TheGreatMum
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TheGreatMum
@thegreatmum.bsky.social
The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.

We will overcome, we will succeed and we will survive.
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"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves."

Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
The Wise Words of Superman
I watched the greatest Superman, Christopher Reeve, deliver this speech about what "family values" really means at the 1
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July 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
You can make CBS aware of your disgust at the firing of Stephen Colbert and the payment of the 60 Minutes bribe.
July 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
AMAZON has the capacity to do this on a massive scale but it just doesn’t have the HEART.

Boycott AMAZON

And send your email and letters of support to H-E-B

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'Texas' FEMA' comes to the rescue with H-E-B flood recovery sites
No store does more.
www.mysanantonio.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
June 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Opuntia humifusa
Eastern prickly pear
Alexandria Va
June 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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April 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is what Navalny wrote in prison. “We need to fight not so much because Russia is not free as because overall it is unhappy in every respect. We have everything we need, but still, for some reason, we are not a happy country.” AMERICA today is not a happy country.
April 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Rousseau would have been a great blogger I think.
February 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Watching powerless from Europe how democracy is crumbling in the US, reminds me of those movies where someone is mind-controlled by an alien or ghost. I want to yell: "America, we know you are still in there. If you can hear us, you must fight. YOU CAN DO IT. FIGHT THIS!"
February 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely,and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of my citizenship.
So help me God.
February 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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January 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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"I love America. You love it too" really hit me.
January 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This
January 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM