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mjhop.bsky.social
Retired after teaching high school social studies for forty years and coaching basketball. Inducted in 2021 to the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame.
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@nicollewallace.bsky.social @rachelmaddow.bsky.social I hope you or your guests never again refer to Pres. Trump as the "Leader of the Free World." Since the USA and seventeen other U.N. nations cannot cite Russia as the aggressor by attacking Ukraine...the POTUS is not leading the free world.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

@cnn-news.bsky.social @msnbc.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com I appreciate to never again refer to President Trump as the "Leader of the Free World." Since the USA and seventeen other U.N. nations cannot cite Russia as the aggressor by attacking Ukraine...the POTUS is not leading the free world.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

@maddowblog.msnbc.com Question: If you had a chance to say one sentence to President Trump, what would it be? My sentence: "Mr. President, facts do not cease to exist because the are ignored."

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@lastword.msnbc.com @wallace.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov The Trump Adminstration cutting USAID is not about trimming "waste" and "fat" from the federal budget. USAID is less than one percent of that budget. It is about inflicting the most harm and disruption as possible. That is not leadership.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

@washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com @wsj.com Where is Congress? Why is there not bipartisan blowback from having a non-vetted and non-confirmed citizen (Elon Musk) being in charge of non-existing political organization that is shutting down spending that Congress has earmarked? It is assine.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

@washingtonpost.com @nytimes.com My vote for the quote of the week was by Rachel Maddow: "The words and actions by Trump and his allies have been largely shambolic." Shambolic is a British adjective that means "chaotic or disorganizing." Which is really the purpose of Project 2025.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Donald Trump has already increased the risk to all Americans. Beyond the pardoning of violent insurrectionists that seek retribution, he has frozen the dissemination of vital information. The CDC for example cannot update hospitals on how to deal with bird flu.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social As a retired high school history teacher, I am conflicted. More than once, I have heard hosts and guests say "pay attention to what Trump does, not what he says." The error in that logic, it allows Trump to rewrite history. He lies daily, but some lies are intentional.

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

@nytimes.com @lastword.msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com @washingtonpost.com @nicollewallace.bsky.social Trump's pardons are fanning the flames of revenge and retaliation within his base just as he did with the insurrection on Jan. 6th---stoked by lies and disinformation. Is more violence inevitable?

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

The more Republicans respond to Trump's Jan. 6 pardons by saying the party is "looking at the future, not the past," the more I want to remind them of Faulkner's line: "The past is never dead. It's not even past." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 40 days ago • 14 comments

@nicollewallace.bsky.social Dr. Martin Luther King said that "an injustice anywhere, threatens justice everywhere." The pardoning of those who violently attacked police during the Jan. 6th insurrection is an injustice. Just as Elie Wiesel, those who believe in the rule of law need to loudly protest.

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@maya4rights.bsky.social Dr. Martin Luther King said that "an injustice anywhere, threatens justice everywhere." The pardoning of those who violently attacked police during the Jan. 6th insurrection is an injustice. Just as Elie Wiesel, those who believe in the rule of law need to loudly protest.

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