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Xine Counelis

@shrewofamherst.bsky.social
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Functioning international observer seeks a planet where dignity and wellbeing thrive in an atmosphere of respectful humanitarian progress. If we have to start house by house, let’s get started. Now is all we have. Our choices are us. Be better!

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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Trump Supporters Think Like Children
Construal Level Theory
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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A Direct Assault
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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I'm Trained To Know When Someone Is Dying. The White House Needs You To Believe Trump Isn't.
I Can't Diagnose The President. I Can Recognize A Deteriorating Patient.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Disgusted (@ellenmitchell2)
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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The Shame of Ed Sheeran, Colbert’s Revenge, and Cartoons Tuesday!
Plus: new A.I. warnings and music from Molly Tuttle and Lukas Nelson.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Disgusted (@ellenmitchell2)
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport)
Agree?
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
gregmitchell.substack.com/p/fake-ameri... Paul Krugman is the author. he does not exaggerate. Attention must be paid
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Fake America
Trump: The Baby in the Lake, plus a Dylan anniversary, AOC, and our usual cartoons.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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THE INCREDIBLE BULK
After a lifetime of calling everyone else fat, Donald Trump finally meets a scale he can’t bully.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Con Artists Are Rarely Prosecuted Because They Prey on the Guilty, Not the Innocent
There is a quote from one of the most successful con men in American history that explains everything about MAGA.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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What Malta Tells Us About Oligarchy
Europe is weak on tax cheats. Trump is on their side
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Canada Resists (@canresist)
Sigh…
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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He Really IS Stark-Raving Mad
This proves it
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Dr. Nwanne (@drnwanne)
We all don’t have the same 24 hours in day. Being poor is expensive in every way.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I picked up almost as much from the library as I did from school—real history, not that polished nonsense we were fed!
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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The Newsletter
A New Year and a New Approach
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Nero fiddled. Trump golfs. Crazy despots love to engage in hobbies while their neglected countries burn to the ground.
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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
‘Morning ☕️👋💕
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Rise Up, Sing Out Watch Party in Greenfield, MA at 6:30 PM” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Rise Up, Sing Out Watch Party in Greenfield, MA at 6:30 PM · No Kings
On June 14, join us for Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment — an uplifting evening of music, community, and action. Hosted by the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA), this special...
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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Nearly 80% of America Did Not Vote for Trump
Nearly 80% of people who call America home did not vote for Donald Trump. Every person deserves dignity, representation, freedom, and a chance to thrive.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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PTSD Nation?
Have we given up on a central goal we sought to achieve more than two centuries ago?
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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How Trump Wins in Iran, Even If He Loses
If the goal isn’t victory, the outcome starts to look very different.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
SHAMEFUL
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Joseph Lewczak (Truth Seeker) @truthseeker59.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This painting, titled Interior with a Goldfish Bowl, was created by the French modernist master Henri Matisse in 1914.
This painting is titled Interior with a Goldfish Bowl (or Intérieur, bocal de poissons rouges), created by the French modernist master Henri Matisse in 1914.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Staying Sane Inside Trump's Curated Lunacy
We’re all getting contact insanity from proximity to this violent, kleptocratic Administration.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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For Americans Who Feel Lost in America
I confess that I’m a little lost these days.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
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For Americans Who Feel Lost in America
I confess that I’m a little lost these days.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
It’s the human stain. I read understand the fury/sadness/pain, loss.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Multiple White House insiders believed Trump would reject the ceasefire offer — until he suddenly accepted it, Axios reports. The Pentagon was preparing for a massive bombing campaign: “We had no idea what was going to happen. It was wild.” Allies expected large-scale Iranian retaliation.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Friends — This is starting to feel a lot like the Vietnam War. robertreich.substack.com/p/memories…
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Memories of Vietnam
Lies, Arrogance, and Stupidity
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We have passed among the most creative and hopeful of pasts possible & it seemed that hope was within ones universe, and that we were the team that made more hope for more of humanity. When USA stops being on that team-it’s a wrong turn. I resist in peace, & insist on raising HOPE.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
A five-times draft dodger is running the war. A six-times bankrupter is running the economy. What could go wrong?
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Abby Denton is a Rabbit for Halloween Every Year @abbydenton.com · 14/03/2026
To be clear to historians: Despite what contemporary government propagandists insist, absolutely no one in America sincerely believes that Iran is a threat to us. Pretty much everyone knows this is a stupid and pointless war, but we are essentially hostages in a police state.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Andy Borowitz (@borowitzreport)
This is actual news: the Pentagon is banning photographers from press briefings to punish them for taking unflattering photos of Pete Hegseth. So, in the interest of pissing him off, please share this...
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Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Contrary to Trump's repeated lie, his tariffs are NOT paid by other countries. The New York Federal Reserve has confirmed that 90% of the economic burden of his tariffs has fallen on US companies and consumers. Trump is not only a pathological liar but economically illiterate too. What a surprise 🙄
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MS POIROT @mspoirot.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Bill Bramhall cartoon.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Let’s aim for the essential part of a decent society. All of us can do less harm. Start with that. Share what you don’t use or need.Keep Your gestures small, real, and frequent. don’t turn away from Doing something good, Accept attempts. Trying is important. Less harm matters too.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
No commandments, (they don’t work that well) the difference between needs and wants matters a lot. Likes are choices. Discretionary by definition.. Overthinking ?under thinking is worse. our society is keeping demons at bay until we say NO more fear.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Free America Walkout
One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: ICE raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, families torn apart, attacks on our trans siblings, mass surveilla...
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
substack.com/@beforeitbre.... Thoughtful thankfulness fits in every day. Look for it. Accept it. Work it in!
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Before It Breaks (@beforeitbreaks)
Three things you should say to yourself every morning
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Tony Michaels (@thetonymichaels)
In case you missed this. Turn it up.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
how DO we stop fear when it’s the only rational response? Asking for my country.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Trump loving Christian Is this some dyslexia shattered brain where love means hate and Christian means sexist killer ?
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Kim the Entirely Fed Up @ks116-m.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Margaret Atwood once said, “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill us.”
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... Today’s Democracy Sermon ( still good and on point 83 years later …making it my birth year wake up reminder. The truth can make you free(er).
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January 9, 2026
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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Disgusted (@ellenmitchell2)
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
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Really American (@reallyamerican)
BREAKING: New Yorkers BLOCKED ICE from leaving their parking garage for hours, foiling a mass raid attempt. Share this widely to show how Trump failed.
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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The Dangerous Ones (@thedangerousones)
This is BRILLIANT. Watch the whole thing. 🔥
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Xine Counelis @shrewofamherst.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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KRISTEN STAFFORD -HOWE (@kristenstaffordhowexgen1)
Obama to the rescue
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