@debstek.bsky.social
Retired but not retiring college professor. Wife and mother. Caregiver for a stray cat. Advocate rooting for press freedom, restorative environmental policy and sustainable business. Believer in tsundoku, thorough research, and chocolate.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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This is a lie: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is a lie: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
While ordinary Americans are bringing canned goods to their local food pantry to help others in need, Republican lawmakers don’t even show up to work.
October 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
While ordinary Americans are bringing canned goods to their local food pantry to help others in need, Republican lawmakers don’t even show up to work.
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Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
September 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
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We are not each other’s enemies.
Don’t let them convince you otherwise.
Don’t let them convince you otherwise.
McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
July 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We are not each other’s enemies.
Don’t let them convince you otherwise.
Don’t let them convince you otherwise.
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Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
May 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
Breathtaking. Heartbreaking.
We cannot let this stand.
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Every day a story that should tear at your soul.
She came here as a toddler, and would have been eligible for DACA if the program was not ended. Now she is in ICE detention because she took a right turn on a red light.
Her father is in the same detention center, arrested for a traffic violation two weeks prior.
newschannel9.com/news/local/f...
Her father is in the same detention center, arrested for a traffic violation two weeks prior.
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From traffic stop to ICE custody: Dalton student now in limbo, family wants answers
After a traffic stop for turning right on a red light in Dalton on Monday, a 19-year-old Dalton State student is now facing possible deportation.Friends say Xim
newschannel9.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Every day a story that should tear at your soul.
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
Wherever you are on April 5, there will be a way for you to join with others who care about what’s happening to our country.
handsoff2025.com
handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Wherever you are on April 5, there will be a way for you to join with others who care about what’s happening to our country.
handsoff2025.com
handsoff2025.com
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It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
March 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
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🔥 Speech by NM Rep Melanie Stansbury about how absurd it was for the DOGE subcommittee to hold meetings on walk-in cooler & refrigerant efficiency standards instead of the security breach by Hegseth & others.
March 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🔥 Speech by NM Rep Melanie Stansbury about how absurd it was for the DOGE subcommittee to hold meetings on walk-in cooler & refrigerant efficiency standards instead of the security breach by Hegseth & others.
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Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest should concern everyone who believes in free speech.
March 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest should concern everyone who believes in free speech.
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Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
March 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
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how is this real life?
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
how is this real life?
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
how are any of these people in charge of their own bedtimes and toys let alone the united states of america?
"The spokesman confirmed the veracity of the signal group, 'This appears to be an authentic message chain'...”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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hey nobody freak out but there are now over 600 rallies scheduled around the country for April 5th handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
hey nobody freak out but there are now over 600 rallies scheduled around the country for April 5th handsoff2025.com
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One million children untreated for severe acute malnutrition.
166,000 people dying from malaria.
Tuberculosis cases going up by 30%.
200,000 more children paralyzed by polio over the next decade.
This is the real cost of carelessly cutting USAID. Experts warned Trump & Musk. They did it anyway.
166,000 people dying from malaria.
Tuberculosis cases going up by 30%.
200,000 more children paralyzed by polio over the next decade.
This is the real cost of carelessly cutting USAID. Experts warned Trump & Musk. They did it anyway.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...
www.propublica.org
March 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
One million children untreated for severe acute malnutrition.
166,000 people dying from malaria.
Tuberculosis cases going up by 30%.
200,000 more children paralyzed by polio over the next decade.
This is the real cost of carelessly cutting USAID. Experts warned Trump & Musk. They did it anyway.
166,000 people dying from malaria.
Tuberculosis cases going up by 30%.
200,000 more children paralyzed by polio over the next decade.
This is the real cost of carelessly cutting USAID. Experts warned Trump & Musk. They did it anyway.
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes?
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce.
Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
February 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
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We've collected our articles and videos to help you understand why Zelensky's legitimacy is being questioned and how that plays into Russia's hands.
Confused about Zelensky’s legitimacy? Here’s what you need to know
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Feb. 19 that President Volodymyr Zelensky was a "modestly successful comedian" turned "dictator" who "refused to have elections."
This was the latest in a serie...
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February 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We've collected our articles and videos to help you understand why Zelensky's legitimacy is being questioned and how that plays into Russia's hands.