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Former English teacher at Columbia Grammar and Prep School in NYC. Newly minted psychotherapist at the Philadelphia Consultation Center. LSW, MSW, MA. RESISTING THE TSUNAMI OF INTOLERANCE AND HATRED

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Good for you, Chuck. Now do something of consequence.

08.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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08.03.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sickening

08.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eyeing Voting Rights, Liberals Aim to Secure Wisconsin’s Supreme Court through 2030 - Bolts After flipping the court in 2023, Wisconsin liberals now hope to expand their majority on a body that could be a critical backstop for voting rights during the next presidential election.

NEW: Believe it or not, it’s that time of year: the Wisconsin Supreme Court election is next month.

Liberals have a huge opportunity: if they win, they can lock down the majority of this court thru 2030.

That means they’d have it in the next presidential race, a big democracy guardrail.

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06.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 2552 πŸ” 871 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 35
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

"US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school. The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of US conflicts in the ​Middle East." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

06.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

You're in good company. πŸ’

05.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's also about the death of an art form. At least, that's how I always read it.

25.02.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If they manage to pass this we need to make sure they lose so badly they won't know what hit them.

Please call or write your senators on a daily basis.

22.02.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 224 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 3

As the world reels from the president's rant and threats of additional tariff chaos, I'd just like to remind the UK that they recently arrested someone who could probably bring down this entire house of cards with very little incentive.

20.02.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 14270 πŸ” 2863 πŸ’¬ 366 πŸ“Œ 138

Gorgeous, but if those are lilies, keep them away from cats! πŸ™€

19.02.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kinda reminds me of something

19.02.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US says 11 people killed in latest strikes on alleged drug boats Three boats targeted in eastern Pacific and Caribbean as Trump continues pursuit of alleged β€˜narco-terrorists’

Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.

He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

This is a danger to us all.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/us-military-boats-strikes

18.02.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 2614 πŸ” 951 πŸ’¬ 139 πŸ“Œ 53

This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.

It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.

18.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 9706 πŸ” 3815 πŸ’¬ 158 πŸ“Œ 64
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Why Democrats Should Run Against the 'Epstein Class' Avoiding the false choices that plague Democratic messaging.

Why Democrats Should Run Against the Epstein Class... ABSOLUTELY open.substack.com/pub/messageb...

17.02.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 600 πŸ” 162 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 13

β€œReaders should be able to assume that every word between quotation marks is what the speaker or writer said… The writer should, of course, omit extraneous syllables like β€˜um’ and may judiciously delete false starts.”
-NYT ethical guidelines

16.02.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 3208 πŸ” 820 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 33
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FBI Interviewed Trump Accuser, Epstein Files Show Trump was credibly accused of sexual assault in the Epstein files. It's unclear what became of the DOJ's investigation.

NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...

15.02.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 6464 πŸ” 3362 πŸ’¬ 233 πŸ“Œ 219
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πŸ˜• www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

11.02.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 7523 πŸ” 3916 πŸ’¬ 219 πŸ“Œ 174

Wonderful interview. Thank you. Now that wapo is dead and dark and six feet under, outlets like your podcast are even more essential.

11.02.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dang, those 11,700 votes gotta be around there *somewhere* πŸ€”

07.02.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I believe he was referring to his moral stature.

06.02.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Has America become fascist? The answer might surprise you.

06.02.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 665 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 5
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When a president talks about skipping elections and floating an unconstitutional 3rd term, it’s not hard to see what this is and what it isn’t.

Seizing election material in a state that already counted the 2020 results three separate times isn’t about election integrity.

It’s about preparation.

01.02.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 3530 πŸ” 1617 πŸ’¬ 147 πŸ“Œ 74
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FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Is β€œDangerous,” Experts Warn The search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald ...

Experts said the FBI’s seizing of ballots in Georgia triggered fears of federal interference in this year’s midterm elections:

β€œIt's a dramatic escalation … to expand federal control over our country's historically state-run election infrastructure.”

02.02.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 1015 πŸ” 399 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 19

Sen. John Fetterman is calling on Trump to fire DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

27.01.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 1133 πŸ” 200 πŸ’¬ 187 πŸ“Œ 64

It'll be exculpatory as soon as they've had a chance to edit and alter it 🀬

26.01.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is like how the Catholic Church passed known pedophiles from parish to parish

26.01.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 3395 πŸ” 987 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 30

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need β€œmore training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them toβ€”impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

24.01.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 38724 πŸ” 9574 πŸ’¬ 1114 πŸ“Œ 893

ICE / DHS employees: I know there’s way more alarm internally than is public. Text me via signal at 202-510-1268. I’ll protect your anonymity

24.01.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 3331 πŸ” 674 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 11

Just a thought for @joebiden @BarackObama @BillClinton, and @GeorgeHWBush but today would be a great day for all former living Presidents to go together to Minnesota and to help defend Democracy.

24.01.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 727 πŸ” 184 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 15
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Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Have Limited Options Under Abortion Bans Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face β€” or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.

Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line.

At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia.

23.01.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 947 πŸ” 533 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 43