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Rachel Pokora
@rachelpokora.bsky.social
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Communication Studies professor, political junkie, reader, knitter, traveler
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

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Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch

🧢 @trumpfile.org
May 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Read Heather today — and weep. Triump’s defiance of SCOTUS has begun and the rule of law ended.

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April 13, 2025
This evening, lawyers for the Department of Justice told a federal court that the administration does not believe it has a legal obligation to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States,...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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oh got it www.tarapalmeri.com/p/fear-and-l...
March 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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petersagal.bsky.social
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
benion Grieving a wasted life At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to re-elected in contrast to standing up for the reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades greater good? were devoted to protecting America. Sacri A compromised Supreme Court recently fices were made both by myself and my fam- trotted out a shallow token standards of Ily in military service. The tip of the spear: conduct for themselves. Apparently it's Countless weeks over the years were spent not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people? living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since. way?" The purpose: if required, be airborne Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un- in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly: of interest abound. The rule of law is situ- ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet- ational if adhered to at all. America can no nam provided a brief interlude, but overall, longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of this long line of silent sentinels stood firm power and wealth driven by unquenchable to protect America by deterring external greed has left service above self and Con- threats to our freedoms and way of life stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued Recently the VA said exposure to Agent with a sense of service. Orange is the probable cause of the can- I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than military pilots to have significantly higher founded on mere beli…
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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March 5, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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March 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Remembering #80s icon John Hughes on what would have been his 75th birthday. The current episode of our podcast features songs used in his films. Click the link below to listen or download. #80smusic #80smovies #JohnHughes #JH75 #NeoMaxiZoomdweebie

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February 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
rachelpokora.bsky.social
"Only in the darkness can you see the stars." Martin Luther King, Jr.

May we shine brightly.
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Jimmy Carter's advice to a young person.

My nephew Matthew shared this letter with me yesterday. Five years ago, he wrote to all the living presidents and asked for advice on how to participate in public service. Only Jimmy Carter responded. A precis on how to live a life of service.
December 30, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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“Too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we’ve discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning.”

July 15, 1979

Jimmy Carter
December 30, 2024 at 7:33 AM
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josephfasano.bsky.social
I will never, ever get over this.
December 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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Just made my way here from [X]Twitter...
November 14, 2024 at 11:51 AM