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🎶Vinyl collector & concert addict, good reads, show poodles & a grumpy cat. Kindness & character matter. Democracy matters. 💙Native Southerner. BA & MA Journalism
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This situation has sent me to rereading the words of Elie Wiesel (WWII concentration camp survivor, Nobel prize winner)
“In any society, fanatics who hate don’t only hate me—they hate you, too. They hate everybody.
“In any society, fanatics who hate don’t only hate me—they hate you, too. They hate everybody.
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Genuine question: has any GOP member of house or senate spoken out about the Dept of defense and Hegseth threatening sen Mark Kelly with lawfare? Beyond disturbing
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Genuine question: has any GOP member of house or senate spoken out about the Dept of defense and Hegseth threatening sen Mark Kelly with lawfare? Beyond disturbing
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
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If Bill Clinton's implicated, I'll simply have to burn my Bill Clinton shrine with all my Bill Clinton baseball caps and my Bill Clinton Bibles and my Bill Clinton t-shirts and my Bill Clinton playing cards and my Bill Clinton gold-plated coins and my Bill Clinton flags and my Bill Clinton shoes.
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If Bill Clinton's implicated, I'll simply have to burn my Bill Clinton shrine with all my Bill Clinton baseball caps and my Bill Clinton Bibles and my Bill Clinton t-shirts and my Bill Clinton playing cards and my Bill Clinton gold-plated coins and my Bill Clinton flags and my Bill Clinton shoes.
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Any Democrat who "trusts" notoriously deceitful Republicans to keep their word on an ACA vote deal is too naive/stupid to be in office.
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Any Democrat who "trusts" notoriously deceitful Republicans to keep their word on an ACA vote deal is too naive/stupid to be in office.
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
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Go, @nickjudin.bsky.social!
A standard at the @mississippifreepress.org is to question officialdom. No vapid stenography. Think. Ask.
A standard at the @mississippifreepress.org is to question officialdom. No vapid stenography. Think. Ask.
"We did want to get the story out quickly," reporter @nickjudin.bsky.social told me. But something was off.
"Why would a study have a grab bag of random viruses in a handful of primates? What study necessitates infecting primates and shipping them around the country?
"It just didn’t add up."
"Why would a study have a grab bag of random viruses in a handful of primates? What study necessitates infecting primates and shipping them around the country?
"It just didn’t add up."
You might have seen that story about the monkeys -- supposedly infected w/ herpes and COVID -- that escaped a crashed truck in Mississippi.
It was not journalism's finest hour. (With an exception or two.)
In today's Laurels & Darts, via @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
It was not journalism's finest hour. (With an exception or two.)
In today's Laurels & Darts, via @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Go, @nickjudin.bsky.social!
A standard at the @mississippifreepress.org is to question officialdom. No vapid stenography. Think. Ask.
A standard at the @mississippifreepress.org is to question officialdom. No vapid stenography. Think. Ask.
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Donald Trump is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
This is who he is.
This is who he is.
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Donald Trump is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
This is who he is.
This is who he is.
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When you desperately want to starve Americans:
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When you desperately want to starve Americans:
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The pro-birth, anti-life, anti- feed hungry kids, trump administration has asked a federal appeals court today to block a judge’s order that it distributes November’s full monthly SNAP food benefits. Because, fuck those hungry peasants. 🙄
apnews.com/article/snap...
apnews.com/article/snap...
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The pro-birth, anti-life, anti- feed hungry kids, trump administration has asked a federal appeals court today to block a judge’s order that it distributes November’s full monthly SNAP food benefits. Because, fuck those hungry peasants. 🙄
apnews.com/article/snap...
apnews.com/article/snap...
More pardons from for convicted TN GOP General Assembly members. All three were convicted of brazen campaign finance charges.
No doubt GovBillLee’s friendship with Trump made these pardons happen.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
No doubt GovBillLee’s friendship with Trump made these pardons happen.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker and his aide, who were convicted on federal corruption charges
Glen Casada, a Republican, was sentenced to 36 months in prison after being convicted on 17 charges, including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
More pardons from for convicted TN GOP General Assembly members. All three were convicted of brazen campaign finance charges.
No doubt GovBillLee’s friendship with Trump made these pardons happen.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
No doubt GovBillLee’s friendship with Trump made these pardons happen.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Reporter: That was an ad run by a provincial government in Canada.
Trump: I don’t care
Reporter: Why are you mad at the federal government?
Trump: Because whether it's provincial or Canada itself, they all knew exactly what the ad was. The prime minister knew, everybody knew.
Trump: I don’t care
Reporter: Why are you mad at the federal government?
Trump: Because whether it's provincial or Canada itself, they all knew exactly what the ad was. The prime minister knew, everybody knew.
October 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Reporter: That was an ad run by a provincial government in Canada.
Trump: I don’t care
Reporter: Why are you mad at the federal government?
Trump: Because whether it's provincial or Canada itself, they all knew exactly what the ad was. The prime minister knew, everybody knew.
Trump: I don’t care
Reporter: Why are you mad at the federal government?
Trump: Because whether it's provincial or Canada itself, they all knew exactly what the ad was. The prime minister knew, everybody knew.
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Why is he building a ballroom when the dancing isn’t going to start until he’s gone?
October 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Why is he building a ballroom when the dancing isn’t going to start until he’s gone?
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1. Reagan’s speech is real
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
1. Reagan’s speech is real
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
2. It’s public domain
3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians
4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check
5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs
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Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
October 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
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If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Virginia Giuffre's ghostwriter has revealed she holds the names of everyone listed in the Epstein files along with private recordings to prove it.
October 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Virginia Giuffre's ghostwriter has revealed she holds the names of everyone listed in the Epstein files along with private recordings to prove it.
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As we all know are FACTS
October 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
As we all know are FACTS
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Every day, it seems like we tick a little bit closer to midnight.
Would be great if the GOP Congress would quit sleepwalking through this.
Would be great if the GOP Congress would quit sleepwalking through this.
Threatening to arrest governors for seditious conspiracy. Getting dark fast.
October 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Every day, it seems like we tick a little bit closer to midnight.
Would be great if the GOP Congress would quit sleepwalking through this.
Would be great if the GOP Congress would quit sleepwalking through this.
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Project 2026: Trump’s Plan to Rig the Next Election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favo...
www.motherjones.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Project 2026: Trump’s Plan to Rig the Next Election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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You know what day should be a national holiday in 2029?
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
October 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
You know what day should be a national holiday in 2029?
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
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Via @kqednews.kqed.org
In an interview with KQED, Newsom said Trump wants to cast doubt on the Nov. 4 vote. The Department of Justice says it's sending monitors to protect the votes of "eligible American citizens."
In an interview with KQED, Newsom said Trump wants to cast doubt on the Nov. 4 vote. The Department of Justice says it's sending monitors to protect the votes of "eligible American citizens."
Newsom Says Trump Is ‘Rigging the Election’ With Federal Poll Monitors | KQED
In an interview with KQED, Gov. Gavin Newsom warned the Trump administration is laying the groundwork to question the results of California’s Proposition 50 vote.
www.kqed.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Via @kqednews.kqed.org
In an interview with KQED, Newsom said Trump wants to cast doubt on the Nov. 4 vote. The Department of Justice says it's sending monitors to protect the votes of "eligible American citizens."
In an interview with KQED, Newsom said Trump wants to cast doubt on the Nov. 4 vote. The Department of Justice says it's sending monitors to protect the votes of "eligible American citizens."
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If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If a temporary resident of the White House can totally demolish the East Wing to build a gaudy ballroom, without any authority, approval, or regulation, he can tear down the rest of the White House to build a Walmart. That this destruction is allowed underscores how off the rails our country is now.
I wish more people had read Project 2025.
October 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I wish more people had read Project 2025.
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like a toy chihuahua barking at me from a tiny purse, that’s how much it hurts
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October 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
like a toy chihuahua barking at me from a tiny purse, that’s how much it hurts
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The official White House portrait of John F Kennedy. Last known location was the East Wing of the White House.
October 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The official White House portrait of John F Kennedy. Last known location was the East Wing of the White House.