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Mary K. Bolin

@mkbolin.bsky.social
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To the barricades! Librarian, teacher, socialist, Leftie Nebraskan now living in Minneapolis, friendly hermit, catless child lady. Bolin's theory of life (Don't argue, I have a PhD): Young adult starts at 30, middle age 60, old age 90. marykbolin.com

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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 7h
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18h
I can't believe I have to say this: Richard Nixon was corrupt and Congress was right to force him out. But, according to Trump's DOJ and a GOP congressman, Nixon was subject to a Deep State coup. Nonsense. This is just Trump trying to rewrite the past to obscure his corruption today. Link below ⬇️
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h
what an asshole
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 18h
RFK Jr. Wants to AI-ify Health Care. Claude Says He’s Full of Sh*t. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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RFK Jr. Wants to AI-ify Health Care. Claude Says He’s Full of Sh*t.
Kennedy is suddenly bullish on artificial intelligence—so we asked some AI assistants to rate his vaccine claims.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Historians: What the fuck are you talking about, you insane clown?
thehill.com
GOP lawmaker: Nixon was ‘couped out of office,’ ‘framed’ during Watergate
Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) said Thursday that former President Nixon was “absolutely couped out of office” and added that he was “framed” during the infamous Watergate scandal. “We now know more ab…
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Donald Trump’s walking dead luciantruscott.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
luciantruscott.substack.com
Donald Trump’s walking dead
It’s October, Halloween is coming, and it’s time to look at the graveyard of Trump’s administration.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is why technofascists, oligarchs, and their servants, such as JD Vance, hate this Pope.
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mrs Betty I’m a huge fan and I loooove you but we say “stroke survivor”
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Vance is a pig
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Melania trump spent MONTHS trying to bankrupt a single mom over a tweet about Epstein. She wanted a public apology, a takedown, AND MILLIONS!!! @JoJoFromJerz joins me to tell HER side. 🔥 LIVE on my YouTube at 6:30PM ET!
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity newrepublic.substack.com/p/trump-pers...
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Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Correct! No Mercy for MAGA. substack.com/@therickwils...
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No Mercy for MAGA.
Not now, not ever.
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Let’s go, Omaha
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow. Be Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...
jojofromjerz.substack.com
Be Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted.
Melania Trump is selling a story about lifting women up. I’m the mother of two she tried to frighten into submission.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27/09/2026
Talking about my struggles with being overweight still makes me uncomfortable, since weight can carry moral judgment in ways that other health challenges don't. But that fear stops too many struggling from getting treatment that could extend their lives.
people.com
Gov. JB Pritzker Reveals He’s Lost 80 Lbs. with GLP-1 After Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis (Exclusive)
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tells PEOPLE that a GLP-1 has contributed to his 80-Lb. weight loss, but that he initially started taking it after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
THE SOUTH CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS You don’t get to profit off Black athletes on Saturday, then spend the rest of the week gerrymandering Black political power out of existence. We know what’s up! Hakeem Jeffries makes the connection perfectly.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
in your next zoom interview have not only a cup of ice coffee but seven or eight different cups of various beverages just off camera and casually drink from each of them throughout the interview the drinks should have fancy straws or colorful parasols or large pieces of fruit on the edge of the cup
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy Birthday, Bruce Springsteen! 🎶 What's one of your favorite Springsteen tunes? 🎶 Born in New Jersey on September 23, 1949, "The Boss" released his debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park N.J. in January 1973. Regarded as one of the best songwriters of all time, Springsteen is considered
Bruce Springsteen, New York City, May 2026.
Photo- Pam Springsteen
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Come work with me! --- Harvard Medical School, Countway Library is looking for a Research and Instruction Librarian jobs.smartrecruiters.com/HarvardUnive... --- #libraryjobs #LIS
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
Research and Instruction Librarian
Company Description: By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Every news story must address this. And in 6 weeks, “we can be the adults in the room. We can perform an intervention. We can state loudly & clearly there’s a psychiatric emergency and we need responsible leaders who will use their power to lessen the danger.” www.americaamerica.news/p/america-we...
americaamerica.news
We Are Facing a Psychiatric Emergency
The media needs to step up. Donald Trump needs to be removed from office.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
How do we make teaching a sustainable career? We need: 🎒Education budget tied to the defense budget 🎒Teacher minimum wage 🎒Strong teacher unions 🎒Investment in the paraprofessionals that a kid needs to be their best learner and so teachers can focus on teaching
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ICYMI: Bernie sanders has introduced a bill to reduce the US work week from 40 to 32 hours — with no loss in pay. sanders.senate.gov
Bernie Sanders at a podium at a rally; text: BERNIE
SANDERS HAS INTRODUCED A BILL TO REDUCE THE US WORK WEEK FROM 40 TO 32 HOURS
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NOTICE TO MILITARY: dearlstephens.substack.com/p/notice-to-...
dearlstephens.substack.com
NOTICE TO MILITARY:
Your commander in chief is a fascist thug, and going anywhere near our polling places Nov. 3 is against the law
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yes, Conservative Evangelical Christianity Is A Cancer substack.com/@evanhurst/n...
substack.com
Yes, Conservative Evangelical Christianity Is A Cancer
The stereotypes line up with reality.
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and the ‘Apolitical’ White Ally substack.com/@michaelharr...
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Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and the ‘Apolitical’ White Ally
The Macklemore-Sheeran controversy exposes the cowardice of people who uphold the status quo by pretending to be neutral.
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Pete Hegseth Fills Out Section About What Kind Of Guys He’s Into open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
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Pete Hegseth Fills Out Section About What Kind Of Guys He’s Into
Grindr servers crashing anywhere near the Pentagon?
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Pete Hegseth Fills Out Section About What Kind Of Guys He’s Into open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
open.substack.com
Pete Hegseth Fills Out Section About What Kind Of Guys He’s Into
Grindr servers crashing anywhere near the Pentagon?
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Classic abuser language.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12/09/2026
September is African Immigrant Heritage Month — a time to celebrate the many African communities that have helped shape New York and our nation.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A true hero 💔👇
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Will There be History in the Future? substack.com/@leonardpitt...
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Will There be History in the Future?
Lonnie Bunch and the right wing war on memory
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
30 incarcerated men presented a $4,267 donation to a northwest Kansas school district to pay down the district's unsettled lunch debt The donation was to be "utilized to help local children fuel their day and stay focused and energized this school year"
actionnews5.com
Prison inmates help to pay down school lunch debt
A school district's unsettled lunch debt was substantially paid down by a group of inmates.
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Never forget that we have the power to change our lives. VOTE
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Marco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s Sins open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Marco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s Sins
America gave Rubio’s family a second chance. He gave this family a cage.
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BATTLE PLAN dearlstephens.substack.com/p/battle-pla...
dearlstephens.substack.com
BATTLE PLAN
Here is how Democrats can win big in November and long into the future ...
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 08/09/2026
She was only six years old. In 1960, Ruby Bridges helped desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, escorted by federal marshals. That little girl turns 72 today. Happy Birthday, Ruby Bridges. ♥️ #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Side-by-side photos of Ruby Bridges as an adult and as a six-year-old child. The childhood image shows Ruby smiling in the doorway of William Frantz Elementary School in 1960, wearing a plaid dress and light-colored jacket.
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump Regime Triggered By Accurate Map Of World, Because They’re F*cking Racist Loser Babies open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...
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Trump Regime Triggered By Accurate Map Of World, Because They’re F*cking Racist Loser Babies
Natalie found Trump a better map though!
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Traces of Texas @tracesoftexas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The marker at the edge of the Iowa cornfield in which Buddy Holly died in 1959. One of my own photos, taken a few years ago. In all honesty, I couldn't believe it when I got there. Sometimes a guy gets lucky.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Elon Musk, in 2025, tells the pro-Russia, Nazi linked AfD: "I think there is too much focus on past guilt (in Germany), and we need to move beyond that. Children should not feel guilty for the sins of their parents, their great grandparents even." Translation: "don't feel guilt for Nazi Germany"
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
57 days to MAGA-geddon steveschmidt.substack.com/p/57-days-to...
steveschmidt.substack.com
57 days to MAGA-geddon
The American people are coming – and Trump can’t stop them
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Gloria Steinem was a Hero to Men, Too. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/gloria-ste...
johnfugelsang.substack.com
Gloria Steinem was a Hero to Men, Too.
She proved that feminism is good for Real Men; even if the word itself terrifies weak men.
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
What the Fuck Is Wrong With JD Vance jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
jojofromjerz.substack.com
What the Fuck Is Wrong With JD Vance
He’s Utterly Incapable of Just Being NORMAL
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Mail practice steveschmidt.substack.com/p/mail-pract...
steveschmidt.substack.com
Mail practice
Trump is targeting mail-in voting. Don’t give his government custody of your ballot
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who Goes Nazi? A Journalist Answered That Question in 1941. I Just Spent Two Weeks in Bavaria Checking Her Work And The Answer Is The Entire Trump Regime. deanblundell.substack.com/p/who-goes-n...
deanblundell.substack.com
Who Goes Nazi? A Journalist Answered That Question in 1941. I Just Spent Two Weeks in Bavaria Checking Her Work.
The spoiled son. The scared rich man. The humiliated striver. The guy who smells the wind. Trump is two of them and his entire Turd Reich fills out the rest.
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Mary K. Bolin @mkbolin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Will JD Vance Make The Apocalypse Great Again? Does He Know The Antichrist? Aw Shucks, Who Knows! evanhurst.substack.com/p/will-jd-va...
evanhurst.substack.com
Will JD Vance Make The Apocalypse Great Again? Does He Know The Antichrist? Aw Shucks, Who Knows!
Found the religious extremism, it was right here all along.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In the midst of an awful lot of ever-so-sophisticated equivocating and oh-so-thoughtful-chin-stroking and too-clever-by-half-over-thinking, I just want to say, simply and unequivocally and for the record: The Resistance Libs Were Right.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
seriously why isn’t “every republican president destroys the economy” the most ubiquitous phrase in american politics?!?!
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