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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 5h

thank you.

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🌼Peace2Day🌼 @peace2day.bsky.social · 5h

The is the piece to read-needed balm!
I run a weekly discussion-what @matthewjdowd.bsky.social captures so well-ties to a theme we keep circling

"connect w/those-
who have a soft touch in their soul-

Once I cry or laugh w/another-
I can begin to bridge the divisions
which exist in our world today"

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 19h

"Trump officials laugh behind closed doors at those of us who try to lead lives of compassion and empathy. Trump could care less about his own voters, and doesn’t respect them" ihttps://open.substack.com/pub/matthewdowd/p/demanding-leaders-with-a-soft-touch?r=130087&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Demanding Leaders with a Soft Touch in Their Soul

This week I highlighted the birthday of Brazilian writer Mário de Andrade, who was born October 9, 1893.

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🌼Peace2Day🌼 @peace2day.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you for sharing your piece

Means so very much & captures something I think many people, every day people, different generations, different backgrounds - kind people - are grappling with and trying to navigate - and you captured the tenor so well -
with the ideas of how to heal too
Thank you!

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Brad Wendel @wendelsworlds.bsky.social · 14h

“I want to surround myself with people who can touch the hearts of others.”

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 19h

"Trump officials laugh behind closed doors at those of us who try to lead lives of compassion and empathy. Trump could care less about his own voters, and doesn’t respect them" ihttps://open.substack.com/pub/matthewdowd/p/demanding-leaders-with-a-soft-touch?r=130087&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Demanding Leaders with a Soft Touch in Their Soul

This week I highlighted the birthday of Brazilian writer Mário de Andrade, who was born October 9, 1893.

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Peacenotwar @peacenotwar2024.bsky.social · 14h

“Before we get these types of soft touch leaders in DC, we must each live our lives with a soft touch in our soul. We must associate with people who do the same and encourage each other even while the world grows dark and cold. We must step outside our own homogenous circles and connect...”

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 19h

good morning all, my latest column open.substack.com/pub/matthewd...

Demanding Leaders with a Soft Touch in Their Soul

This week I highlighted the birthday of Brazilian writer Mário de Andrade, who was born October 9, 1893.

open.substack.com

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 17h

lord have mercy. how out of touch are these folks? Bad Bunny has an audience more than 100 times larger than Lee Greenwood.

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 2d

Hahaha....Lee fucking Greenwood.

Mike Johnson is like an SNL parody of a youth minister.

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 17h

thank you.

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Laurie @voddy.bsky.social · 18h

Beautifully said, Matt!!! Thank you for these words. We all experience hardships and our response to them reveals our character. I am thankful for the soft touch of the soul. Blessings to you as a fellow traveler of the Light.

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 18h

thank you.

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Andrew @amac0668.bsky.social · 18h

Great read this morning! Bravo Matthew. 👏
"...we must each live our lives with a soft touch in our soul. We must associate with people who do the same and encourage each other even while the world grows dark and cold."

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Jennifer M Moss, MD, FACOG @jmmosstx.bsky.social · 19h

"Before we have political conversations that divide us immediately, the first step to a country that respects human dignity is for us to find the things which bind us as humans: the hard knockouts, the sorrows, and the joys."

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 19h

"Trump officials laugh behind closed doors at those of us who try to lead lives of compassion and empathy. Trump could care less about his own voters, and doesn’t respect them" ihttps://open.substack.com/pub/matthewdowd/p/demanding-leaders-with-a-soft-touch?r=130087&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Demanding Leaders with a Soft Touch in Their Soul

This week I highlighted the birthday of Brazilian writer Mário de Andrade, who was born October 9, 1893.

open.substack.com

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 19h

“I am just one person…this is an achievement of a whole society.”

María Corina Machado joins a long line of Nobel Peace Prize laureates who were awakened in the middle of the night to learn that the Nobel Committee was just minutes away from announcing their award.

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 19h

"Trump officials laugh behind closed doors at those of us who try to lead lives of compassion and empathy. Trump could care less about his own voters, and doesn’t respect them" ihttps://open.substack.com/pub/matthewdowd/p/demanding-leaders-with-a-soft-touch?r=130087&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Demanding Leaders with a Soft Touch in Their Soul

This week I highlighted the birthday of Brazilian writer Mário de Andrade, who was born October 9, 1893.

open.substack.com

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 19h

good morning all, my latest column open.substack.com/pub/matthewd...

Demanding Leaders with a Soft Touch in Their Soul

This week I highlighted the birthday of Brazilian writer Mário de Andrade, who was born October 9, 1893.

open.substack.com

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 1d

well done. bravo.

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Stephen Steiniger @stephenstein.bsky.social · 1d

@matthewjdowd.bsky.social

I appreciate the repost! I told my mom about it!

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Stephen Steiniger @stephenstein.bsky.social · 1d

@matthewjdowd.bsky.social

Hi Matthew!

Some interesting reading!

A healthy conservatism is in the interest of America. Donald Trump does not promote a healthy conservatism. This article separates Donald Trump from conservatism and promotes true conservatism.

medium.com/@ssteiniger/...

The Argument Against Donald Trump’s Conservatism

Separating Donald Trump From Conservatism and Promoting True Conservatism

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TeeBo @texastob-24.bsky.social · 1d

Love, love, LOVE this one!!!

a window with autumn leaves falling out of it and the words " good morning "

ALT: a window with autumn leaves falling out of it and the words " good morning "

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Andrew @amac0668.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday Mário de Andrade. 🎂

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SedonaRocks @sedonarocks.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, Matthew. I can't thank you enough for introducing me to "My Soul Is In A Hurry". It touched me deeply. I'll be reading more of Mario de Andrade's works. 💙🦋

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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 2d

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 1d

...I want to surround myself with people who can touch the hearts of others.
People who despite the hard knockouts of life, grew up with a soft touch in their soul."

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 1d

...Who do not consider themselves elite, before they have really become one.
Who do not run away from their responsibilities.
Who defend human dignity.
Who do not want anything else but to walk along w/ truth, righteousness, honesty & integrity.
The essential thing is what makes life worthwhile....

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 1d

happy bday Brazilian writer Mário de Andrade, b.1893.

"I want the essence, my soul is in a hurry. Not many treats are left in the packet.
I want to live among human people, very human.
People, who can laugh at their mistakes.
Who do not become full of themselves because of their triumphs....

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 2d

Justice department folks undermining justice. GOP women setting back women. "Christians" corrupting christianity. FBI ruining intelligence/public safety. Defense officials being offensive. Health department destroying our health. Education officials ruining education. This is Trump & the GOP.

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