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@theresamuir.bsky.social

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Was @theresasmets at the X place. Old Brooklyn. Choir conductor, utility soprano; Ph.D./MLIS Musicological wraith; Mets fan. Porch gardener. Birds. Old Hollywood. She/Her. IMPEACH/CONVICT/REMOVE

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𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · Mar 30

I began at X posting mostly classical music (PhD. musicology/singer/conductor) and baseball (Let's go Mets!), gardening and old movies...Events drove me into anti-Trumpist, Anti-MAGA posting. Will block bots, sea lions, anything that smacks of AI, disinfo, scams, fakery, disingenuous rhetoric, etc.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

This isn't the bumbling, directionless Trump first term. This time, they are implementing a plan to let Trump and his people rule forever.

But it's not too late to stop them.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26m

🇺🇸 “A former US Marine Corps colonel and combat veteran said after 24 years of service he “resigned from the military because of Trump”, citing Trump’s contempt for the constitution… He urged other military personnel to reflect on their own positions.” apple.news/AnvauFUw-R32...

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𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 25m

Kinsley gaffe?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26m

WATCH: @andrewcuomo gets so flustered by being called out by Zohran for never visiting a Mosque he ends up saying “we worked with antisemitic groups” 😬

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 26m

Well, the Dodgers are 3-0 over the Brewers. 😬

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 9h

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 9h

Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will:

MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR.

Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We are at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 4h

If you thought your electric bill jumped a lot in this Trump administration, it’s because it did!

What you didn’t know is that they are jacking your electricity prices on purpose to reward big donors with big bucks.

Bar graph showing year-over-year increase in electricity rates during presidential terms.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31m

"When my uncle was president, many Black people couldn't vote, women couldn't get credit cards, gay people had no rights, and he started a pointless war that killed 970,000 to 3 million Vietnamese, 275,000 to 310,000 Cambodians, 20,000 to 62,000 Laotians, and 58,220 US service members."

Good times!

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𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 30m

“'The tragedy of the contemporary academy,” wrote Jennifer Frey in a New York Times op-ed this July,' 'is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in power.'”

𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 34m

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Can the Humanities Be Saved?

A conversation with Jennifer Frey and Anastasia Berg

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𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 34m

thepointmag.substack.com/p/can-the-hu...

Can the Humanities Be Saved?

A conversation with Jennifer Frey and Anastasia Berg

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𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 36m

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In Pictures: Remembering Susan Stamberg, one of NPR's Founding Mothers

Susan Stamberg joined NPR at its start, originally to cut tape — literal tape, with a single-sided blade — at a time when commercial networks almost never hired women.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 39m

ICYMI — @GovBillLee was just caught brazenly lying about arrests Trump’s occupying force has made in MEMPHIS.

@MLK50Memphis: “most people arrested were not charged with a violent crime, immigrants arrested on administrative, not criminal, warrants.” mlk50.com/2025/10/15/b...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 39m

this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 1h

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.

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AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN

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www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

PhD admissions paused in at least six humanities, social science departments

Faculty and graduate students expressed disappointment and frustration at the decision.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1h

Area arsonist complains he gets no credit for breaking into neighbor’s house and stealing a garden hose to use on raging inferno….

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Leavitt: "The president tapped into tariff revenue to keep WIC money going out the door. He found a creative solution to keep the troops paid. And rather than congratulate him for doing that, this unprecedented action to get our troops paid, Dems want to sue him for it. They're saying it's illegal."

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𝕯𝖗. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐢𝐫 ❌👑 @theresamuir.bsky.social · 50m

Mary Hart is still in attendance. I wonder if the oddsmakers take that into account.

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 4h

The Thursday edition of the Bob Cesca Show was a roller coaster ride of emotions.
-Government shutdown day 16
-Donald's IRS targeting his enemies
-Scott Bessent's Soros checks
-World premiere indie song for No Kings. And more!
Listen and subscribe: bobcescashow.com
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The Bob Cesca Show 10/16/25

When The Anvil Hits the Coyote — Good day, and welcome to Day 16 of the government shutdown. The Republican Senate failed to pass a funding bill for the ninth time. A federal judge blocked th…

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1h

I am convinced these DHS/ICE guys thought they were going to greeted as liberators, and this is what they get.

Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 3h

the logical endpoint of "debate me bro" culture right here

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3h

A confrontation between federal immigration agents and a resident:
“We’re protecting US citizens.”
“I don’t want your protection… You’re Nazi skinheads.”
“Why are we Nazis?”

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 3h

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina’s top elections official is pressing the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles for unprecedented access to voters’ full Social Security numbers — a move that could erode voter privacy protections and lay the groundwork for mass voter purges

North Carolina Elections Chief Demands Voters’ Full Social Security Numbers From DMV