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Jeanette DeMain
@jeanettedemain.bsky.social
480 followers 160 following 1.4K posts
Married
Childless cat lady
Retired union member & union employee
Unrepentant liberal
Aging post-punk
Avid reader
Public ed advocate
Political junkie
CLE native
Kent State graduate
Nashville prisoner (As in, "I hate it here, but I'm stuck for now.")
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About damn time The Cure won a Grammy or two.
February 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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This guy showed up at a rally here in Nashville this past June. He unholstered and brandished his weapon. Taken into custody. Not pepper sprayed, beaten, or killed.
January 25, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Is there any normal person who doesn't think to themselves, when listening to Jim Jordan's whiny little schoolyard bully voice, "Gawd, what an asshole."?
January 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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Rage and sorrow.
Sorrow and rage.
Rage and sorrow.
Sorrow and rage.

Emotions will overflow into the streets. A reckoning is coming.
January 8, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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www.lawdork.com/p/venezuela-...
A new, old type of lawlessness as Trump attacks Venezuela — and an opening for a better America
The legal discussion is dark in the wake of the U.S. military taking Nicolás Maduro to the U.S. The path America is on today, however, is not where we need to go.
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January 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Photo of lower legs and feet of a female ballet dancer in first position, wearing tights and pointe shoes. Text reads: Elections are like ballet. Turnout matters! Early voting starts today for TN-07! Democrats must turn out! Elect Aftyn Behn!
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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We are ready!
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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ecmclaughlin.bsky.social Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · Oct 21
I wonder if that new ballroom will be big enough to hold a Nuremberg trial.
October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Nashville No Kings 2.0
October 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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NYT Spelling Bee with the word of the day.
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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And yup again.
olgainseattle.bsky.social Olga @olgainseattle.bsky.social · Sep 24
It looks like someone grabbed a Bic ballpoint and had to go over the letters multiple times to make them visible. "Hey, you got a pen I could borrow?"
September 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Yup.
sarahsmiles17.bsky.social Sarah Jane PharmD @sarahsmiles17.bsky.social · Sep 24
“Quick write something anti-ICE on the bullet so we can say it was liberals”

*shrugs, writes anti-ICE*
September 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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There is no amount of decency from Democrats that will appease an administration that has been fomenting violence against “the left” for months and years. I’m not saying to stop being decent. Just know that it no longer matters. It won’t stop what’s coming.
September 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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It's difficult to describe what the music of The Smiths has meant - and still means - to me. I guess sometimes you just have to separate the art from the artist. Unfortunately, Morrissey makes it hard.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/a...
Morrissey Seeks to Sell His Rights to the Smiths’ Songs
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Trump gearing up to terrorize DC tonight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV1Y...
Police Truck
YouTube video by Dead Kennedys - Topic
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August 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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At least music still makes me smile.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m136...
Wynonie Harris Grandma Plays The Numbers
YouTube video by Heath Wilson
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August 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Not fair.
August 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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The news about the proposed nuclear reactor on the moon reminded me of this. Our government is a Mr. Show skit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTJ3...
Mr. Show - Blow Up the Moon
YouTube video by Laser Time
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August 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Remembering the crew of the USS Indianapolis on this, the 80th anniversary of its sinking. Only one survivor remains alive today.
A black and white photograph of the USS Indianapolis CA-35.
July 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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July 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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This. Exactly this.
sassyceo.bsky.social Sassy CEO @sassyceo.bsky.social · Jul 7
I'm so tired of posts asking us to not politicize tragedies. Politics is why climate change is happening & being denied. Politics is why scientists are fired, mocked, undermined, and defunded. Politics is why alert systems are not in place, and why people are dying when they should not be.
July 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Nobody ever said life was free...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Mj...
Freedom of Choice (2023 Remaster)
YouTube video by DEVO - Topic
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July 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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I published this blog fifteen years ago on Open Salon when Bill Moyers Journal ended its run on PBS, and I just re-published it on WordPress. (I can't guarantee that all of the links still work.)
jeanettedemain.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/t...
Thank You, Bill Moyers
(This blog was originally published on Open Salon on April 30, 2010, to commemorate the final episode of Bill Moyers Journal.) I am a creature of habit.  Routine gives me comfort and security.…
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June 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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I expected the downfall of American democracy to be devastating and infuriating.

I underestimated the extent to which it would be dumb and embarrassing.
March 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM