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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 9d

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 9d

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Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 9d

Some words I shared at the Peace, Love, and a Handshake rally for the First Amendment at the Peace Arch.
Thank you to everyone who was able to join and participate and to those who supported us (Heather).

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Peace, Love, and a Handshake: Rally for the First Amendment

Rally for freedom of speech and assembly at the Peace Arch on the border of Surry, British Columbia, Canada and Blaine, Washington, United States, Saturday September 27, 2025

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 21d

We the people, us. There is "them" or "they" when talking about us.
Dr. Heather Cox Richardson covers a lot, including the First Amendment preventing the federal government from restricting free speech.
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First Amendment:
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The Bill of Rights: A Transcription

Note: The following text is a transcription of the enrolled original of the Joint Resolution of Congress proposing the Bill of Rights, which is on permanent display in the Rotunda at the National Arch...

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 23d

Hello friends for democracy,
If you skipped over Dr. Heather Cox Richardson's video interview with Doug Jones, please watch/listen. Dr. Richardson wonderfully elicit's key learnings from Doug Jones' work, lived experience, and recollections.
Health and peace
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American Conversations: Senator Doug Jones

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · 26d

I have enjoyed seeing this making the rounds.

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David Ddraig Goch (@oldreddragon)

This is what a President of the United States should be. Cankles McTaco Tits is a rapist, convicted felon, criminal, and a motherfucker that has committed TREASON.

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Jul 21

Please, everyone, read this.

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“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison

Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Jun 15

June 14, 2025 at Outward Bound in Spruce Head, Maine.

johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Jun 15

At Outward Bound in Spruce Head, Maine.

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Jun 14

Gold!

johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Jun 14

Every day!

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thanks to @olgalautman.bsky.social
I recommend watching Scott Pelley's commencement address at Wake Forest.
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Scott Pelley Commencement Speech at Wake Forest University

CBS News [60 Minutes] correspondent Scott Pelley gave a commencement speech at Wake Forest University. "Your country needs you … it needs you today," he told the 2025 graduates. He further said, "The ...

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · May 17

Liza Donnelly, New Yorker cartoonist, posted this on her way back from Europe. In Switzerland she shared a show of her work with Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist and famously no longer with the Washington Post after censorship.
Valuable perspective from Europe.
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We Can't be Bystanders

As I wait for my connecting flight back to NYC, just some quick political news that you may have seen.

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Apr 30

Imagine, how many people we can get to join us?
Then, make it so!
Join me, online, attending Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect's event, “No Kings–Then or Now:
*Historian Heather Cox Richardson,
*Mass. AG Andrea Campbell,
*US Rep. MD, Jamie Raskin
- Rescheduled!”
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No Kings–Then or Now: Historian H. Cox Richardson, AG Campbell, US Rep. Raskin - Rescheduled! · Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect

No Kings – Then or Now: Fighting on All Fronts RESCHEDULED: Volunteer Blue and its 40-plus partner organizations are (re)inviting you to join us on Friday, May 9th, for this special event. We will ...

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Apr 28

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I Don’t Want to Be a Journalist Anymore

This isn’t about headlines, it’s about staying human

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Apr 25

Dr. Leon Chameides spoke to the Connecticut Senate this morning in remembrance of the holocaust.
He became a leader in the field of pediatric cardiology. Our families friends for 50 years. He positively impacted countless others.
Please watch. Please pass it forward.

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"Though Shall Not Be Indifferent"

Dr. Leon Chameides Holocaust Remembrance Key Note Address at Ct State House (2025)

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Apr 18

Thank you Judge Xinis.
Thank you Senator VanHollen.
Thank you Judge Wilkinson.
Thank you Heather Cox Richardson.
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April 17, 2025

Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) posted a picture of himself with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whom the Trump administration says it sent to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador t...

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Apr 17

As usual, Kyla Scanlon says it well.
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Compliance is the New American Dream

How risk aversion has shaped our schools, our government, and our global standing

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Apr 17

@adamkinzinger.bsky.social Hi
Adam,
Just watched your April 14 Emergency Video "It's bad. We may need to march in the streets. We're not there yet."
I disagree. We're passed that point.
Please ask your followers to join the Saturday April 19 protest 12 to 2pm in your time zone.
Self Rescue!

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Apr 8

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Hands Off! Seattle

A festive atmosphere brought together by serious concern

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johncalogero.bsky.social @johncalogero.bsky.social · Apr 8

Four lawyers, three DoJ and one private, fired or resigned due to administration illegality and immorality. Informative if a little performative (Hey it's Congress). They're doing SOMETHING!
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