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Margaret Koehler

@margaretmaryk.bsky.social
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18th-century poetry buff. Prof of English at Otterbein University. 9th of 9 children.

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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Good night, Bluesky! Niagara Falls lot up in pink in honor of Dolly Parton 📸 Niagara Falls State Park
Niagara falls in pink light
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Margaret Koehler @margaretmaryk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#18thcenturypoetry #poetsonstamps
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
He’s always had such an exquisite understanding of the emotional texture of Holy Week.
Donald J. Trump • @realDonaldTrump
HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY TO ALL!
7:32 AM • 4/10/20 • Twitter for iPhone
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/03/2026
New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who died in the cold streets of Buffalo days after Border Patrol dumped him without coordinating with his family or lawyers.
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New York is investigating the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam
AG Letitia James will head an "independent assessment" of what happened to the Blind Rohingya refugee who Border Patrol dumped in Buffalo.
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 05/11/2025
the best thing that we can do in this AI-slop-filled, influencer culture, fascist era is keep it real. make art. be authentic. lead with joy. tell the truth. we win.
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America. At least until tomorrow.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/01/2026
There are so many acts of bravery by every day people while elected Dems cower behind focus group tested talking points.
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Margaret Koehler @margaretmaryk.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/01/2026
It’s the United States that needs regime change.
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Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This is how you do it. No preamble to swear to God you don't like Maduro.
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Margaret Koehler @margaretmaryk.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Columbus OH making sure ICE can't sleep
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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
William Blake ~ The Youthful Poet`s Dream (1816 - 1820) #WilliamBlake
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Lennart Nacke, PhD @lennartnacke.com · 14/11/2025
Most academics stare at blank pages for hours. They wait for clarity before writing. They check email first. They convince themselves they need more research. All wrong. Writing creates clarity. Not the other way around. Here's the 20-minute routine that fixes this...
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean. A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 05/11/2025
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate. Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections. buff.ly/nTvLlFI
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I hope Dems are paying attention. It definitely is possible to tax the rich to benefit all.
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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 05/11/2025
Lord knows we needed it.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
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Kyle Pfannenstiel @pfannyyy.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in a raid in Wilder, Idaho, the FBI said no "young" children were. The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.
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FBI backtracks on denying children were zip tied in Idaho raid, saying instead no ‘young’ kids were • Idaho Capital Sun
After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in raid in Wilder, Idaho, FBI says no "young" children were.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Whether it’s conservatives complaining about a redesign of Cracker Barrel’s across the country, or liberals complaining about President Trump bulldozing the East Wing of the White House, it’s clear both sides are engaged in a new political battleground over architecture and design
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Margaret Koehler @margaretmaryk.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Westerville, OH #NoKings
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2025
The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate. It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. (Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)
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This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.
The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...
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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 24/09/2025
Following Trump’s debunked claim that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism, some pregnant women on TikTok are trolling him by taking acetaminophen.
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Conservatives Are Melting Down Over a Tylenol TikTok Trend
Following Trump’s debunked claim that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism, some pregnant women on TikTok are trolling him by taking acetaminophen.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2025
I think the worst thing Utah governor Spencer Cox could've done was read those inscriptions live on air. The video is going to become a meme on its own and something other mass shooters will aspire to. It will be seen as an ultimate troll. That's how these shooters operate now.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I want you all to just watch how quickly mainstream media moves on from this story now.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
How Charlie Kirk practiced politics
Charlie Kirk & - @charliekirk11•8/21/25
President Trump is going out on patrol tonight
in DC.
Shock and awe. Force.
We're taking our country back from these cockroaches.
Just the start.
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border. This is how the police dealt with them. Literally beat the hell out of them. This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
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Margaret Koehler @margaretmaryk.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Zinnias
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 22/08/2025
Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year. Y'all this isn't sustainable.
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La. regulators approve Entergy power plants for Meta’s AI data center
Louisiana Public Service Commissioners voted four to one to approve Entergy’s three new gas plants to power Meta’s largest-ever data center.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Going to get worse.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
These Americans served with honor for more than a decade. Put their lives on the line. Trump fired them, just for being who they are-and now is denying retirement benefits our nation promised them for their service. Treating troops this way is dishonorable, unfair, & harmful to national security.
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US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service
The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
86% of Americans are stressed about grocery prices. 76% of Americans are stressed about their wages. 75% of Americans are stressed about the cost of housing. via AP
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The historical cognate for what is happening in the United States right now is the period known as the Redemption. And the restoration of Confederate iconography, just like when they were originally installed, is to signal to the nation the return of white power.
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Margaret Koehler @margaretmaryk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Dystopia midwest style
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What is 'corn sweat' and how does it exacerbate heat waves?
A phenomenon called "corn sweat" could exacerbate the impacts of the extreme heat blanketing a large portion of the U.S., according to experts.
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Margaret Koehler @margaretmaryk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Donald Trump gives people permission to be their worst selves. His politics are not just representative, they are generative. His words seep into people’s souls and slowly corrode whatever potential for human decency ever resided there.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
It was my honor to work with distinguished lawyer colleagues on this statement of commitment to the principles that must undergird American democracy. It appears today as full page ad in the @nytimes.com & in papers around the country. Learn more at @weholdthesetruths.bsky.social
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Nestled up against the steps of City Hall in LA is a large placard with missing posters for the recently disappeared in the city.
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