Laura Shamas
@laurashamas.bsky.social
Writer. Ph.D. www.laurashamas.com. I’m a Chickasaw Nation citizen. #postcardstovoters To buy my play FOUR WOMEN IN RED: https://www.broadwayplaypublishing.com/the-plays/four-women-in-red/. 🇺🇦
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OK, folklore and mythology people, I’m looking for Merlin analogues/equivalents in European history, any suggestions?
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
OK, folklore and mythology people, I’m looking for Merlin analogues/equivalents in European history, any suggestions?
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Saving the fall cinema…WICKED: FOR GOOD
“Wicked: For Good” is second only to “A Minecraft Movie” for 2025’s biggest opening weekend.
‘Wicked: For Good’ Dominates Box Office With $150 Million Opening—Beating Last Year’s First Installment
“Wicked: For Good” is second only to “A Minecraft Movie” for 2025’s biggest opening weekend.
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Saving the fall cinema…WICKED: FOR GOOD
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It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
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Hey WICKED fans, don’t miss the brilliant, fabulous, and hilarious Winnie Holzman in Season Two of MAN ON THE INSIDE (Netflix). She plays Professor Pamela Malgrentz!
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Hey WICKED fans, don’t miss the brilliant, fabulous, and hilarious Winnie Holzman in Season Two of MAN ON THE INSIDE (Netflix). She plays Professor Pamela Malgrentz!
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Thankful to all the volunteers who came out this week!!!!
We got this y'all :)
We got this y'all :)
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Thankful to all the volunteers who came out this week!!!!
We got this y'all :)
We got this y'all :)
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"This is one of the greatest geopolitical mistakes of my lifetime" - Senator Angus King on Trump's selling out of Ukraine to Putin.
I agree, and it is why we must fight this rancid appeasement with everything we got. My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/this-is-on...
I agree, and it is why we must fight this rancid appeasement with everything we got. My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/this-is-on...
"This is one of the most serious geopolitical mistakes of my lifetime" - Senator Angus King on Trump's rancid betrayal of Ukraine and the West
Historian, author, commentator Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins us live tomorrow at 130pm EST
www.hopiumchronicles.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"This is one of the greatest geopolitical mistakes of my lifetime" - Senator Angus King on Trump's selling out of Ukraine to Putin.
I agree, and it is why we must fight this rancid appeasement with everything we got. My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/this-is-on...
I agree, and it is why we must fight this rancid appeasement with everything we got. My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/this-is-on...
Hey WICKED fans, don’t miss the brilliant, fabulous, and hilarious Winnie Holzman in Season Two of MAN ON THE INSIDE (Netflix). She plays Professor Pamela Malgrentz!
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Hey WICKED fans, don’t miss the brilliant, fabulous, and hilarious Winnie Holzman in Season Two of MAN ON THE INSIDE (Netflix). She plays Professor Pamela Malgrentz!
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The plan was leaked by the Russians and no one in America’s historically inept administration knew what anyone else was doing so people started getting behind it because they thought it was official policy.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The plan was leaked by the Russians and no one in America’s historically inept administration knew what anyone else was doing so people started getting behind it because they thought it was official policy.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
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Witkoff must go, now.
Congress just loudly rebuked Trump on his rancid Epstein cover up.
Now it must rebuke him for attempting to surrender Ukraine to Putin. Let’s work together to deliver a very loud vote of “no confidence” in the days ahead.
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/congress-l...
Now it must rebuke him for attempting to surrender Ukraine to Putin. Let’s work together to deliver a very loud vote of “no confidence” in the days ahead.
My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/congress-l...
Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
“The President’s appeasement plan to Russia is forcing our hand" - Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.)
www.hopiumchronicles.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Witkoff must go, now.
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I want to make dreams come true for my students. Would you be able to repost to help make sure students in rural SC have a meal & a gift to unwrap? Please repost to help make the holidays merry. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... www.walmart.com/registry/tr/...
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I want to make dreams come true for my students. Would you be able to repost to help make sure students in rural SC have a meal & a gift to unwrap? Please repost to help make the holidays merry. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... www.walmart.com/registry/tr/...
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This is a useful perspective. Epstein, Trump, Nuzzi, Robert Kennedy Jr., and others all get the coverage they do because their social class is viewed as desirable by the journalists who cover them. Imagine what would police-blotter-style coverage would look like.
I don't know how anyone with a conscience writes a story like this. How they decide that this awful business should be covered like its fodder for the society page rather than something picked up off the crime blotter.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is a useful perspective. Epstein, Trump, Nuzzi, Robert Kennedy Jr., and others all get the coverage they do because their social class is viewed as desirable by the journalists who cover them. Imagine what would police-blotter-style coverage would look like.
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After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
I don’t know them —but who doesn’t love Oscar Wilde? ❤️
Emma Thompson, one of Stephen Fry’s best friends since they were undergraduates, at Cambridge University, told Rebecca Mead that she and Fry have long shared a great love of Oscar Wilde. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/oD-CKb
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I don’t know them —but who doesn’t love Oscar Wilde? ❤️
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What RFK Jr. doesn’t want you to know is that in 2019, his anti-vax nonsense caused a measles outbreak in Samoa that infected 5700 and killed 83 people, most of them children.
RFK Jr. wants you to know that he’s personally responsible for the anti-vax misinformation on the CDC's website
RFK Jr. wants you to know he’s personally responsible for anti-vax misinformation on CDC website
He told the New York Times there’s no proof that vaccines don’t cause autism, which is a lie.
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
What RFK Jr. doesn’t want you to know is that in 2019, his anti-vax nonsense caused a measles outbreak in Samoa that infected 5700 and killed 83 people, most of them children.
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The “deal” deprives Ukraine of everything it has won by withstanding Russian aggression and defending the borders of Europe.
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
28 Points Later
A definitive guide to the Russian zombie diplomacy of Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine — aka what happens when you let the Russians eat your brains
www.greatpower.us
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The “deal” deprives Ukraine of everything it has won by withstanding Russian aggression and defending the borders of Europe.
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
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For the life of me I don't understand why posts like this are not creating intense discussion about Trump's fitness for office. If our leader is not aware of what is happening around him, does not see the sky as blue, how can he remain in this job?
It's profoundly dangerous for the country.
It's profoundly dangerous for the country.
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
For the life of me I don't understand why posts like this are not creating intense discussion about Trump's fitness for office. If our leader is not aware of what is happening around him, does not see the sky as blue, how can he remain in this job?
It's profoundly dangerous for the country.
It's profoundly dangerous for the country.
What is happening?
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
What is happening?
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Relying on local leaders to reach families, WCK #ChefsForNavajo teams distributed meal kits to community members impacted by delays to SNAP benefits. Thanks to local community members like Ollie and Tonna (slide 1), who speak Navajo, we’ve reached 1000+ people with groceries to cook with.
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Relying on local leaders to reach families, WCK #ChefsForNavajo teams distributed meal kits to community members impacted by delays to SNAP benefits. Thanks to local community members like Ollie and Tonna (slide 1), who speak Navajo, we’ve reached 1000+ people with groceries to cook with.
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JOIN US!
December 1st for a virtual GOTV rally. We will have LEGENDARY surprise guests -- you don't want to miss this ;)
If you haven't voted yet, make sure you find your polling location TODAY and make a PLAN TO VOTE!!
Link in bio to sign up and more!
December 1st for a virtual GOTV rally. We will have LEGENDARY surprise guests -- you don't want to miss this ;)
If you haven't voted yet, make sure you find your polling location TODAY and make a PLAN TO VOTE!!
Link in bio to sign up and more!
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
JOIN US!
December 1st for a virtual GOTV rally. We will have LEGENDARY surprise guests -- you don't want to miss this ;)
If you haven't voted yet, make sure you find your polling location TODAY and make a PLAN TO VOTE!!
Link in bio to sign up and more!
December 1st for a virtual GOTV rally. We will have LEGENDARY surprise guests -- you don't want to miss this ;)
If you haven't voted yet, make sure you find your polling location TODAY and make a PLAN TO VOTE!!
Link in bio to sign up and more!
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Today is the day that Zohran Mamdani truly became president
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Today is the day that Zohran Mamdani truly became president
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This is shameful, and I urge the Trump Administration to immediately reverse this decision. We need all eyes on missing and murdered Native American women and girls and their stories. oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/t...
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is shameful, and I urge the Trump Administration to immediately reverse this decision. We need all eyes on missing and murdered Native American women and girls and their stories. oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/t...
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It's dizzying (in good way!) how many small and independent newsrooms are in Los Angeles. More spinning up as described in article.
Not sugar coating news economics here. Still, these upstarts are SO valuable to civic life and community!
Important we support them ALL when it comes to press rights.
Not sugar coating news economics here. Still, these upstarts are SO valuable to civic life and community!
Important we support them ALL when it comes to press rights.
“More of everything”: In Los Angeles, an “explosion” of new efforts aim to up the city’s local news game
A well-funded coalition building out neighborhood news, a new newsletter from an expanding for-profit site, and a nonprofit breaking through on social media are just a few examples of the latest bids ...
www.niemanlab.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It's dizzying (in good way!) how many small and independent newsrooms are in Los Angeles. More spinning up as described in article.
Not sugar coating news economics here. Still, these upstarts are SO valuable to civic life and community!
Important we support them ALL when it comes to press rights.
Not sugar coating news economics here. Still, these upstarts are SO valuable to civic life and community!
Important we support them ALL when it comes to press rights.