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Retired Trade Book Rep living on the tundra with my favorite former bookseller.
The Grandmother I never met was born in Cork in 1876 & raised by foster parents in Rossalougha. Emigrated to PA with one of her Callaghan foster siblings
The Grandmother I never met was born in Cork in 1876 & raised by foster parents in Rossalougha. Emigrated to PA with one of her Callaghan foster siblings
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September 3, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547%
The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
September 3, 2026 at 1:46 AM
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547%
The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
2026 MN State Fair Crop Art: duck://player/cZ4pLtzkgHY
August 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
2026 MN State Fair Crop Art: duck://player/cZ4pLtzkgHY
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"Just as Putin and Netanyahu will live out the rest of their days knowing the threat of arrest could lie just around the corner, Trump fears this might be his fate. He cannot be allowed to escape it."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump says he will dismantle the ICC ‘brick by brick’. It could be his most chilling move of all | Steve Bloomfield
The US is aligning itself with dictators and autocrats to prevent those accused of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes from ever facing justice, says Steve Bloomfield, former international edito...
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July 24, 2026 at 12:11 PM
"Just as Putin and Netanyahu will live out the rest of their days knowing the threat of arrest could lie just around the corner, Trump fears this might be his fate. He cannot be allowed to escape it."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“SS-maxxing”
@bagleycartoons.bsky.social
@bagleycartoons.bsky.social
July 24, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“SS-maxxing”
@bagleycartoons.bsky.social
@bagleycartoons.bsky.social
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“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
June 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
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I’m the alpha of the local wolf pack. The sheep apocalypse is overblown.
June 23, 2026 at 12:45 PM
I’m the alpha of the local wolf pack. The sheep apocalypse is overblown.
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Today in the casual horse racing & normalization of far right authoritarianism
For Vance, Iran talks could shape political rise reut.rs/4xDzpwz
For Vance, Iran talks could shape political rise
U.S. Vice President JD Vance is poised to take on his biggest role yet on the international stage as President Donald Trump's chief negotiator to end the three-month war with Iran, a moment that could shape Vance’s prospects as a White House successor.
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June 19, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Today in the casual horse racing & normalization of far right authoritarianism
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Never Distracted
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
June 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Never Distracted
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
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The world's first trillionaire received 38 Billion Dollars from the US government. But, no, we won't have enough money to pay for school lunches for your kids. Or give you healthcare.
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June 12, 2026 at 11:55 PM
The world's first trillionaire received 38 Billion Dollars from the US government. But, no, we won't have enough money to pay for school lunches for your kids. Or give you healthcare.
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The great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reflecting on the Knicks and, separately, Donald Trump. A terrific piece of writing.
"Pulling out of that [Meet the Press] interview [with Kristin Welker] was the only honest thing Donald Trump did all hour. Trump hates strong women, he hates proud people of color...
"Pulling out of that [Meet the Press] interview [with Kristin Welker] was the only honest thing Donald Trump did all hour. Trump hates strong women, he hates proud people of color...
June 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar reflecting on the Knicks and, separately, Donald Trump. A terrific piece of writing.
"Pulling out of that [Meet the Press] interview [with Kristin Welker] was the only honest thing Donald Trump did all hour. Trump hates strong women, he hates proud people of color...
"Pulling out of that [Meet the Press] interview [with Kristin Welker] was the only honest thing Donald Trump did all hour. Trump hates strong women, he hates proud people of color...
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OMG, I really love Ann Telnaes. She is a great political cartoonist and walked away from Bezos Post and she is now independent. I think she hit another one out of the park.. What do ya all think?
I really love this one.
I really love this one.
June 12, 2026 at 2:12 AM
OMG, I really love Ann Telnaes. She is a great political cartoonist and walked away from Bezos Post and she is now independent. I think she hit another one out of the park.. What do ya all think?
I really love this one.
I really love this one.
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That’s called a bribe.
June 10, 2026 at 9:21 AM
That’s called a bribe.
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May 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Our government telling an adversary to disregard the President's social media posts because they're not real and are intended for promotional purposes and US media consumption, says it all. Holy fuck.
May 25, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Our government telling an adversary to disregard the President's social media posts because they're not real and are intended for promotional purposes and US media consumption, says it all. Holy fuck.
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So incredibly corrupt. A slush fund for his friends who attacked the Capitol, ogles, etc. - and himself.
www.kwqc.com/2026/05/18/t...
www.kwqc.com/2026/05/18/t...
May 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
So incredibly corrupt. A slush fund for his friends who attacked the Capitol, ogles, etc. - and himself.
www.kwqc.com/2026/05/18/t...
www.kwqc.com/2026/05/18/t...
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Meanwhile this is just being ignored and normalized. Christian nationalism has won.
May 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Meanwhile this is just being ignored and normalized. Christian nationalism has won.
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The Fourteenth Amendment explicitly forbids the use of public funds to compensate insurrectionists for anything whatsoever. But I'm sue Sam Alito will tell us that provision is meaningless.
May 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The Fourteenth Amendment explicitly forbids the use of public funds to compensate insurrectionists for anything whatsoever. But I'm sue Sam Alito will tell us that provision is meaningless.
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This should be the headline story on every news publication and telecast including local news every day for several days. But it won’t. It will be shrugged off like so much else by so much of media.
The most corrupt thing that has ever come out of the US govt.
The most corrupt thing that has ever come out of the US govt.
May 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
This should be the headline story on every news publication and telecast including local news every day for several days. But it won’t. It will be shrugged off like so much else by so much of media.
The most corrupt thing that has ever come out of the US govt.
The most corrupt thing that has ever come out of the US govt.
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Katie Phang and Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky visit a new exhibition space in Tribeca where the Epstein files are bound in 3,237 physical volumes.
“To see the person who scheduled me, who is still not behind bars—her name is here.”
“To see the person who scheduled me, who is still not behind bars—her name is here.”
May 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Katie Phang and Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky visit a new exhibition space in Tribeca where the Epstein files are bound in 3,237 physical volumes.
“To see the person who scheduled me, who is still not behind bars—her name is here.”
“To see the person who scheduled me, who is still not behind bars—her name is here.”
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One of the “seven respected law professors” who think SCOTUS should end birthright citizenship
April 28, 2026 at 12:49 PM
One of the “seven respected law professors” who think SCOTUS should end birthright citizenship
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