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Allen Gathman
@agathman.bsky.social
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Retired genetics professor. I spend my time birding, reading, growing native plants, cooking, singing in a community chorus, playing mountain dulcimer, biking, kayaking. My wife and I are blue dots in very red SE Missouri. He/him.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3d
October 5, 2025
October 5, 2025
On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...
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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 5d
Dude what is wrong with you. It is completely and explicitly illegal. The letter of the law can't be more clear.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 5d
It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...
Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 5d
October 3, 2025

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October 3, 2025
Although President Donald J.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 6d
October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025
At about 1:00 on Tuesday morning, federal agents from Border Patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) raided an apartment b...
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Allen Gathman @agathman.bsky.social · 6d
“No, Trump and his people are not playing four-dimensional chess, the response goes – we are simply witnessing the consequences of allowing a deranged man into the highest office, backed by a coterie of dim and unqualified cronies.”

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 9d
September 29, 2025
September 29, 2025
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) left a meeting with President Donald J.
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Allen Gathman @agathman.bsky.social · 9d
The executive branch has probably the world’s most extensive intelligence apparatus, and our president gets his information by watching TV.
Trump questioned perception of Portland before approving military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'
President Trump had said he will send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he said were "under attack."
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Your pissed off grandma @anomaly100.bsky.social · 11d
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 12d
September 26, 2025
September 26, 2025
Today Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that twenty men who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their participation in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre would keep their medals, despite more than ...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13d
September 25, 2025
September 25, 2025
Today, with the popularity of President Donald J.
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Allen Gathman @agathman.bsky.social · 14d
“‘This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?’”

Yes. We do.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15d
September 23, 2025
September 23, 2025
In New York City this morning, the United Nations opened its General Assembly, marking the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations itself.
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 15d
Welp.
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Allen Gathman @agathman.bsky.social · 15d
Rest of the world: “Ignore that clown.”
‘Pay no attention’: global health agencies dismiss false Trump claim on everyday painkillers
Medical experts and regulators say US president should not be questioning established science
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Allen Gathman @agathman.bsky.social · 15d
After the recent rain, I had to cut a bunch of prairie plants that had flopped into the path. I didn’t have the heart to compost them, so I made a bouquet. #nativeplants #gardening #Missouri
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 16d
September 22, 2025
September 22, 2025
Conservative writer Bill Kristol took to social media today to say: “So many coverups.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 17d
I’m so sick of older squirrels asking when I’m going to have kits. YOU 👏 GREW 👏 UP 👏 IN 👏 A 👏 MAST 👏 YEAR 👏 GRANDPA 👏
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Allen Gathman @agathman.bsky.social · 17d
How is this not the Onion?
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 17d
Republicans legislatures across the South have passed laws preventing communities from legally removing statues. Now they are passing laws ordering that new statues be raised.

It was never about protecting history. 🗃️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue
Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines
www.theguardian.com
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19d
September 19, 2025
September 19, 2025
Today U.S.
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Allen Gathman @agathman.bsky.social · 19d
“I think families are very concerned. I think there’s an increased hesitancy through all families right now,” added Kirk Milhoan”

Gosh, I wonder who’s spreading lies about vaccine safety and making families so concerned?
CDC panel recommends multiple shots for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox instead of single vaccine
Experts react with concern that increasing the number of vaccinations required will threaten children’s health
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20d
September 18, 2025
September 18, 2025
Since he took office in 2017, President Donald J.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21d
September 17, 2025

"A republic, if you can keep it."
September 17, 2025 (Wednesday)
This evening, John Koblin, Michael M.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 21d
And it would have been fine if he had criticized Kirk because he was a bad guy and saying so is neither illegal nor vulgar.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21d
Bad headline: "ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel off air ‘indefinitely’ over Charlie Kirk comments"
Good headline: "ABC bows to government pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel off air ‘indefinitely’"

Kimmel did not criticize Kirk. He said his death was being exploited and implied the killer was pro MAGA
In his opening monologue on Monday, Mr. Kimmel had addressed the killing of Mr. Kirk by saying: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22d
September 16, 2025
September 16, 2025
The phrase that kept coming up over the last several days was “make fetch happen.” It’s a reference to the film Mean Girls, when one of the characters tries to make the word “fetch” trendy, using it t...
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CNN @cnn.com · 25d
President Donald Trump has for years told outlandish lies about elections in Democratic-dominated California. Trump made more false claims on the subject in a Fox News interview on Friday | Fact check: https://cnn.it/41RAe73
Fact check: Trump’s latest lies about California’s elections and mail-in voting | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has for years told outlandish lies about elections in Democratic-dominated California. Trump made more false claims on the subject in a Fox News interview on Friday, prompting C...
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