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@willdarrell.bsky.social

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Baby Boomer, Proud progressive-liberal, Bates College graduate, Born in Miami, FL, raised in Portland, ME. Worked/lived in Wash. DC 18yrs. Watched Am. politics since Watergate, British TV drama and The Wire. Visited London, UK. Read murder mysteries. Leo.

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 10h

www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 10h

🤣 Priceless.

willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 10h

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Bet he never heard of the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities 1975-1976....AKA The Frank Church Committee.

Trump confirms he authorised CIA action inside Venezuela

But the president would not be drawn on whether the CIA had been told to topple Nicolas Maduro.

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 10h

Did anyone tell him that Trump was a draft dodger...who would not defend the foundational truths of this republic.

willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 10h

No Green New Deal was actually passed into law. Another bogus GOP talking point.

willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 10h

Amen.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 10h

I write this for a few reasons.

1) Accountability on something specific.

2) To model to swaths of Jewish leadership that *it's possible* to take accountability for genocide complicity.

3) To talk about repentance & repair work post-genocide.

It all still matters. It doesn't stop mattering now.

Gaza's Annihilation Can Never Be Forgiven

Revisiting On Repentance and Repair

www.lifeisasacredtext.com

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 11h

Purfeerst Farms is a fifth-generation, family-owned farm in Fairbault.

Tariffs are putting Minnesota farms at risk, with soybeans piling up as our trading partners look elsewhere.

They don’t want a bailout from the guy who caused the crisis. They want strong markets.

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 11h

In fact, I did for both.

I was realistic that they are not perfect people but still supported them.

willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 11h

You are disappointed because Obama did not meet your expectation.

Like I said before...that is naive.

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 11h

Too funny.

Blaming Obama for allowing the GOP and Fox for lying.

You want Obama to be like Trump in other words.

You are directing the word naive to the wrong person.

Perhaps you should look in the mirror.

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 12h

No. They are not defining Obama or others. They are defining themselves.

Failure? Mean not getting in the gutter with racists?

Getting in the gutter with these ignorant fool is not fighting back. It is getting in the gutter.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 17h

There's always been a fight over the true story of America. I believe deeply in the story that says we’re all created equal, and that if we can treat each other with decency and respect, all of us will be better off.

I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:

My Conversation with Marc Maron | WTF Podcast

YouTube video by Barack Obama

www.youtube.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 14h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

on.wsj.com

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 13h

Did Patel's nose grow after he said it?

willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 13h

Good distance and good time. 👍

Two totally different experiences....use treadmills for training...especially on a rain/show day here in Maine.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 20h

Kavanaugh really, really wants a time limit on remedies for racial discrimination. I really, really want a time limit on racial discrimination in America. But guess what

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 13h

time.com/7325375/trum...

Policing’s Long History as an Instrument of Control

What feels like new anxiety for the country has been the daily cost of survival in Black America for generations, writes Josiah Bates.

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 15h

Lying, ignorant, incompetent, insecure, angry old white man.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "They have committed massive political crime. I hope they're looking at Schifty Schiff. I hope they're looking at all these people. And I'm allowed to find out. I'm in theory the chief law enforcement officer."

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 15h

Too many examples why experience helps pass good laws that help our society.

Experience counts. Learning lessons about how things work and don't work helps make better decisions...this is why experience is a plus.

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 15h

Spent 18 years in DC. Ran two national public policy campaigns. Had to attend Congressional committee meetings. Frm. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, at late 60s chaired the Transportation comtte. His knowledge, experience, and skills helped Dems. secure funding for projects that helped with clean air

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willdarrell.bsky.social @willdarrell.bsky.social · 16h

Jefferson had slaves and had sexual relationship with a black woman, Sally Hemings.

Charlie Kirk demeaned black women.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 16h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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