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Writer, editor, teacher. Sacred Monkey River, WWNorton; The Power Line, A Novel, and novel The Manager, from Miller Pond Editions. Cshaw.net. Adirondacks/VT. (Guaranteed 100% AI-free.)

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It frustrated him that he could understand us but we couldn't understand him. Except when he said, "I love you." (You had to see it.)

08.08.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i had one. as he got older he thought he could speak like a human.

08.08.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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When will this madness stop!

08.08.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Suddenly, the Trump Administration Tightens the Vise on Wind Farms

FFS πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ these yahoos doing #felon47s wild notions are ridiculous! We need alternative energy sources to stave off global warming! Damn this admin needs to go! Vote them out; impeach! #DemVoice1

Suddenly, the Trump Administration Tightens the Vise on Wind Farms www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/c...

07.08.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

For the future of our planet and the children I'll never know...for my family- @SouthForkWind is the beginning of renewable wind energy in America.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks #BlueEarth

07.08.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lincoln Square (@lincolnsquare) Law enforcement officers who attempt to conceal their face or identity while on the job in Michigan could face jail time under a bill introduced by state House Democrats. https://www.mlive.com/politi...

Michigan is setting a good example for the rest of the country!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks

substack.com/@lincolnsqua...

07.08.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re doing this because they are worried that Democrats are going to take back the House in the 2026 midterms, presumably due to polling on the unpopularity of Trump’s mass deportation agenda, Medicaid cuts and constitutional norm shattering, among other things.

07.08.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

As things currently stand, Democrats would have to pick up just three seats in order to take back the House, which would not just end Trump’s trifecta in Washington, but also open the Trump administration up to a wave of investigations as Democrats would then hold subpoena power.

07.08.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump Orders New Census in Election Power Grab The move could dramatically shake up future elections.

Trump Orders New Census in Election Power Grab #TrumpCensus www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orders... via @thedailybeast

07.08.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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NEW: Ayman Soliman is locally renowned for helping the families of dying kids.

Now, friends say he’s been "tortured" in isolation as the Trump administration tries to deport him.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

07.08.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 622    πŸ” 328    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 20
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There it isπŸ‘‡Alex deGrasse tells Steve Bannon how Trump and MAGA Republicans plan to steal the 2026 midterms. It’s a three pronged approach: 1. Rig-Districting 2. A new census brought on by executive order and 3. SCOTUS overturns the Voting Rights Act. Now you know the plan! Fight accordingly ‼️

07.08.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 906    πŸ” 669    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 75
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After Dershowitz Dustup, Islanders Line Up for Pierogi Hundreds of people attended the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market this week to show support for the pierogi vendor who refused to sell dumplings to prominent attorney Alan Dershowitz.

The only fun news story in the world continues to produce delights.

07.08.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 586    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 20

Total cartoon government.

07.08.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think about that often. True ronin.

07.08.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It seems that Tim Apple is taking the company in a different direction.

07.08.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3430    πŸ” 977    πŸ’¬ 267    πŸ“Œ 77

This thread is brilliant.

07.08.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

... while Republicans are never, ever forced to answer for the fact that their ranks are ridden with open nazis, racists, sexual predators, and thugs.

There's a machine, funded by billionaires, running this scam over & over again. Maybe stop taking the bait. </fin>

07.08.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 624    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 2

I'd come at this question a bit differently. But the gist is right on target. The Court has created an originalism which cherry picks & ignores most of the country's history. And pretty bright letter facts, not even things that are interpretative. That makes this reaction from historians inevitable.

07.08.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 419    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3
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USAID cuts can be seen in a 'graphic and upsetting' way in Sudan: Anne Applebaum The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum and Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario join Morning Joe to discuss Applebaum's latest reporting from Sudan as it struggles with civil war and the retre...

On @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social with @lynseyaddario.bsky.social, talking about the impact of USAID cuts in Sudan

www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...

07.08.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 679    πŸ” 267    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 6

Trump is threatening to bring in the National Guard to the nation's Capitol. He's already done it in LA. He is a fascist testing how to unleash his own Gestappo against Americans once people turn on him during the midterms and 2028 election. It's all right there in front of your eyes, folks.

07.08.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 925    πŸ” 255    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 5

Well done by reasonable minds with the welfare of Canada and Canadians in mind. What a concept Smitty and Moped.

06.08.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Tonight Trump illegally stripped collective bargaining rights from 400,000 workers without telling the governments lawyers.

06.08.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 682    πŸ” 454    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 27
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On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law.

That law prohibited racial discrimination in voting.

60 years later, the VRA is increasingly under attack by Trump, Republican governors, legislatures, and a Supreme Court trying to take us backwards.

06.08.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

Significant portions of Article I of the U.S. Constitution were removed from the version published on Congress’ official Constitution website. Large parts of Section 8(which outlines the powers of Congress) were deleted, and Sections 9 and 10,

06.08.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5477    πŸ” 2206    πŸ’¬ 303    πŸ“Œ 188

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good.

I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

06.08.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 27456    πŸ” 7161    πŸ’¬ 860    πŸ“Œ 290
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The Supreme Court prepares to end voting rights as we know them And justices don’t want you to notice.

The conservative Supreme Court justices are now preparing to take us back to a time when elected officials at all levels of government were white, and the rights of minorities were trampled.

07.08.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1285    πŸ” 603    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 40

Moving truck full of goons. How is this different than the UHaul of Patriot Front in Idaho, or the UHaul of Nazis in NH? It’s worse: these goons are armed and actually attack.

06.08.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 171    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 2

It's hard to wrap your head around this level of willful harm. I still tear up every time I get a COVID booster - it just seems like an absolute miracle, and so many didn't live to benefit from it. And they're just throwing this life-saving technology - that we paid for - away.

05.08.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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'South Park' Tells ICE to 'Eat a Bag of Dicks' After Co-Opting Cartoon to Recruit Agents ICE used a South Park clip to recruit agents, prompting the show to mock the Trump admin’s messaging by telling it to 'eat a bag of dicks.'

This is the correct response, credit where credit due

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

06.08.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 425    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

some guy who won the Nobel for particle physics or something is going to get black bagged by an 11th grader named Bracen Walmart

06.08.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1273    πŸ” 306    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 8

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