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St. Clement’s Episcopal Church People & Pets Ministry Leader. Retired freelance writer and editor. My passions include animals, Creation, and good storytelling.

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The Writing Kit @thewritingkit.bsky.social · 12h
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h
When -- not if, when -- Republicans respond to their losses this fall by crying about "voter fraud" and demanding Congress or the courts review the results, we have good lawyers and elected officials ready to push back. But the rest of us need to take a page from 2000 and mock them as sore losers.
"Sore Loserman" buttonProtesters with "Sore Loserman" crying towels
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Troops should not be standing guard near ballot drop boxes in D.C.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/10/2026
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "I had not seen a lot of Mike Collins, but he was left sputtering in a pool of his own urine as Jon Ossoff scared the living daylights out of him with his level of competency." Sarah & @jvl.bsky.social react to the highlights from the Georgia senate debate last night.
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” ~John F. Kennedy, 1961. Image: NASA.
This black and white photo shows a clean-shaven man, John F. Kennedy, standing at a podium and speaking into a microphone. He wears a dark suit and striped tie.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The administration keeps telling us that ICE is in our cities to make us all feel safe, but if they're goons in plainclothes bum rushing vehicles with guns and pounding on the windows, how exactly does that make anyone feel safe?
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
NEW: This week laid bare the biggest lie in American politics — the claim that the GOP is pro-life. The Army plans to execute Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad on Dec. 3, and Pete Hegseth says the public will be able to watch. The midterms are 25 days away.
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Make No Mistake — the GOP Isn’t Pro-Life
Hours after the U.S. bishops’ president called the Pentagon’s livestreamed firing squad barbaric, JD Vance said only that he wouldn’t watch. Pope Leo XIV saw this coming.
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Connect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
On Friday, a federal judge temporarily BLOCKED the Trump administration from building a border wall across the Big Bend region—including inside the national park. Stay tuned. @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
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ACLU @aclu.org · 09/10/2026
Secretary Hegseth announced that the Pentagon plans to livestream the military's first execution in more than six decades, carried out by firing squad. Turning an execution into a public spectacle only exposes how cruel, barbaric, and immoral the death penalty is. We must end the death penalty.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: A federal court blocked the Justice Department's efforts to seize access to sensitive voter data nationwide. Judges had already blocked the DOJ in 26 out of 26 states from forcibly collecting this information, and it's now prohibited from amassing voter data anywhere in the country.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.” ~Pete Buttigieg
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls
Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New piece from me on James Talarico leaning into the immigration debate in the Trumpiest of border states:
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
Black text on a white page that reads as follows: 

Too often, homeless New Yorkers cycle from our hospitals to our streets — making it harder to continue treatment and find long-term stability. 

The City's Bridge to Home program in Manhattan ends the cycle by providing a safe place for New Yorkers to live while they receive medical care, apply to jobs, and find an apartment. The program has been a massive success.

Today, we’re expanding Bridge to Home to Brooklyn and Queens, so more New Yorkers get the help they need.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FBI Director Kash Patel this week has faced the worst data breach in FBI history, a deputy who quit because Patel was doing too many unconstitutional things, and partied with a suspected double agent. And it's only Tuesday. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-disgra...
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The Disgrace and Danger of Kash Patel, Part II
A quick check-in on the FBI director's latest raft of scandals (including, of course, the bestiality).
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🍏Toxins out of our food 🧑‍🌾Farmers first, not chemical companies ❌Break up corporate concentration in agriculture 💧Clean water, guaranteed 🍽️School meals that nourish 💸Public dollars should buy public health ⚕️Food as medicine ⚖️Accountability for polluters, not immunity
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The Writing Kit @thewritingkit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mike Johnson promises more of the same. That’s perfect, Mike. Shout it out!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Kimmel to Mamdani: "I live in Los Angeles and that is not the reception our mayor would get"
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The Writing Kit @thewritingkit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy told Catholics to “fight every dimension” of the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and to replace politicians who tolerate it. “In abandoning the words of Deuteronomy and of the Statue of Liberty, we are losing our soul as a nation.”
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On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants
Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every d...
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Nicolle Wallace @nicollewallace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Pete Buttigieg: We're in a "Make or Break" Moment
Podcast Episode · The Best People with Nicolle Wallace · September 25 · MS NOW Premium Only · 50m
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
P.S. If there's one thing that can override the usual divergent ideological leanings of the Justices, it is a lower court that disobeys the Court's earlier orders or looks for sneaky ways around them.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: #SCOTUS again rejects GOP bid to tweak Missouri district lines to pick up another U.S. House seat, chides lower federal courts for ignoring Purcell principle and interfering in state decisions just prior to election. Remarkably, no noted dissent. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Supreme Court again snubs GOP gerrymander in Missouri
Justices also warned federal courts not to interfere with state decisions.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every. F*cking. Time. The. Same. Story. Make a big fraud claim that doesn't hold up on inspection. The goal is to create doubt, not provide truth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#NoCrowns #PERSIST #NewHampshire Rochester New Hampshire New Hampshire Rally with Pete Buttigieg, Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington Friday, October 2 5:30 – 8pm EDT Sign up for more details. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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New Hampshire Rally with Pete Buttigieg, Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington · Mobilize
Join Pete Buttigieg in New Hampshire for a rally with Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington to lay out the stakes for this election and get out the vote for Democrats up and down the bal...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 25/09/2026
The Department of Homeland Security said it found 16,000 noncitizen voters in one state—but didn’t get a single name right. trib.al/lr22q1W
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DHS Witch Hunt Falls Apart as It Can’t Name a Single Noncitizen Voter
The Department of Homeland Security said it found 16,000 noncitizen voters in one state—but didn’t get a single name right.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/09/2026
The "Office of Remigration" funnels tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to foreign governments—many of them authoritarian and riddled with human rights abuses—to serve as third-country destinations for deported refugees. Keep your ability to feel shock.
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The White Nationalist Buzzword on a State Department Door
“Remigration” traveled from European far-right circles into the machinery of Trump’s deportation policy.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Democrats sued to stop the Trump administration from deploying armed agents to polling sites for the midterms. "[B]ecause no voter can know in advance whether agents will be waiting" at their site, even the threat of armed agents at the polls could chill voting this fall, they argued.
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Democrats sue Trump admin to keep armed agents from polls during midterms
Democrats filed a lawsuit late Wednesday asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed federal agents to voting sites during the midterm elections.
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The Writing Kit @thewritingkit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
RNC Chair Joe Gruters: "I don't care what the website says -- Byron is the most pro-Donald Trump member of Congress I think we have right now. What the website says is irrelevant."
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Damn right.
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Considering History: The New Deal and the Crucial Contributions of Federal Workers | The Saturday Evening Post
At its heart, the New Deal was a series of programs through which federal workers reshaped America for the better.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Useful reporting but would be worth more firmly stressing Hegseth’s achievement in overseeing a calamitous decline in US power and prestige, which was absolutely predictable and was presumably always the point. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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In Hegseth’s Pentagon, Top Leaders Battle Turmoil
Persistent distractions are feeding a climate of mistrust as the U.S. military faces a series of wartime issues, including shortfalls of missile interceptors.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In an Uber. Driver having loud phone conversation with someone in Spanish. A little annoying, but it happens. He hangs up. Says, “Mi hermano. La Migra.” And starts weeping.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026
“to the victor go the spoils” is basically the whole thing the UN was designed to prevent
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
© Claude Monet. 'The Studio Boat.' Oil on canvas, 1876. 72.7 × 60 cm.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
As always, my advice is: If you see a poll that worries you, roll up your sleeves and get to work. Donate, register, volunteer. And if you see a poll you like? Go to the same things.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration is considering data center-related projects across at least 17,600 acres of public land — far more than previously reported. Reminder: 70% of Americans oppose data centers, but Trump is heavily invested in the corporations pushing AI. Always follow the money.
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Trump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously Known
The data center proposals cover at least 17,600 acres of public lands across six Western states.
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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration is now going to essentially be disappearing immigrants detained by ICE. This is going to cause so much pain for their loved ones on both sides of the border.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE is out of control. They’re terrorizing communities nationwide. When Democrats asked Republicans to work with us to reform ICE, they said no. Republicans are putting Americans in harm’s way.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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