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Michelle Sura

@michellesura.bsky.social
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Former Columnist 'Dancing with the Planets' Bolinas Hearsay News, now living in Ogden Dunes. 1950 Boomer. When Loyalty is Demanded, Free Will is Extinguished.

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Kelly Guinan @kellyguinan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New, fun, one-minute learning, the modern School House Rock® of American History by @hcrichardson.bsky.social team #250to250 (This one didn't get the views so let's pump it up.) Voting Rights Act Narrated by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social #WeAreAmerica250 #CivilRights youtu.be/hJpNEm8lctc?...
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Voting Rights Act, Narrated by Kevin M. Kruse
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
President Donald Trump wants to interfere with mail voting during the upcoming midterm elections, and he’s betting the U.S. Supreme Court will let him. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Explainer: The battle over Trump's bid to restrict mail voting hits a pivotal point. Where things stand and what comes next
"By issuing this final rule, the Trump administration has flouted the court’s injunction."
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Convicted FElon has contributed close to $12 trillion to the $40 trillion national debt. But his family, friends & himself have pocketed a lot of that money in their bank accounts that are offshore.
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 22/08/2026
There is a broad and durable political coalition in Canada to stand up to Trump. The political coalition for hammering Canada with tariffs in the US is basically confined to a few Twitter posters.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 23/08/2026
Debby Gunn remaining as E-911 director until replacement is found
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Debby Gunn remaining as E-911 director until replacement is found
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
ΧΟΡΟΣ: ἄφρονες ὅσοι τὰς ἀρετὰς πολέμῳ
λόγχαισί τ᾽ ἀλκαίου δορὸς
κτᾶσθε, πόνους ἀμαθῶς θνα-
τῶν καταπαυόμενοι:
εἰ γὰρ ἅμιλλα κρινεῖ νιν
αἵματος, οὔποτ᾽ ἔρις
λείψει κατ᾽ ἀνθρώπων πόλεις
CHORUS: You who seek virtue in war are fools
You talk of the tip of the spear —
stupidly coming to terms with toil — but your death is the price.
And if a conflict of blood decide, then the strife never will
Leave the cities of humankind.
—Euripides (Εὐριπίδης), Ἑλένη (Helen), l. 1151 ff. (412 BCE)
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23/08/2026
“After the deportations that we’ve seen during the President Trump administration … we don’t need to produce as many jobs,” Bessent told CNBC. In July, the U.S. labor market shed 23,000 jobs. trib.al/2Nyv2ko
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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"The costs of not being taken seriously are very serious indeed."
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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Ukraine, Syria, Haïti, Colombia, …. and Indiana. Of course I am hugely grateful to and impressed (as always) by WCK, but didn’t we used to have federal agencies and state governments that often prevented humanitarian disasters from getting this bad in the continental USA? Okay. Yah. Katrina.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Mostly Perseids: Recorded the night of August 12-13, images from four dedicated meteor-monitoring cameras at an astronomical observatory in Czechia were aligned and combined to create this all-night, all-sky view. On that night, the total count came to 1,706 meteors.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The aesthetics of 50’s Hollywood musicals were just a joy.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Right. Communism was a big deal during the Cold War. Now? Not so much. The Cold War zing has worn off. Weak sauce. (And…that’s the first time I’ve used that phrase. Ain’t social media fun?)
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Fired Federal Employees Are Bringing Climate Change Info Back to the People truthout.org/articles/fir...
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Fired Federal Employees Are Bringing Climate Change Info Back to the People
Scientists are preserving vital climate-related information amid the Trump administration’s attacks on climate science.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 23/08/2026
remember when there was that train accident in east palestine ohio and the right wing talked endlessly about how biden & co didn't care about the middle of the country? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Desperation Mounts as Thousands in Indiana Endure 10 Days Without Power
Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, where a third of residents live below the poverty line and full restoration isn’t expected until next week.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Maj.(later Colonel) Fred Vann Cherry was a career U.S. Air Force officer and pilot who became the first and highest-ranking Black pilot captured and held as a P.O.W. during the Vietnam War. Pull up a seat🪑my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Once again, by Election Day 2024, inflation was closer to the Fed’s 2% target than <85%> of the months since it was formally established. Pointing this out got you ridiculed by prominent financial journalists & didn’t fit The Narrative™️, but that didn’t make it less true. bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This Day in Labor History: August 23, 1927. The state of Massachusetts executed the Italian immigrant anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti for a 1920 murder that they may (Sacco) or may not (Vanzetti) have committed. But they were on trial for their race and beliefs as much as the murder!!!
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Pro-Democracy Indiana Resister 🇺🇸 🔄 🆘 🟦 @woodenstares.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Mike Pence in Ukraine to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union. Meets with Zelenskyy. #HoosierSky youtu.be/MhsMPgwATg0?...
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BREAKING: Former Vice President Mike Pence Speaks With CNN About Ongoing Ukraine War
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/08/2026
WELKER: Collins says Trump's Canada tariffs will increase costs on families. Is she right? SCOTT: Let's look back at Biden-- W: Wait. Trump has been in office for two years. Inflation was at 3% when Biden left office. It's at 3.4% right now. S: Joe Biden ... W: The Biden administration is over!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Donald Trump continues to be the greatest 🇨🇦 Liberal since Wilfried Laurier
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump is simply toxic in the domestic politics of almost all democracies, so the more he does shit like this, the less he will get. Carney simply could not give into this guy. And, of course, when the bully punches you whether you give him lunch money or not, you might as well not submit.
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 23/08/2026
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The Midterms Feel Like 2006 All Over Again (Gift Article)
With an unpopular war and high prices agitating voters, members of both parties see parallels to an election cycle when Democrats romped. But a lot has changed.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 23/08/2026
Saturated soil contributed to trees falling and taking out power lines, but there’s more to why Gary’s outage has lasted so long.
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How 99 mph winds left Gary in the dark for nearly two weeks
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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Visiting American man way more on fire about Southeast Asia than it is about him" tale as old as time
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Eliot Jacobson: Only three years in recorded history have seen a day reach more than 4 standard deviations (4σ) above the 1991-2020 mean for that day. The previous days this happened were in 2023 and 2024. Now add August 19 & 20, 2026 to that list.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 23/08/2026
The United States and Canada, historic allies along an undefended border, fell deeper into a trade war Saturday marked by angry recriminations and new tariffs that are expected to raise prices for products in both countries.
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US and Canada fall deeper into a trade war with new tariffs as talks collapse and blame is spread
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Bessent’s running battle with the bond market is starting to look like his boss’s war in Iran — started by his own hand with a tangled set of objectives, an underestimated opponent and an implausible path to victory. And like the conflict in the Middle East, we are all going to suffer its effects."
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Bossing the bond market around never works
Despite Scott Bessent’s efforts, investors worry something is up
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 23/08/2026
Public support for Supreme Court term limits comes from a simple but fundamental democratic value: No one should have too much power for too long. bit.ly/4glJ7w4
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Supreme Court Reform Gathers Momentum
The public wants a better Court, and politicians are listening.
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Scott Stossel @stossel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Iran has, with American help, completely reconfigured the power structure of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. The dominant power in the region going forward will be Iran, not the U.S. or Israel." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Iran Unleashed
The dominant power in the Middle East from now on will not be the U.S. or Israel but Iran.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 23/08/2026
Marathon runners are training for a hotter world: ‘Our bodies don’t know pace, they know effort’
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Marathon runners are training for a hotter world: ‘Our bodies don’t know pace, they know effort’
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Vance coming to Maine for a second time. Susan Collins won’t go anywhere near him when he does.
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Rosanna Landis Weaver @landisweaver.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
My work has meant I've followed CEO pay for years & always loved Costco. Companies set up pay based on comparison to peers & many years ago I was reading McDonalds proxy statement & saw that it was removing Costco from its peer group b/c of philosphical differences. And I thought, "Yup."
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 23/08/2026
Thousands of athletes from around the world descended on Chicago this weekend, ready to test months of training at the country’s largest triathlon.
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Chicago’s youngest athletes kick off major triathlon weekend
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 23/08/2026
Good album by this Woody Guthrie fella
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Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti by Woody Guthrie on Apple Music
Album · 1960 · 12 Songs
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#ResistanceRoots “When we speak, we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So, it is better to speak.” — Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde, ca. 1970s. She was a monumental American writer, poet, intersectional feminist and civil rights activist. She described herself as a “Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet,” using her work to confront systemic racism, sexism, homophobia and classism. Lorde’s philosophy centered on the idea that there is “no hierarchy of oppressions,” arguing that all struggles for human liberation are deeply interconnected. Long before the term became a commercial trend, Lorde redefined self-care as a radical political act, writing: "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare." She served as the New York State Poet Laureate from 1991 until her death in 1992.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/08/2026
Karl: "You said recently that the price of gas in Texas would be below $2 by the end of the summer. Are voters gonna punish you and other Republicans if it's not? Because right now the average is $3.60." Gov. Greg Abbott: "The answer to that's far more complex than just one price point."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026
i wrote this last year but there is literally no publicly available evidence that donald trump knows what a tariff actually is
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/08/2026
Citing ProPublica’s reporting, eight senators wrote a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio questioning the Trump administration’s approach to foreign health data. They said it could set an “alarming precedent.”
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Senators Criticize Trump Administration’s Demands to Access Health Data as a Condition for Lifesaving Aid
Citing ProPublica’s reporting, eight senators wrote a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio questioning the administration’s approach to foreign health data. They said it could set an “alarming pre...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Today is Trinitatis XII, the 12th Sunday after Trinitatis. Listen to a cantata that JS Bach composed for this day, Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 69a, here in a performance by the Swiss JS Bach Stiftung. youtu.be/q6Zs4Gi_4DY?...
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J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 69a "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele" (J.S. Bach Foundation)
YouTube video by Bachstiftung
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If the media corporations want people like me and you to fight for their constitutional rights, maybe they should stand up and start protecting their own damn constitutional rights rather than holding black-tie events honoring the guy. newsletters.democracydocket.com/i-was-told-i...
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I was told I worried too much
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/08/2026
"Against Canada, Trump is fighting a trade war that very few Americans support, under leadership that most Americans reject, to achieve results that virtually all Americans would dismiss as pointless if not crazy" Read David Frum: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How to Lose a Trade War
Trump’s bullying of Canada is failing.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Reading something on calculating the size of the 1600s French army (...yes, I am somewhat behind) and it is really funny as a Romanist the sort of, "but if we use THIS evidence, we get this number, but this OTHER pile of evidence." Look, Tacitus told me there were 25 legions. He seems trustworthy.
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America at a Crossroads @crossroadstalks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The Iran War is a Master Class in Squandering a Superpower's Credibility by Fareed Zakaria buff.ly/YKQdNN2
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Shoshana Bee @shohanabee76.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
My good fortune has been holding, lately. I came through this area hours before this inferno started. I observed how dry and windy it was. I wish for the best for first responders & residents 🙏🏽 abcnews.com/US/fast-grow...
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Fast-growing Hawk Fire explodes to more than 10,000 acres, spurs evacuations outside Reno
About 1,000 homes were threatened, authorities said.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
New Bedford, Massachusetts: newbedfordlight.org/chaos-at-new...
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Council meeting on Flock cameras erupts into chaos, delaying vote - The New Bedford Light
The council president suspended the session amid shouting from members of the public, delaying action on the controversial license-plate readers.
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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Imagine handing your state over to this guy.
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Really like this podcast. Addictive. How Two British Historians Made a Smash Hit Podcast www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/w...
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