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Nancy Quinn
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Former bookseller, I now work at a nature center on the shore of Lake Michigan. And I still like talking about books.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...

#booksky, what do you think of these selections?
The 10 Best Books of 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Pete Hegseth is finally getting investigated
Pete Hegseth is finally getting investigated
GOP-led committees are looking into a report alleging Hegseth gave an order to "kill everybody" aboard a boat.
www.motherjones.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:

Zero.

Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:

Zero.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places

CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon

HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?

KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with hate.

We will not succumb to the ravings of a venomous president who wants us to hate each other. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-bigot-in-the-oval
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Boswell Book Company Weekly Bestsellers for week ending November 29, 2025 boswellandbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/bosw...
Boswell Book Company Weekly Bestsellers for week ending November 29, 2025
Boswell Book Company Weekly Bestsellers for week ending November 29, 2025 Hardcover Fiction: 1. The Christmas Stranger, by Richard Paul ...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Markwayne Mullin says he doesn't believe detailed reporting about Pete Hegseth murdering people at sea because "we're doing alleged sources, nothing has been verified ... I doubt very seriously that took place." (Bash points out that *Republican* leaders are planning to investigate.)
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Kelly is doing a great job of hitting their slow pitch down the middle
Mark Kelly: "We have a president who doesn't understand the Constitution, who installed an unqualified secretary of defense. I cannot think of a secretary of defense in the history of our country that is less qualified than Pete Hegseth. He should've been fired after Signal-gate."
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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#Moon shot from #SantaBarbara tonight.
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography

Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/8
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."

Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?

We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Five of Tom Stoppard's plays, over the course of seven decades, were awarded the Best Play Tony.
Goodbye to the master.

❤️
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM