Marilyn R
@marilynr20.bsky.social
Retired. Formerly taught & worked in educational issues/policy for national organizations. Love history and have special appreciation for HCR and Joanne Freeman. Hope to preserve our democracy. As we fight the good fight, let’s keep our sense of humor.
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Trump’s Greatest Hits (No One Asked For)
YouTube video by Paula Poundstone
youtube.com
If you aren’t watching these short videos (usually daily) by comic Paula Poundstone on YouTube, FB or other social media sites, you’re really missing out. Using humor, they make strong political points. Here’s one from 12/18.
youtube.com/shorts/QoD_c...
youtube.com/shorts/QoD_c...
Think who profits from hollowing out NASA.
January 1, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Think who profits from hollowing out NASA.
Great recap of this year.
We made it to the last day of the year, bruised, clearer-eyed, and still standing. We pull the curtain back on Trump’s retribution politics, fraud hypocrisy, MAGA’s internal fractures, and the #Epstein line in the sand. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Still Standing on the Last Day
Fear, fraud, retribution, and the quiet work of surviving another year without surrendering democracy
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Great recap of this year.
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So the Putin claim about having been attacked was a complete hoax. Conversely, Putin has greenlit at least 6 assassination attempts on Zelenskyy since Feb 2022. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/v...
Valdai Residents Report No Signs of Claimed Ukrainian Drone Attack on Putin Residence - The Moscow Times
Residents of the town of Valdai in Russia’s Novgorod region said they neither heard nor saw signs of a large-scale drone attack overnight on Monday despite official claims that nearly 100 Ukrainian dr...
www.themoscowtimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
So the Putin claim about having been attacked was a complete hoax. Conversely, Putin has greenlit at least 6 assassination attempts on Zelenskyy since Feb 2022. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/v...
A reminder:
🧵This is Semion Mogilevich head of the Russian mafia and the grand don of world crime bosses.
Smuggling, human trafficking, weapons, forgery, money laundering, racketeering.
He ordered the killings of 100s of people with killing contracts.
He was also one of the first investors in Trump Tower.
Smuggling, human trafficking, weapons, forgery, money laundering, racketeering.
He ordered the killings of 100s of people with killing contracts.
He was also one of the first investors in Trump Tower.
December 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A reminder:
Saving this to find out more about this book. You may want to as well.
Charles Sumner was a leading voice in Congress for abolishing slavery and Reconstruction.
Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from an ambitious historical biography written by a law student. It ended up being my favorite book I read in 2025.
www.powells.com/book/charles...
Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from an ambitious historical biography written by a law student. It ended up being my favorite book I read in 2025.
www.powells.com/book/charles...
Charles Sumner Conscience of a Nation | Powell's Books
A landmark biography of Charles Sumner, the unsung hero of the American Civil War and Reconstruction Charles Sumner is mainly known as the statesman who barely survived a brutal caning on the Senate f...
www.powells.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Saving this to find out more about this book. You may want to as well.
Note:
There’s been a change on when your mail will receive a postmark. Until 12/24 of this year it was when you dropped off your letter. Now it’s when a machine processes your mail which could be days later. This has implications for time sensitive mail including vote by mail! There are ways around it!
December 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Note:
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December 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Smart woman. This is well worth your time to read.
Today’s piece looks past the spectacle of Trump’s “Golden Fleet” to what it really represents: backward strategy, lethal profiling, and an administration with no brakes. #uspolitics #authoritarianism #kakistocracy #warcrimes
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Battleships, Body Counts, and the Collapse of Restraint
How Trump’s Golden Fleet fantasy, Hegseth’s profiling doctrine, and a hollowed-out chain of command are dragging the U.S. backward, strategically, morally, and globally
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Smart woman. This is well worth your time to read.
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Before the Storm — Gregory Jacek Olejniczak, 2024
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Before the Storm — Gregory Jacek Olejniczak, 2024
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
Shout out to independent media, historians, comics and cartoonists using their appreciable skills to keep us informed and moving forward with fact-based information and humor while so much of legacy corporate media fails at its task.
December 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Shout out to independent media, historians, comics and cartoonists using their appreciable skills to keep us informed and moving forward with fact-based information and humor while so much of legacy corporate media fails at its task.
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Keep calling your Congress members. We can’t look away. This is happening in many states.
People are dying inside American concentration camps right now.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
Exclusive: 911 calls from migrant detention center highlight dire conditions
About 90 emergency 911 calls have been made from the Camp East Montana immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, during the 15 weeks since it opened.
www.elpasotimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Keep calling your Congress members. We can’t look away. This is happening in many states.
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WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
Critically important to read.
Trump appointed an envoy whose stated job is to make #Greenland part of the U.S. #Denmark summoned the ambassador. The EU invoked international law. This is annexation language, and it sounds uncomfortably familiar. #uspolitics #foreignpolicy #authoritarianism
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
If Greenland Is “Essential,” Who’s Next?
Trump’s annexation rhetoric makes Canada’s fears suddenly look realistic
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Critically important to read.
Yes! Excellent statement @sari.bsky.social
Turning Point USA calls me and other teachers “radical” for teaching honest history.
But here’s the truth: THEY are the indoctrinators.
They don’t teach inquiry.
They don’t teach evidence.
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But here’s the truth: THEY are the indoctrinators.
They don’t teach inquiry.
They don’t teach evidence.
1/
December 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Yes! Excellent statement @sari.bsky.social
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If you think switching which corporate owned legacy media outlet you consume is the solution, you don't really understand how deep the problem is. It's not just ABS, CBS, WaPo or the LA Times. It's the system in which they work.
The only solution is to support pro-democracy independent media.
The only solution is to support pro-democracy independent media.
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
If you think switching which corporate owned legacy media outlet you consume is the solution, you don't really understand how deep the problem is. It's not just ABS, CBS, WaPo or the LA Times. It's the system in which they work.
The only solution is to support pro-democracy independent media.
The only solution is to support pro-democracy independent media.
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This is something else. Lots of respect for @60minutes.bsky.social reporter Sharyn Alfonso for defending the integrity of her work.
What a disgrace for 60
Minutes. The Trump effect destroys every institution it touches.
GIFT LINK:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
What a disgrace for 60
Minutes. The Trump effect destroys every institution it touches.
GIFT LINK:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This is something else. Lots of respect for @60minutes.bsky.social reporter Sharyn Alfonso for defending the integrity of her work.
What a disgrace for 60
Minutes. The Trump effect destroys every institution it touches.
GIFT LINK:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
What a disgrace for 60
Minutes. The Trump effect destroys every institution it touches.
GIFT LINK:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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#Trump rambles about “perfect health,” panties, giraffes, and giving himself $1B, while #JackSmith’s damning Jan. 6 testimony stays hidden, #Epsteinfiles stall, and science is quietly dismantled. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Panties, Giraffes, and a Billion-Dollar Joke
While Trump rambles onstage, damning testimony stays hidden, Epstein files stall, and accountability is delayed by design
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#Trump rambles about “perfect health,” panties, giraffes, and giving himself $1B, while #JackSmith’s damning Jan. 6 testimony stays hidden, #Epsteinfiles stall, and science is quietly dismantled. #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
A good read as usual. Check out Mary Geddry here and on Substack if you haven’t already.
Trump’s #DOJ just admitted it’s violating federal law to withhold #Epsteinfiles. The #WhiteHouse responded with propaganda, merch, and a pay-to-play “Gold Card.” #uspolitics #kakistocracy #authoritarianism
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Scandal in the Morning, Merch by Noon
The Epstein law is broken, the economy is fictional, and citizenship is now for sale
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A good read as usual. Check out Mary Geddry here and on Substack if you haven’t already.
A must-read article. “The second Trump administration can no longer identify any specific countries that might wish harm to the United States, or any specific actions they might be taking to do harm.” Time for more people to educate themselves on foreign policy and threats to our national security.
If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
A must-read article. “The second Trump administration can no longer identify any specific countries that might wish harm to the United States, or any specific actions they might be taking to do harm.” Time for more people to educate themselves on foreign policy and threats to our national security.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Just to be clear. It’s the John F Kennedy center legally.
Just like it’s still the department of defense
Just like it’s still the department of defense
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Just to be clear. It’s the John F Kennedy center legally.
Just like it’s still the department of defense
Just like it’s still the department of defense
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ATTN MILITARY: That $1776 you’re getting? He’s taking it out of your already approved BHA and putting his name on it. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
ATTN MILITARY: That $1776 you’re getting? He’s taking it out of your already approved BHA and putting his name on it. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!
If you aren’t watching these short videos (usually daily) by comic Paula Poundstone on YouTube, FB or other social media sites, you’re really missing out. Using humor, they make strong political points. Here’s one from 12/18.
youtube.com/shorts/QoD_c...
youtube.com/shorts/QoD_c...
Trump’s Greatest Hits (No One Asked For)
YouTube video by Paula Poundstone
youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If you aren’t watching these short videos (usually daily) by comic Paula Poundstone on YouTube, FB or other social media sites, you’re really missing out. Using humor, they make strong political points. Here’s one from 12/18.
youtube.com/shorts/QoD_c...
youtube.com/shorts/QoD_c...