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Kathy Ryan

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Professor Emeritus (Lycoming College) in psychology.

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"We must anticipate, with sadness and resolution. We will be horrified, but we cannot be surprised, if there is a terrorist attack on the United States. If choose to be surprised, we co-create a moment that Trump will exploit ... the responsibility for democracy will be ours."

8 March 2026

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The Desire for Terror And the defense of democracy

The Desire for Terror
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Substack 8 – Musings on the nature of sexual aggression and problems for the # Me too movement. The importance of understanding the dynamics of rape

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04.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Former MAGA Supporters Are Sharing The β€œWake-Up Calls” That Finally Made Them Leave "When I woke up from surgery, he was bawling, thinking I was going to die. He realized that if it wasn't for my state's constitution, I wouldn't have been saved. He changed his whole view on abortion ...

Former MAGA Supporters Are Sharing The β€œWake-Up Calls” That Finally Made Them Leave, And It's Incredibly Eye-Opening

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03.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ethical Society of St. Louis @ethicalstl.org Website www.ethicalstl.org / @stlouisatheists.bsky.social @ffrf.org @atheists.org @richardcarrier.info @riatheists.bsky.social @stltoday.com @stlmag.bsky.social @nickfish.me @stlpublicradio.bsky.social @stlcitysc.com @admirablewomen.bsky.social

02.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunday thought: Trump’s Real Reason for War Friends,

Sunday thought: Trump’s Real Reason for War
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01.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"[Y]ou have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump's actions and cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers.”

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Is the US currently mired in a Culture of Antagonism? Substack #7 – Antagonism

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Fix Your Hearts or Die It's a invitation, not a threat. The path to liberation for lonely men is feminism.

This is a MUST READ! www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hea...

24.02.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I Caught POLITICO and the New York Times Laundering Pink Slime "News" How the sexist backlash to AOC and Gretchen Whitmer at the Munich Security Conference led me to a scammy "local news" outlet pushing a coordinated right-wing narrative

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24.02.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FBI’s β€œStand Down” Directive to NYPD on Jeffrey Epstein Investigations, and More The most comprehensive timeline to date of the publicly available record on New York law enforcement authorities’ action and inaction with regard to Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and other potential co-c...

FBI’s β€œStand Down” Directive to NYPD on Jeffrey Epstein Investigations, and More at www.justsecurity.org/132230/fbi-s...

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Inside voice: what can our thoughts reveal about the nature of consciousness? The long read: Scientists and philosophers studying the mind have discovered how little we know about our inner experiences

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I said it, and it’s true. rollcall.com/2026/02/12/e...

15.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 568 πŸ” 194 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 8

Hey. St. Louis City map nerd comrades

14.02.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How strange.

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This! πŸ‘‡

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League of Women Voters Condemns President Trump’s Call to β€œNationalize” Elections | League of Women Voters β€œPresident Trump’s continued rhetoric is a calculated effort to dismantle the integrity of the electoral system as we know it. This is not political theater: it’s a direct threat to the very fiber of…

"The Trump administration is working overtime to create intimidation, chaos, and confusion. This is exactly how we lose our country: erode trust, normalize lies, and intimidate voters and election officials."

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Missouri secretary of state breaks with Trump on national election takeover Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said personal voter information is not being shared with the federal government

Missouri secretary of state breaks with Trump on national election takeover www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

04.02.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜The smart, the rich, the powerful’: Epstein associated with Silicon Valley elite years after his release from prison Billionaires and intellectuals attended events with the disgraced financier years after he served time for sex offense, files reveal

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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

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Alert: ICE is drawing weapons on legal observers in Minneapolis.

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Seems πŸ’― accurate.

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✊️ 6 pm Tonight, Sunday, January 1st, Aex Pretti Vigil at St. Louis VA Center

#AbolishIce

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How the right won the internet | Robert Topinka In the second part of our series on digital politics, we look at how online provocateurs have advanced extreme political ideas – and watched them seep into the mainstream, says digital media academic ...

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Woman Told FBI Trump Abused Her at 13, Epstein Files Reveal A jaw-dropping series of claims are made in pages of FBI documents, which the White House say are β€œfalse.”

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Woman Told FBI Trump Abused Her at 13, Epstein Files Reveal
A jaw-dropping series of claims are made in pages of FBI documents, which the White House say are β€œfalse.”

30.01.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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LIVE: Minneapolis, Stephen Miller, Authoritarianism and a Nation in Decline. YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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Minneapolis ICE killings the latest shocks in a haystack of last straws Some are fancying that the administration dialing back rhetoric after the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis means we've turned a corner. We haven'

My column on page two of the Sun-Times today:

After I wrote that "Oh honey" lede, I wondered where it came from. Hell if I know. Maybe I'm channelling the great Rick Kogan.

www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/01/add-...

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"Buying access to taxpayer funds.
... my State Representative and my State Senator have received over $100,000 combined from the Herzog Foundation,...The Foundation doles out taxpayer money to private religious schools across Missouri.
The Herzog Foundation also bankrolled my Governor’s campaign "

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