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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A.

@danielkurz.bsky.social
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Historian, Educator and Civic Activist living in Northeast Pennsylvania, USA. Convinced letter-writer in change-making. Abuse brings a Block.

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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 7h
If you back #Ukraine in its just fight against Putin's Russia, Vote Blue this Nov! Gift Link #BreakfastCrew @martie38.bsky.social @dawnresists.bsky.social #Kyiv #StopPutin www.thetimes-tribune.com/2026/09/29/l...
thetimes-tribune.com
Letter: Trump enables Putin
Reader opinion: Trump is ‘Putin’s puppet’
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 7h
Attn #BreakfastCrew #BlueTeam #NAFO
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 7h
Scranton area citizens are sick and tired of the Republicans and their lies. Here's yet another published letter to the city's foremost newspaper on the GOP's threat to good governance & straightforward campaigning. Gift Link. #Politics www.thetimes-tribune.com/2026/09/30/l...
thetimes-tribune.com
Letter: Bresnahan ads full of falsehoods
Reader opinion: Educate yourself to these misrepresentations
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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 7h
There was a time when the wealthy didn't own most of our politicians and the Supreme Court.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 7h
A Half-Dozen Postcards now en route to Scranton voters for DC House Dem Candidate PAIGE COGNETTI! When Dems Relentlessly🗣️Message DEMS WIN! Let's all work to 🛑 PA MAGA to SAVE 🇺🇸 in Nov! @padems.org @paigecognetti.bsky.social @winnabledemraces.bsky.social #Politics #PennState
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 8h
Trump and the Republicans in DC & Harrisburg are destroying our quality of life. Vote Blue Next Month to 🛑 MAGA! apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Most Americans blame Trump for high prices as midterms approach, a new AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans blame President Donald Trump for persistently high prices, while only about 2 in 10 approve of his handling of the cost of living.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republicans are totally the cause of our declining standard of living. Diesel prices are out of control and groceries continue to soar. Vote Blue for Change!
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is exactly why we’ve got to keep supplying #Ukraine w/Patriot missiles. Though this loss is probably the result of an accident (time will tell), Russia can no longer replace these kinds of strategically crucial ✈️‘s. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Another Tu-95 Is Gone—and Russia Can’t Build New Ones. Here’s How Many May Be Left
The September 29 Tu-95MS crash underscores Moscow’s dwindling, irreplaceable strategic bomber fleet, now estimated at around 36 combat-ready aircraft.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump offers our Great Nation nothing but lies & crimes. www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
mediaite.com
Jack Smith: Trump 'Engaged in Serious Crimes' Against US
Jack Smith ripped Trump in his opening statement to a Senate panel, saying his investigation uncovered "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" of "serious crimes."
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From today’s #Scranton PA paper…yet another letter from a local resident denouncing Trump & the Republicans. The people of this Commonwealth are sick of the GOP & its shameful Putin ties. Gift 🎁 Link www.thetimes-tribune.com/2026/09/29/l...
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Best news of the day b/c #Ukraine has used these missiles to shoot down Russian A-50u AWACS in the recent past. Putin has probably no more than 5 working models left & these ✈️’s threaten both 🇺🇦 & #NATO! notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/28/p...
notesfrompoland.com
Poland offers to host facility producing Patriot missiles for Ukraine
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Feeling rather grateful tonight b/c the toilet is now completely unclogged and in perfect working order. What a nightmare of a morning, but all is good now. Also, my son sent in his totally 🔵 PA Ballot. Sometimes it’s just good to be still and calm while eating some overcooked hash browns.
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Grateful Feeling Grateful
ALT: Grateful Feeling Grateful
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Prices are out of control
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Russ @pappyparki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republican Senators closing pitch to American voters. "Donald J Trump stole national security, top secret document & committed treason, sedition & potentially espionage. We fully support these crimes against or nation & its security. Vote Republican to further these crimes against you the people."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Woke up and toilet is clogged this morning. Happy Tuesday.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump’s economy is pure 💩. This man gets zero done for the 🇺🇸 people.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hell Yeah! Go PA Dems!
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Could happen...
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over the decades, the Soviets built a lot of military junk. But there was the occasional masterpiece. Learn more about the now-Russian A-50u AWACS. Though 🇷🇺 has probably 4-5 working models left, they still pose real danger to 🇺🇦 & #NATO. #Ukraine @official-nafo.bsky.social youtu.be/hIz8HXRELnY?...
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Relentless✊Messaging is how we 🛑 Trump & PA MAGA! Postcards en route to local #Scranton voters for Dem DC House Candidate PAIGE COGNETTI! Let's do all we can for a massive 🔵 Nov turnout here in NEPA! @padems.org @paigecognetti.bsky.social #PennState #Rutgers @winnabledemraces.bsky.social
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In 2024, 🇺🇸 elected a White House that couldn’t give a 💩 about the American people. And now there are consequences. Vote Blue. It matters. We can change this. meidasnews.com/news/they-do...
meidasnews.com
“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mobile home owners are getting raked over the coals, paying soaring ‘land rental fees.’ While @padems.org are offering a limited solution in the form of price controls, #PASenate Republicans do nothing. The PA GOP doesn’t care about affordable housing. www.thetimes-tribune.com/2026/09/28/m...
thetimes-tribune.com
Mobile home owners say they’re trapped as lot rents rise; this bill would provide relief
Some community owners say the proposal would cap revenue without cutting operating costs.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Americans are pissed at this failing Republican Administration and its officeholding enablers.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump in retreat mode as he sees it all slipping away. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
dailymail.com
Trump's October surprise arrives with rallies in GOP strongholds
Donald Trump has provoked consternation with recently announcing campaign stops in some of the reddest areas in the nation, not critical swing districts.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yikes. 😱 www.axios.com/2026/09/26/t...
axios.com
GOP election outlook goes from bad to "craptastic"
This week felt different — like the political environment was disintegrating in real time.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
More disastrous polling news for Republicans…this time out of South Carolina. They could lose this race. www.fitsnews.com/2026/09/26/g...
fitsnews.com
GOP Poll Shocker: Darline Graham Nordone in Serious Trouble - FITSNews
New Republican poll shows her clinging to a narrow lead over Democrat Annie Andrews...
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Canada is the largest international consumer of #California wines. Trump & the entire Republican Party are ruinous to our economy. #UCLA www.latimes.com/business/sto...
latimes.com
Canada's boycott forces the sale of a California winery
As California's wine industry struggles, a family-owned vineyard spanning 3,500 acres is for sale after its exports to Canada dropped 35% in a year.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump is bad for #California and all 🇺🇸 wine & liquor producers & employees. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
cbc.ca
California lawmakers are begging Quebec's premier to put U.S. booze back on the shelves. She won't budge | CBC Radio
California lawmakers, from both sides of the aisle, have signed a letter to Quebec Premier Christine Frechette, urging her to put U.S. wines and spirits back on the shelves, despite Canada's ongoing t...
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump has brought ruin to major Appalachian employers. Republicans own these devastating losses. www.fastcompany.com/91531349/tru...
fastcompany.com
Trump’s Canada trade war hits Jack Daniel’s and Jim Beam with a devastating $143 million loss
After provinces removed U.S. spirits from store shelves during a tariff clash with the Trump administration, whiskey exports plunged nearly 70 percent.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump’s policies continue to hurt Appalachian communities from Kentucky to Tennessee. Republicans offer 🇺🇸 nothing but decline and failure. www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
kentucky.com
Canadian readers respond: Blame Trump for Kentucky’s bourbon woes, not us
The issue isn’t tariffs, readers say. Rather, Trump presents ‘an existential threat’ to the sovereignty of Canada, and they’re not backing down.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
California liquor producers are hurting big-time under Trump and his corrupt Republican administration. www.inc.com/lucia-auerba...
inc.com
California's Grape Glut Was Already Dire. Then Canada's Boycott Cost U.S. Wineries $522 Million
California wineries have lost an estimated $522 million in export value as Canada’s boycott compounds falling demand, excess inventory, and mounting pressure on family-owned vineyards.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump is bad for rural America. finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/...
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McManis Family Vineyards puts 3,500 acres up for sale as Canada's boycott costs the US wine industry $357 million
A family-owned vineyard hits the market as the wine industry reels from the trade war with Canada.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Blue Wave incoming! www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/e...
cbsnews.com
Democratic candidate Eliott Rodriguez blasts Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar for recent Trump ad
Rodriguez criticized Salazar's response to Trump's immigration policies and said she has failed to address the cost of living.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
District Flip incoming! www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Trump turns on Salazar after Florida Republican challenges his immigration crackdown
The president reposted more than a dozen attacks on Salazar, including calls to replace her, weeks after endorsing her reelection.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Systemic voter fraud is not a thing in 🇺🇸.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Systemic Voter Fraud is not a thing in modern 🇺🇸.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NATO AWACS are hard at work monitoring the battle-space in and around Ukraine. hromadske.ua/en/heopolity...
hromadske.ua
Inside NATO’s ‘eyes in the sky’: Aboard an AWACS mission watching Russia’s eastern flank
NATO calls them its “eyes in the sky.” Flying thousands of meters above Europe, E-3A AWACS surveillance aircraft can detect activity hundreds of kilometers away - including Russian military movements ...
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh and remember this… www.foxnews.com/video/634567...
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Trump ordered to pay $83.3 million in damages | Fox News Video
Fox News correspondent Alexis McAdams has the latest on the E. Jean Carroll case on 'Special Report.'
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As far as I’m concerned, every speaker at Trump’s mini Dallas convention is a literal accessory to Epstein’s child abuse network & the court recognized rape of E. Jean Carroll. Every speaker present was an enabler. www.thejournal.ie/supreme-cour...
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US Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump’s push to throw out verdict in sex abuse case
Mr Trump’s lawyers had argued that allegations leading to the $5 million (€4.38 million) verdict were propped up by “highly inflammatory” evidentiary rulings, including those that allowed the testimon...
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just filled out my mail in ballot for Dems! I’ll drop it off tomorrow at the County Board of Elections office downtown. @paigecognetti.bsky.social @padems.org
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Kermit
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Still waiting on my tariff check.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If recent news stories in papers like the @nypost.com are to be believed & 🇷🇺 is planning a #NATO attack, Putin will need at least one of these A-50u ✈️’s to coordinate from the air. This is why 🇺🇸 must send #Ukraine more Patriot Missile Systems to bring these AWACS 💥 DOWN! @paigecognetti.bsky.social
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
All Trump cares about are genuine Bolsheviks, corporations and billionaires. Our lives mean nothing to him.
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The citizens of northeastern PA are ready to toss the entire GOP out of power in Nov. Read this 'Letter to the Editor' just published in my local Scranton paper for details. Gift Link. #Politics www.thetimes-tribune.com/2026/09/24/l...
thetimes-tribune.com
Letter: Trump spends recklessly as citizens struggle
Reader opinion: None of this can be thought of as conservative
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every politician who has ever voted or will vote to raise the retirement age and then every politician who has voted to try to get rid of Social Security, not just needs to be voted out, but they need to be put in jail for trying to steal from seniors
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This remains a serious concern as esp electronic components continue to pour into Russia from abroad, despise all sanctions. en.interfax.com.ua/news/general...
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Russia continues to receive imported components, enabling it to ramp up weapons production – Zaluzhny
Valeriy Zaluzhny, Ukraine's Ambassador to the United Kingdom and former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (2021–2024), has warned of the risk of Russian aggression against other countr...
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My family’s quality of life is much worse under the Trump Administration. We are all voting Blue in Nov!
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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A. @danielkurz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Extremely important news. Putin, of course, remains a master strategist. #SlavaUkraini
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