Sharon Smith

Sharon Smith

@sharonsmith54.bsky.social

US Historian, researcher, and writer trying to stay both informed and sane.

519 Followers 190 Following 75 Posts Joined Nov 2024
14 hours ago

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

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19 hours ago

Trump has shredded the Constitution. He's taken an axe to checks and balances. He's using the presidency to line his own pockets. This is why we need to make sure that on March 28 — two weeks from today— we march across America in the largest demonstration in the nation’s history. NoKings.org

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(between images of a map showing the nearly 3,000 No Kings Day events planned for March 28) NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.

We’re rapidly approaching 3,000 No Kings Day events, which means March 28 is going to be the biggest protest in US history. Let’s make it clear that America rejects the regime’s brutality at home and abroad: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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2 days ago

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 billion per day on a war in the Middle East that no one wants, while millions of people at home struggle.

"That's just how it is."

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What happened to the Iranian girls school was tragic and horrific, and it’s become clear it was an American strike. The President's claim it could've been Iran was always a lie. There needs to be a full and transparent investigation so that it doesn't happen again.

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2 days ago

Republicans are saying that high gas prices are actually “a good thing” but also blaming Democrats for high gas prices. Neither tactic will work. You can’t gaslight us on gas. Everyone knows it’s because of President Pedophile.

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2 days ago

A win! The funding bill for DHS failed in the Senate!

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Jeffries: He’s been a failure. Republicans have been a failure. And to the extent that we need regime change at this moment, it is going to come in November.

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2 days ago

I am horrified by the violent attack on Temple Israel in Michigan. My heart is with these kids, teachers, and their families — I’m grateful they’re safe.

There is no place for antisemitism in America. Everyone has a right to worship in safety.

We must stand united against hate.

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3 days ago

ICE is still acting like ICE. Abolish ICE.

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3 days ago

It doesn’t matter who pressured, convinced or conned Trump into attacking Iran. He’s the president. The buck stops with him. He’s accountable. Blaming others is just distraction.

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3 days ago

Hey all can we keep in mind that the people who are having to be in harm's way in places like Iran and Iraq because they signed up to serve their country don't deserve any of this and can we remember that when we're replying to news about them getting bombed? Let's not lose our humanity in all this.

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4 days ago

There are signals from various sources that Russia knows it is going to lose in its illegal invasion of Ukraine. We must prevent Donald Trump from assisting Vladimir Putin any further with one of his bullshit deals. Keep the pressure on.

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4 days ago

Senators call for investigation into release, redaction of Epstein files.

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Republicans, who like to pretend they follow Jesus, are mocking a Democrat who does.

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3 days ago
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 11 MARCH 2026

TRUMP'S WAR of CHOICE

I've gotten messages from many here, worried
I get it. I have a grandson
Trump CANNOT JUST DO THE DRAFT ..WOULD REQUIRE CONGRESS

It's horrible
Many remember 1969. I was a child with my brother & watched in horror
1969 Draft

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3 days ago

BREAKING: Bipartisan group of Senators call for an independent audit of the Justice Department’s protocol when redacting the Epstein files.

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4 days ago
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Politics Chat, March 10, 2026 YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

Catch up quickly. Learn some stuff.

Notes: Congress, the House & the Senate, are the only ones that can make a law. The House is the only chamber that can originate a revenue measure.

Congress can override the President.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2onD... @hcrichardson.bsky.social -- Politics Chat

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4 days ago
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NEWS: Democrat Shawn Harris has forced a runoff in the special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s deep-red Georgia seat (Trump +37).

With ~70% in, Harris leads with 38.3% to Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller’s 34.5%.

Runoff set for April 7. A major warning sign for MAGA.

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4 days ago

No one has any idea what Trump is doing in the Middle East. It feels Epstein desperate, and one of the great blunders by any President in the history of the country.

Fight me.

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4 days ago

Since I wasn’t clear in my last post, lemme try again:

WOW. A democrat got enough votes to force a runoff in this very red district. That it’s even close is bananas. This is MTGs old seat.

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WATCH — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Every dollar we spend bombing people in the Middle East is one we’re not spending here at home. We’re always told we don’t have enough money for schools or healthcare or for veterans, but there’s always enough to bomb people on the other side of the world.”

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BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiar—far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)

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4 days ago

A year ago, I was willing to accept that some MAGAs were good people who were merely misguided.
But now that Trump has shown us his true colors, anyone who is still MAGA is simply, purely fucking nuts.

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Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."

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5 days ago

Senator Kelly, “It took Trump 10 days to create an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s, replace Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei, and weaken our alliances worldwide. He put American servicemembers in harm’s way, resulting in seven deaths. None of this made you safer or better off.”

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“They failed to achieve their goals at the beginning, and now, after 10 days, I think they are aimless.”

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Breaking Epstein Investigation Update! NM DOJ has begun searching Zorro Ranch. ⬇️

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5 days ago
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Chicago law firm leading push to appoint special prosecutor to target ICE, Border Patrol agents The firm, Loevy and Loevy, said 200 individuals and organizations are supporting a petition to appoint an outsider to the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, who has spent wee...

A high-powered Chicago law firm announced a plan Monday to push for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and potentially charge the agents who carried out Operation Midway Blitz.

@sophiesherry.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

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Guess What Moderate Democratic Voters Aren’t Anymore? Moderate. Two new polls suggest that moderate Democrats, too, want higher taxes on the rich and some measure of economic populism. Moderate isn’t what it was in 1992.

"Moderate Democratic voters are not centrists clamoring for a return to the Clinton era or rebukes of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders." trib.al/12NCA6z

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