new Dem rep's swear-in over the Epstein vote: "Right now, Johnson can pressure the four Republican signers to change their minds. He has time to do it—as long as he keeps Adelita Grijalva out of Congress."
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“This country is rapidly moving toward an authoritarian form of society. In authoritarian countries—like Russia and Saudi Arabia—you do not have a media that is allowed to be critical of the government,” says Sen. Bernie Sanders, on how ABC paused Kimmel's show after the Trump FCC's threats.
Bernie Sanders RIPS Jimmy Kimmel suspension: Now we're closer to 'authoritarianism'
YouTube video by MSNBC
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September 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“This country is rapidly moving toward an authoritarian form of society. In authoritarian countries—like Russia and Saudi Arabia—you do not have a media that is allowed to be critical of the government,” says Sen. Bernie Sanders, on how ABC paused Kimmel's show after the Trump FCC's threats.
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Happy Constitution Day
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
September 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Happy Constitution Day
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Hawk came by to say hello yesterday 🪶
September 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Hawk came by to say hello yesterday 🪶
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Day by day, we are learning how many “leading” organizations will sell out us and our democracy to save themselves. I can only hope millions of Americans are now grasping the danger that only collective action can stem.
September 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Day by day, we are learning how many “leading” organizations will sell out us and our democracy to save themselves. I can only hope millions of Americans are now grasping the danger that only collective action can stem.
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Ghislaine Maxwell doesn’t want grand jury materials in her case unsealed.
Lawyers for Maxwell, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, in court papers opposed DOJ’s effort to make the materials public.
Lawyers for Maxwell, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, in court papers opposed DOJ’s effort to make the materials public.
Ghislaine Maxwell doesn’t want grand jury materials in her case unsealed
Lawyers for Maxwell, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, in court papers opposed DOJ’s effort to make the materials public.
www.politico.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell doesn’t want grand jury materials in her case unsealed.
Lawyers for Maxwell, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, in court papers opposed DOJ’s effort to make the materials public.
Lawyers for Maxwell, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, in court papers opposed DOJ’s effort to make the materials public.
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The Trump administration is using a little-known provision in a decades-old law to turn local police into ICE agents with minimal training. @jesspish.bsky.social details the history and implications of this concerning development.
The Trump Administration Is Turning Local Police Into ICE Agents
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Trump administration is using a little-known provision in a decades-old law to turn local police into ICE agents with minimal training. @jesspish.bsky.social details the history and implications of this concerning development.
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Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
He fled Boko Haram and helped build an award-winning restaurant. Now he’s facing deportation.
Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention feels like "a second kidnapping," says his sister.
www.motherjones.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
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I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
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Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
July 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
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As governor, as a father, and as an advocate for mental health: this is an issue that’s both important and personal to me.
July 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
As governor, as a father, and as an advocate for mental health: this is an issue that’s both important and personal to me.
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In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.
The Machine Stops
The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.
www.newyorker.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.
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Here is a list of reported conditions at the Florida Everglades immigration “camp”. These reports come directly from detainees and their loved ones.
July 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Here is a list of reported conditions at the Florida Everglades immigration “camp”. These reports come directly from detainees and their loved ones.
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Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
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This.
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This.
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When a government starts targeting former intelligence officials, law enforcement leaders, and anyone who once investigated or criticized those in power, it’s not just a red flag, it’s a page straight from the authoritarian playbook.
July 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
When a government starts targeting former intelligence officials, law enforcement leaders, and anyone who once investigated or criticized those in power, it’s not just a red flag, it’s a page straight from the authoritarian playbook.
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Pretty sure a coyote painted that, @clinto.bsky.social.
July 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Pretty sure a coyote painted that, @clinto.bsky.social.
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We’ve got a plan to slow down, stop, and ultimately defeat Trump’s authoritarian takeover by training one million Americans in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. You’re invited to join us — and lead.
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
July 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We’ve got a plan to slow down, stop, and ultimately defeat Trump’s authoritarian takeover by training one million Americans in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. You’re invited to join us — and lead.
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A huge tax break snuck into Trump & the GOP's big ugly bill would allow private jet owners to write off the full cost of their planes in the first year of purchase.
Meanwhile, the law will cause millions to lose food assistance and healthcare.
"Party of the working class."
Meanwhile, the law will cause millions to lose food assistance and healthcare.
"Party of the working class."
July 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A huge tax break snuck into Trump & the GOP's big ugly bill would allow private jet owners to write off the full cost of their planes in the first year of purchase.
Meanwhile, the law will cause millions to lose food assistance and healthcare.
"Party of the working class."
Meanwhile, the law will cause millions to lose food assistance and healthcare.
"Party of the working class."
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330,000 Illinoisans will lose their health care coverage thanks to Donald Trump.
And thousands more will see their premiums go up, all the while hospitals will close.
I'll keep fighting back against this cruelty with everything I've got.
And thousands more will see their premiums go up, all the while hospitals will close.
I'll keep fighting back against this cruelty with everything I've got.
July 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
330,000 Illinoisans will lose their health care coverage thanks to Donald Trump.
And thousands more will see their premiums go up, all the while hospitals will close.
I'll keep fighting back against this cruelty with everything I've got.
And thousands more will see their premiums go up, all the while hospitals will close.
I'll keep fighting back against this cruelty with everything I've got.
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Texas flooding live updates: nearly 90 people killed, including 27 campers and counsellors from girls camp
Texas flooding live updates: nearly 90 people killed, including 27 campers and counsellors from girls camp
Texas senator Ted Cruz defends response to flooding as risk of new deluge remains high with more rain forecast
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Camp Mystic confirms 27 children and counsellors died in floods
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Texas flood survivors question planning and response
Residents of Kerr County began clearing mud and salvaging what they could from their demolished properties as they recounted harrowing escapes from rapidly rising floodwaters late Friday.
Reagan Brown said his parents, in their 80s, managed to escape uphill as water inundated their home in the town of Hunt. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Texas flooding live updates: nearly 90 people killed, including 27 campers and counsellors from girls camp