Rev. Ma Dettmer
@revmadettmer.bsky.social
Jill of all trades. Veteran, mother, ordained minister, priestess, gardener, anti-fascist, human.
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December 29, 2025
December 29, 2025
In an appearance on New York’s WABC radio on Friday, President Donald J.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
December 29, 2025
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December 28, 2025
December 28, 2025
On the clear, cold morning of December 29, 1890, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, three U.S.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
December 28, 2025
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December 27, 2025
December 27, 2025
Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S.
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December 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
December 27, 2025
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December 25, 2025
December 25, 2025
The modern version of Santa Claus arrived in the United States in 1863, when he stopped at an army camp of Union soldiers in the January 3 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Cartoonist Thomas Nast drew Santa w...
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December 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
December 25, 2025
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December 22, 2025
December 22, 2025
This afternoon, President Donald J.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
December 22, 2025
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December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
December 21, 2025
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December 20, 2025
December 20, 2025
On November 19, 2025, Congress passed H.R.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
December 20, 2025
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December 19, 2025
December 19, 2025
This past week feels like the final, chaotic days of a political era.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
December 19, 2025
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December 18, 2025
December 18, 2025
“These are the times that try men’s souls.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
December 18, 2025
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December 17, 2025
December 17, 2025
This morning, four vulnerable Republicans signed onto the discharge petition all House Democrats have signed to force Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring a bill to extend the premium tax credits for ...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
December 17, 2025
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December 16, 2025
December 16, 2025
While President Donald J.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
December 16, 2025
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December 15, 2025
December 15, 2025
“For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
December 15, 2025
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December 14, 2025
December 14, 2025
Last Sunday, on December 7, Mydelle Wright, a well-regarded preservationist, filed a declaration before a court, saying that President Donald J.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
December 14, 2025
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December 12, 2025
December 12, 2025
Today former Alabama senator Doug Jones launched his campaign to become the state’s next governor.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
December 12, 2025
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December 11, 2025
December 11, 2025
On Tuesday, President Donald J.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
December 11, 2025
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December 10, 2025
December 10, 2025
Today is Human Rights Day, celebrated internationally in honor of the day seventy-seven years ago, December 10, 1948, when the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Hu...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
December 10, 2025
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December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
When G.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
December 9, 2025
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December 8, 2025
December 8, 2025
Last Wednesday, December 3, a reporter asked President Donald J.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
December 8, 2025
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December 7, 2025
December 7, 2025
“I think it’s really important that this video be made public,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said today on Face the Nation. Himes was referring to a video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
December 7, 2025
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December 5, 2025
December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
December 5, 2025
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December 2, 2025
December 2, 2025
The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to “kill ev...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
December 2, 2025
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December 1, 2025
December 1, 2025
President Donald J.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
December 1, 2025
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November 30, 2025
November 30, 2025
On Friday evening, the Wall Street Journal published an article about the Trump administration’s negotiations with Russia over Ukraine that illuminated the administration’s approach to the world at ho...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
November 30, 2025
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November 29, 2025
November 29, 2025
In the wake of yesterday’s report from Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Special Operations to kill the survivors of a September 2 stri...
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November 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
November 29, 2025
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November 28, 2025
November 28, 2025
As Trump’s popularity continues to drop, the MAGA coalition shows signs of cracking, and Trump’s mental acuity slips, there is a frantic feel to the administration, as if Trump’s people are trying to ...
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November 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
November 28, 2025