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🎶Vinyl collector & concert addict, good reads, show poodles & a grumpy cat. Kindness & character matter. Democracy matters. 💙Native Southerner. BA & MA Journalism
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This situation has sent me to rereading the words of Elie Wiesel (WWII concentration camp survivor, Nobel prize winner)
“In any society, fanatics who hate don’t only hate me—they hate you, too. They hate everybody.
“In any society, fanatics who hate don’t only hate me—they hate you, too. They hate everybody.
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ON XAI IN MEMPHIS: “There’s a horrible, sulfurous smell in the air… residents don’t want to open their windows… BOXTOWN is 90% Black… Musk did everything behind closed doors… environmental racism… not many jobs, no direct investment in BOXTOWN…”
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
ON XAI IN MEMPHIS: “There’s a horrible, sulfurous smell in the air… residents don’t want to open their windows… BOXTOWN is 90% Black… Musk did everything behind closed doors… environmental racism… not many jobs, no direct investment in BOXTOWN…”
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Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.
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Measles outbreaks are spreading across the U.S., and the country is now at risk of losing its disease-elimination status. Infectious disease experts say this is directly tied to Trump appointing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS. Are we great yet?
December 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Measles outbreaks are spreading across the U.S., and the country is now at risk of losing its disease-elimination status. Infectious disease experts say this is directly tied to Trump appointing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS. Are we great yet?
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A very happy 100th birthday to the legendary and supremely talented Dick Van Dyke. 💙
December 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A very happy 100th birthday to the legendary and supremely talented Dick Van Dyke. 💙
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
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December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
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He must be reading a part where Cheryl said he is a faithful and devoted husband.
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
He must be reading a part where Cheryl said he is a faithful and devoted husband.
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Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Q: Should Netflix be allowed to buy Warner Brothers?
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
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Duckworth cites the Geneva Convention in calling Hegseth’s second strike on a on so called “drug boat”, murder.
Under all the international laws of warfare, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual.. you are not allowed to kill them.”
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Under all the international laws of warfare, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual.. you are not allowed to kill them.”
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news
Duckworth calls second strike on alleged drug boat ‘essentially murder’ — FOX 32 Chicago
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth criticized strikes on alleged drug boats, and called an second hit on the wreckage of a boat
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December 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Duckworth cites the Geneva Convention in calling Hegseth’s second strike on a on so called “drug boat”, murder.
Under all the international laws of warfare, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual.. you are not allowed to kill them.”
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news
Under all the international laws of warfare, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual.. you are not allowed to kill them.”
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news
Trump’s participation Medal for the smartest person ever is much smaller than Tom Cruise’s Scientology medal.
From the popculturechat community on Reddit: Speaking of preposterous celebrities proudly receiving absurd awards from their corrupt buddies, here's a throwback to Tom Cruise in 2004 receiving the fir...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Trump’s participation Medal for the smartest person ever is much smaller than Tom Cruise’s Scientology medal.
Thank you to those who post the second half of Face the Nation.
In the Bible belt, Joel Osteen needs his time to con the elderly with prosperity gospel.
In the Bible belt, Joel Osteen needs his time to con the elderly with prosperity gospel.
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thank you to those who post the second half of Face the Nation.
In the Bible belt, Joel Osteen needs his time to con the elderly with prosperity gospel.
In the Bible belt, Joel Osteen needs his time to con the elderly with prosperity gospel.
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Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"
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Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."
I had another random fainting episode last Wednesday that sent me to the ER. This has been going on randomly for several years, but never correctly diagnosed. Now I know it is a automatic response to my severe back pain. I wish drs. saw people as individuals rather than research subjects.
December 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I had another random fainting episode last Wednesday that sent me to the ER. This has been going on randomly for several years, but never correctly diagnosed. Now I know it is a automatic response to my severe back pain. I wish drs. saw people as individuals rather than research subjects.
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HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
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Genuine question: has any GOP member of house or senate spoken out about the Dept of defense and Hegseth threatening sen Mark Kelly with lawfare? Beyond disturbing
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Genuine question: has any GOP member of house or senate spoken out about the Dept of defense and Hegseth threatening sen Mark Kelly with lawfare? Beyond disturbing
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
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If Bill Clinton's implicated, I'll simply have to burn my Bill Clinton shrine with all my Bill Clinton baseball caps and my Bill Clinton Bibles and my Bill Clinton t-shirts and my Bill Clinton playing cards and my Bill Clinton gold-plated coins and my Bill Clinton flags and my Bill Clinton shoes.
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If Bill Clinton's implicated, I'll simply have to burn my Bill Clinton shrine with all my Bill Clinton baseball caps and my Bill Clinton Bibles and my Bill Clinton t-shirts and my Bill Clinton playing cards and my Bill Clinton gold-plated coins and my Bill Clinton flags and my Bill Clinton shoes.
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Any Democrat who "trusts" notoriously deceitful Republicans to keep their word on an ACA vote deal is too naive/stupid to be in office.
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Any Democrat who "trusts" notoriously deceitful Republicans to keep their word on an ACA vote deal is too naive/stupid to be in office.
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
Let's fix that next time they are up for election. #PrimaryTheIdiots
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Go, @nickjudin.bsky.social!
A standard at the @mississippifreepress.org is to question officialdom. No vapid stenography. Think. Ask.
A standard at the @mississippifreepress.org is to question officialdom. No vapid stenography. Think. Ask.
"We did want to get the story out quickly," reporter @nickjudin.bsky.social told me. But something was off.
"Why would a study have a grab bag of random viruses in a handful of primates? What study necessitates infecting primates and shipping them around the country?
"It just didn’t add up."
"Why would a study have a grab bag of random viruses in a handful of primates? What study necessitates infecting primates and shipping them around the country?
"It just didn’t add up."
You might have seen that story about the monkeys -- supposedly infected w/ herpes and COVID -- that escaped a crashed truck in Mississippi.
It was not journalism's finest hour. (With an exception or two.)
In today's Laurels & Darts, via @columjournreview.bsky.social
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It was not journalism's finest hour. (With an exception or two.)
In today's Laurels & Darts, via @columjournreview.bsky.social
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Go, @nickjudin.bsky.social!
A standard at the @mississippifreepress.org is to question officialdom. No vapid stenography. Think. Ask.
A standard at the @mississippifreepress.org is to question officialdom. No vapid stenography. Think. Ask.
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Donald Trump is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
This is who he is.
This is who he is.
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Donald Trump is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.
This is who he is.
This is who he is.
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When you desperately want to starve Americans:
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When you desperately want to starve Americans:
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The pro-birth, anti-life, anti- feed hungry kids, trump administration has asked a federal appeals court today to block a judge’s order that it distributes November’s full monthly SNAP food benefits. Because, fuck those hungry peasants. 🙄
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Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The pro-birth, anti-life, anti- feed hungry kids, trump administration has asked a federal appeals court today to block a judge’s order that it distributes November’s full monthly SNAP food benefits. Because, fuck those hungry peasants. 🙄
apnews.com/article/snap...
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