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Rebecca Gummere

@rgummere.bsky.social
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"An agnostic ex-pastor on the hunt for God in a small RV with two big dogs. What could go wrong?" Memoir, essays. Words in HuffPost, TIME, Oprah Daily, Daily Beast, NYT, Boston Globe. NC Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning @ rebeccagummere.substack.com

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Excellent NYT article captures the sweep of ICE’s now decentralized surge, then zooms in to tell the individual stories of cruelty and heartbreak. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/ice-s…
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A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 21/04/2026
NEW: A horrific new bill introduced by Chip Roy would weaponize immigration law to target "socialism"—defined so loosely as to include even advocacy about economic equality—so that naturalized citizens could be stripped of their citizenship and deported. www.thebulwark.com/p/chip-roy-d...
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Chip Roy’s Deportation Nation
Banishing ideas, one immigrant at a time.
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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
New: Kash Patel's FBI launched an unnecessary raid on the home of a former Capitol Police officer, based on Jan. 6 conspiracy theories from right-wing media outlet The Blaze.
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Lawsuit: Blaze’s Crackpot Reporting Prompted a Wild, Unnecessary FBI Raid
Quickly debunked reporting based on “gait analysis” was enough to get the feds to descend with a helicopter on a falsely accused J6 pipe-bomber’s home.
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
All the yes to this.
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Rahawa Haile @rahawahaile.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This week on Scratch, we have an essay by @maggiemertens.bsky.social about how her itch for a dumbphone is largely burnout from the need to constantly self-promote one's writing or risk professional oblivion.
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Smartphones, Dumbphones, and Delusions of Platform-Building
“I don’t actually need my smartphone to write, but do I need it in order to be seen as a writer?”
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/04/2026
You should be able to easily file your taxes for free with the IRS. Not only did Trump kill Direct File, the IRS's free tax filing program, but this week, Republicans BLOCKED my bill that would make the program law of the land. That's what you call selling out to TurboTax.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
OMG... I feel like that could be it... he’s such a f****** dimwit
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A truly dark day for our country. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cap...
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Justice Department Moves To Toss Seditious Conspiracy Convictions Of Oath Keepers And Proud Boys
The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders.
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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Trump fired Bondi for not prosecuting his enemies aggressively enough and mishandling the Epstein files. Her replacement: Todd Blanche who bragged at CPAC that every FBI agent who investigated Trump is gone. The fired agents used his exact words in their lawsuit as evidence of retribution.
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
You are so welcome!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
♥️
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Thanks for sharing, Julene!
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Boone” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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NO KINGS Boone · Mobilize
**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** Join Indivisible High Country for a rally and 1.1 mile march in Boone, NC from 10:00 am to 12:000 noon. What bega...
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Minnesota Mary @minnesotamarys.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Just early-voted in North Carolina. LFG, Roy Cooper! LFG, NC!
Gray-haired woman in glasses and black top looking pleased with an I VOTED sticker.
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Yes
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I guess I think we should.
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Should We Talk About Evil?
This is not a theological post.
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Thank you, Bruce.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Incredible! Mass shootings are now so common in the US that this was the second shooting experienced by two survivors www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Some thoughts on anniversary grief, and some love for those who mourn. open.substack.com/pub/rebeccag...
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The Far Country of Grief
Today is the anniversary of my second child’s death.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I hope you’ll join me in sharing these stories and shedding light on a problem that is 💯 preventable. The story of Tierra Walker, 37 year old mom from Texas, whose life could have been saved had she had access to abortion. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
A photo of Tierra Walker and her son, JJ, sits on a desk in her bedroom at her home in San Antonio. Walker died after doctors told her she didn't need an abortion during her high-risk pregnancy.
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"Ticking Time Bomb": A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn't Get an Abortion in Texas.
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn't access abortions. Tierra Walker, a
37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
by Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser, photography by Lexi Parra for ProPublica
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Rob Liguori @robxlii.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
When there is nothing left, there will still be songs like this. Thank god for that, and thank god for Jerry Jeff Walker and Todd Snider. youtu.be/5QdWpab_kFg?...
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Todd Snider w/ Jerry Jeff Walker, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires - "Mr. Bojangles"
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Pax Linson @paxll.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Seems kinda huge: "Epstein survivors have confirmed with democrats in congress that they participated in a massive Biden-era investigation into Epstein's co-conspirators, but Trump and Pam Bondi closed it."
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
New Orleans-based Opera Créole and Opera Lafayette's joint poduction of Edmond Dédé’s (1827-1901) opera "Morgiane" is magnificent! 💜🎶🎼👑 #BHM #opera #Classical #BlackComposers
Photo of program from first opera by an African American, Edmond Dédé’s Morgiane from seat looking onto stage blue with image of dark-skinned and dignified Black man with formal dress and center part in hair)
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Bridget123goooo 🌊🦋🏃🏻‍♀️⛰️ @bridget123goooo.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Did anyone ever think the USA would deport Purple Heart recipients. My God💔 My grandpa fought in WWII like many of yours. He was 100% Hispanic and a Purple Heart recipient. When I say he’s rolling over in his grave he’s doing so while 4 of his 7 kids are maga www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15/11/2025
If we said "Alexis Wilkins is suing right-wing commentators who've accused her of being a Mossad agent sent by Israel to stop Kash Patel from releasing the Epstein files," we'd sound nuts. We'd also be reporting straight news. ICYMI @willsommer.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...
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Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Is Driving MAGA Nuts
She’s litigious. They’re sexist. It’s a miasma of loathing.
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Can't wait till Monday when I'm gonna go find a new workplace to ruin! LFG!
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a young boy is driving a red toy car on the street .
ALT: a young boy is driving a red toy car on the street .
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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · 27/10/2025
Thanks for watching. Xx
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Ben, this film is extraordinary. Truly beautiful. Made with such love and affection. I'll be thinking about it for a long time.
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
My mom's best friend was Aunt Mary Liz to me. We're about as white and WASPy as you can get. Who TF are these fools??
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
If you’re in uptown manhattan here’s a list of free food distributions linktr.ee/uptownfreefood
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Masked ICE goons in Durango, CO, steal an elderly woman’s phone, grab her by the hair, and throw her down a hill. This was during a peaceful protest over ICE kidnapping a father and two children from a local school. #AbolishICE
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Team Canada is awesome: N.I.C.E. Agent welcomes US tourists in Canada 🇨🇦🤭💙
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Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
#ProudBlue #Pinks #ResistanceUnited Good morning, friends. You possess incredible strength as you confront each day, even in tough times. Your past victories over adversity are a reminder of your resilience. You can overcome this hurdle too. Just stand firm and move forward with determination.
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SlavaUkraini033 @slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Update: East Wing demolition Day 3. Trump confirmed today the entire East Wing will be torn down, according to NYT. He had previously stated it would not be touched.
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
He does not plan to leave.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
They’re not redistricting — they’re preparing the battlefield. If Trump gets 5 extra seats in Congress, he’ll have the votes to declare emergency rule in any city that dares to dissent. #YesOnProp50
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I must have written "Trump/Musk/Vought are taking a wrecking ball to America" a dozen times in the last 9 months. Now he's literally doing it. These pictures say everything about Donald Trump's godforsaken reign.
January 6th assault on the CapitolOctober 2025 demolition of the the East wing of the White House.
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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
October 18th, 2025 - some thoughts about last week's NO KINGS...and what lies ahead. open.substack.com/pub/rebeccag...
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October 18th, 2025
CAVEAT: nope, this newsletter is not morphing into a series of political arguments or diatribes.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
An artificial heart for children with congenital heart defects was almost finished. Families had waited for years it. Then, Trump canceled billions in grants for universities — including the grant for this device. The cruelty is endless. www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...
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This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I supported NPR. I hope everyone else here does as well, if they can The hosts may not be loud, or brash, or fully on board with your brand of politics But their programming is honest and sincere In today’s day and age, that means a lot
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
That's about 1200 people just 'disappeared' by our government.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/09/2025
NEW: Judge Beryl Howell granted my motion for expedited review in my FOIA case for the Epstein files, and invited me to file a motion for summary judgment. Which we did, and which you can read here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ive-fi...
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GoogeliArt 🦋💙PD @googeliart.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
'Despicable': ACLU demands court free journalist facing deportation to El Salvador www.rawstory.com/mario-guevar...
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'Despicable': ACLU demands court free journalist facing deportation to El Salvador
The ACLU is asking a federal district court in Georgia to order the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist arrested while covering a June “No Kings” protest, after the Board of Immigration A...
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
On Wednesday, the GOP-controlled House Appropriations Committee voted 34-28 along party lines to advance a funding bill that calls for excluding people living in the states without legal status from #2030Census results that the 14th Amendment says must include “whole number of persons in each state”
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Laura Loomer is the one who criticized Charlie Kirk recently and said he "stabbed" Trump in the back. She is very influential and has the ear of Trump and Rubio. Could it be one of her followers took her too literally? Will MAGA and Republicans and corporate media ask her to apologize and reflect?
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Here’s my write up on the most racist decision to come out of the Supreme Court in a while. The court approved of Trump’s racial profiling of Latinos with Brett Kavanaugh saying being harassed based on the color of your skin is “common sense.” My latest in @thenation
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The Supreme Court Just Gave the OK to Racial Profiling
The court’s ruling allowing ICE to resume its indiscriminate round-ups of LA’s Latino residents can only be described as one thing.
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