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Sue McMillin

@suemac05.bsky.social

Freelance writer/editor based in southern Colorado.

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Jets are carrying passengers from Pueblo to Denver again. For now. Essential Air Service subsidies that support flights at three rural Colorado airports, including Pueblo, are targeted in the β€œskinny budget"

A little-known DOT program that subsidizes passenger flights at 177 US airports could be severely cut or eliminated. coloradosun.com/2025/05/21/p...

21.05.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Developing: President Trump has ordered that no federal funds go directly or indirectly to NPR or PBS.

For public radio, local stations like us receive CPB dollars (congressionally-appropriated funds)β€” some of which are used to pay NPR for its programming.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

02.05.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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After the election of our lifetime, it is now time to share some lighthearted humour with our southern neighbours πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦β€οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

01.05.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 14369    πŸ” 1945    πŸ’¬ 557    πŸ“Œ 142
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The US left Vietnam 50 years ago today. The media hasn’t learned its lesson | Norman Solomon The myth that news coverage turned Americans against the war persists. In fact, it was largely complicit in perpetuating the conflict

The US left Vietnam 50 years ago today. The media hasn’t learned its lesson | Norman Solomon

01.05.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 10
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April 30, 2025 This morning the Bureau of Economic Analysis released a report showing an abrupt reversal in the U.S.

April 30, 2025

01.05.2025 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1719    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 64
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Finnish Leader Warns Russia: β€˜You Don’t Play With President Trump’ President Alexander Stubb of Finland, who has become an interlocutor in peace talks, says in an interview he doesn’t want Ukraine to suffer the same fate his country once endured.

President Alexander Stubb of Finland, who has emerged as a prominent voice of Europe’s smaller nations on Russia’s war against Ukraine, says in an interview he doesn’t want Ukraine to suffer the same fate his country once endured.

29.04.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 295    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 9
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Colorado Statewide Organizing Call Β· Common Cause Please join Colorado Common Cause for a statewide organizing call, as we respond to Trump’s first 100 days of harmful, inhumane attacks on the American people. Our main goals are to 1) provide inform...

I'm attending Common Cause's event, β€œColorado Statewide Organizing Call” - sign up now to join me! #commoncause www.mobilize.us/commoncause/...

29.04.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by β€˜Loud Men’ Observers of her political rise β€” and some who have sparred with her β€” say Gov. Janet Mills’s refusal to bow to President Trump is right in character.

"See you in court."

The State of Maine sued the Trump administration on Monday, starting the legal fight that Gov. Janet Mills promised in an exchange with President Trump at the White House.

10.04.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2217    πŸ” 352    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 50
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Five CO Springs News Outlets Scrub Their Websites of an Article About the Arrest of Former GOP Council Member Five news outlets have quietly removed a years-old news story from their websites about the 2019 arrest of a prominent former Colorado Springs City Council member, who ran in a...

Five news outlets have quietly removed a years-old news story from their websites about the arrest of a prominent former Colorado Springs City Council member, who ran in a Republican primary for a state House seat in 2023
coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/04/five...

10.04.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

"The Elizabeth School District is refusing to comply with a federal judge's order to return 19 banned books to school library shelves, despite Tuesday's deadline."

26.03.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

If Trump can disappear green card holders for protesting war, he can disappear you.

If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.

If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.

We must speak out now β€” before there is no one left to speak out.

25.03.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7802    πŸ” 2631    πŸ’¬ 172    πŸ“Œ 96
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Kennedy Center lays off Social Impact employees The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has dissolved its Social Impact division, which partnered with local organizations to bring in diverse artists and audiences.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has dissolved its Social Impact division, which partnered with local organizations to bring in diverse artists and audiences.

26.03.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 364    πŸ” 162    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 39
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NOW: EPA Region 8 staff organized by AFGE Local 3607 rallying in defense of their jobs after President Trump promised broad layoffs at the agency.

26.03.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Millions of seniors who rely on Social Security as a lifeline could see their benefits disrupted once DOGE cuts crucial phone services.

Why the cuts?

To address fraud that amounts to less than 0.00625% of what the government sends out in benefits each year.

Hello?

20.03.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9080    πŸ” 2996    πŸ’¬ 370    πŸ“Œ 108

Asked at a town hall in Colorado Springs what he thinks of calls for Chuck Schumer to step down, Sen. Michael Bennet said: β€œWe should always be asking whether we are fielding the best team. I don't have a more clear answer to that tonight.” #copolitics

21.03.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Pueblo museum featuring Leonardo da Vinci inventions will be the first of its kind in North America As Professional Bull Riding says goodbye to downtown, a new collection of authentically reconstructed da Vinci contraptions moves in.

Pueblo museum featuring Leonardo da Vinci inventions will be the first of its kind in North America | The Colorado Sun
coloradosun.com/2025/03/20/l... Sun App

21.03.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An act of God?

06.03.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This.

05.03.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 51869    πŸ” 11149    πŸ’¬ 620    πŸ“Œ 413
A mostly blank page with the words Strong and Free, from the English version of the Canadian national anthem )
Below the fold of this newspaper sheet , in smaller type, news and editorial references to the trade war

A mostly blank page with the words Strong and Free, from the English version of the Canadian national anthem ) Below the fold of this newspaper sheet , in smaller type, news and editorial references to the trade war

This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record)
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before

05.03.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 23919    πŸ” 5168    πŸ’¬ 487    πŸ“Œ 375
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Two Colorado historic sites fear they could become anti-diversity targets amid federal firings Federal cuts trimmed staff at Amache and Sand Creek. Could the locations' difficult narratives put them in political crosshairs?

"We have to step up even more to make our voices heard, but also to support each site even more β€” as volunteers, as community members, as board members β€” to help make sure that things continue.”

Colorado historic sites fear they could become anti-diversity targets.

01.03.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Armed federal agents conduct immigration raids at Denver, Aurora apartment complexes The DEA posted a video of agents raiding an apartment with a smoke grenade and an unknown number of residents were boarded onto a bus

People with work authorization and asylum applications got taken away. White people who were awakened by people with guns got an apology. #ICE @jenbrowncolo.bsky.social coloradosun.com/2025/02/05/i...

06.02.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Colorado schools may soon be required to have a cellphone policy A bipartisan bill that state lawmakers plan to introduce this month aims to ensure all districts adopt a policy defining when and how kids can use cellphones in school

Colorado schools may soon be required to have a cellphone policy

23.01.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Waited till it got above zero degrees to get up. The sun is out so it feels like 7! Woo hoo. Good day to stay inside and figure out how to use Bluesky.

19.01.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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