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@ldskipper.bsky.social

Old Leftist Episcopal Priest. Author of 5 books of poems.

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Oh trust us, we know.

14.10.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 157    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

RFK, Jr. is definitely in the running for the most dangerous, least honest, least competent cabinet secretaries in U.S. history. In fact, he may be among the most dangerous, least honest, least competent people ever to hold any job ever. Ever. He is the worst possible pick for this job. The worst.

04.09.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1037    ๐Ÿ” 276    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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The Most Americans Are On Unemploymentโ€”Nearly 2 Milllionโ€”Since Pandemic Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.

Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.

04.07.2025 10:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7600    ๐Ÿ” 3112    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 375    ๐Ÿ“Œ 238

Wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July!

249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.

04.07.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19686    ๐Ÿ” 3281    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1056    ๐Ÿ“Œ 124
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A New Declaration of Independence from Tyranny Effective July 4, 2025

Let all people of good will join in this new declaration of independence
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

04.07.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2315    ๐Ÿ” 858    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 97    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51
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Anxiously waiting for the next "Nuremberg Trials" for these criminals.

03.07.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Warnock: If I'm honest, there are days when I have to ask people of my faith tradition as a Christian, are we reading the same book?ย 

The book I know says I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick, I was in prison and you visited me, I was a stranger and you welcomed meโ€ฆ.

30.06.2025 03:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23265    ๐Ÿ” 6003    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 663    ๐Ÿ“Œ 375
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Yep!!

29.06.2025 01:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thought for the Dayโ€ฆ

29.06.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 110    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Once again, this bears repeatingโ€ฆ

29.06.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Just a reminderโ€ฆ

29.06.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 134    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Too many sub-humans out there!!

29.06.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For my LA friendsโ€ฆ

29.06.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says

whoa!

(gift link so you can read without the paywall)

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...

24.06.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9633    ๐Ÿ” 4170    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 819    ๐Ÿ“Œ 310
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This ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™‚๏ธ

13.11.2024 09:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 459    ๐Ÿ” 173    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Today I rose to honor two incredible Minnesotans and friends โ€“ Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark โ€“ for the people that they were and the legacy they will leave behind.

24.06.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 234    ๐Ÿ” 57    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This โ€œbig, ugly billโ€ is dangerous and will destroy rural health care. In Kentucky alone, 35 hospitals are under the threat of closing, stripping care from families, cutting jobs and crippling local economies. 1/2

24.06.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13542    ๐Ÿ” 4446    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 599    ๐Ÿ“Œ 182
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Just sayinโ€™!!!

24.06.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 292    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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America doesn't build bananas

Brian Allen @allenanalysis

DEAN: โ€œWhatโ€™s the tariff on bananas?โ€
LUTNICK: โ€œ10%.โ€

DEAN: โ€œWalmart already raised banana prices by 8%.โ€

LUTNICK: โ€œWell, if you build in America, thereโ€™s no tariff.โ€

DEAN: โ€œYou canโ€™t build bananas in America.โ€

24.06.2025 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1211    ๐Ÿ” 281    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were particularly focused on masked gunmen who violated the civil rights of Black people. We should remember this history when masked law enforcement ofcrs are deployed in our communities.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

25.06.2025 00:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10227    ๐Ÿ” 4150    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 284    ๐Ÿ“Œ 223
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โ€œI promise you, it would have been a war crime.โ€ thatโ€™s what Alejandro Barranco told me what would have happened if he treated a detainee when he was deployed to Afghanistan with the Marines like federal agents treated his father.

25.06.2025 04:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11225    ๐Ÿ” 4363    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 258    ๐Ÿ“Œ 182
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Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until itโ€™s done.

My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.

I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

25.06.2025 05:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68325    ๐Ÿ” 9445    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1616    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1022
Zohran standing amidst a crowd in winter clothing

Zohran standing amidst a crowd in winter clothing

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 โฃ๏ธ he was polling single digits.

25.06.2025 04:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11259    ๐Ÿ” 1527    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 85

He commands his minions in Congress. The Founding Fathers would be shocked that a co-equal branch of govt is being commanded to do anything. Not what was written in the Constitution. โ€œNo one goes on vacation until itโ€™s done,โ€ Trump said in an all-caps post on Truth Social on Tuesday.

25.06.2025 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 233    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m just a Texan cat rancher but it does seem to me like some dem centrists were hoping to use the Trump thermidor to sideline their progressive wing, whom they hold responsible for recent Dem losses, and Mamdani threw a wrench into that

25.06.2025 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2701    ๐Ÿ” 231    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

The only pollster (literally) to get tonight right, PPP, takes a victory lap.

And says they โ€œsaw Zohran Mamdaniโ€™s first place finish coming before anyone else did for one simple reason: we polled the 2025 electorate instead of the 2021 electorate.โ€

www.publicpolicypolling.com/polls/why-pp...

25.06.2025 04:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4749    ๐Ÿ” 743    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32

"Nothing is gained by violence and so much is lost (2020)." #PopeFrancis #PrayForAmerica

25.06.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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