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Cheryl Kasson

@cherylgoldk.bsky.social
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Elder queer, Jewish bisexual nonbinary, socialist, child of an immigrant, defender of justice and liberty Pronouns: she/they #Jewish #bisexual #nonbinary #ADHD #sewing

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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Shana Tova! Wishing all who observe Rosh Hashanah a happy and peaceful new year!
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#1 song in the USA on the day I was born: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6K1...
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The Old Lamplighter
YouTube video by Sammy Kaye - Topic
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
variety.com/2026/film/gl... Once again, the wrong 80 year old person has died.
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Tim Curry, ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Star, Dies at 80
Tim Curry, who soared to fame in the ‘70s as the flamboyant star of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 80.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Two anti-trans measures will be on the November ballot in Colorado. One would prohibit healthcare professionals from providing surgeries to persons under age 18 for the purpose of “treatment in response to a minor’s perception of sex or gender”. 1/2
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.erininthemorning.com/p/fascismnew... Comments on this rule may be made at www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... until July 13.
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"Fascism"—New Federal Rule Would Require Federal Funding Recipients To Deny Trans People Exist
The rule could have heavy impacts towards trans people across society.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My daughter and I watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington tonight. I think a lot of Americans ought to watch this movie. It shows the reality of corruption in our government that has gone on forever, but it can also inspire hope in the ability to fight back.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Back in the early 1970s, my husband and I went backpacking in Colorado over the 4th of July. We were all by ourselves, watching a spectacular meteor shower. It was my all-time favorite Independence Day fireworks show.
Photo of meteor shower
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Observer @amyastro.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Richard Brautigan
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen... After 28 years on popular Denver radio station KBCO, Bret Saunders has been laid off by owner iHeartMedia. Like private equity companies, corporate media owners like this care about profit, not quality of their products or services.
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Bret Saunders out after decades at KBCO radio
After nearly three decades on Denver's airwaves, Bret Saunders announced on social media Wednesday morning that his time at KBCO has come to an end. Saunders hosted weekday mornings on KBCO 97.3 from...
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
www.9news.com/article/news... I am not a big supporter of the ADL, and I fully support justice for Palestinians, but this action by a student group at the University of Colorado is just plain clueless and antsemitic.
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Student group 'honors' Boulder firebomb attacker, applauds attack in antisemitic post
Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine, which CU stripped of its recognized status, called the Pearl Street Mall attack a case of "chickens coming home to roost."
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
bookwoman2015.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/a... I have written a blogpost in Wordpress. Some of my thoughts on Torah and Israel for today.
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Applying Genesis 18:23-32: Reflection on a Few Good People
In Genesis 18:23-32, Abraham negotiates with God to save the city of Sodom, saying “Will You sweep away the innocent along with the guilty?” Then Abraham asks if God will spare the city if there ar…
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
www.hrc.org/press-releas... This is the most honest headline about the Supreme Court's decision on conversion therapy.
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Supreme Court Allows Licensed Mental Health Practitioners to…
HRC President Kelley Robinson:  “To undermine protections that keep kids and families safe from these abusive practices is shocking — and our children…
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 – 1822 I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, [Continued on next post.]
Portrait of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
coloradonewsline.com/briefs/anti-... These two ant-trans initiatives will be on the next ballot in Colorado, one which limits gender-affirming care for transgender youth and the other which prohibits trans kids from playing in sports. Many of us are ready to actively oppose these measures.
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Two anti-trans ballot measures will appear on 2026 Colorado ballot | Colorado Newsline
Two ballot measures that would restrict rights for transgender children in the state will appear on the Colorado ballot in 2026.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Someone was asking what I meant by a global energy crisis unfolding now. Here is just one video that discusses it in depth. youtu.be/XpM7oiy5ATg?...
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We're Seeing a Global Energy Crisis Unfold in Real Time, Says Ellen Wald
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat... What do you make of this FBI investigation: "The FBI collected ample proof that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused underage girls but found scant evidence the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men." ?
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4 takeaways from the Epstein files about the FBI investigation of possible sex trafficking
An Associated Press review of internal Justice Department records shows that the FBI found proof Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused underage girls but little evidence of a sex trafficking ring.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
apnews.com/article/immi... So DHS, investigating themselves, admit that two federal officers fired shots, but they contend that Alex Pretti was resisting arrest at the time of the shooting. This contradicts what the videos show and what the woman that Pretti was protecting has said.
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2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress
A Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice that two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
What my last post said: “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Letter From a Birmingham Jail, 1963
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Join me at Denver Free America Walkout action.womensmarch.com/events/denve...
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Denver Free America Walkout
One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, attacks on immigrants, families torn apart, mass surveillance, and ter...
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
action.womensmarch.com/events/denve...
action.womensmarch.com
Denver Free America Walkout
One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, attacks on immigrants, families torn apart, mass surveillance, and ter...
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
jewsdemandaction.org Any Jew can sign this letter, signed by many prominent Jews in the world, calling on world leaders to turn the ceasefire into a just and lasting peace, ending Israel's system of occupation and apartheid...
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Jews Demand Action
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=viD7... I plan to attend.
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Kick AI surveillance out of Denver: October 22nd, 6 PM town hall
YouTube video by Louis Rossmann
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Denver” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS Denver · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Join Solidarity Warriors, Our Revolution, Indivisible Denver Action, and other partner organizations for a continuation of the spirit of the first...
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
www.interfaithimmigrationnetwork.org/give-1
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Declaration | Iin Volunteer
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
apnews.com/article/grah...
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Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor best known for ‘Dances with Wolves’, dies at 73
Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor whose long and successful career on the big and small screen included an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Kicking Bird in “Dances with Wolves,” has ...
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/g...
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Why Is Everyone Making 'Clippy' Their Profile Picture? The 'Clippy Cult' Movement Against Tech Companies Explained
Social media users are standing up against unethical tech company practices by changing their PFPs to images of the Microsoft Office icon Clippy. Here's why.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Bart watching television with me.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/m... This is an outrage!
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down after Trump funding cuts | CNN Business
The CPB announced on Friday that it will wind down its operations due to the successful Republican effort to defund local PBS and NPR stations across the country.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I received this email from Medicare.gov today. Apparently the current administration considers Dr. Oz a reliable source of health information. He suggests walking, which is really good for you, but I won't take other advice from him. I unsubcribed to this list.
Picture shows email from Medicare.gov displaying photo of Dr. Mehmet Oz.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
coloradonewsline.com/briefs/color... One of our Colorado Democratic Representatives was denied access to an ICE detention center in Aurora. That is illegal, but the Trump administration doesn't care about following the law.
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Colorado Rep. Jason Crow 'unlawfully' denied entry to Aurora ICE detention center | Colorado Newsline
Crow's office said Sunday that he had been “denied access” despite a federal law guaranteeing entry for ICE oversight visits.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
youtu.be/KRCs9Bo1nMo?... This video is just one example of the stories that PBS tells. If that is too "woke" or progressive for you, I am sorry that youe are so close-minded.
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How one 8-year-old girl changed history
YouTube video by American Experience | PBS
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I am the adult child of an immigrant to America. If it weren't for the USA accepting my father, his parents, and siblings in 1921, I probably would not have been born. The rest of the extended family left in Lithuania were wiped out by Nazi sympathizers in the 1940s. (Statue of Liberty picture)
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
action.womensmarch.com/calendars/fr...
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Free America Weekend
Independence Weekend: Take Action We invite communities to create their own Free America events—rallies, marches, block parties, banner drops, street parades, art builds, backyard BBQs, dance protest...
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Did anyone else here receive an email message from the Social Security Administration applauding the passage of the "big, beautiful bill?" I guess I shouldn't be surprised at this, since the Trump administration has taken over the agency.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Happy Pride Month! Me in all my nonbinary bisexual joy! Alt text: four photos of me with new short haircut, enby "Their wolf" t-shirt, amBi Denver sign, and nonbinary Barbie costume.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Meanwhile, back in Denver, Colorado, a crowd of people booed Republican Representatives Gabe Evans and Lauren Boebert on the state capitol states when the reps. tried to defend the "Big, Beautiful Bill." youtu.be/1YozAR8jiu4?...
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Republicans RETURN HOME and get INSTANTLY BOOED to FACES
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
apnews.com/article/hung...
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A secret note hidden in Dachau-built ‘Violin of Hope’ tells a tale of survival and craftsmanship
A violin made in 1941 inside the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau was found to contain a hidden note from its maker, Polish Jewish prisoner Franciszek Kempa.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
www.npr.org/2025/03/26/n... Why doesn't the USA have a Supreme Court who will do this?
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Brazil's Supreme Court says Bolsonaro must stand trial over alleged coup attempt
The former far-right populist president, Jair Bolsonaro, will face trial for allegedly attempting to overturn his 2022 reelection loss and stage a violent coup.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
www.youtube.com/live/C232Zq_... Proud to be a Colorado Democrat today.
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AOC, Bernie Sanders holding 'Fighting Oligarchy' rallies in Denver
YouTube video by 9NEWS
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
youtu.be/qu-duTWccyI?... This song seems appropriate to share now.
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Deportee (Plane Crash At Los Gatos) Woody Guthrie
YouTube video by Colin Wright
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
youtu.be/ucPwrZRhXkA?...
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They Might Be Giants - Your Racist Friend (live)
YouTube video by TMBG JoCo
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The Librorian @thelibrorian.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Conversion therapy is a crime against humanity. That's all it's ever been, that's all it ever could be. If the Supreme Court overrules bans on conversion therapy, they are co-signing the genocidal abuse of queer and trans people. Period.
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w... It's International Women's Day, a day to demand equal rights for all women, which includes trans as well as cis women.
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MSN
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
My question for today, regarding the current political takeover of the USA is: Who went back in time and stepped on the butterfly? If you don't know what I'm referring to, read the short story, "A Sound of Thunder," by Ray Bradbury. (Alt text: photos of a dinosaur and a butterfly)
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Thank you, Adrien Brody, for the closing words in your acceptance speech-- a tribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion (as well as love and acceptance).
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Cheryl Kasson @cherylgoldk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
www.usatoday.com/story/entert... Some people are saying that Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center is trivial, but I think that any assault on the performing arts, especially from someone with terrible artistic taste, is tragic.
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Shonda Rhimes, Ben Folds depart Kennedy Center as Donald Trump becomes chair
Shonda Rhimes and Ben Folds have resigned from their roles at the Kennedy Center as President Donald Trump takes over as chairman.
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New Jewish Narrative @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Action Alert- join us in calling on Congress to reject President Trump's illegal and immoral plan. Contact your Senators and urge them to cosponsor Senator Kaine's resolution. Learn more and take action here: newjewishnarrative.salsalabs.org/KaineGazaAct...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
President Musk- Reskeet if you dont want Musk hacking into our private data or acting like an unelected imperial oligarch. Thanks @lincolnproject.us www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QXQ...
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President Musk
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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