Samantha Massingale Gerth
@samanthamg.bsky.social
Grinnellian, Wife, Mom, History Nerd, Jazz Lover, Genealogy Researcher
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Germany arrests 2 alleged Russian spies accused of scouting U.S. military facilities for sabotage - CBS News
Germany arrests 2 alleged Russian spies accused of scouting U.S. military facilities for sabotage
A German prosecutor says 2 German-Russian nationals were caught snooping around U.S. military facilities used to train Ukrainian forces.
www.cbsnews.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Germany arrests 2 alleged Russian spies accused of scouting U.S. military facilities for sabotage - CBS News
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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This is so fucking tragic. Today Europe is completely united behind Ukraine and the cause of freedom.
Meanwhile the United States is sitting this one out along with Russia and Iran. Make it make sense.
Meanwhile the United States is sitting this one out along with Russia and Iran. Make it make sense.
March 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is so fucking tragic. Today Europe is completely united behind Ukraine and the cause of freedom.
Meanwhile the United States is sitting this one out along with Russia and Iran. Make it make sense.
Meanwhile the United States is sitting this one out along with Russia and Iran. Make it make sense.
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www.alternet.org/guantanamo-i... Asylum seekers who'd passed first screening for eligibility. With all the marauding bands of killers they claim are out there, why the need for this?
'Small but important win': Court blocks Trump from sending some immigrants to Guantanamo
A federal court late Sunday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants to Guantánamo Bay, where the U.S. president is planning to jail tens of thousands of p...
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February 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
www.alternet.org/guantanamo-i... Asylum seekers who'd passed first screening for eligibility. With all the marauding bands of killers they claim are out there, why the need for this?
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National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
We Choose To Fight: Action Call · Indivisible
This Sunday night, February 2 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, you’re invited to join Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party, and a coalition of other organizations for an action call. During the call, you will...
www.mobilize.us
February 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Resistance. Lessons for now. Our History. History matters. Black History matters. Black History Month! RESIST!
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/misg...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/misg...
The Misguided Focus on 1619 as the Beginning of Slavery in the U.S. Damages Our Understanding of American History
The year the first enslaved Africans were brought to Jamestown is drilled into students’ memories, but overemphasizing this date distorts history
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February 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Resistance. Lessons for now. Our History. History matters. Black History matters. Black History Month! RESIST!
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/misg...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/misg...
"efforts led by Chicago officials and immigration advocates to educate undocumented immigrants had made deportation efforts “very difficult.”
“For instance, Chicago (is) very well educated,” Homan said. “They call it ‘know your rights.’
“For instance, Chicago (is) very well educated,” Homan said. “They call it ‘know your rights.’
Immigration Raids Detained 100 People in Chicago Area, Top Cop Says, But He Doesn’t Know How Many Have Criminal Records
Despite the top cop’s attempt to reassure the tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants and their relatives who live in Chicago, Trump administration officials have repeatedly vowed to deport every...
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January 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"efforts led by Chicago officials and immigration advocates to educate undocumented immigrants had made deportation efforts “very difficult.”
“For instance, Chicago (is) very well educated,” Homan said. “They call it ‘know your rights.’
“For instance, Chicago (is) very well educated,” Homan said. “They call it ‘know your rights.’
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Tim Kaine details how Trump's funding freeze is already hurting people in Virginia
January 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Tim Kaine details how Trump's funding freeze is already hurting people in Virginia
Found this school picture of my mom. Those dimples!
January 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Found this school picture of my mom. Those dimples!
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"In February 1933, Germany’s wealthiest industrialists, financiers, and CEOs were very explicitly promised by Hitler and Göring that these would be the last elections held for the next 10-100 years. They had no qualms getting out their checkbooks and signing over German democracy."
"A pact with the devil"
David de Jong on oligarchs getting in bed with fascists.
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January 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
"In February 1933, Germany’s wealthiest industrialists, financiers, and CEOs were very explicitly promised by Hitler and Göring that these would be the last elections held for the next 10-100 years. They had no qualms getting out their checkbooks and signing over German democracy."
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REPORTER: Any talk on having money instead of doing through FEMA, to go local groups?
TRUMP: Yeah. That's what I want to do. We want to bring it locally, so that a state takes care of its problem, and then they can bring it down to a local level like Samaritan's Purse and Franklin Graham
TRUMP: Yeah. That's what I want to do. We want to bring it locally, so that a state takes care of its problem, and then they can bring it down to a local level like Samaritan's Purse and Franklin Graham
January 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
REPORTER: Any talk on having money instead of doing through FEMA, to go local groups?
TRUMP: Yeah. That's what I want to do. We want to bring it locally, so that a state takes care of its problem, and then they can bring it down to a local level like Samaritan's Purse and Franklin Graham
TRUMP: Yeah. That's what I want to do. We want to bring it locally, so that a state takes care of its problem, and then they can bring it down to a local level like Samaritan's Purse and Franklin Graham
Dexter put his paw on my shoulder and drifted off to sleep. I'm just a human in the Cativerse...
January 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Dexter put his paw on my shoulder and drifted off to sleep. I'm just a human in the Cativerse...
Fulton slave pardoned 169 years after execution | Fulton Sun
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December 25, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Got a new mug from the christkindlmarket. Looks good next to my coronation mug...
December 20, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Got a new mug from the christkindlmarket. Looks good next to my coronation mug...
My mom's Great Uncle David & Aunt Lucille had five sets of twins.
The photo of is of Aunt Lucille and Abb & Evelyn, David & Daniel and William & Lucille. This was published on 27 Jan 1926 when they were blessed with twins the 3rd time.
The photo of is of Aunt Lucille and Abb & Evelyn, David & Daniel and William & Lucille. This was published on 27 Jan 1926 when they were blessed with twins the 3rd time.
December 12, 2024 at 7:48 PM
My mom's Great Uncle David & Aunt Lucille had five sets of twins.
The photo of is of Aunt Lucille and Abb & Evelyn, David & Daniel and William & Lucille. This was published on 27 Jan 1926 when they were blessed with twins the 3rd time.
The photo of is of Aunt Lucille and Abb & Evelyn, David & Daniel and William & Lucille. This was published on 27 Jan 1926 when they were blessed with twins the 3rd time.
"I can watch you while I sleep." - Dexter to his human 🐾
December 3, 2024 at 10:17 PM
"I can watch you while I sleep." - Dexter to his human 🐾
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The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers — physicians, teachers, professors, and more — are packing their bags and moving to blue states.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers — physicians, teachers, professors, and more — are packing their bags and moving to blue states.
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:38 PM
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers — physicians, teachers, professors, and more — are packing their bags and moving to blue states.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers — physicians, teachers, professors, and more — are packing their bags and moving to blue states.
Dexter's exhausted...
November 22, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Dexter's exhausted...
My cousin U.V. Weathers V.P. of the Trainmans Union meeting with Steve Bennett (on the left) in St Louis. From the St Louis Argus.
November 16, 2024 at 11:35 PM
My cousin U.V. Weathers V.P. of the Trainmans Union meeting with Steve Bennett (on the left) in St Louis. From the St Louis Argus.
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Who made this? Ahahaha
November 15, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Who made this? Ahahaha
Grandfather served in WWI with the 370th infantry nikcnamex Schwarze Teufel or "Black Devils" by their German adversaries.
November 15, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Grandfather served in WWI with the 370th infantry nikcnamex Schwarze Teufel or "Black Devils" by their German adversaries.
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Setting the record straight.
November 12, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Setting the record straight.
More pictures from the Renfrow Hall Dedication.
November 12, 2024 at 8:37 PM
More pictures from the Renfrow Hall Dedication.
In the 30s, my GF was part of a citizen group organized to advocate for individuals in need and for the community.
November 12, 2024 at 8:26 PM
In the 30s, my GF was part of a citizen group organized to advocate for individuals in need and for the community.