@rrodgers.bsky.social
Here to listen. Elsewhere to act.
(Affiliated with higher education in western New England)
(Affiliated with higher education in western New England)
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@samsteindc.bsky.social: “What is your take on how this is playing out and why he’s acting in an incredibly guilty fashion?”
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: “He wouldn’t be acting this way if he wasn’t so deeply worried...Clearly, Donald Trump was at the center of a child sex ring.”
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: “He wouldn’t be acting this way if he wasn’t so deeply worried...Clearly, Donald Trump was at the center of a child sex ring.”
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@samsteindc.bsky.social: “What is your take on how this is playing out and why he’s acting in an incredibly guilty fashion?”
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: “He wouldn’t be acting this way if he wasn’t so deeply worried...Clearly, Donald Trump was at the center of a child sex ring.”
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social: “He wouldn’t be acting this way if he wasn’t so deeply worried...Clearly, Donald Trump was at the center of a child sex ring.”
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The answer Sen, Shaheen is that since America elected the Black man to be president, the official position of the Republican Party is “not to work together with Democrats to address the problems that are facing this country.”
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The answer Sen, Shaheen is that since America elected the Black man to be president, the official position of the Republican Party is “not to work together with Democrats to address the problems that are facing this country.”
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Here’s WHY she did it. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Here’s WHY she did it. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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ICE is a domestic terrorist organization.
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
ICE is a domestic terrorist organization.
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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BREAKING: All three PA Supreme Court Justices will RETAIN their seats!! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Pennsylvania voters retain Supreme Court justices Dougherty, Donohue, Wecht
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
BREAKING: All three PA Supreme Court Justices will RETAIN their seats!! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
A little about face from the usual. This is sharp! Tap a toe.
for the love of God & for your own endless pleasure put aside all your other stuff and watch the George Duke trio in 2010 being surface-of-the-lake smooth for eight and half minutes
youtu.be/uHFJ9qhR0VM?...
youtu.be/uHFJ9qhR0VM?...
George Duke Trio "It's On" Live at Java Jazz Festival 2010
YouTube video by JavaJazzFest
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A little about face from the usual. This is sharp! Tap a toe.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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My statement on the most recent credible death threat against me.
October 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My statement on the most recent credible death threat against me.
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Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
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Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
October 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
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This is outstanding.
Never forget that these weak fascist lying losers are WEAK FASCIST LYING LOSERS.
Never forget that these weak fascist lying losers are WEAK FASCIST LYING LOSERS.
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This is outstanding.
Never forget that these weak fascist lying losers are WEAK FASCIST LYING LOSERS.
Never forget that these weak fascist lying losers are WEAK FASCIST LYING LOSERS.
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"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing
October 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing
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Happy first Monday in October to all who celebrate. The Supreme Court is back in session. Here’s what you need to know about key cases this term. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
The Week Ahead
October 5, 2025
joycevance.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Happy first Monday in October to all who celebrate. The Supreme Court is back in session. Here’s what you need to know about key cases this term. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
October 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Warren: "Knock 15 million people off their coverage, drive up the cost for everyone else, close rural hospitals -- that's the Republican plan, because you know what the real heart of it was? They gave away a trillion dollars to the billionaires. That was the part that matters to them."
October 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Warren: "Knock 15 million people off their coverage, drive up the cost for everyone else, close rural hospitals -- that's the Republican plan, because you know what the real heart of it was? They gave away a trillion dollars to the billionaires. That was the part that matters to them."
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Newsom answers Trump’s racist Jeffries videos… 👀
October 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Newsom answers Trump’s racist Jeffries videos… 👀
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Researchers have ranked states based on risks from extreme heat, flooding, poor air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions by the health care sector, also analyzing clean energy policies and climate change mitigation efforts. Ohio ranks No. 31. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/30/r...
New report ranks states on climate-related health risks, clean energy policies • Ohio Capital Journal
Researchers have ranked states based on risks from extreme heat, flooding, poor air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions by the health care sector, also analyzing clean energy policies and climate…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Researchers have ranked states based on risks from extreme heat, flooding, poor air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions by the health care sector, also analyzing clean energy policies and climate change mitigation efforts. Ohio ranks No. 31. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/30/r...