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Luisa Cruz Smith
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editor, bookseller, nap enthusiast, mom
Rick Steves reminding us what real generosity looks like—investing in dignity and care for his community
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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December 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Ok A.I. nailed this one, credit where it’s due

www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
December 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
December 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Equally disturbing and hilarious - this article on Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr is a must read! www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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dɯnɹʇ's an Epic, (twice in our country's history-level,) Fückup.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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"Trump didn't hide his grades because they were good.
He didn't hide his medical records because he's healthy. He didn't suppress the Epstein files because he's innocent.
And he's not blocking the jobs report & 3rd-quarter GDP numbers because they're strong."
A Wortman

1,000,000+ lost jobs in 2025
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So many great recommendations in the replies
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Adds something to my bookmarks knowing full well that I will never see it again
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Terrific
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
As my friend Thrity says, this is why we need literature classes.
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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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.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Pardon my suddenly watery eyes, but a long-time regular just stopped in with this.

He'd been reading, found this line, and thought of me, so he wrote it out and brought it in.

"I am a handmaiden of civilization. I am a bookseller."

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November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Cuomo’s sobbing in a corner right now, wondering if he should have called in even more sex pests
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM