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A queer person who reads the suttas of Buddha, the words of Christ and the writings of Abraham Heschel. I do not do ad hominem.
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When he showed up to an immigration meeting in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen. Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison. @nickjudin.bsky.social reports:

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It takes courage to be kind. Ajahn Brahm

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A poem from the book "Love Poems from God" THE SKY GAVE ME ITS HEART The sky gave me its heart because it knew mine was not large enough to care for the earth the way it did.

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We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.

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I feel like we need a Voice of America equivalent to get through to the Fox News bubble viewers

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To win a war they cannot avoid, Chief Justice Roberts and his allies must rediscover their belief in a simple notion: The American president is not above the law.

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Hi everyone. Trump is poised to accept from Qatar a luxury airplane to use as Air Force 1. This is a blatant violation of our constitution. Demand that your Senators and House Representative use their office and position to fight this.

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“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “broligarchy” (Recorded at TED2025 on April 8, 2025) youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?... via @YouTube

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"To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks, but a special heart that listens." ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald Sunshine on the Loing • May 🎨 Alfred Sisley (1892)

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Summers: "If we become a not-predictable, not-rule-of-law kind of place that is universally distrusted, that could lead to very substantial movements away from the dollar...So the future of the dollar...could be a symptom of even deeper problems." youtube.com/shorts/2P_he...

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Below is the 2nd to last sentence of "The Problem" of the Adult Children Anonymous 12 step program. I feel that a lot of Americans are currently in this mindset. Even more self-defeating, we became addicted to excitement in all our affairs, preferring constant upset to workable relationships.

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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning

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Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

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There’s a pattern here. And so, it’s important to recognize that this is not just about Harvard, Comcast, or Abrego Garcia. This is an attack on free speech, the independence of civil society, and the respect for due process. And if it succeeds, there may be no going back. —Charlie Sykes

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"This should be shocking..." charliesykes.substack.com/p/this-shoul... open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

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Friday newsletter: “Give Us Barabbas” Freeing the guilty. Crucifying the innocent. Washing their hands. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

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A question to the Bluesky consciousness, are the Democrats making an effort to recruit the various fired federal workers to run for office?

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The poem that is at the base of the Statue of Liberty. Something that our great grandparents, our grandparents and our parents (if your old enough) knew and (hopefully) believed in.

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In addition to being wonderful human beings who do many of these things, the autistic people I've known: ✅Don't have brain worms ✅Don't take steroids ✅Don't play with animal carcasses ✅Have not driven their spouses to suicide ✅Are not actively trying to kill thousands of American children

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Thank you Charlie Sykes! Just a reminder of those who came WAY before us and got it right the first time!

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@hueyli.bsky.social is absolutely right. The closest historical analogue to what DOGE is doing to our government right now is the Cultural Revolution, from 1966 to 1976 in China. We’ve got a long, dark road ahead of us.

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So why "quietly" then?

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It cost two world wars and a great depression to teach 20th century Republicans why isolationism and protectionism were wrong. Let's hope that the education of 21st century Republicans will cost less - but it's already expensive enough.

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The latest defense of the Trump tariffs is that the impending Trump recession will build character. What are a few months or years of unemployment compared to a glorious someday-soon future manufacturing hinges and knobs -or stitching t-shirts and athletic shoes?

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