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Daniel B. Kurz, M.A.
@danielkurz.bsky.social
Historian, Educator and Civic Activist living in Northeast Pennsylvania, USA. Convinced letter-writer in change-making.

Abuse brings a Block.
Trump’s Golden Age is a lie. A complete lie. The Republicans are why we can’t have nice things in 2025! #Nashville #Vanderbilt #Clarksville #Springfield #Maddow #Velshi #TNPol #Rutgers

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3 Out of 4 California Families With Young Kids Can’t Afford At Least 1 Basic Need | KQED
Parents of young children are often the first to feel the affordability crisis, experts say, because they’re in the most expensive phase of life.
www.kqed.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
🚨-Elections Reminder for December 2, 2025!

🗳 States with school board, local & state legislature elections tomorrow -
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Maine
Mississippi
New Jersey
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee

Don't forget to Get Out The Vote tomorrow if you haven't voted yet! 💙🗳💙
#VoteBlue2025
December 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Trump & the Republicans should be working overtime to get us affordable healthcare & housing. We get this irrelevant nonsense instead.
Vote Dem Tomorrow for Change #Nashville!
#Vanderbilt #Clarksville

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‘A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words’: The Internet Reacts to Laura Loomer Getting a Desk at the Pentagon
The internet is abuzz over far-right activist Laura Loomer's latest victory lap -- this time over a desk she'll occupy at the Pentagon.
www.mediaite.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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The White House has now confirmed the second boat strike on Sept. 2.
December 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Keep emailing your legislators at all levels. Let them know Republicans enable lawlessness, incompetence & tyranny.

It’s working. We are winning. Trump is weakening. #Maddow #Velshi #Sacramento #Nashville #Vanderbilt #MSNow #BocaRaton #Clarksville
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media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.”
--Teddy Roosevelt (R)
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
America doesn’t kill stranded sailors or POW’s.

We don’t do that.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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If Larry Summers is - rightly - disgraced following the latest Epstein revelations, there's another man who's been talked about less and who deserves disgrace at least as much.

@monacharen.bsky.social on Bannon and Epstein: lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
California is filled with interesting affordable housing experiments. Blue States are where the ideas are while Republicans continue to stand with their Orange Tyrant. #Sacramento #CaLeg #UCDavis #SanDiego

www.governing.com/urban/califo...
California’s First 3D-Printed Housing Community Rises in Yuba County
A Sacramento developer is using a $1.5 million 3D printer to build fire-resistant, low-waste homes that could reshape how California tackles its housing shortage.
www.governing.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Trump & Republicans continue to plague the 🇺🇸 People…this time in #Philadelphia. Affordable Housing is not a GOP priority anywhere. #Nashville #TNPol #Vanderbilt

www.governing.com/urban/philly...
Philly Braces for Massive Housing Losses Under New Federal Rules
HUD’s shift from permanent housing to short-term programs could force formerly homeless residents back onto the streets and strain local budgets.
www.governing.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The Trump Admin has retreated from its proposal to slash #SocialSecurity Disability Benefits & throw millions into undeserved poverty...because advocates FOUGHT BACK HARD.

Resistance✊Works.
#Florida #Virginia #Denver #Sacramento #Nashville #TNPol

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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He doesn’t care about you. At all.
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Excellent Affordable Housing News out of #Pittsburgh. PA Dems are dedicated to tackling the cost of living crisis & continue to present RESULTS. Meanwhile, the PA GOP defends its Orange Madman in DC. #Maddow #Velshi #PennState #PAHouse #PASenate #Philadelphia

www.post-gazette.com/business/dev...
Pittsburgh's first affordable housing complex for LGBTQ+ seniors opens
Dennis Downey moved this month for the seventh time in his life. But it wasn’t until this go-around that the longtime Pittsburgh resident felt excited...
www.post-gazette.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Groceries continue to soar under Trump & the Republicans. This is a party that has failed us at all levels. #TNPol #Vanderbilt #Nashville #Knoxville #Orlando #Ocala #FloridaState

www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/c...
Coffee hasn't been this expensive in decades—see how much prices have risen since 1985 in one chart
Grocery-store coffee prices rose 41% in a year, a surge the U.S. hasn’t seen in decades.
www.cnbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Republicans in Congress rush the exits as they also face a loss in Tennessee. Trump has failed America & everybody knows it. #TNPol #Vanderbilt #Nashville #Knoxville #TNState #Jacksonville #Maddow #Velshi #Rutgers #Philadelphia #Pittsburgh #Orlando
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‘Morale has never been lower’: More GOP reps reportedly plot early exits
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
What nonsense. Lower prices already and then we'll talk.
Destroying the economy by continuing to use 50- to 70-year-old cameras.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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It’s easy to forget that, amid all the Trump administration’s attacks on democracy this year, there are ample reasons to be grateful — and even hopeful — as we begin to bring 2025 to a close.

Here are six things we’re feeling thankful for this year.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/six...
Six Things for Democracy Supporters to Be Grateful for this Thanksgiving
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM