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Driving Miss Crazy

@debdrob.bsky.social
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American by birth, British by family. Books are my life. Currently wishing I were Rip Van Winkle.

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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“There’s absolutely nothing radical or extreme about that,” she continued. “And I don’t consider myself a socialist. I consider myself a lifelong Democrat who puts people over party, people over politics, and people over profit.”
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October 2, 2026
Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How is it possible that France:UK get excluded except that the current admin is trying to splinter NATO? Doesn’t take a defence expert to see that. How can a large percentage of the US population believe the propaganda put forth by what can only be seen as war hawks? It isn’t their kids going to war
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The most vindictive person in the world and this is the example set for our American children day-to-day. 🥺😔
bbc.co.uk
Trump threatens 'serious tariffs' on EU over proposal to make Canada 'associate member'
"I think it's laughable," Trump said, when asked about the Canada-EU proposal. The Canadian prime minister is speaking at the European Parliament today.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Seriously?
bbc.co.uk
US Open 2026 results: Aryna Sabalenka's win over Kamilla Rakhimova interrupted by cannabis smell
Aryna Sabalenka briefly halts her US Open match against Kamilla Rakhimova because of the smell of cannabis before going on to reach the fourth round.
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 19/08/2026
The uniformed military shouldn't be deployed to interfere in our elections. Period. The nonpartisan tradition of military service and the constitutional guardrails that prevent our military from becoming a domestic police force for one political party are essential to maintaining our democracy.
cbsnews.com
Slotkin presses Hegseth, Caine to keep U.S. military out of the midterm elections
Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to confirm that he won't send troops to polling places during the midterm elections.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"On Saturday, Trump began selling access to his social media posts to Wall Street trading firms milliseconds before they go public, permitting them to buy and sell with insider information. The cost for this service, according to Marina Dunbar of The Guardian, is up to $100,000 a month." WTF
open.substack.com
August 4, 2026
On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the names of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Worth a read: open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Challenging the Narrative of European Decline: Revised, Free Repost
I do not think that word “productivity” means what people think it means
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 03/07/2026
The Postal Service is not an elections administrator. And yet President Trump is once again orchestrating an illegal scheme to control them and deny people their right to vote. I’m urging the Postmaster General to uphold free and fair elections.
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Gov. Pritzker Urges U.S. Postal Service to Uphold Fair and Free Elections, Defend Mail-In Voting Methods
Nine governors call upon U.S. Postmaster David Steiner to reject Trump’s unconstitutional, unpopular proposal threatening to disenfranchise millions of Americans
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Odd, how the UK can't seem to keep a Prime Minister—and we can't seem to get rid of a President.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Panem et circenses
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Disturbing there are still so many who think one race is superior to another. We know this isn’t true and yet the idea persists. Fear is the culprit here. I would love to live in a world and a time where no one could tell or cares anything about your roots except you are human.
irishtimes.com
Irish far-right figures join gathering in Portugal to push idea of ‘remigration’
Remigration feature
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
May 31, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
May 31, 2026
On June 1, 1950, Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a Republican from Maine, stood up against Republican Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin and his supporters, who were undermining American democracy in a c...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Politics doesn’t have to feel like something punching you in the face every time you check the news. We can come together around big, common-sense ideas that most Americans agree on.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Classy
bbc.co.uk
White House erects UFC cage ahead of 250th anniversary celebration
Workers were seen assembling domed arches and a staging area on the South Lawn in preparation for next month's event.
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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Michigan is where I got engaged, got married, and where my daughter was born in the same hospital as her Dad. I didn't end up here. I chose here. And I'd be honored to fight for it in the U.S. Senate.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🤣🤣🤣🙈
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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
#London pals - the wonderful @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social will be at Bard Books in E3 next Thurs (21st May 7pm) talking to the equally wonderful Caoilinn Hughes - do book a seat & go - bookings currently low & they deserve support & you can talk about me. Bx
eventbrite.co.uk
Meet the Bàrd: author Jan Carson
Best-selling author Jan Carson talks to Caoilinn Hughes about her new book 'Few and Far Between'
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“A nation can never abandon its fate to an authority it cannot control.” — Lord Acton
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Powerful article by Micah Nathan in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... “Writing isn’t just the production of sentences – it’s the training of endurance by way of sustained attention. It’s a way of learning what one thinks by attempting to say it.” Same can be said for reading
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I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah Nathan
The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 05/05/2026
Congratulations to the Chicago Tribune on its Pulitzer Prize win for local reporting. The country was able to see the impacts of the Trump Administration's chaos and violence during Operation Midway Blitz thanks to the hard work of local journalists.
chicagotribune.com
Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting
The Chicago Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for its coverage of Operation Midway Blitz, the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement mission in the Chicago area last fall.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
BREAKING: Congressman Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) is introducing a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for Supreme Court Justices. The ROBE Act would establish 18-year term limits for justices.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I get it now. There is no ‘Art of the Deal’. There is just enough power and money to screw the other guy to get what you want in zero-sum terms. They don’t concede? Annihilate them with whatever means you have and then blame them for not coming to the table. You don’t succeed? Not your fault.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Anyone reading this and thinking that this president cares a shred about anyone else’s free speech or basic democratic principles is kidding themselves. This isn’t just talk.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Didn't Melania's husband mock the Pope, post blasphemous content, threaten genocide, ridicule and threaten the press, and engage in an illegal, unwinnable war with Iran -- all of that in the past month? Very offensive, divisive, and hateful.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Amazing to me that the British are ready to oust their prime minister for failing to vet Mandelson properly while in the US, the president, a convicted felon, remains in office unassailed by any connection to Epstein, Putin or any other heinous cretins in this world.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
One of your best. Thank you.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
April 15, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 15, 2026 (Wednesday)
On the evening of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln went to Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., to see a production of the comedy Our American Cousin. The Linc...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Europeans when asked to unblock the Strait of Hormuz:
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is the stuff of children’s books. Let’s hope that the bully really does learn that huffing and puffing may blow the houses down, but doesn’t buy you real friends in the end: Trump Disparages Allies for Rebuffing His Requests for Military Assistance www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
nytimes.com
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Disparages Allies for Rebuffing His Requests for Military Assistance
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Trump administration today: "No, you are wrong. We TOTALLY planned on the Strait of Hormuz being closed because of President Trump's decisions. And our plan was to beg the allies we'd insulted to bail us out. That they rudely ignored us was *their* plan, not ours. Otherwise, our plan was perfect."
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
He attacks Iran without buy in from anyone except Israel and now is looking for backup. Honestly, who is running this ship of fools? And why are average people around the world the only ones really paying for it with their lives and their pocketbooks?
bbc.co.uk
Trump urges UK and others to send ships to help secure Strait of Hormuz after Iranian attacks - live updates
Meanwhile, Israel says Iran has launched a sixth wave of strikes on Saturday and in Kuwait, an air base has been hit by two drones.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
OFC it does. The Trump Putin connection … played out on an international stage, all at a cost to everyone except them.
bbc.co.uk
US temporarily eases Russia oil sanctions in bid to curb price rises - follow live
Meanwhile, Israel launches a new wave of strikes at Tehran, with footage showing an explosion near a pro-establishment rally in the city.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The saddest poll I have seen in a long time…
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Jean Reidy @jeanreidy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Friends, BOB IS THE BIGGEST, STRONGEST, AND SMARTEST is out in the world. I'm celebrating with gobs of gratitude to Amy Jindra Hodgson, the wonderful team at Penguin/Rocky Pond, and all the young readers who will get to know Bob and his forest friends. jeanreidy.com #picturebook #friendship #kidlit
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I'm a fan of @poynterinstitute.bsky.social's daily newsletter. I was struck today by the Don Lemon quote that in this administration, “The process is the punishment.” Ironic after accusations of silencing by the right during the Biden years, this admin has no shame in intimidating the press now.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A powerful post. I am grateful to @elizagreywrites.bsky.social for the strength it took to write it. Please share.
open.substack.com
An Open Letter to Pam Bondi
From an older survivor.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The outcome of this is baffling and truly unjust.
bbc.co.uk
No criminal charges over British woman shot dead in US
Lucy Harrison was visiting her father during a holiday in Texas when she was fatally wounded.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
People who can’t see the difference between this administration and any one previous don’t want to.
bbc.co.uk
Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes
The White House defended the post at first, calling to
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Layoffs over the last year: UPS: 48,000 Amazon: 32000 Intel: 27,159 Microsoft: 15,387 Nestle: 16000 Verizon: 15000 Google: 12000 Chevron: 8000 Paramount: 7000 Walmart: 7000 P&G: 7000 Estée Lauder: 7000 Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts don’t create jobs, they create profits.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Yes, it’s astonishing that Kristi Noem still has her job after the deaths, lies, and failures on her watch. But the American people have the final say when it comes to holding this entire administration - from the president on down - accountable for its cruelty and corruption.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The far-reaching effect of a bully in the White House is the why for escalating tensions in America. A president’s main responsibility is to keep the states united in hard times. Trump’s legacy of hatred is on repeat now, brute force over reason. He’s counting his untaxed billions while people die.
bbc.co.uk
Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar attacked with 'unknown liquid' during town hall
Omar was uninjured and continued to speak at the event following the incident.
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Jean Reidy @jeanreidy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Friends, while you're stuck at home during the storm, this app makes it so easy to take action! I hope you download it and give it a try. 5calls.org
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Jean Reidy @jeanreidy.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
What an extra-happy way to start the new year! BOB IS THE BIGGEST, STRONGEST, AND SMARTEST got a big, beautiful Booklist STARRED review. I couldn't be more excited. Find out more at jeanreidy.com. #kidlit #bookreview #starredreview #picturebook #friendship #SEL
Text of Booklist STARRED review.
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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Institute of Publishing @instituteofpub.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
"The whole idea of an implicit Reasonable Viewer was based on an underlying consensus about basic values, which no longer exists. Instead, we have lots of groups of loyal partisans, and their pet figures getting rich off their clicks..." Worth a read... unherd.com/2025/12/does...
unherd.com
Does Nick Fuentes have daddy issues?
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
This is seriously twisted thinking…
bbc.co.uk
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
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Driving Miss Crazy @debdrob.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
"Do you think you're standing next to a 'jihadist' right now in the oval office?" a reporter asked, quoting Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik [...] "No I don't," Trump quickly said."You say things sometimes in a campaign." Stick to the issues-not name calling. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Takeaways from Trump and Mamdani's surprisingly cordial meeting
It was billed as potentially the political showdown of the year. Instead, both men gave one another praise.
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Institute of Publishing @instituteofpub.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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