@justmusing.bsky.social
Experience as reporter, editor, writer, & an executive. (Newspapers, press magazine, scientific journal, & books.)
Listening to Kris Kristofferson & the Borderlords' rendition of "Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down." Kris grew up in Brownsville, TX, where his Dad was a pilot for PanAm World Airways. He loved the Mexican maid who took care of him & siblings & learned Spanish from her (typical border story).
December 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Listening to Kris Kristofferson & the Borderlords' rendition of "Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down." Kris grew up in Brownsville, TX, where his Dad was a pilot for PanAm World Airways. He loved the Mexican maid who took care of him & siblings & learned Spanish from her (typical border story).
What kind of people arrest a man because of his color on Christmas Eve while he shops for his family?AND then confiscate his groceries? Gestapo-like evil is being carried out in our names.
December 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
What kind of people arrest a man because of his color on Christmas Eve while he shops for his family?AND then confiscate his groceries? Gestapo-like evil is being carried out in our names.
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Next year's artists signed contracts to perform at "The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts." Since a venue with that name no longer exists, and one with a very division name many artists would not wish to be associated with does, they should be able to get out of their contracts.
December 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Next year's artists signed contracts to perform at "The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts." Since a venue with that name no longer exists, and one with a very division name many artists would not wish to be associated with does, they should be able to get out of their contracts.
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If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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This has been the autocrat’s playbook for a decade or two: have friendly oligarchs buy up independent media and then they impose government-friendly editorial policies so the autocrat doesn’t have to get their hand directly dirty killing the free press.
Iowa-based journalist Laura Belin compares Bari Weiss' adventures at CBS to Putin's makeover of supposedly independent Russian media, which she covered for RFE-RL twenty years ago. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/25/o...
On "fair" reporting and what happened at "60 Minutes"
Laura Belin: I was alarmed (though not surprised) when CBS News boss Bari Weiss intervened to stop “60 Minutes” from airing a segment.
www.bleedingheartland.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This has been the autocrat’s playbook for a decade or two: have friendly oligarchs buy up independent media and then they impose government-friendly editorial policies so the autocrat doesn’t have to get their hand directly dirty killing the free press.
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No surprise that the Trump regime defends Germany's far-right political party, the AfD. Both prefer to operate as mouthpieces for Vladimir Putin rather than condemn the rampant antisemitism in their ranks.
The Far Right in Germany Keeps Trying to Unseal National Secrets
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
No surprise that the Trump regime defends Germany's far-right political party, the AfD. Both prefer to operate as mouthpieces for Vladimir Putin rather than condemn the rampant antisemitism in their ranks.
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Trump’s decimation of FOIA offices across the federal government is unacceptable. Americans deserve access to the records of the government they fund.
Use our new action center tool to tell Congress to keep FOIA offices open.
Use our new action center tool to tell Congress to keep FOIA offices open.
Strengthen the Freedom of Information Act
Defending press freedom for the next generation
freedom.press
December 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump’s decimation of FOIA offices across the federal government is unacceptable. Americans deserve access to the records of the government they fund.
Use our new action center tool to tell Congress to keep FOIA offices open.
Use our new action center tool to tell Congress to keep FOIA offices open.
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NEW EPISODE: Cory Booker and I discuss the real and growing threats to American democracy. He warns that rising costs, collapsing trust in institutions, authoritarian abuses of power, and the politics of cruelty are driving cynicism and disengagement.
The Silent Threat To Democracy (And How We Stop It) | Sen. Cory Booker
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
NEW EPISODE: Cory Booker and I discuss the real and growing threats to American democracy. He warns that rising costs, collapsing trust in institutions, authoritarian abuses of power, and the politics of cruelty are driving cynicism and disengagement.
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I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.
December 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.
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This should be the first thing Trump is impeached for. Easy to prove and easy for the public to understand.
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This should be the first thing Trump is impeached for. Easy to prove and easy for the public to understand.
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@donlemonofficial.bsky.social reads from the Epstein files.
There is a sexual predator occupying the WH. He & his accomplices must be held accountable. The survivors deserve justice. ENOUGH.
There is a sexual predator occupying the WH. He & his accomplices must be held accountable. The survivors deserve justice. ENOUGH.
December 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@donlemonofficial.bsky.social reads from the Epstein files.
There is a sexual predator occupying the WH. He & his accomplices must be held accountable. The survivors deserve justice. ENOUGH.
There is a sexual predator occupying the WH. He & his accomplices must be held accountable. The survivors deserve justice. ENOUGH.
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This is why corporate media is dying in this country and independent media is on the rise.
December 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is why corporate media is dying in this country and independent media is on the rise.
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History has proven protests are very effective. Keep it up! 2026 - LETS GO ✊️
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:43 AM
History has proven protests are very effective. Keep it up! 2026 - LETS GO ✊️
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
December 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
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Anyone still think Hillary was wrong calling them deplorable?
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Anyone still think Hillary was wrong calling them deplorable?
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After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
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How embarrassing it is to watch our once-esteemed Department of Justice behave like this.
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
How embarrassing it is to watch our once-esteemed Department of Justice behave like this.
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If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Christianity has always been about far more than identity. It is universalist in its aspirations, if not always in practice,” E. J. Dionne Jr. writes.
“Christianity has always been about far more than identity. It is universalist in its aspirations, if not always in practice,” E. J. Dionne Jr. writes.
Opinion | A Christmas Argument That Ended in Harmony
Standing together on behalf of those who flee oppression is a very Christmas thing to do.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Christianity has always been about far more than identity. It is universalist in its aspirations, if not always in practice,” E. J. Dionne Jr. writes.
“Christianity has always been about far more than identity. It is universalist in its aspirations, if not always in practice,” E. J. Dionne Jr. writes.
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It's not just a "news cycle". Neither was Watergate or the Great Depression. History is being written. www.cnn.com/2025/12/24/p...
‘It’s perpetuated this news cycle’: Frustration mounts in Trump’s orbit about messaging on latest Epstein documents | CNN Politics
When the Justice Department released a first batch of Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday that included photographs of former President Bill Clinton, White House officials raced to amplify the importance ...
www.cnn.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's not just a "news cycle". Neither was Watergate or the Great Depression. History is being written. www.cnn.com/2025/12/24/p...
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Our systems are failing. The truth is being buried & accountability is being avoided while evil power protects itself.
We have a pedophile in the WH. Everyone who covers up his crimes is complicit. Every one of them must be held accountable. The survivors deserve it.
We have a pedophile in the WH. Everyone who covers up his crimes is complicit. Every one of them must be held accountable. The survivors deserve it.
December 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Our systems are failing. The truth is being buried & accountability is being avoided while evil power protects itself.
We have a pedophile in the WH. Everyone who covers up his crimes is complicit. Every one of them must be held accountable. The survivors deserve it.
We have a pedophile in the WH. Everyone who covers up his crimes is complicit. Every one of them must be held accountable. The survivors deserve it.
Heavy on my mind & of others this holiday is our national threat, a mixture of race discrimination & Nazi movements as in the 1930s. And the sacrifices we made in WW2. Yet in 2024 people voted for a regime that ignores our ideals, Constitution, & disregards the purpose of this holiday.
December 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Heavy on my mind & of others this holiday is our national threat, a mixture of race discrimination & Nazi movements as in the 1930s. And the sacrifices we made in WW2. Yet in 2024 people voted for a regime that ignores our ideals, Constitution, & disregards the purpose of this holiday.
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"Hitler’s version of fascism shifted immense power--both political and financial--to the leaders of German industry. In fact, Hitler governed Germany largely through corporate executives.” www.commondreams.org/views/2019/0...
Leading Civil Rights Lawyer Shows 20 Ways Trump Is Copying Hitler's Early Rhetoric and Policies | Common Dreams
The author, Burt Neuborne, is one of America’s top civil liberties lawyers, and questions whether federal government can contain Trump and GOP power grabs.
www.commondreams.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Hitler’s version of fascism shifted immense power--both political and financial--to the leaders of German industry. In fact, Hitler governed Germany largely through corporate executives.” www.commondreams.org/views/2019/0...
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Some good news to end the year on. The Supreme Court today blocked Trump from sending the National Guard into the Chicago area — finally setting a limit to Trump’s executive power. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/finally-the-supreme-court-stops-trump
December 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Some good news to end the year on. The Supreme Court today blocked Trump from sending the National Guard into the Chicago area — finally setting a limit to Trump’s executive power. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/finally-the-supreme-court-stops-trump