Ruth Duffy
@rujama.bsky.social
Happily retired ESL professor. Lover of dogs, books, music, films, red wine, and travel.
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Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
September 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
Trump Slumps!
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Trump Slumps!
Dictators, Deal-Making, and a Game Show Host in Decline
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August 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump Slumps!
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Jeffries, still going strong 8 hours in: "Extraordinary to me, Mr.
Speaker, that you got folks in this town talking about draining the swamp. Guess what. You are the swamp ... we've never seen anything like this -- the type of corruption that has been unleashed on the American people."
Speaker, that you got folks in this town talking about draining the swamp. Guess what. You are the swamp ... we've never seen anything like this -- the type of corruption that has been unleashed on the American people."
July 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Jeffries, still going strong 8 hours in: "Extraordinary to me, Mr.
Speaker, that you got folks in this town talking about draining the swamp. Guess what. You are the swamp ... we've never seen anything like this -- the type of corruption that has been unleashed on the American people."
Speaker, that you got folks in this town talking about draining the swamp. Guess what. You are the swamp ... we've never seen anything like this -- the type of corruption that has been unleashed on the American people."
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Like many of you, I had the audacity to not look at my phone for like a few hours(?!) to go live our fucking lives and came back to discover we were at fucking war. Again. How many times do we have to learn this fucking lesson??? How many generations of American kids and foreign citizens? How many?🤬
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
June 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Like many of you, I had the audacity to not look at my phone for like a few hours(?!) to go live our fucking lives and came back to discover we were at fucking war. Again. How many times do we have to learn this fucking lesson??? How many generations of American kids and foreign citizens? How many?🤬
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npr
Diseases are spreading. CDC isn't warning the public like it was before. CDC's newsletters have stopped being distributed, alerts about disease outbreaks to health professionals haven't been dispatched, and most of the agency's social media channels have gone more than a month without posting.
Diseases are spreading. CDC isn't warning the public like it was before. CDC's newsletters have stopped being distributed, alerts about disease outbreaks to health professionals haven't been dispatched, and most of the agency's social media channels have gone more than a month without posting.
May 31, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Diseases are spreading. CDC isn't warning the public like it was before. CDC's newsletters have stopped being distributed, alerts about disease outbreaks to health professionals haven't been dispatched, and most of the agency's social media channels have gone more than a month without posting.
Diseases are spreading. CDC isn't warning the public like it was before. CDC's newsletters have stopped being distributed, alerts about disease outbreaks to health professionals haven't been dispatched, and most of the agency's social media channels have gone more than a month without posting.
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Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.
May 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.
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GET HIS ASS
RAMAPHOSA QUIPS: I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE A PLANE TO GIVE YOU.
May 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
GET HIS ASS
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ZELDIN: I understand you're an aspiring fiction writer. I see why.
SCHIFF: I understand your view that you can cut half of the agency and it won't affect people's health or their water or their air. That to me is a big fiction ... you could give a rat's ass about how much cancer your agency causes
SCHIFF: I understand your view that you can cut half of the agency and it won't affect people's health or their water or their air. That to me is a big fiction ... you could give a rat's ass about how much cancer your agency causes
May 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
ZELDIN: I understand you're an aspiring fiction writer. I see why.
SCHIFF: I understand your view that you can cut half of the agency and it won't affect people's health or their water or their air. That to me is a big fiction ... you could give a rat's ass about how much cancer your agency causes
SCHIFF: I understand your view that you can cut half of the agency and it won't affect people's health or their water or their air. That to me is a big fiction ... you could give a rat's ass about how much cancer your agency causes
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BREAKING: MeidasTouch, the nation’s top independent pro-democracy media network, is proud to announce that attorney and renowned legal analyst Katie Phang has launched a brand-new YouTube channel in partnership with MeidasTouch.
Subscribe now: youtube.com/@katiephangnews
Subscribe now: youtube.com/@katiephangnews
May 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BREAKING: MeidasTouch, the nation’s top independent pro-democracy media network, is proud to announce that attorney and renowned legal analyst Katie Phang has launched a brand-new YouTube channel in partnership with MeidasTouch.
Subscribe now: youtube.com/@katiephangnews
Subscribe now: youtube.com/@katiephangnews
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“The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747…four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. That’s contrary to the narrative from the president that Qatar reached out and offered the jet as a “gift” to him.”
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Sources contradict Trump narrative about Qatar offering plane as ‘gift’ | CNN Politics
The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One by President Donald Trump, four sources familiar with the discussions told C...
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May 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747…four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. That’s contrary to the narrative from the president that Qatar reached out and offered the jet as a “gift” to him.”
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cnn.it/436PyxB
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A 27% decline in overdose deaths is still too high — but it is a remarkable step forward.
Why on earth would HHS want to reverse course when we're finally making life-saving progress?
Why on earth would HHS want to reverse course when we're finally making life-saving progress?
May 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A 27% decline in overdose deaths is still too high — but it is a remarkable step forward.
Why on earth would HHS want to reverse course when we're finally making life-saving progress?
Why on earth would HHS want to reverse course when we're finally making life-saving progress?
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House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
May 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
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Don't let up. Hold their feet to the fire. (DoJ: I do not mean to literally light feet on fire.)
Alex Lawson to Rep. Miller-Meeks: Last time you spoke with us you lied to our face and said you wouldn’t vote for Medicaid cuts, but you’ve voted for the largest cuts in the history of the country.
Do you have any comment on the health care that 67,000 people in your district are going to lose?
Do you have any comment on the health care that 67,000 people in your district are going to lose?
May 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Don't let up. Hold their feet to the fire. (DoJ: I do not mean to literally light feet on fire.)
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THIS!
The same people who say Adriana Smith should stay hooked up to machines so a fetus can gestate inside her dead body for 7 months because “it’s a sacrifice a mother would make” can’t fathom a mother crossing the border with her children in hopes of providing a better life for them.
May 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
THIS!
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He will take credit for it and his base will celebrate it
April 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
He will take credit for it and his base will celebrate it
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HAPPENING NOW: A HUGE crowd of protesters march through the streets outside an FBI office in Milwaukee in support of Judge Hannah Dugan (Video: @unraveledpress.com)
April 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: A HUGE crowd of protesters march through the streets outside an FBI office in Milwaukee in support of Judge Hannah Dugan (Video: @unraveledpress.com)
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Dear Canada: tomorrow is Election Day. This is Mark Carney. Hint, hint.
April 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Dear Canada: tomorrow is Election Day. This is Mark Carney. Hint, hint.
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ICYMI:
@harvard.edu today filed a 51-page lawsuit against the Trump Administration, Pam Bondi, RFK Jr., and several other defendants for their unconstitutional and unlawful federal funding freeze.
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
@harvard.edu today filed a 51-page lawsuit against the Trump Administration, Pam Bondi, RFK Jr., and several other defendants for their unconstitutional and unlawful federal funding freeze.
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
Upholding Our Values, Defending Our University
Dear Members of the Harvard Community,Over the course of the past week, the federal government has taken several actions following Harvard’s refusal to
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April 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
ICYMI:
@harvard.edu today filed a 51-page lawsuit against the Trump Administration, Pam Bondi, RFK Jr., and several other defendants for their unconstitutional and unlawful federal funding freeze.
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
@harvard.edu today filed a 51-page lawsuit against the Trump Administration, Pam Bondi, RFK Jr., and several other defendants for their unconstitutional and unlawful federal funding freeze.
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
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This devastating Substack post by Georgetown Law Professor @stevevladeck.bsky.social ought to cause Samuel Alito discomfort whenever he sees the word “Justice” in front of his name. He doesn’t deserve what that honorific implies.
Today’s “One First” takes a (very) deep dive into Justice Alito’s Saturday night dissent in the A.A.R.P. Alien Enemy Act case—and how it attempts to invent a series of procedural objections to the majority’s intervention that … simply don’t exist:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/145-justic...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/145-justic...
145. Justice Alito's Misbegotten Dissent in A.A.R.P.
Justice Alito's after-the-fact opinion dissenting from the Court's early-Saturday-morning Alien Enemy Act ruling rests on a revealing array of misrepresentations, misstatements, and non-sequiturs.
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April 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This devastating Substack post by Georgetown Law Professor @stevevladeck.bsky.social ought to cause Samuel Alito discomfort whenever he sees the word “Justice” in front of his name. He doesn’t deserve what that honorific implies.