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Teacher. Learner. Writer. Vandy. TEDS. Bread Loaf.

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Go Meryl!

04.11.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.

The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.

They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.

Wanna fix fraud and abuse?

Fix that.

03.11.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 26187    πŸ” 10388    πŸ’¬ 689    πŸ“Œ 489

Oh, but the setting!

31.10.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When β€œChristian” was redefined as the worship of Donald trump and political power.
The name doesn’t mean much these days and is often a misnomer; look at the content for the reality.

29.10.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

27.10.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 19324    πŸ” 7662    πŸ’¬ 977    πŸ“Œ 826

Personally, I think there’s an argument to be made for Austen pulling more characterization and plot from Sicilian than Udolpho, but who knows?!

26.10.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I see your Udolpho, and I raise you Sicilian.

25.10.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But also- if you thought it was going to be any other way when donald started his campaign for president riding down in a gold elevator and calling people of color rapists and criminals, you might not have a solid grasp on human character or reality.

25.10.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it’s time to look forward to how much we’ve got to do to demolish the Trump/maga legacy and rebuild a good, functional America.
It’s going to be hard work but fun to restore our country.

I vote the first step is to make Maralago a migrant retreat and step two restores the East Wing.

24.10.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

23.10.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15062    πŸ” 5851    πŸ’¬ 1213    πŸ“Œ 1080

Oh, friend.

24.10.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around. Glad to get the chance to talk to some of the volunteers and organizers doing the hard work to make sure Prop 50 passes. This vote will have critical implications, not just for California, but for our entire country.

22.10.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 23204    πŸ” 6261    πŸ’¬ 682    πŸ“Œ 247

Or we could just say H.G. Wells was right.

21.10.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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*snort*

20.10.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
A lot of things are medicine or at least healing.

A lot of things are medicine or at least healing.

Feeling really great. Chemo seems to agree with me. I know it won’t last, but today is a good day.

20.10.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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"Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer."

That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.

It's outrageous.

I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.

17.10.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1389    πŸ” 412    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 24
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

09.10.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 16692    πŸ” 4845    πŸ’¬ 385    πŸ“Œ 219
The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has been announced as the next Primate of All England

The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has been announced as the next Primate of All England

First Woman appointed to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury..

03.10.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Overrated.

04.10.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The I.C.E. Atrocities Should Be the Final Straw for Decent Human Beings. This should be the final straw for us, America.

What I.C.E. and this Administration are doing to brown-skinned people is a crime.
It’s a sin.
It's inhumane.
It's not pro-life.
It’s not Christian.
It’s not making America great.
It's wrong by any measurement decent people use.
And it’s time we said it.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-ice-at...

02.10.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1978    πŸ” 828    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 48

Oh, friend.

02.10.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good news, but I hate that it took a judge to do it.

30.09.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5376    πŸ” 1794    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 49

A country is not a business, nor should it be run like one. Public services shouldn’t be expected to turn a profit.

27.09.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was arrested Friday after fleeing ...

www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...

An American man like Roberts is worth one hundred ICE agents or trumps. Let’s keep the people who make us better and dump maga.

27.09.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was a privilege to meet with leaders from Australia, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Brazil during the first day of #ClimateWeekNYC.

Together, we can cut pollution, protect our ecosystems, and keep building economies that work for both people and our planet.

24.09.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3683    πŸ” 742    πŸ’¬ 122    πŸ“Œ 41

Speak up for free speech. Speak up for free press. Speak up for the freedom of comedians to critique and to call out wrongs.

Resist anyone in government who tries to control the media. No excuse or blaming or demonizing is adequate- it’s the road to the end of democracy.

19.09.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This white Right on white Right crime in America is a problem.

13.09.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4349    πŸ” 813    πŸ’¬ 172    πŸ“Œ 44
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3 teenagers wounded in shooting at Colorado high school A suspected shooter was also wounded in the shooting at Evergreen High School, about 30 miles west of Denver, authorities said.

Three teens were critically wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a high school in the foothills of suburban Denver, including the suspected shooter, authorities say.

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