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@carolynjsmiles.bsky.social
I'm in Townsend, MA and I love to nap
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Thanks to Massachusetts’ so-called millionaires tax, the state has an extra $1.3 billion in revenue. Today's Starting Point explains how experts think it should be spent.
How should Mass. lawmakers spend the money from the state’s millionaires tax? We asked around. - The Boston Globe
The legislature is prioritizing the MBTA, special needs education, and more. Experts have some other ideas they think lawmakers should consider.
www.bostonglobe.com
See what can be done with a little extra tax on the rich? And this is just one state.
This is just so very embarrassing. Everyone playing pretend and Trump believing it, taking it as it's all serious. Such a child.
December 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is just so very embarrassing. Everyone playing pretend and Trump believing it, taking it as it's all serious. Such a child.
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Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
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The thing where conservatives think they should be able to go to college to teach experts instead of to learn from them shows how coddled they have been by society. We need to stop disrespecting them by shielding them with accommodation; let’s respect their beliefs by releasing them to the effects.
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The thing where conservatives think they should be able to go to college to teach experts instead of to learn from them shows how coddled they have been by society. We need to stop disrespecting them by shielding them with accommodation; let’s respect their beliefs by releasing them to the effects.
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The mother of the 11-year-old nephew of the White House press secretary is in a Louisiana lockup being processed for deportation, Boston TV stations are reporting.
She is apparently Brazilian born and a DACA kid who arrived in the U.S in 1998 with her parents. www.gofundme.com/f/support-br...
She is apparently Brazilian born and a DACA kid who arrived in the U.S in 1998 with her parents. www.gofundme.com/f/support-br...
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The mother of the 11-year-old nephew of the White House press secretary is in a Louisiana lockup being processed for deportation, Boston TV stations are reporting.
She is apparently Brazilian born and a DACA kid who arrived in the U.S in 1998 with her parents. www.gofundme.com/f/support-br...
She is apparently Brazilian born and a DACA kid who arrived in the U.S in 1998 with her parents. www.gofundme.com/f/support-br...
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🔥🔥🔥 A 3 alarm fire for House Republicans following Marjorie Taylor Greene’s announced resignation, courtesy of @punchbowlnews.bsky.social:
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🔥🔥🔥 A 3 alarm fire for House Republicans following Marjorie Taylor Greene’s announced resignation, courtesy of @punchbowlnews.bsky.social:
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Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
He seems nice
A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, wanted by the FBI as the alleged head of a transnational drug ring, was accused of ordering the murder of a witness who could testify against him.
An ex-Olympian, a violent drug ring and a $15 million reward
Former Canadian national team snowboarder Ryan Wedding was accused of using his position atop the ring to order another murder, this one of a potential witness against him.
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
He seems nice
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There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Clay Higgins is a disgusting thug
Shame on Rep. Clay Higgins & shame on anyone who thinks this is acceptable.
This man didn’t just cast the lone “no” vote on exposing a global sex-trafficking network… he also grabbed a citizen for daring to ask a question he didn’t like. I hope this young man presses charges.
This man didn’t just cast the lone “no” vote on exposing a global sex-trafficking network… he also grabbed a citizen for daring to ask a question he didn’t like. I hope this young man presses charges.
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Clay Higgins is a disgusting thug
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
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RFK Jr.: ‘The President Having Sex With Children Is Fine From A Purely Nutritional Standpoint’
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
RFK Jr.: ‘The President Having Sex With Children Is Fine From A Purely Nutritional Standpoint’
Mary Bruce has been bringing the heat
ABC’S MARY BRUCE: “Why wait for Congress? Why not just release the files?”
TRUMP: “It’s not the question, it’s your attitude. I think you’re a terrible reporter.”
(TRANSLATION: She’s asking the right questions and he can’t handle it)
TRUMP: “It’s not the question, it’s your attitude. I think you’re a terrible reporter.”
(TRANSLATION: She’s asking the right questions and he can’t handle it)
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Mary Bruce has been bringing the heat
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Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
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For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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This Trump coverage makes most sense if NYT principals are in the Epstein Files
Saudi officials used President Trump’s state visit in May to pique his interest in a major real estate development, the latest example of Trump blending governance and family business, particularly in Persian Gulf countries. nyti.ms/4r7mboU
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This Trump coverage makes most sense if NYT principals are in the Epstein Files
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WOW, new signage!
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
WOW, new signage!
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The Massachusetts Senate is expected to pass a bill today that would create statewide rules to restrict attempts to remove books from school libraries. Here's a look at the details: www.wbur.org/news/2025/11... @wbur.org
What's in the anti-book ban bill the Mass. Senate is expected to pass
The Massachusetts Senate is expected to pass a bill today that would set statewide rules for removing material from school libraries. Here's a look at the details.
www.wbur.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Massachusetts Senate is expected to pass a bill today that would create statewide rules to restrict attempts to remove books from school libraries. Here's a look at the details: www.wbur.org/news/2025/11... @wbur.org
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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Wild how every single member of the political and business elite went into full drooling fascism the second the prospect of consequences for abhorrent behavior started to seem possible
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wild how every single member of the political and business elite went into full drooling fascism the second the prospect of consequences for abhorrent behavior started to seem possible
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its 9 am and so far today we have learned that jeffrey epstein was advised to blackmail donald trump who spent lots of alone time with children at epsteins house
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
its 9 am and so far today we have learned that jeffrey epstein was advised to blackmail donald trump who spent lots of alone time with children at epsteins house
Omg. Gaza too?
Wealthy foreign gun enthusiasts paid Bosnian Serb forces for the chance to shoot residents of Sarajevo during the siege of the city during the 1990s, according to claims being investigated by Italian magistrates ⬇️
Wealthy foreigners ‘paid for chance to shoot civilians in Sarajevo’
An Italian writer says he has uncovered evidence that Italians paid Bosnian Serb forces for ‘human safaris’ during the siege in the Balkan Wars
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Omg. Gaza too?