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Marcy Sacks

@msacks.bsky.social
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Historian. Runner. Trying to make my corner of the world a better place.

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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 17h
Too bad the game wasn’t beautiful, too.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have my ballot. So excited to vote.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Really hoping that the redistricting comes back to bite them all over the country.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We tried that after the Civil War. How’d that go?
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just received my ballot yesterday! (Michigan)
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My old sweet girl has no teeth left. But she’s a champ and doing well. Good girl, Rosie!
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 29/09/2026
This the most anti-American administration in history. Destroying everything good about us, growing all that is bad.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our system of governance derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed. When public servants use propaganda to manipulate the people they are supposed to serve in order to MANUFACTURE that consent, our SERVANTS soon become our MASTERS. Your tax dollars paid for this ad.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It hurts me very much to say that I know one of them well. He has a beautiful family.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pretty devastated to see a former student of mine on this poster.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pick me! Pick me!
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mazel tov!
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The whole series looks wonderful.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
These Elections Could Decide 2028. No One Is Watching Them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | These Elections Could Decide 2028. No One Is Watching Them.
Four swing states will soon elect the official who will run the 2028 presidential election. The candidates are alarming.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 25/09/2026
My new favorite news photo. The ugliness of these people just leaps right out at you.
Reuters photo (I checked that it's real) showing Trump glaring belligerently at the camera, with Melania behind him looking like she'd like to rip the photographers throat out, and Xi watching them both with a mild bemused expression.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It has been happening to me more and more frequently in recent years. Very challenging to teach when the history so directly echoes the current moment.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Too late.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
$4.99 in Michigan. Ugh.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Unless Dems flip both chambers. (A girl can dream.)
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The RNC in 2024 gave every delegate a “Mass Deportations Now” sign.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thanks for the laugh!
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This MI Jewish voter stands firmly behind Abdul el Sayed.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Snowflake.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And today is Costa Rica’s. Feliz día de la independencia, Ticos!
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Alejandro Zúñiga @byazuniga.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
NFL scouts from the Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, Los Angeles Chargers, New York Giants and Kansas City Chiefs are at Michigan Stadium today.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Refuse to swear in the newly-elected representatives.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
By not swearing in the newly-elected representatives in January. It’s a terrifying prospect.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Failed attempts”? More like “lies.”
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This makes me incredibly queasy.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It’s raining here.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
You’re missing @byazuniga.bsky.social
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Can confirm: I, a Michigan voter, do not give a shit.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Google Maps has “Gulf of America” on the Gulf of Mexico. Gross.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
As a Michigan voter, I look forward to weighing in, since he says he’s waiting for MI voters to decide.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
They’re freaks.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I like “freaks” better than “weird.” I think it’s more effective.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
And what do we collectively do when this occurs in January?
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Care to explain?
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Why are there photos of dark-skinned people on the wall behind him?
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
AMEN!
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
And testosterone! That will keep morale super high.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Consider me pushed. (I’m a Democrat.)
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
3 classes per term. One morning (3-4 hour block) per week with a word count. It helped me to have a writing group - meeting together in a set space other than our own offices. After getting into the routine, I didn’t need others there anymore.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph  showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
More like DO(i)J, tbh.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I’m a Michigan voter (and poll worker, as an aside). The pro-Haley/anti-AES messaging has been overwhelming in recent weeks.
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Marcy Sacks @msacks.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Biden created a solution for that. But then we elected a man of himself rather than of the people.
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