Louis Cook 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇲🇳 🇰🇬 🇧🇯 🇮🇪 🇬🇧
@peedeelou.bsky.social
Bi-vocational & bi-locational Southern Baptist pastor serving the Lord in Eastern NC. Trying to sow gospel seeds and working in the harvest. Not a fan of injustice, bigotry, and hate.
Stay strong Benin 🇧🇯
BREAKING: The coup in Benin on Sunday has been 'foiled,' the Minister of Interior says in a video on Facebook.
Soldiers announce apparent military coup in Benin
A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Stay strong Benin 🇧🇯
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On this day in 1915, the Supreme Court upheld a law providing that an American woman could be stripped of citizenship upon marriage to a foreign husband. U.S. men marrying foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.
Dec. 6, 1915 | Supreme Court Rules American Women With Foreign Husbands Lose Citizenship
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1915, the Supreme Court upheld a law providing that an American woman could be stripped of citizenship upon marriage to a foreign husband. U.S. men marrying foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.
Well done Marty Cash!
Up the Villa today!
Up the Villa today!
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Well done Marty Cash!
Up the Villa today!
Up the Villa today!
“Donald Trump seems to be slowing down, and doubts about his health are growing. Increasingly, there is criticism from within his own party: the US president appears vulnerable.”
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“Donald Trump seems to be slowing down, and doubts about his health are growing. Increasingly, there is criticism from within his own party: the US president appears vulnerable.”
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Over 74,000 Alameda County residents on Covered California plans could see health insurance premiums increase if tax credits aren't extended.
Many East Bay residents consider giving up health insurance with premiums set to skyrocket
Over 74,000 Alameda County residents on Covered California plans could see health insurance premiums increase if tax credits aren't extended.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Over 74,000 Alameda County residents on Covered California plans could see health insurance premiums increase if tax credits aren't extended.
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President of Ukraine:
The Russians started the war, and there are no alternatives to this wording. The whole world is a witness. They came with aggression to destroy us.
We stopped them. Europe helped, America helped.
The Russians started the war, and there are no alternatives to this wording. The whole world is a witness. They came with aggression to destroy us.
We stopped them. Europe helped, America helped.
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
President of Ukraine:
The Russians started the war, and there are no alternatives to this wording. The whole world is a witness. They came with aggression to destroy us.
We stopped them. Europe helped, America helped.
The Russians started the war, and there are no alternatives to this wording. The whole world is a witness. They came with aggression to destroy us.
We stopped them. Europe helped, America helped.
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
Four goals from three Manchester United Academy graduates today with an assist by another(Harry Amass on loan at @swfc.co.uk)
Two goals for Charlie McNeil (SW)
A long awaited goal by Ben Whitman for @pnefcpost.bsky.social(club isn’t on here)
Then a goal by Evan Galbraith for Swansea.
Well done lads.
Two goals for Charlie McNeil (SW)
A long awaited goal by Ben Whitman for @pnefcpost.bsky.social(club isn’t on here)
Then a goal by Evan Galbraith for Swansea.
Well done lads.
November 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Four goals from three Manchester United Academy graduates today with an assist by another(Harry Amass on loan at @swfc.co.uk)
Two goals for Charlie McNeil (SW)
A long awaited goal by Ben Whitman for @pnefcpost.bsky.social(club isn’t on here)
Then a goal by Evan Galbraith for Swansea.
Well done lads.
Two goals for Charlie McNeil (SW)
A long awaited goal by Ben Whitman for @pnefcpost.bsky.social(club isn’t on here)
Then a goal by Evan Galbraith for Swansea.
Well done lads.
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⚡ Russia is pulling fighters from all over the world.
Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation says Moscow has recruited nationals from 128 countries to fill its ranks.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation says Moscow has recruited nationals from 128 countries to fill its ranks.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
November 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
⚡ Russia is pulling fighters from all over the world.
Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation says Moscow has recruited nationals from 128 countries to fill its ranks.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation says Moscow has recruited nationals from 128 countries to fill its ranks.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
Shame on the President of Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Shame on the President of Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬
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How the Republican Party started. How it's going.
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
How the Republican Party started. How it's going.
I got the blue one and unlike any other holiday sweater that I have worn in the past, this one drew compliments from family, friends, and others. I am well pleased.
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I got the blue one and unlike any other holiday sweater that I have worn in the past, this one drew compliments from family, friends, and others. I am well pleased.
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The disturbing normality with which Israeli forces executed two Palestinian men who had surrendered shows the impunity for such atrocities that Israeli troops believe they enjoy. The only difference: this time they were filmed. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank who appeared to be surrendering
Israeli security forces shot two Palestinian men on Thursday who appeared to be surrendering and unarmed during a raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine TV news footage showed.
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The disturbing normality with which Israeli forces executed two Palestinian men who had surrendered shows the impunity for such atrocities that Israeli troops believe they enjoy. The only difference: this time they were filmed. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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"If it weren’t for Ukraine, Russian tanks would already be in Poland. For four years, Ukraine has been fighting for all of Europe, and we are still debating whether to admit it to NATO." - Kasparov criticized NATO at the International Security Forum in Halifax.
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"If it weren’t for Ukraine, Russian tanks would already be in Poland. For four years, Ukraine has been fighting for all of Europe, and we are still debating whether to admit it to NATO." - Kasparov criticized NATO at the International Security Forum in Halifax.
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Eisenhower in a 1954 address at Columbia University: “we will drive from the temple of freedom all who seek to establish over us thought control—whether they be agents of a foreign state or demagogues thirsty for personal power and public notice.”
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Eisenhower in a 1954 address at Columbia University: “we will drive from the temple of freedom all who seek to establish over us thought control—whether they be agents of a foreign state or demagogues thirsty for personal power and public notice.”
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Abuse survivor Christa Brown condemns Megyn Kelly’s “barely legal” remarks about Epstein's victims, saying it minimizes child rape.
Brown recounts how an SBC pastor abused her, showing how such rhetoric inflicts harm and reinforces a culture of child exploitation.
julieroys.com/church-abuse...
Brown recounts how an SBC pastor abused her, showing how such rhetoric inflicts harm and reinforces a culture of child exploitation.
julieroys.com/church-abuse...
Church Abuse Survivor Responds to Current Rhetoric About 'Barely Legal' Girls
Survivor Christa Brown rebukes Megyn Kelly’s “barely legal” framing, exposing how such rhetoric minimizes child rape and harms survivors.
julieroys.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Abuse survivor Christa Brown condemns Megyn Kelly’s “barely legal” remarks about Epstein's victims, saying it minimizes child rape.
Brown recounts how an SBC pastor abused her, showing how such rhetoric inflicts harm and reinforces a culture of child exploitation.
julieroys.com/church-abuse...
Brown recounts how an SBC pastor abused her, showing how such rhetoric inflicts harm and reinforces a culture of child exploitation.
julieroys.com/church-abuse...
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Ukraine has a manpower problem. Why is it allowing men under 23 to leave the country and avoid conscription?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/ukrainian-men-approaching-military-age-are-fleeing-in-droves
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/ukrainian-men-approaching-military-age-are-fleeing-in-droves
Ukrainian Men Approaching Military Age Are Fleeing in Droves
A new policy has led to an exodus of male citizens. Will they return if the war ends?
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ukraine has a manpower problem. Why is it allowing men under 23 to leave the country and avoid conscription?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/ukrainian-men-approaching-military-age-are-fleeing-in-droves
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/ukrainian-men-approaching-military-age-are-fleeing-in-droves
Not a Democratic Socialist but I am pleased to see a politician held to account for their crimes.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Not a Democratic Socialist but I am pleased to see a politician held to account for their crimes.
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I am in episode 3 of the Ken Burns series, and for the record I would not have known but for this that Rahway NJ used to be known as "Spanktown."
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I am in episode 3 of the Ken Burns series, and for the record I would not have known but for this that Rahway NJ used to be known as "Spanktown."
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
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Woke up with this Stone Roses track (and Mani's immortal bassline) ringing in my ears this morning, and now I get why. R.I.P. to the bedrock of the Roses and one of my favorite bassists ever. THE ONE. 👑
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aqY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aqY...
The Stone Roses - This Is The One
YouTube video by JM9364
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November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Woke up with this Stone Roses track (and Mani's immortal bassline) ringing in my ears this morning, and now I get why. R.I.P. to the bedrock of the Roses and one of my favorite bassists ever. THE ONE. 👑
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aqY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aqY...
One of the English things that helps remind me that I am an American is cricket.
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
One of the English things that helps remind me that I am an American is cricket.
The last stanza of “Litany for Dictatorships” by Stephen Vincent Benet published in The Atlantic magazine in 1935.
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The last stanza of “Litany for Dictatorships” by Stephen Vincent Benet published in The Atlantic magazine in 1935.
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“I think that many of these college journalists are laser-focused on their beats, are developing great sources among administrators, faculty and students, and are unfazed by the possibility that their stories might piss off a valued source or two” — Columbia Journalism School professor Bill Grueskin
You know what media is NOT bending the knee in the Trump era? College journalists! The Harvard Crimson's brutal takedown of the lecherous ex-prez Larry Summers is just the latest example of students showing a failing 'grown-up' media how it's done
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
College journalism exposes the rot of ‘grown-ups’ | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus a history lesson on the real ‘Charlotte’s Web,’ and fascism,
www.inquirer.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“I think that many of these college journalists are laser-focused on their beats, are developing great sources among administrators, faculty and students, and are unfazed by the possibility that their stories might piss off a valued source or two” — Columbia Journalism School professor Bill Grueskin