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Jeff Stookey is the author of Medicine for the Blues trilogy, an LGBTQ historical fiction, a love story set in 1923 when the KKK was growing in influence and the eugenics movement was passing human sterilization laws.
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Backlash in progress! Stay tuned.

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Thanks to @rodneycwilson for compiling these stats. Trump only won by 2.28 million voted — NOT an overwhelming mandate.

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Save our democracy!

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President’s Day protest to save our democracy at state capitols and city halls across the country. Join in and let our voices be heard.

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#ValentinesDay2025 One reader said of #MedicineForTheBlues 🎶🌈 : “What a love story‼️” The issues explored in this story are as timely as ever: persecution of gays, the rise of the KKK, birth control, eugenics human sterilization laws aimed at “sexual deviants,” and much more. www.jeffstookey.com

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Under Trump, you get what you vote for! Ep 12 “Trump’s #Project2025 : Up Close and Personal” podcast: “Year in Review” Ch 12 tell of the demise of a fictional magazine. Pressure from the White House, advertisers, and Social Media algorithms kills the independent journalism. shorturl.at/TBMfx

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Lawlessness can’t be tolerated. Read what the American Bar Association has to say. The ABA includes members from across the nation, judges, lawyers in govt and private practice. “The American Bar Association supports the rule of law." #RuleOfLaw #AmericanBarAssociation shorturl.at/DqdP5

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Watch this video. Marc Elias explains how federal judges enforce court orders.

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Please Repost!!

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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 1951. This classic dystopian tale has relevance to our time: banned books, omnipresence of technological screens, a populace numbed and distracted by spectacle, educational dumbing down, etc, so it should be required reading. photo #2 Nazis burning books, 05-10-1933

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Wow! Who knew!

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Under Trump, you get what you vote for! Ep 11 - Trump’s Project 2025: Up Close and Personal podcast: “Hurricane Trump” A hurricane quickly builds to a Cat 4, causing widespread destruction and loss of life. The story shows the results of ignoring climate science re #Project2025. shorturl.at/ONPvf

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“The rule of law is, according to [Trump], something to navigate around or simply ignore, whether that be for political or personal gain….in this courtroom and under my watch, the rule of law is a bright beacon which I intend to follow.” —U.S. district Judge John C. Kunauer shorturl.at/lcZMP

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Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation owns streaming platform Tubi Watching ad-supported Tubi funds Fox News and promotes Rupert Murdoch’s hate-for-profit media empire Fox uses Tubi as a pipeline to the right-wing Fox media ecosystem mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/warning-wa...

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“Oregon State Attorney General Rayfield Signs on to Multi-State Lawsuit involving Elon Musk and ‘DOGE’ Access to the U.S. Department of Treasury” www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/n...

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Join an economic blackout Feb 28, 2025, nationwide. Don't buy ANYTHING unless it's from a small business. No fast food, no Target, Walmart, or Amazon. We want THEM to see that WE have the power. We'll start with 1 day, then 3, then specific companies until our message is heard. Spread the word.

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...

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What to expect under Trump. You get what you vote for! Ep 10 “Trump’s Project 2025: Up Close and Personal” podcast: “Attacking Woke” Dr. Joy Brewer studies cancer clusters among Black Americans. Trump admin cuts billions in US funding for race and gender-studies. #Project2025 shorturl.at/I9lRU

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#ValentinesDay2025 is coming soon. Gay love stories make great gifts for your Valentine!
 Or for yourself. #MedicineForTheBlues 🎶🌈 a historical novel trilogy is just the ticket. One reader said, “What a love story!” bookshop.org/contributors... eBook & AudioBook too! #BookSky 💙📚 #GayBooks #LGBTQ

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Evolution’s Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People, by Joan Roughgarden, professor of Biology at Stanford U—an important book for 2025, when Trump and Republicans are pushing bigoted judgments and executive orders demonizing transgender people. #trans shorturl.at/UuaWd

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You get what you vote for! Ep 9 “Trump’s Project 2025: Up Close and Personal” podcast: “Insurrection Act” Reports of a radical group invading the city, prompt Trump to invoke the Act. Peaceful protest re police violence escalates to gunfire, result: deaths & injuries. #Project2025 shorturl.at/oXjZW

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A Separate Peace by John Knowles, 1959. Subtle, disturbing, deeply psychological. So well balanced that the reader sees multiple facets of the events and the characters—and we’re still not sure exactly what happened or if there was any blame. Much is implied and much ambiguity remains. #Booksky 💙📚

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Chris Hayes: “The trans population is far smaller than the right would have you believe.” YouGov, by Taylor Orth, 03-15-2022: “Americans tend to vastly overestimate the size of minority groups…including the proportion of…people who are transgender (estimate: 21%, tru: 0.6%). shorturl.at/E3P0t

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What to expect under Trump. You get what you vote for! Ep 8 “Trump’s Project 2025: Up Close and Personal” podcast: “Assault on Public Education” Gov’t shifts to vouchers for private schools hit public ones with deep funding cuts and launch censoring of curriculum and books. shorturl.at/jHnON

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