Ron Culmer
@ronin1000.bsky.social
Liberal. Episcopal priest. Committed to justice.
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The Trump administration is canceling the DOT’s rule to get passengers compensation for extreme airline delays - just the latest example of them siding with corporations and against customers.
September 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Trump administration is canceling the DOT’s rule to get passengers compensation for extreme airline delays - just the latest example of them siding with corporations and against customers.
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If not for the deployment of the military, this would be the biggest story right now. Or at least it should be...
"In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its sweeping bid to wrangle private voter data from states — including by threatening legal action."
"In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its sweeping bid to wrangle private voter data from states — including by threatening legal action."
The Trump Administration Wants Your Voter Registration Data. Why?
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If not for the deployment of the military, this would be the biggest story right now. Or at least it should be...
"In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its sweeping bid to wrangle private voter data from states — including by threatening legal action."
"In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its sweeping bid to wrangle private voter data from states — including by threatening legal action."
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🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN down new South Dakota law imposing a nine-month deadline to file ballot measures declaring it unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...
Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...
🚨Dakotans for Health v. Johnson
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN down new South Dakota law imposing a nine-month deadline to file ballot measures declaring it unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...
Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...
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Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
September 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice has escalated its demand for access to Maine’s voter registration records, now requesting that election officials turn over unredacted copies of voter rolls and every voter registration application submitted in the past 18 months.
DOJ Doubles Down on Demands for Maine’s Voter Data, Secretary of State Fires Back
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice has escalated its demand for access to Maine’s voter registration records, now requesting that election officials turn over unredacted copies of voter rolls and every voter registration application submitted in the past 18 months.
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Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.
August 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Absolutely disgraceful and despicable. If you are a partner at Paul Weiss or Kirkland & Ellis you should be ashamed of yourself -- that is, if you had any shame left.
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Novo Nordisk’s move to cut the price of Ozempic to $499 for the uninsured is a modest step forward, but let’s not forget.
Ozempic costs just $59 in Germany while it costs less than $5 to make.
The U.S. must no longer pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.
Ozempic costs just $59 in Germany while it costs less than $5 to make.
The U.S. must no longer pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.
Novo Halves Ozempic Price to $499 a Month for Those Paying Cash
Novo Nordisk A/S is slashing the cost of Ozempic for cash-paying patients after the diabetes shot became the poster child for high US drug prices.
www.bloomberg.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Novo Nordisk’s move to cut the price of Ozempic to $499 for the uninsured is a modest step forward, but let’s not forget.
Ozempic costs just $59 in Germany while it costs less than $5 to make.
The U.S. must no longer pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.
Ozempic costs just $59 in Germany while it costs less than $5 to make.
The U.S. must no longer pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.
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Gerrymandering has been around since the nation’s founding, but like most things since then, it has changed dramatically — and not for the better. Here's what to know: bit.ly/3MqI6FI
Gerrymandering Explained
The practice has long been a thorn in the side of American democracy, but it’s becoming a bigger threat than ever.
www.brennancenter.org
August 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Gerrymandering has been around since the nation’s founding, but like most things since then, it has changed dramatically — and not for the better. Here's what to know: bit.ly/3MqI6FI
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Texas in 2025.
August 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Texas in 2025.
TK Noon, a Blues, Folk, and Americana band were in concert yesterday. Outstanding!
August 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
TK Noon, a Blues, Folk, and Americana band were in concert yesterday. Outstanding!
Traveling along the Rhine and Mosel Rivers.
August 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Traveling along the Rhine and Mosel Rivers.
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Because of Trump's dismantling of USAID, 60,000 metric tons of food that were bound to serve the poorest kids on earth are now on the brink of rotting in America. Our anti-hunger groups are ready to spring into action.
What say you, Mr. President?
What say you, Mr. President?
Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage
The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programs.
www.reuters.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Because of Trump's dismantling of USAID, 60,000 metric tons of food that were bound to serve the poorest kids on earth are now on the brink of rotting in America. Our anti-hunger groups are ready to spring into action.
What say you, Mr. President?
What say you, Mr. President?
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Holy shit! I didn’t realize there were people on the masts of the ship. 🫣
May 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Holy shit! I didn’t realize there were people on the masts of the ship. 🫣
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UPDATE: Most Rev. Thabo Makgoba, archbishop of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, has sent a letter to Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Rowe thanking him for refusing to resettle white Afrikaners, saying, "What the (admin) refers to as anti-white racial discrimination is nothing of the kind."
May 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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@stclaresepiscopal.bsky.social choir at practice.
May 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@stclaresepiscopal.bsky.social choir at practice.
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"Access to both networks would normally require a "Q" clearance, the highest level of security clearance at the Department of Energy..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/28/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/28/n...
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Access to both networks would normally require a "Q" clearance, the highest level of security clearance at the Department of Energy..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/28/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/28/n...
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"A federal judge is raising alarms that the Trump administration deported a two-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with “no meaningful process,” even as the child’s father was frantically petitioning the courts to keep her in the country."
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’
The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States.
www.politico.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
"A federal judge is raising alarms that the Trump administration deported a two-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with “no meaningful process,” even as the child’s father was frantically petitioning the courts to keep her in the country."
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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BREAKING: we won! A federal judge has enjoined the administration's shut down of Voice of America
Another success for the Constitution and for us @sddaction.bsky.social & our many wonderful partners & clients
More details to follow--stay tuned!
Another success for the Constitution and for us @sddaction.bsky.social & our many wonderful partners & clients
More details to follow--stay tuned!
April 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
BREAKING: we won! A federal judge has enjoined the administration's shut down of Voice of America
Another success for the Constitution and for us @sddaction.bsky.social & our many wonderful partners & clients
More details to follow--stay tuned!
Another success for the Constitution and for us @sddaction.bsky.social & our many wonderful partners & clients
More details to follow--stay tuned!
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“Now a team of researchers is offering what it contends is the strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life, not in our solar system but on a massive planet, known as K2-18b, that orbits a star 120 light-years from Earth.” Right in our backyard! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“Now a team of researchers is offering what it contends is the strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life, not in our solar system but on a massive planet, known as K2-18b, that orbits a star 120 light-years from Earth.” Right in our backyard! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
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Tomorrow I’ll be calling all of my representatives to demand that they call for RFK jr’s immediate resignation.
WATCH | RFK Jr claims autistic children will never go on dates or pay taxes
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
April 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Tomorrow I’ll be calling all of my representatives to demand that they call for RFK jr’s immediate resignation.
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AOC is calling out colleagues for stock trades before tariffs were paused: “Any member of Congress who purchased stocks in the last 48 hrs should probably disclose that now … It’s time to ban insider trading in Congress.” AOC is absolutely right.
More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/saturdays-...
More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/saturdays-...
April 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC is calling out colleagues for stock trades before tariffs were paused: “Any member of Congress who purchased stocks in the last 48 hrs should probably disclose that now … It’s time to ban insider trading in Congress.” AOC is absolutely right.
More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/saturdays-...
More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/saturdays-...
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Tough language from JPMorgan tonight:
“.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”
“.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”
April 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Tough language from JPMorgan tonight:
“.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”
“.. we view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts. .. these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”
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🚨 51-48, Senate PASSES a measure to terminate Trump’s tariffs on Canada.
Four Republicans join Democrats to deliver a rare rebuke to the president:
Susan Collins
Lisa Murkowski
Rand Paul
Mitch McConnell
Four Republicans join Democrats to deliver a rare rebuke to the president:
Susan Collins
Lisa Murkowski
Rand Paul
Mitch McConnell
April 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🚨 51-48, Senate PASSES a measure to terminate Trump’s tariffs on Canada.
Four Republicans join Democrats to deliver a rare rebuke to the president:
Susan Collins
Lisa Murkowski
Rand Paul
Mitch McConnell
Four Republicans join Democrats to deliver a rare rebuke to the president:
Susan Collins
Lisa Murkowski
Rand Paul
Mitch McConnell
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A reminder for this Transgender Day of Visibility:
Trans people have always existed, and we always will.
No president, politician, or court can change that.
Trans people have always existed, and we always will.
No president, politician, or court can change that.
March 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A reminder for this Transgender Day of Visibility:
Trans people have always existed, and we always will.
No president, politician, or court can change that.
Trans people have always existed, and we always will.
No president, politician, or court can change that.
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“Truthfulness in our political leaders is a virtue, but it is far more than that—it is intimately tied to our flourishing as a society. And its radical devaluing under Trump cannot be separated from the many frightening and immoral aspects of his rule.”
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Truth or Consequences
May 9, 2017, feels like eons ago in our political and social history—not to mention that my two college-student children weren’t even in high school yet.
open.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“Truthfulness in our political leaders is a virtue, but it is far more than that—it is intimately tied to our flourishing as a society. And its radical devaluing under Trump cannot be separated from the many frightening and immoral aspects of his rule.”
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...