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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Pileated woodpecker seen this evening at golden hour, near the John Dos Passos Institute. Often heard but seldom seen around here. I'll take that as a good omen! www.youtube.com/shorts/qvLFl...

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Pileated woodpecker at golden hour, Virginia's Northern Neck, near John Dos Passos Institute. #birds

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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I've hit 100 videos on my YouTube channel, which reflects my commitment to teaching myself video editing this summer. My videos range from moments in Mother Nature to short documentaries for the John Dos Passos Institute. This is a new skill for my resume! www.youtube.com/@johndospass...

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John Dos Passos Coggin is a writer from the Chesapeake Bay region. His first book, Walkin' Lawton (2012), was an authorized biography of legendary Florida statesman Lawton Chiles. He also writes scree...

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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"It’s impossible to read the [U.S.A.] trilogy now without seeing the abundant parallels to our own century." archive.ph/Phyud#select...

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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

One of my summer projects is to build my YouTube channel with as much non-AI personal creativity as I can muster. I've built four playlists on YouTube. I love movies and this is also a new value proposition for prospective employers. www.youtube.com/@johndospass...

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Spanberger says she'll intervene in Dominion Energy merger ('As a Virginian, I am deeply skeptical about whether selling our primary, state-regulated utility to an out-of-state company is good for the commonwealth,' Spanberger wrote) bluevirginia.us/2026/08/thur...

Screenshot of NBC4Washington tweet with link to their story about Spanberger intervening in proposed NextEra-Dominion merger

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/spanberger-says-shell-intervene-in-dominion-energy-merger/4139190/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DCBrand

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026

Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."

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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

New video from the John Dos Passos Institute! American author John Dos Passos and his wife Betty helped conserve a critical bald eagle population at their farm in the Northern Neck of Virginia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ22...

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John Dos Passos Institute reflects on John Dos Passos's role in bald eagle conservation at his farm

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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

New video, "John Dos Passos in the Steamboat Era," from the John Dos Passos Institute! American author John Dos Passos, the inspiration for the John Dos Passos Institute, was a boy in Virginia’s Northern Neck during the height of the steamboat era. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBSA...

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John Dos Passos and the Steamboat Era

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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Presenting the first in a video series by the John Dos Passos Institute, a new Virginia-based nonprofit inspired by American writer John Dos Passos (1896-1970), renowned author of the U.S.A. trilogy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqiC...

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JDP Institute Sizzle Reel 1

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I haven't been this impressed with a candidate in a l-o-n-g time. If @jamestalarico.bsky.social is the future of the Democratic Party, we are in VERY good shape.

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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Congratulations to Rebecca Lindsey, Mary Lindsey, Anna Eshelman, and all the other enterprising, courageous climate communicators behind the full launch of Climate.us! It's a new independent, nonprofit climate information website. www.climate.us/news-feature...

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Climate.us launches independent website for trusted climate information

Built by members of the team behind NOAA’s Climate.gov, the new nonprofit resource is supported in part by more than 2,500 small donations from people who want reliable climate science information to ...

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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Saturday's Wall Street Journal has a John Dos Passos literary mention in the books section--in a discussion of great fiction that conveys U.S. history and character. The U.S.A. trilogy remains highly relevant, speaking right into the heart of the 21st century.

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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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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

RTP Madeira reported on the 5th Biennial Conference of the John Dos Passos Society at the John Dos Passos Cultural Center in Ponta do Sol, interviewing me, my sister Lara dos Passos Coggin, and outgoing Society president Aaron Shaheen. See the 13 minute mark in Parte 2: www.rtp.pt/play/p85/e93...

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Telejornal Madeira

Para os espectadores da Região e da diáspora madeirense espalhada pelo mundo. O Telejornal da televisão mais próxima de si está no ar desde 1972

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.”

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/05/2026

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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Thanks to Half and One for publishing my new prose poem, "The Marsh That King Tobacco Made." It's a musing about the history of King Tobacco in Tidewater Virginia and how flowing creeks silted up over time and became funky quagmires. halfandone.com/the-marsh-th...

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The Marsh That King Tobacco Made - Half and One

Detritus, natural and manufactured, congests the marsh near my farm in Tidewater Virginia: beer bottles, birthday balloons, shotgun shells, pine needles,

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

King Charles: "The U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160 Supreme Court cases since 1789, not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances."

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Congratulations to @stephenking.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor!👍 (Novels/Novellas: Approximately 65 to 67 Non-fiction books: 5 books. Short Stories: Over 200 Pseudonyms: 7 novels were published as Richard Bachman. Frequency: He has published at least one book almost every year since 1974)

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Any "extraordinarily brilliant person" would know his presidency is in free-fall after his disastrous decision to enter another endless war-of-choice in the Middle East & that on November 3rd accountability is coming for the most corrupt criminal Administration in U.S. History. tick...tick...tick

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I am begging every Senate Democrat to vote against confirmation of this clown. Take a stand. Don't try to triangulate. This is an easy call.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

For my own wellbeing, sometimes it's best to completely ignore harsh reality & focus exclusively on one or all of our 3 pets. In this case it's our youngest, Trixie (a/k/a Bat-Mite, a/k/a Spawn of Satan), who I love dearly. ♥️ 🐶 (also: #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files)

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Politico @politico.com · 21/04/2026

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its tracking of hate groups, said that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit regarding their use of informants.

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Southern Poverty Law Center says it is under Justice Department investigation

The nonprofit on Tuesday said it is “the latest organization targeted by this administration.”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job. One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution. Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?

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This Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job

No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

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Valorie Nichols @meadowdays.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Happy National Library Week! 💙📚

Support these data centers: SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, BOOKSTORES

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

There’s something mentally wrong with the President of the United States.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/04/2026

"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/04/2026

This is the most horrifying, psychotic, grotesque message Trump has ever posted—openly threatening to commit genocide. This is beyond reckless. It’s dangerous, dehumanizing, and utterly unfit for any leader.

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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The President of the United States is a madman.

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Speaker Johnson, we are calling on you to bring the House back to DC IMMEDIATELY! The Cabinet needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. But Congress can’t just sit on its hands and wait for that to happen when the President is threatening to commit war crimes TONIGHT.

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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Today would be a great day to impeach and convict President Trump. What a revolting, disgusting idiot. Unworthy of command, unworthy of the public trust.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Our #PictureOfTheWeek pairs the “Blue Marble,” taken by the final Apollo crew, with an image from Artemis II aptly named “Hello, World.” 📸 2. Comparison photos of Earth 2. Artemis II captures the Terminator Line 3. Mission specialist Christina Koch looks out of the Orion spacecraft 📸 credit: Nasa

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Matt Oswalt @mattoswaltva.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

if Obama said "praise be to Allah" on Easter Sunday Republicans would lose their...oh who are we kidding, if Obama ate a fucking pita bread sandwich on Arbor Day Republicans would lose their shit

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I look back at All the President’s Men, released on this day 50 years ago. During production, screenwriter William Goldman said, “Expectations are so high on this movie that if the film is only good, it won’t be good enough.” If only he was here to see how powerful it still is: More @ Esquire…

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‘All the President’s Men’ Is Still Disturbingly Vital

The 50th anniversary of the Robert Redford classic is a reminder of the national integrity we’ve lost.

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Video: "A message from [Sen. Louise Lucas] and two of Virginia’s most respected and trusted Democratic voices [Rep. Bobby Scott, Speaker Don Scott] regarding the Redistricting Referendum - Vote Yes, Virginia!" bluevirginia.us/2026/04/icym...

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Let's focus on something we ALL agree on: #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

TOMORROW: Be a part of history! Show the world that the majority of Americans oppose the most corrupt, inept, criminal, orange "president" in U.S. History. NO KINGS. Also: NO SERIAL LIARS/CONVICTED FELONS/ADJUDICATED RAPISTS & NO ILLEGAL WAR IN IRAN Be there. Make your voices heard! 🇺🇸 ✊ #NO_KINGS

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/03/2026

Wildfires are ripping across the Great Plains, and other flare-ups are popping up in Arizona and Colorado remarkably early. Experts are warning that the timing, ingredients fueling their growth, and what they signal about the fire season ahead is a recipe for concern. wapo.st/4lJcOJu

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John Dos Passos Coggin @johndospassosc.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

"A recent Atlantic story, citing the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, said that just 48 percent of Americans had read a single book in 2022, a 6 percent decline from a decade earlier." www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

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