Dana
@dsettel13.bsky.social
Retired History, Language Arts, Middle School Teacher. Defender of democracy. Love my family, home remodeling, my sweet pup, gardening, sports, and Outlander.
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Really important thread.🧵
Don’t be distracted by individual clickbait events…look at them in the context of the bigger picture.
Don’t be distracted by individual clickbait events…look at them in the context of the bigger picture.
From J6 insurrection to Schmitt's humiliation, there is a straight line. The latter covered up the former to confuse understanding of Trump's treason. A THREAD.
1. Let's not say goodbye to Eric Schmitt just yet.
His story is about more than a power-mad senator falling on his face. It's part of a larger story about the Republicans defending the leader of an insurrection against the United States.
His story is about more than a power-mad senator falling on his face. It's part of a larger story about the Republicans defending the leader of an insurrection against the United States.
October 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Really important thread.🧵
Don’t be distracted by individual clickbait events…look at them in the context of the bigger picture.
Don’t be distracted by individual clickbait events…look at them in the context of the bigger picture.
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I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate.
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-abdul-el-sayed
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-abdul-el-sayed
Senator Abdul El-Sayed
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States
robertreich.substack.com
September 30, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate.
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-abdul-el-sayed
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-abdul-el-sayed
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Rape deserves charges and jail time. Tell your friends.
Rape is bad. Tell your friends.
September 29, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Rape deserves charges and jail time. Tell your friends.
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Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
September 29, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
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Amid all the coverage of it, this Washinging Post column does the best — for me — in explaining why the Pool fights matter. Via @brianstelter.bsky.social
See the original: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
See the original: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
September 28, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Amid all the coverage of it, this Washinging Post column does the best — for me — in explaining why the Pool fights matter. Via @brianstelter.bsky.social
See the original: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
See the original: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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"The reason I protested in the 1st place was the anti-democratic behavior of Speaker Sexton."
Asked if he'd protest in congress as he did in Tennessee (for gun safety laws to protect kids), @justinjpearson.bsky.social reminds NC5 Sexton's authoritarianism necessitated it.
Asked if he'd protest in congress as he did in Tennessee (for gun safety laws to protect kids), @justinjpearson.bsky.social reminds NC5 Sexton's authoritarianism necessitated it.
September 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"The reason I protested in the 1st place was the anti-democratic behavior of Speaker Sexton."
Asked if he'd protest in congress as he did in Tennessee (for gun safety laws to protect kids), @justinjpearson.bsky.social reminds NC5 Sexton's authoritarianism necessitated it.
Asked if he'd protest in congress as he did in Tennessee (for gun safety laws to protect kids), @justinjpearson.bsky.social reminds NC5 Sexton's authoritarianism necessitated it.
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So far Trump has tried to rig the midterms by:
1. Attempted to nationalize voter registration & voting requirements.
2. Mid-decade gerrymanders.
3. Tried to use the USPS to obstruct mail-in balloting.
4. Used taxpayer money for ads.
5. Intimidation of election officials.
1. Attempted to nationalize voter registration & voting requirements.
2. Mid-decade gerrymanders.
3. Tried to use the USPS to obstruct mail-in balloting.
4. Used taxpayer money for ads.
5. Intimidation of election officials.
September 28, 2026 at 10:33 AM
So far Trump has tried to rig the midterms by:
1. Attempted to nationalize voter registration & voting requirements.
2. Mid-decade gerrymanders.
3. Tried to use the USPS to obstruct mail-in balloting.
4. Used taxpayer money for ads.
5. Intimidation of election officials.
1. Attempted to nationalize voter registration & voting requirements.
2. Mid-decade gerrymanders.
3. Tried to use the USPS to obstruct mail-in balloting.
4. Used taxpayer money for ads.
5. Intimidation of election officials.
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Bill Kristol: "As Cardinal McElroy put it, we need to not avert our eyes but to 'recognize the evil that is being carried out in our name and fight it.' And we need to 'seek to convert our political representatives or replace them.' In five weeks, we can replace a lot of them."
‘We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation’
What we saw in Springfield, Ohio.
www.thebulwark.com
September 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Bill Kristol: "As Cardinal McElroy put it, we need to not avert our eyes but to 'recognize the evil that is being carried out in our name and fight it.' And we need to 'seek to convert our political representatives or replace them.' In five weeks, we can replace a lot of them."
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Poor Trump. He's trying to help us peons, but there's some vague "resistance" out here thwarting his noble efforts.
September 28, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Poor Trump. He's trying to help us peons, but there's some vague "resistance" out here thwarting his noble efforts.
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I’d missed SG Sauer’s sly attempt to impugn Justices Jackson in his DHS v D.V.D petition. Thanks for lifting that up @stevevladeck.bsky.social .
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
253. Introducing “The Court We Need”
My second book about the Supreme Court offers a more nuanced diagnosis of exactly what’s wrong with the institution—and how (and why) we should fix it.
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September 28, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I’d missed SG Sauer’s sly attempt to impugn Justices Jackson in his DHS v D.V.D petition. Thanks for lifting that up @stevevladeck.bsky.social .
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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It’s tragic for the country and its democracy to watch the demise of a once great paper
September 28, 2026 at 2:07 PM
It’s tragic for the country and its democracy to watch the demise of a once great paper
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Exactly.
As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
September 27, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Exactly.
As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
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This is an excellent read, and it gets to the heart of why the ultra-wealthy are heartless jackasses:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat
For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.
www.theatlantic.com
September 27, 2026 at 11:17 PM
This is an excellent read, and it gets to the heart of why the ultra-wealthy are heartless jackasses:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Censorship is alive and well in the American tech oligarchy. 🇺🇸
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
September 27, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Censorship is alive and well in the American tech oligarchy. 🇺🇸
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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After months of threats and tensions with a NATO ally, how much has the United States actually gained from the new security agreement with Denmark and Greenland?
Your weekend read:
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-his...
Your weekend read:
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-his...
Trump’s ‘Historic’ Greenland Deal Is Old Wine in New Bottles
After months of threats and tensions with a NATO ally, how much has the United States actually gained from the new security agreement with Denmark and Greenland?
michaelmcfaul.substack.com
September 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
After months of threats and tensions with a NATO ally, how much has the United States actually gained from the new security agreement with Denmark and Greenland?
Your weekend read:
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-his...
Your weekend read:
michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/trumps-his...
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NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand.
Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
meidasnews.com
September 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand.
Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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ICE IS ABOUT TO MAKE YOUR GROCERY BILL EVEN WORSE
Cattle groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas say ICE raids are creating a “massive chilling effect” on legal, documented workers, disrupting meatpacking and delaying the processing of thousands of cattle.
They’re reporting millions in losses.
Cattle groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas say ICE raids are creating a “massive chilling effect” on legal, documented workers, disrupting meatpacking and delaying the processing of thousands of cattle.
They’re reporting millions in losses.
September 28, 2026 at 2:52 AM
ICE IS ABOUT TO MAKE YOUR GROCERY BILL EVEN WORSE
Cattle groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas say ICE raids are creating a “massive chilling effect” on legal, documented workers, disrupting meatpacking and delaying the processing of thousands of cattle.
They’re reporting millions in losses.
Cattle groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas say ICE raids are creating a “massive chilling effect” on legal, documented workers, disrupting meatpacking and delaying the processing of thousands of cattle.
They’re reporting millions in losses.
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The empathetic folks at Mar-a-Lago react to hearing you lost your healthcare, your child has measles, and you can't afford to gas up your truck:
September 27, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The empathetic folks at Mar-a-Lago react to hearing you lost your healthcare, your child has measles, and you can't afford to gas up your truck:
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Trump had $400 million in his PAC and he STILL decided that he needed to steal taxpayer money to pay for campaign ads for the midterms.
September 28, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Trump had $400 million in his PAC and he STILL decided that he needed to steal taxpayer money to pay for campaign ads for the midterms.
UN-FU€KING-BELIEVABLE! Again!
Trump is warning of a "final battle" against Democrats, who he calls "communists, Marxists, and fascists". He is using OUR taxpayer dollars to fund these ads calling us Democrats "the enemy". This is illegal and unconstitutional, like everything else he does.
www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’ | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is set to launch another overtly political campaign ad funded by taxpayer dollars, attacking the “fake news media” and “the sick political class that hates our country.”
www.cnn.com
September 27, 2026 at 9:50 PM
UN-FU€KING-BELIEVABLE! Again!
I am going to miss this guy so much. 😢 During the @sfgiants.com World Series runs, we used to mute the TV and listen to the radio so we could hear Kruk & Kuip instead of the Fox broadcasters. Thanks for all the good times & GO GIANTS! 🧡🖤
www.kron4.com/mlb/giants/a...
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After nearly half a century, Giants fans to bid farewell to ‘spirit of Bay Area baseball’ Mike Krukow
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — It’s the end of an era for the San Francisco Giants. On Sunday, the team and fans will say goodbye to iconic broadcaster Mike Krukow. In 2014, Krukow revealed he …
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September 27, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I am going to miss this guy so much. 😢 During the @sfgiants.com World Series runs, we used to mute the TV and listen to the radio so we could hear Kruk & Kuip instead of the Fox broadcasters. Thanks for all the good times & GO GIANTS! 🧡🖤
www.kron4.com/mlb/giants/a...
www.kron4.com/mlb/giants/a...
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New York City is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement and has long been a refuge for those seeking community, dignity, and a place to call home.
September 27, 2026 at 3:07 PM
New York City is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement and has long been a refuge for those seeking community, dignity, and a place to call home.
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Sen. Wyden: Trump "has been going out of his way to endanger migrant children and leave them at risk of falling into horrific cycles of trafficking," and the ICE facility is "another black box location for the Trump administration to disappear migrant children"
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Exclusive: Top Senate Dem Responds to Christian Faith Group's Plea for Oversight of New ICE Facility for Kids
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, has responded to a Christian faith group that...
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September 27, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Sen. Wyden: Trump "has been going out of his way to endanger migrant children and leave them at risk of falling into horrific cycles of trafficking," and the ICE facility is "another black box location for the Trump administration to disappear migrant children"
www.thequeenzone.com/exclusive-to...
www.thequeenzone.com/exclusive-to...