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retired university professor living in Atlanta and Costa Rica. Love jazz, classic rock, left-of-center Democratic politics and history. Lifelong comic books fan.
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I would like poster-sized version of this. I would hang it on my wall, like a talisman, and visit it whenever I need a lift in spirits.

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Sign of the day…

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Has anyone called Bitcoin “Dunning-Krugerrand” yet?

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Zelensky pushes back against Trump lies at his press conference. A true leader and no coward. Slava Ukraini.

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Does the military belong to MAGA or to the American people? open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Are you listening, Canada?

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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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They are all so fragile and are not ready for the reaping of their sowing.

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By disrupting the normal processes of democracy that have been in place since the New Deal era, the Republicans politicians are mostly hurting their own constituents—and themselves. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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This is, in no uncertain terms, a rout. The New York Times published an unfortunate op-ed trying to legally justify Trump administration's #Birthright citizenship order. Here, five leading scholars show, with analytic precision, how that op-ed was "fundamentally flawed and irresponsible."⬇️

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A brutal and well-deserved takedown of a shamefully derisible position.

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Two things dictate Trump’s policies, both of which make him unpredictable: 1) Putin’s secret hold over him, whatever it is; 2) The fact that he (Trump, not Putin) is certifiably nuts.

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In short, he is nuts

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The world’s tiniest violin🎻

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The U S President who thinks he is Napoleon open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Every Democrat should be telling this story.

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Thank you to @maddow.msnbc.com for promoting @bsky.app on air and complimenting it. Her on air support is truly important

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open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

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we are rapidly turning into the kind of small minded authoritarian country that is given a made-up name in an action thriller

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Dumb, Dumb, Dumb

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SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is released from a Florida prison weeks after Biden commutes his life sentence.

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open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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This is insane. Two madmen, both drunk on power, are busily picking the pockets of millions of Americans.

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Going down🔻🔻 today.yougov.com/politics/art...

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This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

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On the heels of multiple airplane disasters, including one less than a month ago that killed 67 people, and after years of warnings about our understaffed air traffic control system, Trump has begun firing hundreds of FAA air traffic control workers. apnews.com/article/doge...

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Trump Uber Alles open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Let me put it into perspective: 23-year-old Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, was sentenced to 21 years in prison in November for posting classified info on Discord. Meanwhile, Elon Musk shares classified info, and we just shrug. This isn’t a culture war; it’s a class war.

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Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

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⚡️'No point trying to negotiate' with Putin, Yulia Navalnaya says. "Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.

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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

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Paul Simon wrote “American Tune” half a century ago. It is even more relevant today than it was in 1975. youtube.com/watch?v=AE3k...

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To learn how efforts to hold fast to the rule of law in the U S are going, read here. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Stupidest.Defense Secretary.Ever.

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If only

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“Every accusation is a confession” open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Listen to this!

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Watch 10 Great German Expressionist Films: Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari & More www.openculture.com/2025/02/watc... Films made between the end of WWI and Hitler. Some of the greatest movies of all time.

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In news that is the least surprising news possible. www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...

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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Wasn’t it just a week ago that we were supposed to get a 30-day pause? And now, suddenly, he’s focused on steel and aluminum imports? No one in Canada is surprised. Did anyone actually believe this guy? That his word meant anything? He’s a criminal.

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I’m so pleased to welcome the Aspen Ideas: Climate Conference to Chicago. Our state is a proud leader in the Midwest in fighting climate change, and Chicago is the perfect place to host such an important gathering.

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