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Ellen Arterburn Pollock

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She/her. UMC pastor. Wife. Dog Mama. Memphis Tigers fan

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Ellen Arterburn Pollock @epollock.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 27/05/2025
Some American travelers are reconsidering international trips due to concerns about U.S. politics and potential negative perceptions abroad. Read more: bit.ly/3FsQjYI
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Resistance Canada🍁 @resistance-canada.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Tuesday's speech emphasised that "this moment is an incredible opportunity to think big and to act bigger. An opportunity for #Canada to embark on the largest transformation of its economy since the Second World War." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Affirming Canada's sovereignty and other throne speech takeaways
King Charles delivered the first throne speech in Canada by the head of state since 1977 as the country amid tensions with the US.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
“The COIN-operated Presidency” 🤡 @nytimes.com @karaswisher.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Donald Trump and House Republicans are crashing the economy. Costs are up, the stock market is down and America’s credit rating has been downgraded. Is another Republican Recession next?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/05/2025
Last night was the largest air and drone attack on Ukraine against civilian targets by Russia of the war. They are desperate...why? Because they are LOSING: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvVI...
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Still Think Russia Is Defeating Ukraine? Watch This
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 24/05/2025
When you are elected president, you are supposed to be president of the whole country. And protect the whole country, from natural disasters and more. No state should be denied critical funding simply because of how they voted.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
“.. the most brazen use of government office in American history, perhaps eclipsing even Teapot Dome, Watergate .. “.. ‘I’ve been watching and writing about corruption for 50 years, and my head is still spinning’ ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/05/2025
It's weird to me that so many of my neighbors voted to take away their own healthcare to give me a tax cut. They need their health care. I don't need a tax cut. Neither does anyone who makes more than me, either.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 08/05/2025
Over the past four months, Ed Martin has abused his position as interim U.S. Attorney to advance a dangerous agenda that places the president’s personal interests above those of the public, tramples the rule of law, and puts our democracy at risk. He is unfit to serve in public office.
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 08/05/2025
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost took the name Leo XIV as he became the first ever pope from the U.S. Read more at: bit.ly/42O7j4x
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Ellen Arterburn Pollock @epollock.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
It’s a beautiful day outside, reading in my rocking chair with my best girl #sweetolive
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 11/03/2025
We have some quick and easy advice for those attempting to cut wasteful government spending: Stop letting Donald Trump make the government pay his own resorts so he can golf. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Donald Trump Has Already Spent $10.7 Million Of Taxpayer Money Playing Golf
Somehow, the expense has flown under the radar of the waste, fraud and abuse experts at DOGE.
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
House Democrats strongly opposed the partisan Trump-Musk spending bill. MAGA extremists are marching America toward a Republican recession.
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Ellen Arterburn Pollock @epollock.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
😂😂😂
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
ECONOMIST: “With his aggressive and erratic protectionism, Mr Trump is playing with fire.” @economist.com www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
JUDGE MCCONNELL: “.. the executive put itself above Congress. It imposed a categorical mandate on the spending of congressionally appropriated and obligated funds without regard to Congress’s authority to control spending.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze, Saying White House Put Itself ‘Above Congress’
The judge had ruled that the administration was not complying with his previous order requiring the government to keep disbursing money to states.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Shadow Surgeon General @vinguptamd.bsky.social giving you the advice you need
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
SSA is in complete chaos. Buried in this article is a service worker noting that "the phone never stops ringing" and **retirement claims aren't being processed**. Hard to overstate the significance of that. End goal is to privatize the agency. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately
The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
And Musk is calling the shots:
The newly installed caretaker at the Social Security Administration acknowledged this week that Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is calling the shots as the agency races to slash thousands of jobs and shrink its budget, telling a group of advocates, “Things are currently operating in a way I have never seen in government before.”
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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A new low bar for morally delinquent behaviour. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
An emergency defense summit started in Brussels, particularly regarding military assistance to Kyiv. As a sign of solidarity, activists have displayed a banner covering 500 square meters.
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Abbey Rhodes @abbeyr28.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Outstanding webinar this afternoon with Heather Cox Richardson and Simon Rosenberg. Three, among many, take-aways: 1) We need to put pressure on our elected leaders. 2) We need to act out. Trump hates protests. 3) We are are stronger than we know. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @simonwdc.bsky.social
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HurtMending @hurtmending.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Will you meet us in the ashes, will you meet us in the ache and show your face within our sorrow and offer us your word of grace: …that you are what survives the burning, that you arise to make us new. And in our aching, you are breathing; and in our weeping, you are here… ©Jan Richardson
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dgeometry.bsky.social @dgeometry.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Trump’s trade war sparks broad backlash
He levied sweeping tariffs on key trading partners Mexico, Canada and China early Tuesday morning.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
There’s always a tweet
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Resistance Canada🍁 @resistance-canada.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Trump has angered Canadians with his threats to use “economic force” and has caused an outburst of patriotism in the nation of 41 million people, with consumers sharing lists of available Canadian products, canceling or delaying US travel plans. www.yahoo.com/news/canadia...
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Canadians Shun Amazon in Consumer Protest Against US, Poll Finds
(Bloomberg) -- A majority of Canadian consumers said they’ve pulled back on buying US-made products and are shopping less on Amazon.com Inc. since US President Donald Trump escalated his threats again...
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Alys Drake @alysdrake.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The Memphis Ostranders need your help.
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Memphis' 2025 theater awards in doubt due to outstanding debt
Memphis' annual Ostrander Awards may not be held this summer as the organization struggles to find funding.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Putin has taken over our govt. We gonna let this happen?
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Vance is completely wrong here. US military sales to Ukraine served as a catalyst to rebuild our production capacity for our own potential military needs. I bet you'll never hear him say the same thing about US missiles fired to defend Israel, though that did deplete short-term stocks.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Trump’s false denial that he called Zelenskyy a dictator is a classic disinformation tactic. Deny even verifiable facts to cause public cynicism, disgust, and, ultimately, disengagement from politics.
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'Did I say that?': Donald Trump denies calling Zelenskyy a dictator even though he did – video
Trump was asked by a reporter if he still held that view in a press conference alongside British prime minister Keir Starmer, and he replied: 'Did I say that? I can't believe I said that'
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/03/2025
‘America is going down’: China can capitalise on damage caused by Trump, former PLA colonel says
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‘America is going down’: China can capitalise on damage caused by Trump, former PLA colonel says
Exclusive: Zhou Bo says harm done to US image may make Taiwanese reconsider their attitude towards Beijing but says he sees Trump as overall being ‘rather friendly’ The damage caused by Donald Trump to the United States’ reputation is creating…
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Ellen Arterburn Pollock @epollock.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
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To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans
Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.
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Katie Couric @katiecouric.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This week, I spoke with Bruce Brown, president of the @rcfp.org about Trump’s intensifying feud with @apnews.com and the White House plans to handpick which reporters are allowed to participate in press pool coverage — both of which have watchdogs worried about freedom of speech.
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How the Trump Administration Is Killing Free Press and What That Means for the Public
YouTube video by Katie Couric
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮 #SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 01/03/2025
Democracies stand with Ukraine.
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Ellen Arterburn Pollock @epollock.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Disgusting. #standwithukraine
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Ellen Arterburn Pollock @epollock.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
So so true.
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Ellen Arterburn Pollock @epollock.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This is awful behavior! What has happened in our world?
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Laurie Hertzel @lhertzel.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Another bombshell story by the great and indefatigable @propublica.org !
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Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign
The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. It’s the headquarters of a little-known political influence project that has reached a number of powerful Republican politicians.
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Kaylan_TX @kaylan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The look on Zelenskyy’s face when Trump says “they respect me” is *chef’s kiss*🤌
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Everyone knows what happened here. Trump can only exist around people he can causally humiliate. Guys lie JD and Rubio. He wanted to do a ritual humiliation of Zelensky and Ukraine but Zelensky wouldn’t accept that and so Trump reacted like a stung bitch.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Phil Sussman, an Army vet who worked for USAID, feels "absolutely betrayed" after receiving a termination letter.   "This isn't a meme. This isn't a tweet. This is myself and my wife and my three children who don't know how we're gonna pay the mortgage next month." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Army veteran feels ‘absolutely betrayed’ after being terminated from USAID
Phil Sussman, an Army veteran who worked for the United States Agency for International Development, said in an interview today that he felt “absolutely
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
(NBC News) - Apple said it is working on repairing a glitch after some iPhone users noticed that speaking the word “racist” into the voice-to-text feature causes it to write “Trump” before quickly switching to “racist.” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/tech/apple-g...
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Apple says a bug caused its iPhone voice-to-text feature to spit out 'Trump' when a user says 'racist'
The company said it is rolling out a fix Tuesday, but the issue has spurred outrage among some who are accusing Apple of political bias.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/02/2025
America is, currently, the bad guys
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The United Methodist Church @unitedmethodist.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
"Our baptismal vows call us “to resist evil, injustice, and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves.” We therefore reject rhetoric, policies, and actions that demean or discriminate against any of God's children...” #UMC
The United Methodist Council of Bishops has released a Pastoral Letter in response to the United States elections earlier this week.
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Ellen Arterburn Pollock @epollock.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
If you want to be part of the change you want to see, contact Congress. Was told about this website that gives you the basics of what to do - 5calls.org
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