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Supreme Court attacks women's rights (again).
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Supreme Court attacks women's rights (again).

June 27, 2025

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June 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM

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Check out my new Substack edition showcasing some of my photography.

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More of Our Backyard Birds

If you feed them, they show up and sometimes pose.

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June 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM

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May 21, 2025
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May 21, 2025

Just after 1:00 this morning, the House Rules Committee began its hearing on what congressional Republicans have officially named The One Big, Beautiful Bill.

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May 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM

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"Administration officials today seemed to illustrate their utter disregard for the work their jobs require and their refusal to govern for Americans." Heather Cox Richardson
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May 20, 2025

Today was a rough day for administration officials on Capitol Hill as Senate committees held hearings on the 2026 budget requests for the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and ...

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May 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM

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Trump Refuses to Fold a Losing Hand
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Trump Refuses to Fold a Losing Hand

Doubling down with a pair of deuces is not a winning strategy

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April 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM

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"Trump set out to destroy the modern American state, gutting the civil service and illegally shuttering federal agencies, as well as slashing through government programs." Heather Cox Richardson

April 29, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

April 29, 2025

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt popularized the idea that the first 100 days of a presidency established an administration’s direction.

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April 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM

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Very Important Monday Message by Meidas Founder
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Very Important Monday Message by Meidas Founder

By Ben Meiselas

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April 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM

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Stop Waiting for a Formal Declaration of “Crisis”
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Stop Waiting for a Formal Declaration of “Crisis”

It is here. We are living through it.

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April 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM

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It is a very sad Saturday for our Democratic Republic.

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Donald Trump’s Articles of Confederation

We are losing the Second Civil War for the Union.

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March 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM

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Worth a read!

What the data says about the U.S. Department of Education

The Education Department is the main conduit for federal aid to public K-12 schools and a major lender to college students.

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March 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM

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A history lesson and comparison to what the current administration is doing.

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March 12, 2025

Trump’s 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel imported into the U.S.

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March 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM

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While I suspect most people on this site probably follow Heather Cox Richardson, I think her piece on Substack this morning should be shared across as many platforms as possible.

In her essay, Cox does an excellent job of revealing what is being cut.

Please share!
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February 15, 2025

After World War II, the vast majority of Americans—Democrats and Republicans alike—agreed that the federal government should regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, promote infrastructur...

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February 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM

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In Search of the Aurora Borealis - Frank Madia Photography

In Photos On January 19, 2025, Connie and I flew to Oslo, Norway, where we met Viking Cruise Representatives to start our next adventure, a cruise up the west coast of Norway In Search of the Northern...

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February 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM

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This is long, but important. Please read and repost.

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The American Bar Association Pulls The Fire Alarm

The crisis is here.

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February 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM

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January 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM

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The Judge We Could Have Had

“Our country faces an incoming tsunami of bigotry, hatred, and discrimination.

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December 18, 2024 at 3:03 PM

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This is a great history lesson on how the EPA came to be. It makes me wonder if corporate ownership of the current GOP is why the party is no longer in favor of the EPA they created.

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December 15, 2024

Tomorrow, December 16, is the fiftieth anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act, signed into law on December 16, 1974, by President Gerald R.

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December 16, 2024 at 7:15 PM