@dagmarsparrow.bsky.social
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Maybe we could fix our country’s broken moral compass if New York Times writers would use “abhorrent” instead of “controversial” when clearly warranted.
September 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Maybe we could fix our country’s broken moral compass if New York Times writers would use “abhorrent” instead of “controversial” when clearly warranted.
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My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote:
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
August 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote:
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."
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someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Crisis within CDC is spilling into real world, experts say
"I’ve never heard as many colleagues saying things like 'CDC is dead’ as I have today," an agency employee told STAT.
www.statnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
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The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
August 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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I would suggest the same "logic" applies to guns. They want more guns because "those people" have equal rights, but when actual criminals take those guns and massacre people in, say, Catholic parochial schools in Minneapolis, they don't claim any responsibility, just that the Dems made them to do.
In some ways Ham-Face is the perfect Trump voter: all his decisions blow up in his face but the explanation is always, you don't understand, the radical leftist Joe Biden made us mad.
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Jesse Spafford
@jessespafford
Can't believe the evil Dems made Trump appoint RFK:
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Erick Erickson @@EWErickson • 18h
My wife is caught in the crosshairs of the CDC mess and vaccines. The left says "you voted for this," but they built the foundation for RFK's rise. x.com/i/broadcasts/1..](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aq6ucuguuc67yqwu4x4eipro/bafkreichwgzalj7dvqgzdmahudlqoekjonwxksgxxovaow5oxmyv3huz6i@jpeg)
August 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I would suggest the same "logic" applies to guns. They want more guns because "those people" have equal rights, but when actual criminals take those guns and massacre people in, say, Catholic parochial schools in Minneapolis, they don't claim any responsibility, just that the Dems made them to do.
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Liberals: “We could try to DO some things to reduce gun violence; ‘thoughts and prayers’ isn’t enough.”
Republicans: “Outrage! Disgrace! They’re attacking prayer.”
There’s no need to be polite or defensive in response to this. Invoking faith as an excuse to shun responsibility deserves no respect.
Republicans: “Outrage! Disgrace! They’re attacking prayer.”
There’s no need to be polite or defensive in response to this. Invoking faith as an excuse to shun responsibility deserves no respect.
August 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Liberals: “We could try to DO some things to reduce gun violence; ‘thoughts and prayers’ isn’t enough.”
Republicans: “Outrage! Disgrace! They’re attacking prayer.”
There’s no need to be polite or defensive in response to this. Invoking faith as an excuse to shun responsibility deserves no respect.
Republicans: “Outrage! Disgrace! They’re attacking prayer.”
There’s no need to be polite or defensive in response to this. Invoking faith as an excuse to shun responsibility deserves no respect.
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The US Air Force honoring an insurrectionist indicates that Trump's Air Force honors the insurrection.
That is more than a "dishonor."
That is a direct threat to our democracy.
That is more than a "dishonor."
That is a direct threat to our democracy.
August 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.”
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military
If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.
www.thebulwark.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.”
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
My latest in @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
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It doesn’t seem like it should be remotely controversial that if you’re killed by police while obviously storming the US Capitol that the military shouldn’t go out of its way years later to honor you, but then again Trump just rehung a portrait of Col. Robert E. Lee at West Point, so….
From @markhertling.bsky.social — retired Three Star General, veteran of our modern wars.
www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military
If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.
www.thebulwark.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It doesn’t seem like it should be remotely controversial that if you’re killed by police while obviously storming the US Capitol that the military shouldn’t go out of its way years later to honor you, but then again Trump just rehung a portrait of Col. Robert E. Lee at West Point, so….
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Ben Rhodes highlights a key problem in how Vladimir Putin considers Donald Trump: "Vladimir Putin thinks in long stretches of history. Donald Trump thinks in terms of news cycles."
August 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Ben Rhodes highlights a key problem in how Vladimir Putin considers Donald Trump: "Vladimir Putin thinks in long stretches of history. Donald Trump thinks in terms of news cycles."
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Be very, very careful if you're planning to go to the USA.
'tis a silly place at the moment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
'tis a silly place at the moment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
July 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Be very, very careful if you're planning to go to the USA.
'tis a silly place at the moment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
'tis a silly place at the moment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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AOC: We saw Republicans vote to completely gut Medicaid, which covers nearly half of all births in the U.S.
They did this despite the fact that the U.S.—the richest country in the world—also has the highest rate of maternal deaths among all wealthy countries.
They did this despite the fact that the U.S.—the richest country in the world—also has the highest rate of maternal deaths among all wealthy countries.
July 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
AOC: We saw Republicans vote to completely gut Medicaid, which covers nearly half of all births in the U.S.
They did this despite the fact that the U.S.—the richest country in the world—also has the highest rate of maternal deaths among all wealthy countries.
They did this despite the fact that the U.S.—the richest country in the world—also has the highest rate of maternal deaths among all wealthy countries.
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(AP) — Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars.
#OligarchEra 🇺🇸
apnews.com/article/musk...
#OligarchEra 🇺🇸
apnews.com/article/musk...
February 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
(AP) — Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars.
#OligarchEra 🇺🇸
apnews.com/article/musk...
#OligarchEra 🇺🇸
apnews.com/article/musk...