Ralph Hartsock
@rhartsock.bsky.social
Librarian, musicologist
Interests outside these: Astronomy, Geography. Politics, Presidential History
Interests outside these: Astronomy, Geography. Politics, Presidential History
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🚨BREAKING: Texas filed a request Friday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a court order blocking the state from using its new gerrymandered congressional map in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Texas Asks SCOTUS to Reimpose Anti-Minority Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
🚨BREAKING: Texas filed a request Friday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a court order blocking the state from using its new gerrymandered congressional map in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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On immigration, Trump says he and NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani discussed the issue "at great length" and would "work together" to keep New York safe.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
On immigration, Trump says he and NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani discussed the issue "at great length" and would "work together" to keep New York safe.
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After calling Mamdani a “100 percent lunatic communist," the president now thinks he is a “very rational person," and he would feel comfortable living in NYC. trib.al/UihLg7H
“We agree on a lot more than I would’ve thought. I want him to do a great job, and we’ll help him do a great job.”
“We agree on a lot more than I would’ve thought. I want him to do a great job, and we’ll help him do a great job.”
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
After calling Mamdani a “100 percent lunatic communist," the president now thinks he is a “very rational person," and he would feel comfortable living in NYC. trib.al/UihLg7H
“We agree on a lot more than I would’ve thought. I want him to do a great job, and we’ll help him do a great job.”
“We agree on a lot more than I would’ve thought. I want him to do a great job, and we’ll help him do a great job.”
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@housedemocrats.bsky.social Stop these baseless legal attacks on judges, witnesses, whistleblowers, & anyone who upholds the law & holds the Trump Administration accountable.
Senators ask chief judge on DC Circuit to suspend James Boasberg pending House impeachment vote search.app/gf1Kx
Senators ask chief judge on DC Circuit to suspend James Boasberg pending House impeachment vote search.app/gf1Kx
Senators ask chief judge on DC Circuit to suspend James Boasberg pending House impeachment vote
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November 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
@housedemocrats.bsky.social Stop these baseless legal attacks on judges, witnesses, whistleblowers, & anyone who upholds the law & holds the Trump Administration accountable.
Senators ask chief judge on DC Circuit to suspend James Boasberg pending House impeachment vote search.app/gf1Kx
Senators ask chief judge on DC Circuit to suspend James Boasberg pending House impeachment vote search.app/gf1Kx
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Deplorable.
This is textbook authoritarianism.
This is textbook authoritarianism.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Deplorable.
This is textbook authoritarianism.
This is textbook authoritarianism.
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Record anxiety over medical costs gives Democrats their opening
Record anxiety over medical costs gives Democrats their opening
Americans are bracing for a health care system they increasingly feel is failing them. A new survey from West Health and Gallup finds anxiety over impending medical costs at its highest point since ...
www.dailykos.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Record anxiety over medical costs gives Democrats their opening
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"It is a total neglect of American values!"
@timmiller.bsky.social has something to say about Trump's gross Oval Office meeting with MBS
@timmiller.bsky.social has something to say about Trump's gross Oval Office meeting with MBS
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"It is a total neglect of American values!"
@timmiller.bsky.social has something to say about Trump's gross Oval Office meeting with MBS
@timmiller.bsky.social has something to say about Trump's gross Oval Office meeting with MBS
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November 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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CBS is the network that paid Trump $16m. CBS is the network owned by the Ellisons. CBS is the network that failed to push back in its 60 Minutes interview of Trump.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
Margaret Brennan to Tom Suozzi: "Can you explain the focus this past week in the House by Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files? Is this a tactic to distract from the failure to extract healthcare changes?"
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
CBS is the network that paid Trump $16m. CBS is the network owned by the Ellisons. CBS is the network that failed to push back in its 60 Minutes interview of Trump.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
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NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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“I could no longer bear to be silent,” says retired federal judge Mark Wolf, who quit his lifetime seat to warn about Trump’s threat to democracy. It’s part of a broader movement which Wolf hopes will “create this tidal wave that will be sufficient to sustain our democracy.” #Velshi
The judge who quit to save democracy and ‘send a ripple of hope’
Former federal judge Mark Wolf resigned his lifetime seat to warn that Donald Trump threatens American democracy. His departure is part of a wider pattern inside government, with DOJ attorneys leaving in record numbers and some National Guard soldiers refusing what they say are unlawful orders. These acts point to a systemic crisis of faith and to a growing movement of judges, civil servants, and citizens determined to defend the American experiment as it nears its 250th year. “I hope I'm sending out a ripple of hope, and it will merge with these other ripples,” Wolf says. “And together create this tidal wave that will be sufficient to sustain our democracy.”
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November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“I could no longer bear to be silent,” says retired federal judge Mark Wolf, who quit his lifetime seat to warn about Trump’s threat to democracy. It’s part of a broader movement which Wolf hopes will “create this tidal wave that will be sufficient to sustain our democracy.” #Velshi
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Christmas Concert December 13-14. Flower Mound, Texas. Choral music, plus tradition favorites like Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride.
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Christmas Concert December 13-14. Flower Mound, Texas. Choral music, plus tradition favorites like Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride.
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion Thursday to intervene in a Republican lawsuit aimed at blocking California’s new congressional map, which was overwhelmingly approved by voters last week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Seeks to Back GOP’s California Redistricting Lawsuit
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www.democracydocket.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion Thursday to intervene in a Republican lawsuit aimed at blocking California’s new congressional map, which was overwhelmingly approved by voters last week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Wait till they see my slide in which I say MAGA is critical race theory for white people.
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Wait till they see my slide in which I say MAGA is critical race theory for white people.
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So @therickwilson.bsky.social had some thoughts about @schumer.senate.gov caving
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
So @therickwilson.bsky.social had some thoughts about @schumer.senate.gov caving
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This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
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This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional
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www.democracydocket.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Books about race and gender to be returned to school libraries on some military bases l WAMU wamu.org/story/25/10/21/va-...
Books about race and gender to be returned to school libraries on some military bases
The order is to be implemented at school libraries on military bases in Kentucky, Virginia, Italy and Japan. Students and their families claimed their First Amendment rights had been violated when officials removed the books to comply with President
wamu.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Books about race and gender to be returned to school libraries on some military bases l WAMU wamu.org/story/25/10/21/va-...
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96.2% illuminated waning gibbous #Moon. #astronomy 🌖🔭
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
96.2% illuminated waning gibbous #Moon. #astronomy 🌖🔭
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Last night was a thumping from coast to coast. Across the country, voters rejected chaos and cynicism – and chose leaders who are focused on the cost of everyday life.
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Last night was a thumping from coast to coast. Across the country, voters rejected chaos and cynicism – and chose leaders who are focused on the cost of everyday life.
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After the Oval Office sign was installed outside of the door today, the memory care facility is almost complete.
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
After the Oval Office sign was installed outside of the door today, the memory care facility is almost complete.
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“Smith also said that he had ‘tons of evidence’ that Trump had willingly retained the classified documents at his residence in Mar-a-Lago & tried ‘to obstruct the investigation.'” www.alternet.org/news-politic...
Are the #EpsteinFiles in there as well?
If only Republicans would let Dems impeach
Are the #EpsteinFiles in there as well?
If only Republicans would let Dems impeach
'Unintimidated' Jack Smith vows to present case against Trump: report
Former Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith reportedly has told people close to him that he is not intimidated by the Trump DOJ’s reported investigation into his activities and is looking ...
www.alternet.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“Smith also said that he had ‘tons of evidence’ that Trump had willingly retained the classified documents at his residence in Mar-a-Lago & tried ‘to obstruct the investigation.'” www.alternet.org/news-politic...
Are the #EpsteinFiles in there as well?
If only Republicans would let Dems impeach
Are the #EpsteinFiles in there as well?
If only Republicans would let Dems impeach