@mikeeoj.bsky.social
Yeller in the stands.
With the writer of words, in the newspaper margins, in a Birmingham jail..
Vonnegut, Saroyan, Tolstoi, Kingsolver, W.T.Vollmann, Upton Sinclair, Cormac Mccarthy, "The Count of Monte Cristo". I could go on, but you get the idea.
With the writer of words, in the newspaper margins, in a Birmingham jail..
Vonnegut, Saroyan, Tolstoi, Kingsolver, W.T.Vollmann, Upton Sinclair, Cormac Mccarthy, "The Count of Monte Cristo". I could go on, but you get the idea.
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· Jun 28
...the worst kind of one party state.. "invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." Hannah Arendt
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This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree
June 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This guy is just posted up outside of Congress and I’m honestly not sure what his political views are but I agree
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#ResistanceUnited
Almost 550,000 American workers are over 80. It's one of the fastest-growing demographics in the workforce. Many were unable to save enough to retire, or had a health emergency, or had to care for adult children. Many barely get by.
www.businessinsider.com/working-at-8...
Almost 550,000 American workers are over 80. It's one of the fastest-growing demographics in the workforce. Many were unable to save enough to retire, or had a health emergency, or had to care for adult children. Many barely get by.
www.businessinsider.com/working-at-8...
America's oldest workers can't retire. Here's how they're getting by.
For America's oldest workers, retirement isn't possible. Workers in their 80s live paycheck to paycheck, use Social Security, and dip into savings.
www.businessinsider.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#ResistanceUnited
Almost 550,000 American workers are over 80. It's one of the fastest-growing demographics in the workforce. Many were unable to save enough to retire, or had a health emergency, or had to care for adult children. Many barely get by.
www.businessinsider.com/working-at-8...
Almost 550,000 American workers are over 80. It's one of the fastest-growing demographics in the workforce. Many were unable to save enough to retire, or had a health emergency, or had to care for adult children. Many barely get by.
www.businessinsider.com/working-at-8...
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Read this.
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 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Read this.
100%
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 AM
100%
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“What we obtain too cheap,
we esteem too lightly:
it is dearness only that gives
every thing its value.”
Too true.
we esteem too lightly:
it is dearness only that gives
every thing its value.”
Too true.
December 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
“What we obtain too cheap,
we esteem too lightly:
it is dearness only that gives
every thing its value.”
Too true.
we esteem too lightly:
it is dearness only that gives
every thing its value.”
Too true.
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December 18, 2025
December 18, 2025
“These are the times that try men’s souls.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
December 18, 2025
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You know what to do. Repost this photo.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
You know what to do. Repost this photo.
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Not gonna lie, being haunted by only three spirits is a very slow evening for me and I would actually welcome the lull
December 24, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Not gonna lie, being haunted by only three spirits is a very slow evening for me and I would actually welcome the lull
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🤣 Trump seems pretty worried about Biden beating him in 2026...
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
🤣 Trump seems pretty worried about Biden beating him in 2026...
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This is how fascism works.
The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”…
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
BULLSHIT.
@repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition.
This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.
December 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is how fascism works.
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📽️ WATCH: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
📽️ WATCH: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
is the EXACT location of the LARGEST crime spree to EVER occur in the history
of our country.
is the EXACT location of the LARGEST crime spree to EVER occur in the history
of our country.
December 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
is the EXACT location of the LARGEST crime spree to EVER occur in the history
of our country.
is the EXACT location of the LARGEST crime spree to EVER occur in the history
of our country.
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Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Print. The. Truth. In. The. Newspapers.
What is journalism, anyway?
Total, comprehensive, systematic failure. Day after day after day.
Other choices, as always, remain readily available.
Print. The. Truth. In. The. Newspapers.
What is journalism, anyway?
Total, comprehensive, systematic failure. Day after day after day.
Other choices, as always, remain readily available.
@npr.org fails to say that the move to rename the Kennedy Center is illegal in its update
December 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Print. The. Truth. In. The. Newspapers.
What is journalism, anyway?
Total, comprehensive, systematic failure. Day after day after day.
Other choices, as always, remain readily available.
Print. The. Truth. In. The. Newspapers.
What is journalism, anyway?
Total, comprehensive, systematic failure. Day after day after day.
Other choices, as always, remain readily available.
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here's today's post: "old man yells at country" — scenes from a batshit speech.
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old man yells at country
scenes from a batshit speech
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
here's today's post: "old man yells at country" — scenes from a batshit speech.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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This was the funniest thing to open Bluesky up to see (at the top of my feed, no less, so perfect timing)! 🤣 @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jefftiedrich.bsky.social we're on the same damn wavelength.
![A screenshot of two skeets in a row. The first, Heather Cox Richardson, saying "What the absolute [expletive] was that?!?"
The second, Jeff Tiedrich, saying "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pfwphm3u4j3mj42gqvzkf3wo/bafkreid5mfiivyysrkaacvrzwr2b35b6bvdcjivtwkzmqczg6b5yv2fbkm@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This was the funniest thing to open Bluesky up to see (at the top of my feed, no less, so perfect timing)! 🤣 @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jefftiedrich.bsky.social we're on the same damn wavelength.
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This.
Fact checking Trump is a joke. Why not just report the true statements? Oh, nothing to talk about.
December 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This.
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That may be the most Trump thing ever: bribe soldiers with their own money
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
That may be the most Trump thing ever: bribe soldiers with their own money
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Optics. That's the extent of Trump policies that benefit ordinary people. And then piling benefits onto the already-wealthy is the real mission.
December 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Optics. That's the extent of Trump policies that benefit ordinary people. And then piling benefits onto the already-wealthy is the real mission.
"--My dear Mr. Fist (putting a hand on the knob of the office door), failure doesn't consist in negative judgements from without. It comes from within--a drying up, a diminution of response..."
from "Too Far to Walk"
by John Hershey, 1966
from "Too Far to Walk"
by John Hershey, 1966
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"--My dear Mr. Fist (putting a hand on the knob of the office door), failure doesn't consist in negative judgements from without. It comes from within--a drying up, a diminution of response..."
from "Too Far to Walk"
by John Hershey, 1966
from "Too Far to Walk"
by John Hershey, 1966