@dislocatedyankee.bsky.social
Retired editor, senior citizen, concerned American voter, hiker/walker, reader, thinker, promoter of non-zero-sum solutions, former NY Times commenter
A great song with a message that never goes out of style:
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This is a great song by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell about my adopted hometown:
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A requiem for our environment. Beautiful sad song written by Neil Young in 1970 but still relevant today more than ever:
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2/ opposite. We still have the right to vote under the U.S. Constitution. Which party do you stand with?
30.10.2025 20:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 02/ opposite. We still have the right to vote under the U.S. Constitution. Which party do you stand with?
30.10.2025 20:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 01/ Republicans believe health care should be a privilege and not a right; Democrats believe the opposite. Republicans believe access to food should be a privilege, not a right; Democrats believe the opposite. Republicans believe voting should be a privilege, not a right; Democrats believe the
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This must-read article is the most dire warning about Trump that I've read, and it's by a most highly respected author, J. Michael Luttig:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Cheryl, please remember that half of Americans agree with you and didn’t vote for Trump. We’re even angrier and more upset than you are!
27.10.2025 17:13 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trump is casting further darkness over the U.S. education system:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
Well, LBJ got us Medicare, but yes, FDR, gave us all the rest.
27.10.2025 13:54 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This clip is a great throwback for anyone who grew up during the 1960s and 1970s as I did. I still have hazy memories of "Turn, Turn, Turn" being mentioned during Sunday School class because it quotes Ecclesiastes. This performance is pure awesomeness, especially Bob Dylan.
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Great column:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...
Trump mirrors his generation. Two book titles sum up Trump: Less than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis) and A Generation of Swine (Hunter Thompson). Brazen, unflinching amorality and self-indulgence are the essence of his attitudes, behaviors, and speeches and his entire approach to life.
24.10.2025 20:57 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
For anyone who needs some peace of mind on a Friday night after a long, bad week:
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Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.
23.10.2025 19:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0is why we marched in the No Kings protests last Saturday. He must be held to account by the voters, because Republicans in Congress aren't going to do anything about him. His greed and amorality know no bounds.
21.10.2025 20:43 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The gall of President Trump asking the federal government for $230 million to cover his legal fees for cases in which he was guilty at the same time he is gutting Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the 1% and shutting down the government, leaving federal workers without paychecks,
21.10.2025 20:43 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0#NoKings Spread the word, attend the rally, wear yellow!
18.10.2025 12:41 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I think the verdict is in: Shohei Ohtani is the G.O.A.T.
18.10.2025 12:20 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today's the day: No Kings! 2.0 promises to be an even bigger rally than the one in June. Wear yellow, bring a sign, bring friends, family, and neighbors, make the Trump administration take notice!
18.10.2025 11:06 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Get ready, tell your friends and family, the No Kings 2.0 rally is tomorrow, Saturday, October 18! Turnout needs to be even bigger than in June!
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