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Jill Sapphire Goldberg

@jilllsapphire.bsky.social
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Former specialist in Indigenous education, translation, listener of birdsongs & maker of great pesto. Anglais/français Former avid gardener & reader, but now a spoonie. Humor that is an admittedly acquired taste. substack.com/@jillsapphiregoldberg

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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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‘I hate Barack Obama’: Mitt Romney encourages political retribution, urges extremism in Sanford lecture
Former Republican Senator Mitt Romney brought his “Should’ve Been Me” tour to Duke campus last week to share insights from his career with aspiring public leaders.
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow. I didn’t really realize the depth of his depravity. dukechronicle.com/article/2026...
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‘I hate Barack Obama’: Mitt Romney encourages political retribution, urges extremism in Sanford lecture
Former Republican Senator Mitt Romney brought his “Should’ve Been Me” tour to Duke campus last week to share insights from his career with aspiring public leaders.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
7 faith leaders & clergy arrested after blockading the ICE surveillance center in Williston, Vermont.
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
And there it is, “jamais deux sans trois.” Wendell Berry, has left us with such beautiful and deeply evocative images. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Important read from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social lucid.substack.com/p/canada-in-...
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Canada in the Crosshairs: A Study in Kremlin Propaganda and MAGA Plunder
Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 24/08/2026
If Jensen Huang has time to attend a $1 million-a-head dinner at Mar-a-Lago and fly across the world to meet with President Xi Jinping, he can find time to testify in front of Congress about reports that NVIDIA technology is powering Russia’s war machine.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.democracynow.org/2026/8/24/mo...
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Montreal Considers Cutting Ties to Israel as Outrage Grows in Canada over Israeli Impunity: Avi Lewis
The Montreal City Council is set to debate a controversial motion Monday calling on the Canadian city to suspend all institutional ties with the Israeli government. Avi Lewis, a leading Jewish Canadia...
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Can you imagine if Canada made such a threat regarding the US?
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🇺🇸: Are you happy with your SDOTUS (the self dealer formerly known as FOTUS)? So much winning!
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Yay, Canadians!! Now, it's not nearly the 280,000 of us who petitioned for Elon Musk to lose his Canadian citizenship, but still, it sure feels good! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Over 29,000 Canadians call for U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra to be expelled | CBC News
A petition set to be presented in the House of Commons this fall calls on the government to declare U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra persona non grata and remove him from Canada.
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Please consider signing and I will send it to Ottawa. c.org/qgbJHkDdqM
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Cette campagne a besoin de votre soutien
Ensure Canadian companies respect Greenland's sovereignty
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Apparently, I have a bunch of followers, which is not something I usually think of. However, I want to write a petition to stop 2 Canadian companies--Stampede Drilling and Desgagnés's shipping company--from participating in any Trump-related activities in Greenland. Would you consider signing?
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
S I C K E N E D How can Greenland assert its sovereignty without incurring retaliation from the Trump Regime? www.worldoil.com/news/2026/2/...
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Greenland Energy advances 2026 Arctic drilling campaign with logistics agreement
Greenland Energy has secured Arctic logistics support from Desgagnés for its planned 2026 drilling campaign in the Jameson Land basin, marking a key milestone in advancing onshore oil exploration in G...
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Chillingly 🎯 ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...
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Opinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ (Gift Article)
Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Space mirrors approved by the US, despite pushback from scientists news.ubc.ca/2026/07/the-...
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The U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test ‘sunlight on demand.’ Low Earth orbit is getting weird - UBC News
By Drs. Samantha Lawler and Aaron Boley.
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
@peters.senate.gov Outstanding listening to you this afternoon, thank you!
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Absolutely outrageous!
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This’ll be interesting www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
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Judge says Trump must hand over financial records to BBC
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Compelling read & gift article: Prof. Omer Bartov explains the "terrifying new era" of genocide we are in regarding Gaza www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/o...
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Opinion | The Grim Lessons of Israel’s War in Gaza (Gift Article)
Israel has not been held accountable for its actions in Gaza. The nation and the individuals and countries enabling it to escape punishment may only benefit.
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praying mantis @gentlem.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
nbcconnecticut.app.link/0qiiNDzcS4b CT, ME, & NH wildland firefighters are proud to go help our Canadian neighbors. RI crew already deployed to Oregon. Kindly ignore the foul orange thing’s comments. Canada has helped us numerous times with recent disasters & we love them. Love, New England 🩵🍁🚒
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DEEP sends crew to help Canada with wildfires
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Forestry Division has mobilized a crew to help with wildfires in Quebec, Canada. DEEP announced Friday that the division mobilized a six-person wildland firefighting crew to help with the fires. The six are from the Connecticut Interstate Fire Crew (CIFC) and joined wildland firefighters from Maine and New Hampshire. The crew left…
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“Worst of the worst” turns out to have been ICE’s employment recruiting objective.
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I feel like I just ran a gauntlet into a strange club.
Elizabeth Grattan apparently blocked me...after sending numerous nasty, rude messages. Apparently, my path crossed with this woman who has a longstanding reputation for being a bully and attacking others, in this case, moi.
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Any constituents of @adamschiff.com here? Perhaps you can help him understand that Québec and Canadian resolve is how we show our solidarity. What are Californians doing to protest? Is there any demonstration of disapproval these days? How is it that Albanians show more resolve than Americans?
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California asks Quebec to return US wine to shelves amid wine industry struggles
California lawmakers asked Quebec to restore U.S. wine sales after 15 months of restrictions, as vintners face export losses and mounting threats to industry.
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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Clip from Larry David's new show "Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness" That’s Rob Reiner (before his death) as George Washington. Trump is going to hate this.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Can you imagine the backlash if Mexico (or any country) were to do this with the US? But somehow it's ok for the US to trespass sovereignty... GIFT ARTICLE: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/w...
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Mexican Officials Have Become Informants for the Trump Administration
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Jake @jp1102.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
And that’s one of the reasons why we’re in this current situation.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/06/2026
A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks. n.pr/3PWDxqK
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National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds
A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes. 5 months until the Midterms. #AccountabilityIsComing
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If the $1.776M slush fund is no more, then why do the Trumps keep their IRS forever immunity?
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Politico @politico.com · 23/05/2026
CDC says green card holders who were recently in countries where Ebola is spreading can’t reenter U.S.
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CDC says green card holders who were recently in countries where Ebola is spreading can’t reenter U.S.
The move expands existing travel restrictions barring foreigners who’ve recently been in Congo, South Sudan and Uganda.
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus @hispaniccaucus.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Chair @repespaillat.bsky.social on Protecting Aspiring Green Card Holders and Immigrant Families
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Did you take your Vitamin H today? It may be a hard pill to swallow, but it is important for your (our) well-being.
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
substack.com/@irishpoliti...
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The Irish Politics Newsletter (@irishpoliticsnewsletter)
Andy Serkis, who played Gollum in The Lord of the Rings, reads Trump's social media posts in Gollum's voice. Best thing you will see on social media today! https://www.irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie/p/wa...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
www.commondreams.org/opinion/cuba...
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In Cuba, US Media Only Films the Darkness | Common Dreams
​The real story is not the candle in the window. It is the hand that cut the fuel.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Activists in NYC projected a message on the side of Jeff Bezos’ $120 million penthouse ahead of the Met Gala. “Shame on you, Jeff Bezos.”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
#EpsteinFiles
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
open.substack.com/pub/gothburz... Each of Peter Girnus’s pieces (Substack, X) is devoid of opinion, which makes them particularly compelling reads.
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I Ordered the Wine
A Secret Service agent took a round to the vest. The guests took the wine. A coordinating producer counts the bottles.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
In this video, Trump cannot get out of his chair, struggles to stand, takes a few steps, falls to the floor, struggles to stand again, and then walks off the stage. The question should be: what about Trump's health is being kept from the public?
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Trump fires NSF's oversight board | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump fires NSF's oversight board
Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Flabbergastting, cruel and revealing
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A year + later, are you feeling safer? www.propublica.org/article/seba...
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The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan
Amid Trump’s war in Iran and an exodus of intelligence staffers, Sebastian Gorka has asserted that a blueprint for fighting terror threats is “imminent” — but has not released it. Iranian threats have...
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
What sounded like a mix of hyperbole, paranoia and negativity, is proving to be just the tip of a really shitty iceberg. Does it mean to the prepper go the “spoils”? I have no idea except that it will get worse before it gets better. GIFT ARTICLE: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/w...
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The Forces of Scarcity Hitting Asia May Soon Spread Across the World
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DavisDemocraticClub @davisdemocraticclub.org · 18/04/2026
AMAZING -- an editorial cartoon that states the question that has to be going through the minds of Republicans everywhere. #RESIST 🍊💩
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Taint @taint9.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Exactly 💯
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
You have been warned. Again and again. Just as Venezuela was a distraction, so, too, is Iran at this point. Putin's happy. China? Not so much. Thank you @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social for cutting through the smoke and mirrors.
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Jill Sapphire Goldberg @jilllsapphire.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
With so many sources pushing back on the official account of the extraction that just took place in Iran, I'm sharing this from @deanblundell.bsky.social who once again offers a text that is utterly compelling to consider. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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BREAKING: THE PENTAGON'S EXPLANATION OF THE IRAN RESCUE ISN’T ADDING UP. AT ALL.
Competing Narratives, Missing Explanations, and the Questions Washington Doesn’t Want You to Ask: Was the rescue a cover-up for one of the biggest secret military failures in US history?
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
You can be opposed to the Iranian regime AND the reckless bombing of school kids. You can support the troops AND be opposed to sending them into senseless wars. You are not an antisemite if you decry the Israeli regime’s genocidal rampage. Don’t let morons impose their idiotic view of the world.
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