@robmccausland.bsky.social
Virginia Beach. Love music, PEG access. Creator/Admin of FB group "What Would Bartlet Do: Government & Politics for 'The West Wing'-Minded." Videographer, 2018 "West Wing Weekend" fan convention: http://bit.ly/WWW-videos . THANK YOU, #MusicChallenge -ers!
"If you look at the trend lines around us, they are not appearing to trend toward a terrifically successful authoritarian president taking over. They are trending toward the American people being incensed at this administration."
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"For this week's Elephant in the Room, Rick Wilson dives headfirst into the bombshell trove of newly unearthed emailsβyes, the ones dragged straight from the digital graveβlinking Donald Trump to the Epstein network in ways that blow apart every denial heβs peddled for years."
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Simon Rosenberg, 11-12-25:
Epstein, Election Blowout, Failed Government. Trump And His Presidency Are In Deep Trouble.
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This is interesting for Randy's sponsor-spiel for Ground News. I'd never heard about it before. You? youtu.be/TH-5HYAxftM?...
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South Hampton Roads Indivisible
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South Hampton Roads Indivisible
NEWSLETTER 11 NOV 2025 -- POST-ELECTION SPECIAL!
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We're launching the largest Democratic primary program in Indivisible's history.
www.indivisible2026.org
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
NETWORK NOVA LIVE ANDΒ KATHERINE WHITE:
"Friends! We will be ready to weigh in tomorrow morning by calling Senators about the vote to end the Govt Shutdown."
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Shafts of golden crepuscular sun rays illuminating the bottoms of thick, gray mammatus clouds.
What Kind of Week Has It Been?
November 9, 2025
Photo: "This Mighty Light of Ours"
Virginia Beach, VA; December, 2017
Credit: Rob McCausland
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This is a screenshot of my Coleridge-quote response to a Bill Maher tweet: "Oh! blasphemous! the Book of Life is made A superstitious instrument, on which We gabble o'er the oaths we mean to break." Maher's tweet was a link to a video of his New Rule segment, with text saying, "The Supreme Court has to decide if they are going to be democracy's last line of defense or if the Constitution is now just like the Bible."
This is a screenshot of Classic Poetry Aloud's webpage for a reading of Coleridge's poem, "Fears in Solitude."
Checking my "What Would Bartlet Do" xTwitter account, I saw this Bill Maher "New Rule," and was immediately prompted to respond with this quote from my favorite poem, Coleridge's "Fears in Solitude." Here's a wonderful reading from Classic Poetry Aloud. www.podomatic.com/podcasts/cla...
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Surprise Victory Roll-Call (Top of Show)
We kicked off with Delegate Dan Helmer alongside newly elected champs Debra Gardner, Rodney Willett, & Elizabeth Guzmanβa joy-bomb of gratitude, grit, & βrun everywhereβ strategy.
@networknova.bsky.social
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South Hampton Roads Indivisible's post-election newsletter is out! Let's celebrate the wins!
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What Kind of Week Has It Been?
November 2, 2025
Photo: Female blue dasher dragonfly, Virginia Beach, VA, July, 2019. Credit: Rob McCausland
A wall of bright yellow Boston Ivy on a brick wall.
What Kind of Week Has It Been?
October 26, 2025
Photo: Brick & Boston Ivy; Fenway, MA. Credit: Rob McCausland
Weirdly, this was my topic this morning in my Wheatley, Franklin, and Equiano class: Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/fear-...
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@claudiaschmidt25.bsky.social
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A single green tree on the crest of a hillside of brown-yellow grass backed by a deep blue sky.
What Kind of Week Has It Been?
October 19, 2025
Photo: One Tree Hill; Northern California; July, 1998. Credit: Rob McCausland
Oct 16, 2025
βIt seems like the harder that MAGA leans into the authoritarianism, the more people are finding the voice to push back,β says Chris Hayes. George Conway and Invisible's Ezra Levin join to discuss.Β
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NO KINGS Chesapeake VA! 10AM-12PM!
Come share your love for our democratic country!
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I loved talking to Debora Cahn about her brilliant work on the Diplomat and the strange act of writing about fictional sanity in an insane world.
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"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cureβit requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org
13.10.2025 16:25 β π 21493 π 8348 π¬ 544 π 471This is our time. This is our moment. This is our movement.
Oct. 18 #NoKings
What Kind of Week Has It Been?
October 12, 2025
Photo: San Francisco Botanical Garden
July, 1998. Credit: Rob McCauslandΒ
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Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/r...
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3 Virginia Beach Candidates Share Why Theyβre Running:
Cat Porterfield, Liz Richardson, Cheryl Smith
Cat Porterfield, District 99 - www.catporterfield.com
Liz Richardson, District 100 - www.lizforvirginia.com
Cheryl Smith, District 98 - cherylsmithforvirginia.com
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Virginia Beach Candidates Cheryl Smith, Cat Porterfield & Liz Richardson at the COVA Coalition's "Weekend of Action."
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