“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,” the Nobel committee said. Still waiting for the courageous defenders of freedom in the US. #NobelPeacePrize
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Catherine Morgan
Профиль VivelyAngry Democrat. Retired university professor. Autocracy starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/Fcvv7ES Lawyers & Legal Scholars starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/FrprBh3 Must reads https://go.bsky.app/VJ2PTUG
Stephen Crazy Eyes Miller and Russell Vought - the actual dark deep State.
Ron FilipkowskiWhile the senile old man rides in carriages around castles, builds his ballroom, puts gold on everything, plans parades, attends a variety of sporting events, threatens people, and reads the scripts put in front of him, this psychopath is the one actually running the country.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h... Now that costs are going up, Republicans will call it ObamaCare (not the Affordable Care Act).
Why Obamacare Bills May Double Next Yearwww.nytimes.comThanks for the shared gift article. I just read it in my paper copy of The Atlantic. It is thoughtful and sobering.
Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat)@johnsipher.bsky.social By former CIA director William J. Burns: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o... “No matter their motives, two independent journalistic voices, CBS News and CNN, could soon be combined into something potentially almost unrecognizable … And that will put yet another chink in the fragile armor that is America’s democracy.” Pay attention.
Opinion | The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the Newswww.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u... “All of the Valkyries players combined make less than the lowest paid member of the Warriors, who have the same owners and play in the same building.” “The Valkyries will play at the SAP Center 50 miles south in San Jose” b/c a tennis tournament is in their arena.
Inside the Most Valuable Team in Women’s Sportswww.nytimes.comwww.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b... Promises broken. But the good news is US negotiator Treasury Secretary Bessent “owns thousands of acres of North Dakota farmland, worth up to $25 million. The properties grow soybeans and corn…”
China’s Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmerswww.nytimes.comDepartment of Hate, Etc. open.substack.com/pub/lizadonn... Just found this Substack, courtesy of Heather Cox Richardson.
Department of Hate, Etc.Trump's ideas keep coming at us, it's exhaustingopen.substack.comExplore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u... Trump and his white nationalist friends oppose educational opportunities for low income student, just in case they are black.
College Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High AchieversAfter the Trump administration criticized the use of what it called “racial proxies,” the group behind the SAT shut down a way for universities to identify promising applicants from disadvantaged communities.www.nytimes.comwww.forbes.com/sites/maryro... The Sunshine State has banned rainbows because they trigger MAGA folks.
Florida’s Rainbow Crosswalks—Including Dedication To Pulse Victims—Are Latest Culture War TargetSeveral cities, including Delray Beach and Key West, are fighting orders to remove rainbow crosswalks that show support of the LGBTQ+ community.www.forbes.comOur lawmakers should be focused on passing policies that keep us safe—but instead, they're considering legislation that would gut our life-saving gun laws. I just sent a message urging my lawmakers to oppose it: etwn.us/3DGVCCY @Everytown
Tell Congress: Oppose the Federal Concealed Carry MandateThis legislation puts the safety of our communities at risk.etwn.usyoutu.be/263FaqrL6C4?... This is from August 7 but when you get discouraged, listen to it. #HeatherCoxRichardson
Forms of Resistance and Reasons to Believe It’s Working | ExplainerYouTube video by Heather Cox Richardsonyoutu.bewww.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w... You can thank RFK,Jr. for this. But the good news is, you can probably eat roadkill.
CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 Stateswww.nytimes.comwww.msn.com/en-us/politi... If he were a black woman, Trump would have him fired. See news re:first black woman on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
MSNwww.msn.comJustice Dept. Sent Congress Epstein Files That Were Already Public, Democrats Say www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/u...
Justice Dept. Sent Congress Epstein Files That Were Already Public, Democrats Saywww.nytimes.comExplore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/u... Black paint provided courtesy of Department of Transportation to protect motorists’ and pedestrians’ safety.
Florida Paints Over Rainbow Memorial for Victims of Pulse Nightclub Shootingwww.nytimes.com