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RobinD444

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NY’er, Priv Practice therapist, SAG/AFTRA, 💙’s Democracy, Liberal, Justice KBJ was on my High School Debate Team

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
“You are hiding the Epstein files, Mr. Patel. You are part of the cover up.” Representative Dan Goldman @repdangoldman.bsky.social @thepoliticschicks.bsky.social:
thepoliticschicks tweet meme on Threads quoted on air by Stephanie Miller:

“I am becoming increasingly convinced the Epstein files are the key to breaking the dam. 
MAGA knows it.
Kash Patel knows it.
We all know it.
Release the files.”

Source: https://www.threads.com/@thepoliticschicks/post/DOtsW0ZAZ8v

“A little agog; a little humbled: A post put up on Threads has gotten more than a little attention in the last 24 hours and this morning I learned that The Politics Chicks were quoted and credited for that very post on the @stephaniemiller.bsky.social show this morning. Eek!”

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/thepoliticschicks.bsky.social/post/3lz52s7tzvk2i
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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE Those who accept must report for duty on Oct. 6 after what amounts to a seven-month paid vacation, during which time the GSA in some cases racked up high costs — passed along to taxpayers flip.it/.EHHFh #loligarchy
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Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE
Hundreds of laid-off federal employees who managed government workspaces are being called back to their jobs as the Trump administration walks back plans to slash its real estate portfolio.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/09/2025
The parents of the child still missing after a deadly flood swept through Camp Mystic in Texas in July are calling on the camp’s leaders to immediately halt plans to reopen next summer — a move they decried as “unthinkable.”
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Families of Camp Mystic victims criticize plan to reopen
CiCi and Will Steward, whose 8-year-old daughter is still missing, sent a letter criticizing the plan to reopen and build an on-site memorial honoring flood victims.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2025
Two lawsuits allege that Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil, is the “principal beneficiary” of tribal lender Minto Money. CreditServe, a company that McGraw plays a key role in, controls the operation while “the Tribe is merely a front,” the suits said. (Published May w/ @adn.com)
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A 700% APR Lending Business Tied to Dr. Phil's Son Is Dividing an Alaska Tribe
Tribal lender Minto Money has boosted the economy of its Alaska town. But some tribal members are appalled by the millions it's made off desperate borrowers -- much of which, lawsuits allege, has gone to outsider Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Trump's vengeful tone shows he genuinely doesn't support First Amendment rights. He's an instinctive tyrant waging war against America's Constitution & founding principles. As Benjamin Franklin warned, "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech."
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Trump: "When you have a network, and you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump... They're not allowed to do that."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/
Map of Sinclair stations
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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
“The FCC decided all by itself that radio and television were the only two parts of American life not protected by the free speech provisions of the first amendment to the constitution.” George Carlin, 1988
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Important piece here. Democrats should investigate this fully. Bring Carr for hearings. He is openly publicizing how he apparently broke the law and used the FCC on behalf of Trump to exort ABC. newrepublic.com/article/2006...
newrepublic.com
Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse Than You Think It Is
Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that chairman Brendan Carr’s move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.
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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The latest from YouGov (n ~ 3k). People overall believe Jimmy Kimmel's comments were acceptable. Further, people found FCC Chair Brendan Carr's comments about planning to retaliate *unacceptable.* And overall, people strongly disapprove of canceling Kimmel's show today.yougov.com/topics/overv...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/09/2025
BREAKING: Trump is about to fire the US Attorney for the EDVA for refusing to indict NYAG Tish James for mortgage fraud for lack of evidence. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-poi...
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Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG Letitia James: Sources
President Trump is expected to fire Eastern Virginia's U.S. attorney after he was unable to find evidence of mortgage fraud against NY AG Letitia James, sources say.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Federal prosecutors in Virginia had uncovered no clear evidence to prove that James had knowingly committed mortgage fraud when she purchased a home in the state in 2023, but Trump officials pushed U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert to nevertheless bring criminal charges against her.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
RFK Jr trying to run away with it
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Which Cabinet Secretary Will Kill the Most People?
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
"Federal prosecutors ... had uncovered no clear evidence to prove that James had knowingly committed mortgage fraud when she purchased a home in the state in 2023 ... Trump officials pushed U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert to nevertheless bring criminal charges against her, according to sources"
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Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG Letitia James: Sources
President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney in Eastern Virginia after he was unable to find evidence of mortgage fraud against NY AG Letitia James, sources say.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I've written about this www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
theatlantic.com
The Truth About Trump’s Press Conference
His obvious emotional instability is frightening, not funny.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Republicans Kill Attempt to Subpoena FCC Chair After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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Republicans Kill Attempt to Subpoena FCC Chair After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension
The House Oversight Committee voted Thursday to table a motion to subpoena...
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
“The Daily Show” expertly denounced Trump’s efforts to censor free speech—by giving him exactly what he desires.
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Jon Stewart Goes Full State TV to Nail Trump on Kimmel
“The Daily Show” expertly denounced Trump’s efforts to censor free speech—by giving him exactly what he desires.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 19/09/2025
Trump floated the possibility that TV broadcasters could lose their federal licenses over what he perceives as negative coverage of him, a day after Disney’s ABC yanked “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air.
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Trump suggests FCC could revoke licenses of TV broadcasters that give him too much 'bad publicity'
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr told Fox News Thursday afternoon that ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's show indefinitely may not be "the last shoe to drop."
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Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.
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Brian Allen @allenanalysis.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area. Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
So there it is. They finally managed to kill someone in one of their Rambo cosplay events. Stephen Miller is responsible for this needless death. Theses thugs who in many cases were able to get legit police jobs think they’re doing a bin Laden compound raid or something.
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Julie Zebrak @juliezebrak.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Horrific A Mexican farmworker died on Friday from injuries sustained during a federal immigration raid the day before in an agricultural region north of Los Angeles, according to the United Farm Workers union. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
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Farmworker Dies After Fleeing a Federal Raid in Southern California
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
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Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Vance’s home town in Ohio does little to celebrate its famous son’s success
In Middletown there’s little indication that a local luminary will become second in line to the presidency
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🚨BREAKING: Senior U.S. officials are preparing for a possible strike on Iran's nuclear sites as soon as this weekend From the Bloomberg report: “Lindsey Graham has been a central voice urging the president to consider military action…Trump has had multiple calls with Graham”
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Republicans for Ukraine @gop4ukraine.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Rep. Don Bacon: “I was really perturbed by the interview [with Trump] asked three times about President Putin, and he kept attacking Zelensky...Putin is a bad guy. He's the man who has killed all of his opponents. Zelensky is the victim here. I just wish we had moral clarity.”
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Wild details here about DOGE breaking into the U.S. Institute of Peace building unlawfully—but with the assistance of Trump-aligned law enforcement—threatening an armed standoff without the actual staff. Really shameful that the cops sided with DOGE goons. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Their badges had been deactivated, due to the suspension of the Inter-Con contract, but
these formerly contracted security personnel gained access to USIP’s headquarters when a fifth
employee arrived with a physical key that had not yet been restored to USIP’s custody. Pls.’
SUMF ¶ 49; see also O’Brien Decl. ¶¶ 5-6; Foote Decl. ¶¶ 16-17. Outside counsel informed
them that they were trespassing. O’Brien Decl. ¶ 7; Foote Decl. ¶ 18. USIP officers
immediately formally terminated the entire Inter-Con contract. Pls.’ SUMF ¶ 48; O’Brien Decl.
¶ 9.
The Inter-Con staff proceeded to USIP’s arms room, where USIP’s firearms are stored.
O’Brien Decl. ¶ 10; Foote Decl. ¶ 18. Fearing a violent standoff, Amb. Moose and O’Brien
initiated a building lockdown and called the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) to
report the trespass. See Pls.’ SUMF ¶ 50; O’Brien Decl. ¶¶ 11, 14; Foote Decl. ¶¶ 18-19. DOGE
officials attempted to gain access through various doors but were unable to do so. O’Brien Decl.
¶ 12.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Judge Howell's actual order is unusually long—she not only reinstates the true board members but also boots DOGE's imposter board members and nullifies all of the illegal actions they took during their illegitimate takeover of the Institute of Peace. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Pages 2-4 of link
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"Federal prosecutors across the country may soon be able to indict members of Congress without approval from lawyers in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section..." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
washingtonpost.com
Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions
The Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section is charged with ensuring cases against elected officials are not politically motivated. The Trump administration is considering changing that.
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mettaversepeace.bsky.social @mettaversepeace.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
A relative of mine tested positive for tuberculosis. She was told if she told anyone she would lose her job. She’s a nurse practitioner. #science
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 18/05/2025
The honeymoon appears to be over for President Donald Trump and his Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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'Utter disaster': Insiders reveal union between Trump and vital ally is falling apart
The honeymoon appears to be over for President Donald Trump and his Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Multiple insiders told CNN that ‘splinters’ were beginning to show between traditional Trump backers and the renegades Kennedy has brought into his department.Coupled that with massive pushback ...
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John W Dean @johnwdean.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Stop beating up on a man who devoted his life to public service! x.com/cnnbrk/statu...
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CNN Breaking News on X: "Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer, which has spread to his bones https://t.co/xZeYXZov4o" / X
Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer, which has spread to his bones https://t.co/xZeYXZov4o
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 18/05/2025
In our entire history only one President got our credit downgraded in both his terms AND got us added to the Human Rights Watch List.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
This is a must-read: The Trump administration's use of anti-semitism to attack immigrants and higher education mirrors plans by a group of Christian nationalists in the Heritage Foundation (which produced Project 2025). 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
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The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 18/05/2025
Mariska Hargitay, Jayne Mansfield's daughter, reveals her biological father is singer Nelson Sardelli, not Mickey Hargitay, the man who raised her.
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Mariska Hargitay reveals her biological father's identity: 'Living a lie my entire life'
Mariska Hargitay, Jayne Mansfield's daughter, reveals her biological father is singer Nelson Sardelli, not Mickey Hargitay, the man who raised her.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
If this holds MAGA/far-right loses/underperforms in: - European, French, UK elections in 2024 - In Australia, Canada, Romania this year - 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and in many states down ballot in 2024 US The clear outlier to this persistent rejection of far right is Trump 2024.
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Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Rich Logis not only fell head over heels for MAGA, he knows exactly what happened to him, and why. And now he’s out—and helping others leave too. Here my interview with Rich Logis of Leaving MAGA: open.substack.com/pub/virginia...
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'I Was MAGA. I Got Out.'
Rich Logis left MAGA, and he's helping others leave, too
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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Severe cuts to the National Weather Service led to the Jackson NWS going without a full-time overnight forecasters. Warnings for the 3 AM tornado that claimed at least 18 lives were delayed as a result. DOGE is killing Americans. It needs to be stopped. Science needs protection. MAGA needs a cage
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/05/2025
Forbes: The Qataris have been trying to get rid of that ostentatious luxury jet for five years, but no one would buy it. It costs too much to fly, costs more to maintain, and needs too big a landing strip. They had another one they unloaded on Turkey. Delicious. www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...
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Why The Qataris Are Happy To Dump Their 747 On Trump
The president may be thirsting for a new four-engine jumbo jet, but many governments and royal families are unloading their fuel-guzzling palaces in the sky.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
On top of the FAA crisis at Newark Airport, now a passenger has one of the most contagious diseases on earth. Yikes. pix11.com/news/local-n...
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Measles case detected at Newark Airport: Health Department
NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) – A positive measles case was detected in a person traveling through Newark Liberty International Airport, the New Jersey Health Department announced Thursday afternoon.  …
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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
“You’re unpopular. Gurl, you’ll never be popular…” Randy Rainbow (2017) @randyrainbow.bsky.social youtu.be/TPg0BWvhMkA
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UNPOPULAR! - 🎶 Randy Rainbow Song Parody 💄
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/05/2025
This slippery slope is steep as hell. Justice Sotomayor called it: if the government can strip birthright citizenship from kids born here, what stops them from stripping gun rights too? Remember this later; Trump and Republicans opened the door. Watch til the end…
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 16/05/2025
Hidden deep in the Republican tax bill is a $1.4B gift to the NRA: a repeal of the 90-year-old tax on gun silencers. Just 12 lines in a 400-page bill. A huge win for gun lobbyists and a dangerous loss for public safety. They buried it for a reason.
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US Republican budget proposal has removal of gun silencer tax in its sights
U.S. Republican tax writers pushing through President Donald Trump's signature tax cut priorities proposed to eliminate a customer tax on firearm silencers, a tax potentially undoing the almost 100-year-old tax.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 16/05/2025
Why is Donald Trump in the Gulf again? Because that's where the money is. For himself and his family. He and his kids are making lucrative private deals and getting lavish gifts from gulf Emirs - and taxpayers are left holding the bag.
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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 16/05/2025
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

Anelise Feldman
Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 15/05/2025
Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.
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Land of Hope and Dreams
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
American staffers who work at the International Criminal Court, at the Hague, have been told they'll be arrested if they come in the United States, the AP reports: apnews.com/article/icc-...
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Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work
Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
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