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@barbararogan.bsky.social

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Author of 8 novels including A DANGEROUS FICTION, SUSPICION, and HINDSIGHT; co-author of two works of nonfiction. Editor, writing teacher, former literary agent, anti-Nazi.

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · Nov 16

Loved this NPR review of A DANGEROUS FICTION! "Barbara Rogan cleverly explores our capacity for self-deception and weaves it into an absorbing mystery that keeps its secret until the very end.” amzn.to/2eda9cJ

A Dangerous Fiction: A Mystery - Kindle edition by Rogan, Barbara. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

A Dangerous Fiction: A Mystery - Kindle edition by Rogan, Barbara. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Dangerous Fiction: A Mystery.

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 15h

When Covid exploded, trump quit counting cases. Now, as hunger surges in the US, trump dismantles checks and safeguards, because fuck anyone who can't pay for food, kids included. bit.ly/4nIArSK

Hunger surges — so the Trump administration stops tracking it

The government has ended its annual food security survey, immediately following cuts to key hunger safety nets

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20h

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 1d

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JennїeJonzen🖖LLAP🤟😈🍀🍀⭐️🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻💙💛☘️✴️✳️✡️🌟🧿유 @astartiel.substack.com · 1d

Remember the Chicago building that was raided by ICE?

Wells Fargo wanted that building...

calamity curtis @curtiscalamity.bsky.social · 1d

oh.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, my colleagues @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social and @mariamelba.bsky.social had this stunning story about people trying to follow President Trump's directive to self-deport... but finding that the program to help immigrants do so is mired in chaos www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 2d

LATEST: The Red Cross is on its way to a meeting point in the northern Gaza Strip where several hostages will be transferred into its custody, the IDF says.

Red Cross is on its way to receive 'several hostages,' Israeli military says

The Red Cross is on its way to a meeting point in the northern Gaza Strip where several hostages will be transferred into its custody, the Israel Defense Forces

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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 2d

Every half sentence ends with "ehhhhhhhhhh"

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect! Treat yourselves.

🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 2d

It's Sunday my "antifa" adjacent friends!!

That means we've survived another week of physically and mentally weak people who think they're "alpha" everything. They are not🤣

Today's giggle is from the fabulous duo of Tina Fey & Amy Pohler playing Noem & Bondi.

Stay safe y'all!

#SheShed

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Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 3d

Morné @simplelifeguy.bsky.social posts a greeting this morning from a game drive in South Africa:

Morné @simplelifeguy.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning! Happy Saturday and weekend to all of you.
Photo this morning taken during a game drive in South Africa.

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 3d

They've got a thing against pedophiles, too. So unfair.

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Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 3d

Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social shares a spectacular Glow on the early morning horizon for the BlueSkyArtShow:

Pete Calandra @petecalandra.bsky.social · 3d

#glow on the early morning horizon in Lake Worth Beach, FL. Has a Rothko-esque quality to it. #longexposure #bluehour #sunrise #scape #eastcoastkin #art #photography #blueskyartshow

Picture of pre-sunrise Horizon on the ocean in South Florida. Long exposure so the water has a white/purpleish froths to it. There is the red and orange horizon and the purple sky.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 3d

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3d

We’re deporting the people who pick our food so we can pay more to starve patriotically. Gifted article:
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Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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Brown Sugar Babe RN MSN @cas7217.bsky.social · 3d

The orange house underestimated the residents in DC! I love my city! Continue to fight the power!

‘Untrue smears!’ White House rages as D.C. residents mark ICE ‘kidnappings’ around city

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barbararogan.bsky.social @barbararogan.bsky.social · 3d

Only sometimes?

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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 3d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/w...

A Plea From Doctors: Cool It on the Supplements

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 3d

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · Aug 18

THE INTERMEDIARIES covers the time period leading to the Nazi take-over. I have been keeping time with current developments like a doomsday clock. We are getting damn close to ‘midnight’ (1933). We need to know our enemy’s moves to fight them. Book at discount:

www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-interm...

The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story book by Brandy Schillace

Buy a cheap copy of The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story book by Brandy Schillace. Set in interwar Germany, The Intermediaries tells the forgotten story of the Institute for Sexual Science, the world's ...

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 3d

ANTIFA ✌️

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 3d

The cutest conversation😍

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 3d

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3d

Only a government run by billionaires would berate its employees for not wanting to work without pay.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

Bro, Christian hate is exhausting.

📌 Turning Point USA “All-American halftime show” counter programming because Bad Bunny, an American citizen, isn’t American enough.

I can’t wait to see the ratings side by side.

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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 4d

Voices from the ground in Israel:
Yair Aloni writes (translated):

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