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Dennis P. Crawford
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Historian, author, freedom fighter and sports fan. https://www.denniscrawford.org/
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Dennis P. Crawford @dennispcrawford.bsky.social · Dec 20
We have written the first book on Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Nebraska Democratic Primary. This ground breaking work explores a neglected and important chapter in Kennedy's life. You can learn more about the book and read an excerpt at the link:

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New Book on Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Nebraska Primary
The Nebraska Democratic primary mattered in 1968. Because only fifteen states held primaries, Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy made…
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 9h
Dear republican congressman:

You just got another week off, you have absolutely no plans since you were going to be in dc.

How about some town halls? If you do three, that’s a total of 6 hours of work the whole week. Easy peasy!
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10h
We can’t let this happen.

And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.
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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 12h
It's official - the House will be out AGAIN next week, for a sixth consecutive week. That means the House will have worked 20 days over 17 weeks. The last House vote was on Sept. 19.
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Dennis P. Crawford @dennispcrawford.bsky.social · 12h
Vote blue no matter who.
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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 16h
Inflation is the highest it's been since Trump took office.

Trump’s economy is FAILING. Grocery prices, rent, and health care costs are skyrocketing.

And Republicans would still rather keep our government shut down than lower health care costs.
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The Beatles Bible 🍏 @beatlesbible.com · 14h
24 October 1975:

John Lennon’s single Imagine is released in the UK. The b-side is Working Class Hero.

"Yoko actually helped a lot with the lyrics, but I wasn’t man enough to let her have credit for it."

Read all about Imagine here:

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Imagine
Written by: Lennon, Ono Recorded: 23, 27 May; 4 July 1971 Producers: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector Released: 8 October 1971 (UK), 9 September 1971 (US) Available on: Imagine Power To The People ...
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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 20h
“There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.”
Jackie Robinson, who died on this day in 1972
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 19h
New polls from Gallup, YouGov, and out of Virginia show voters now trust Democrats more than Republicans to handle the economy. Nationally, Dems now have a 4-point margin on the issue — an 18-point shift away from Trump since 2023. Time to update your priors

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Polls show voters now trust Democrats more to handle the economy
The issue that sank Democrats in 2024 now threatens to do the same to Republicans in 2025 and the 2026 midterms
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16h
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 1d
If we had to have a king, was it absolutely necessary that he be a fucking moron?
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Democrats @democrats.org · 1d
Republicans control the House.
Republicans control the Senate.
Republicans control the White House.

This is their shutdown.
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 1d
Honestly, you can’t make this shit up.
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Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
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JFK Library Foundation @jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social · 1d
On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy went on television to speak to the nation and revealed the evidence of Soviet missiles in Cuba. He also announced the establishment of a naval quarantine around the island until the Soviet Union agreed to dismantle the missile sites.
JFK speaks at his desk in the Oval Office about the Cuban Missile Crisis. First page of JFK's reading copy for his speech that reads: This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military build-up on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere.
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 2d
The optics of Trump building a ballroom that 99.9% of Americans will never set foot in while millions line up for food banks are worth more than any policy paper or economic proposal. This image is a visceral punch in the mouth that needs no words. It should haunt the GOP for a generation.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
ENTEN: “.. Trump's at new lows when it comes to economic net approval. .. Q-Pac (-19 pt) & CNBC (-13 pt) find him at the lowest level of either of his presidencies.

“.. Also, he's lower than any president at this point in a presidency or 2nd term on record.”

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 1d
If Obama had done this the Fox headline would be OBAMA DEMOLISHES WHITE HOUSE TO BUILD MOSQUE
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d
Opinion | Sorry, liberals. We had an election, and the people voted to let Donald Trump destroy the White House for a personal vanity project.
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The Beatles Bible 🍏 @beatlesbible.com · 1d
23 October 1980:

John Lennon's comeback single (Just Like) Starting Over is released in the USA.

"I'd done that music and identified with it – that was my period – but I'd never written a song that sounded like that."

See more:

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(Just Like) Starting Over
Written by: Lennon Recorded: 6 August-13 October 1980 Producers: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Jack Douglas Released: 24 October 1980 (UK), 23 October 1980 (US) Available on: Double Fantasy Power To The Peop...
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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 2d
Well this aged like a glass of milk.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 2d
"The fact that the nomination got this far illustrates how much antisemitic and hateful rhetoric has been normalized, explained away or rewarded by Republicans in power," @katierogersnyt.bsky.social writes of the Ingrassia case. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
In Trump’s Washington, Hate Is Not a Deal Breaker
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d
That we know of.
Screenshot of a post by Bernie Sanders. It lists money that Donald Trump has received in 2025. $3 billion: mostly from crypto $940 million: law firms $400 million plane: Qatar $36 million: CBS $25 million: Meta $24 million: YouTube $16 million: ABC $10 million: X Now $230 million from DOJ?
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3d
Just a reminder that — in the middle of a shutdown — House Republicans are on a paid vacation solely to avoid releasing the Epstein files and lowering your health care costs.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d
A new poll shows Americans blame Trump and Republicans over Democrats for the shutdown 53%-37%. (Independents blame Trump by a nearly 3-to-1 margin, 58%-21%.).

People aren’t dumb.
Trump's approval rating on the economy takes hit because of shutdown, inflation, CNBC survey finds
Americans' views on the economy turned more negative in the third quarter with deepening concerns about jobs, inflation and the outlook.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d
The British burned down the White House in 1814. Perhaps they were right?
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