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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · Dec 12

By Lawrence Ferlinghetti - via @wellcommunity.bsky.social.

Pity the Nation

Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them

Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
And whose bigots haunt the airwaves ...

The whole of the poem in the screenshots.

Poem "Pity the Nation" divided into two screen shots:
Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them

Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
And whose bigots haunt the airwaves

Pity the nation that raises not its voice
Except to praise conquerors
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture

Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
And no other culture but its own

Pity the nation whose breath is money
And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed

Pity the nation oh pity the people
who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away

My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of liberty!

Entire poem in alt text of first picture.

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 8h

If I tell you to fuck off, will you go away?

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Mike Knell @blat.at · 8h

You'd have thought the fact that they're abducting a guy named Miranda would jog something in their addled neurons..

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 8h

Oh my GOD. That went right by me.

Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 8h

"We’ve made great progress on an ambitious plan to reinvent The Post as the most trusted, accurate news organization in the world.” - Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray, six days ago

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

“Sparking debate”

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

“Sparking debate”

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 21h

I'm jealous. Who sleeps this well nowadays? Only cats.

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 8h

If I tell you to fuck off, will you go away?

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 22h

I wonder how many of these big bad men would be so tough with their faces showing. Trump's coward spawn.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 8h

INCOMING!!! 😄

Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 21h

I'm jealous. Who sleeps this well nowadays? Only cats.

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 22h

I wonder how many of these big bad men would be so tough with their faces showing. Trump's coward spawn.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 22h

Well shit. Is all of this because the Republicans didn't get a colonoscopy?

Marcus SOBER 4 YEARS 🏳️‍🌈 @papacitogordo.bsky.social · 2d

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Call Me Pelly @pellymelly.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful news. Lately, seems like the only good news comes out of California.

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Marc Jacobs (he/him) @trollball.bsky.social · 1d

collections.ushmm.org/search/catal...

Fast forward to 1:24

Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

collections.ushmm.org

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 1d

I did not know that! That's great.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 1d

That is the most promising, encouraging image I've seen in a long time. May it come to pass soon.

Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 1d

Bwahaha! Frankly, they've been in charge for a long, long time.

Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 1d

Charlie Kirk's disciples see scary brown people.

variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA Sets ‘All American Halftime Show’ in Protest of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Performance

Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA announced the 'All American Halftime Show,' a Super Bowl alternative in protest of headliner Bad Bunny.

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, he's qualified for the job, then.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 1d

In the midst of the gloom - a win for California cats. Thanks to all who got this through. ktla.com/news/califor...

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 1d

I did see one hyper-Christian getting his panties all knotted up because "They still don't recognize Easter - Christians are oppressed!" Uh, Easter is on a Sunday, genius.

Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 1d

There's no perfect way for the US or a state to finesse the whole church/state issue; I mean, you could make a case that no religious holidays should be recognized. But afaic, if you're going to note most Western religious holidays, everyone should get the same treatment.

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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 1d

I like to think that, one at a time, at least some of Trump's diehard fans are thinking, "Wait a minute, this isn't what he promised us. This guy is a madman."

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump appears ready to leave yet another mark on the nation’s capital with a triumphal arch that could rival the Lincoln Memorial in scale.

Trump Plotting Even Bigger Architectural Project for D.C.

The president appears to be planning a massive triumphal arch that could rival the Lincoln Memorial in scale.

trib.al

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 1d

Soros has stiffed me since the 1980’s.

I protest for free now.

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