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Jen Myskowski

@jenmyskowski.bsky.social

Writer, reader, political junkie, English Prof

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

β€œThe ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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12.10.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9505    πŸ” 3101    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 225
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Faith in the Ashes It starts small.

Faith in the Ashes
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12.10.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Representative Rob Bresnahan did not care about Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale.

09.07.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And there you have it.

04.05.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 38400    πŸ” 12082    πŸ’¬ 1857    πŸ“Œ 724
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Bishop Barron championed the First Amendment at the White House. Has he forgotten the First Commandment? "Thou shalt not worship false Gods" seems an apropos warning in Donald Trump's America.

Bishop Barron championed the First Amendment at the White House. Has he forgotten the First Commandment? www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

03.05.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a widely inaccurate & dangerous mischaracterization. The vaccine was developed in fetal cells obtained from two elective abortions in the early 1960s. There is not abortion debris floating around in the vaccine. And the Vatican has okayed its use. RFK Jr. is again spreading disinformation.

01.05.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12864    πŸ” 4403    πŸ’¬ 640    πŸ“Œ 225
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UNITED24 Media spotlights powerful new books by Ukrainian authors, now available in English.

Look out for these literary gems at your local bookstore!

(1/8)

24.04.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 10
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Seven Women Who Made the World Better for Birds and People We’re giving a major hat tip to these die-hard conservationists, because every month should be Women's History Month.

Seven women who made the world better for #birds and people
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#InternationalWomensDay

08.03.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump and Vance needed to create an incident to provide a justification for their pre-planned abandonment of Ukraine now, then separation from NATO in the near future. That’s what that was all about, and that was always the way a second Trump term was going to go.

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Thank you for gifting it.

28.02.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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(1,2) This is Jaime. She was funny and fun & made everyone laugh. Unfortunately, the laughter stopped 7 years ago today in the Parkland shooting. Because of what happened to Jaime, my family started Orange Ribbons for Jaime doing great work
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14.02.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 15820    πŸ” 2299    πŸ’¬ 508    πŸ“Œ 84
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One of our supporters shared this with usβ€”people are getting creative tonight!

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Stansbury: "While you were at Trump's private resort in Florida and partying it up after the inauguration ... millions of real Americans were sent in total chaos and our states had to go to the courts ... While Trump was golfing, the Medicaid systems were shut down and locked out."

05.02.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5627    πŸ” 1548    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 72
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When asked if he was going to visit the crash site he said, β€˜what site? The water? You want me to go swimming?’ This is one of the last pics of the young skaters who died. He’s a sociopath. Anyone who voted for this monster should be ashamed at best.

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29.01.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 33455    πŸ” 6071    πŸ’¬ 1027    πŸ“Œ 218

Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.

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Close up of an orchid with pink lower parts and white petals above.

Close up of an orchid with pink lower parts and white petals above.

Here, have a showy lady slipper from my local bog last summer. Remember life has seen it all and persists.

21.01.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Search History: Confronting My OnlineΒ Stalker This is the most dangerous story I have ever written, so if this essay should disappear, it is surely because of Stalker. Indeed, my lot will be a pillar of salt if I even dare to catch Stalker’s gaze, so I have recommitted myself this year to looking away for good. Because light takes time to travel, it is only now that I recognize how Stalker on many occasions ambushed me.

Search History: Confronting My OnlineΒ Stalker

This is the most dangerous story I have ever written, so if this essay should disappear, it is surely because of Stalker. Indeed, my lot will be a pillar of salt if I even dare to catch Stalker’s gaze, so I have recommitted myself this year to looking…

18.01.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pete Hegseth: The Short Course 13 Steps to National Destruction

"Pete Hegseth: The Short Course – 13 Steps to National Destruction"
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Oligarchs' Island A Sitcom Pitch in a Tragic Moment

I am sending around "Oligarchs’ Island" again, in the immodest conviction that this little satire will have more analytic and predictive power than most of what you read or watch this coming year.
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10.01.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1380    πŸ” 418    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 30
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Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.

05.01.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 36376    πŸ” 9495    πŸ’¬ 1217    πŸ“Œ 876
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I'm so tired of him. I'm tired of people pretending he's not an idiot. I'm tired of immorality and cruelty. I'm tired of his inability to say anything kind or intelligent. I'm tired of his drama and chaos. I'm tired of his face. I'm tired of his voice

It's going to be a long 4 years.

#USDemocracy

26.12.2024 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14670    πŸ” 3683    πŸ’¬ 816    πŸ“Œ 262
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Trumpomuskovia Four scenarios

Four scenarios for Trumpomuskovia, the musko-trumpified America
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30.11.2024 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1898    πŸ” 681    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 98

Notice how he said, "I let them vote" not recognizing that they no longer take orders from him.

27.11.2024 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well...at least it wasn't a waste of time when I read it.

26.11.2024 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Casting the First Stone Handmaid Fails, 2/3

There is some comedy around men explaining the plot of The Handmaid's Tale to its author, in response to her tweet. But this also reveals the tragedy beneath – of misunderstandings that point to the moral and therefore political vulnerability of the U.S.
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22.11.2024 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2030    πŸ” 466    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 25

I keep thinking about Rep. Elijah Cummings and what he would think about them in this moment.

19.11.2024 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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