@murraymouse.bsky.social
Political history junkie. Long career in public service. Former Army brat who grew up in places where history happened which formed my view of our country’s place in the world. Unabashed liberal.
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Should’ve been Never Again
Instead, it reads like prophecy 😞
Instead, it reads like prophecy 😞
January 13, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Should’ve been Never Again
Instead, it reads like prophecy 😞
Instead, it reads like prophecy 😞
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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
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What did those guys standing alongside Trump remind of you of yesterday? I had some thoughts...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
The FAFO Boys Are About to Find Out
The US is being run by a bunch of guys from the back of high school detention room
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:31 AM
What did those guys standing alongside Trump remind of you of yesterday? I had some thoughts...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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whole conversation with Brownstein, very much worth watching or listening to or reading transcript, here:
conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...
conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...
Ron Brownstein on What's Ahead in 2026—and in 2028
on what’s ahead in 2026, and in 2028
conversationswithbillkristol.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
whole conversation with Brownstein, very much worth watching or listening to or reading transcript, here:
conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...
conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...
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Stephen Fry introduces one of the greatest TV series ever made.
Written & presented by Kenneth Clark, if you enjoy history & want to expand your mind, do watch this landmark series.
CIVILISATION (1969)
All 13 episodes are free to watch on YouTube.
Written & presented by Kenneth Clark, if you enjoy history & want to expand your mind, do watch this landmark series.
CIVILISATION (1969)
All 13 episodes are free to watch on YouTube.
December 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Stephen Fry introduces one of the greatest TV series ever made.
Written & presented by Kenneth Clark, if you enjoy history & want to expand your mind, do watch this landmark series.
CIVILISATION (1969)
All 13 episodes are free to watch on YouTube.
Written & presented by Kenneth Clark, if you enjoy history & want to expand your mind, do watch this landmark series.
CIVILISATION (1969)
All 13 episodes are free to watch on YouTube.
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“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen
December 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen
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This is despicable. Tourism is already plummeting, costing America big time. This will crush it. Also: it is un-American. Also: China just extended their visa-free travel program for another year.
Tourists visiting the United States will have their social media profiles vetted before being allowed to enter the country, under proposals set out by the Trump administration ⬇️
Tourists may have to provide social media history to enter US
The Trump administration is considering whether to introduce harsher restrictions for travellers obtaining an Esta
www.thetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is despicable. Tourism is already plummeting, costing America big time. This will crush it. Also: it is un-American. Also: China just extended their visa-free travel program for another year.
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Justice Jackson nails it, but that this has to be spelled out is so depressing.
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Justice Jackson nails it, but that this has to be spelled out is so depressing.
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from a state party director
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
from a state party director
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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"We take for granted the degree of peace that we’ve enjoyed over the past eight decades. We think that’s the norm. The norm is actually a lot more like what the world looked like before 1945. I don’t think people are ready for the world that we’re now moving into."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Chaos Is Coming
America helped keep the (relative) peace for 80 years. Not anymore.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"We take for granted the degree of peace that we’ve enjoyed over the past eight decades. We think that’s the norm. The norm is actually a lot more like what the world looked like before 1945. I don’t think people are ready for the world that we’re now moving into."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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This is Ricky. He was found paralyzed in a ditch along a rural road with a bullet in his spine. Thanks to your support of our merch, @15outof10.org was able to cover his $4,000 mobility care including physical therapy, laser therapy, and leg braces. He's now thriving in a forever home ❤️🩹
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is Ricky. He was found paralyzed in a ditch along a rural road with a bullet in his spine. Thanks to your support of our merch, @15outof10.org was able to cover his $4,000 mobility care including physical therapy, laser therapy, and leg braces. He's now thriving in a forever home ❤️🩹
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Much like @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social is actually the thing people like Mitt Romney & the other cowardly Never Trumpers pretend to be, @thebulwark.com has become the thing Bari Weiss & The Free Press & the fundamentally unserious new media outlets pretend to be.
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Much like @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social is actually the thing people like Mitt Romney & the other cowardly Never Trumpers pretend to be, @thebulwark.com has become the thing Bari Weiss & The Free Press & the fundamentally unserious new media outlets pretend to be.
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Articles we should not have to read, but here we are and thankful to folks like @radiofreetom.bsky.social for informing us.
Be informed, ask questions, trust experts, do diligent research, vote. That’s not a hard formula for helping keep folks like Hegseth from being in positions of power.
Be informed, ask questions, trust experts, do diligent research, vote. That’s not a hard formula for helping keep folks like Hegseth from being in positions of power.
Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Articles we should not have to read, but here we are and thankful to folks like @radiofreetom.bsky.social for informing us.
Be informed, ask questions, trust experts, do diligent research, vote. That’s not a hard formula for helping keep folks like Hegseth from being in positions of power.
Be informed, ask questions, trust experts, do diligent research, vote. That’s not a hard formula for helping keep folks like Hegseth from being in positions of power.
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
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Good morning welcome to Tippetty tap tap Thursday
Be proud of yourself for showing up today.
Even on the days you don’t feel ready, you’re still trying and that matters more than you know.
Be proud of yourself for showing up today.
Even on the days you don’t feel ready, you’re still trying and that matters more than you know.
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Good morning welcome to Tippetty tap tap Thursday
Be proud of yourself for showing up today.
Even on the days you don’t feel ready, you’re still trying and that matters more than you know.
Be proud of yourself for showing up today.
Even on the days you don’t feel ready, you’re still trying and that matters more than you know.
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Barack Obama gave us a #CupOfJoe in 2008 that brought tears to my eyes. “The true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, & unyielding hope.”
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Barack Obama gave us a #CupOfJoe in 2008 that brought tears to my eyes. “The true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, & unyielding hope.”
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I hate when people ask me, “Why are you so quiet?” I’m quiet because that’s how I function. I don’t ask others, “Why do you talk so much?” That would be rude.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I hate when people ask me, “Why are you so quiet?” I’m quiet because that’s how I function. I don’t ask others, “Why do you talk so much?” That would be rude.
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Cartoon by David Horsey.
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Cartoon by David Horsey.