Jamie Etheridge
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Winner @fracturedlit Anthology II
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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"Lotteries and ritual stoning are integral parts of American life. Whether or not the lottery actually increases the yearly harvest, rural working-class Americans think it does. Let me be blunt: liberals who want to abolish ritual murder are the reason that Donald Trump won."
Stoning Our Neighbors to Death Makes the Corn Grow High, and Elitist Liberals Should Stop Attacking This Traditional Value
Since Biblical times, stoning people to death has been a horrible punishment reserved for the worst criminals. But now, in PC liberal America, the ...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Lotteries and ritual stoning are integral parts of American life. Whether or not the lottery actually increases the yearly harvest, rural working-class Americans think it does. Let me be blunt: liberals who want to abolish ritual murder are the reason that Donald Trump won."
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The GOP-drawn map shifts more Republican voters into a Democratic-held battleground district, positioning the party to potentially gain another U.S. House seat in 2026.
NC Senate passes a new voting map to flip another seat in Congress to the GOP • NC Newsline
NC Republicans move on their plan for a new congressional map that will add another GOP seat, as President Trump requested.
ncnewsline.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The GOP-drawn map shifts more Republican voters into a Democratic-held battleground district, positioning the party to potentially gain another U.S. House seat in 2026.
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Not exactly unheard of food stamps for example have a 76% return frac.org/programs/sup...
It's almost as if giving people money to spend on goods rather than tax cuts for billionaires is very good for the economy
It's almost as if giving people money to spend on goods rather than tax cuts for billionaires is very good for the economy
October 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Not exactly unheard of food stamps for example have a 76% return frac.org/programs/sup...
It's almost as if giving people money to spend on goods rather than tax cuts for billionaires is very good for the economy
It's almost as if giving people money to spend on goods rather than tax cuts for billionaires is very good for the economy
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History repeats.
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
History repeats.
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Max Ritvo – my favorite from The Final Voicemails
September 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Max Ritvo – my favorite from The Final Voicemails
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Every GOP accusation is a confession
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Recently appointed Republican NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters' ice cream #ncpol
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Recently appointed Republican NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters' ice cream #ncpol
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NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters' ice cream
The chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections was charged after Wilmington police said they found evidence he placed illegal narcotics in his granddaughters' ice cream.
www.wral.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Every GOP accusation is a confession
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
I did nothing but walk & read this weekend. Walked several miles, exploring the green belt and nearby neighborhoods & then bought 2 books from my local bookstore. The world is a horroshow right now and some days I need just to escape #weekendgoals
August 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I did nothing but walk & read this weekend. Walked several miles, exploring the green belt and nearby neighborhoods & then bought 2 books from my local bookstore. The world is a horroshow right now and some days I need just to escape #weekendgoals
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"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit
Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women
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August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
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„Divine previously left little doubt, referr[ed] to abortion providers as killers of “pre-born babies” and railing against insurers for covering what he falsely calls “abortifacients,” like hormonal birth control.“
I wrote today in @slate.com about the anti-abortion movement's quiet but devastating implementation of its Project 2025 agenda.
"If Democrats think the battle ended with Dobbs, they’re making the same mistake that allowed that catastrophe in the first place."
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"If Democrats think the battle ended with Dobbs, they’re making the same mistake that allowed that catastrophe in the first place."
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American Abortion Policy Will End Up in the Hands of This 34-Year-Old Trump Appointee
Last week, the Republican-controlled Senate handed Trump nominee Josh Divine a lifetime seat on the federal bench.
slate.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
„Divine previously left little doubt, referr[ed] to abortion providers as killers of “pre-born babies” and railing against insurers for covering what he falsely calls “abortifacients,” like hormonal birth control.“
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That demon tried to leap out of him
July 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
That demon tried to leap out of him
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Today marks 4 years since poet Galal El-Behairy should have been released from prison. Despite finishing an unjust 3-year sentence for his writing in 2021, he remains unlawfully detained in Egypt.
Our joint letter urging Egypt’s Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran to act: pen.org/joint-letter...
Our joint letter urging Egypt’s Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran to act: pen.org/joint-letter...
July 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today marks 4 years since poet Galal El-Behairy should have been released from prison. Despite finishing an unjust 3-year sentence for his writing in 2021, he remains unlawfully detained in Egypt.
Our joint letter urging Egypt’s Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran to act: pen.org/joint-letter...
Our joint letter urging Egypt’s Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran to act: pen.org/joint-letter...
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New fiction today from Jen Conley.
Head over to Reckon to read: "The First True Love of Eddie Callahan"
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Head over to Reckon to read: "The First True Love of Eddie Callahan"
@jenconley45.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New fiction today from Jen Conley.
Head over to Reckon to read: "The First True Love of Eddie Callahan"
@jenconley45.bsky.social
Head over to Reckon to read: "The First True Love of Eddie Callahan"
@jenconley45.bsky.social
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1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
popular.info
July 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
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THEM: What do you do?
ME: I'm a writer.
THEM: Have you written anything I might have read?
ME: I don't know. What kind of books do you read?
THEM: Oh, I don't read.
ME: Well, then I guess the answer to your question is no.
ME: I'm a writer.
THEM: Have you written anything I might have read?
ME: I don't know. What kind of books do you read?
THEM: Oh, I don't read.
ME: Well, then I guess the answer to your question is no.
July 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
THEM: What do you do?
ME: I'm a writer.
THEM: Have you written anything I might have read?
ME: I don't know. What kind of books do you read?
THEM: Oh, I don't read.
ME: Well, then I guess the answer to your question is no.
ME: I'm a writer.
THEM: Have you written anything I might have read?
ME: I don't know. What kind of books do you read?
THEM: Oh, I don't read.
ME: Well, then I guess the answer to your question is no.
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We are in the middle of it.
July 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
We are in the middle of it.
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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." ~ James Baldwin
July 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." ~ James Baldwin
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Some people are working on gathering at the Capitol steps to show support for Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York. If you can’t be there in person, you can still show your support from wherever you are.
July 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Some people are working on gathering at the Capitol steps to show support for Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York. If you can’t be there in person, you can still show your support from wherever you are.
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Currently reading BAD COMPANY by Megan Greenwell and it is as good a read as you may have seen or heard.
The sections about private equity killing local journalism and news is related---and a through line-–to our public education and public library destabilization and dismantling.
The sections about private equity killing local journalism and news is related---and a through line-–to our public education and public library destabilization and dismantling.
June 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Currently reading BAD COMPANY by Megan Greenwell and it is as good a read as you may have seen or heard.
The sections about private equity killing local journalism and news is related---and a through line-–to our public education and public library destabilization and dismantling.
The sections about private equity killing local journalism and news is related---and a through line-–to our public education and public library destabilization and dismantling.
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“I think the hardest part about writing is writing." ~ Nora Ephron
July 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“I think the hardest part about writing is writing." ~ Nora Ephron
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