John Roche

John Roche

@jr-placitas.bsky.social

Poet in NM, retired English prof, editor, Poetry Playhouse Publications, author, Tubbables. Blue Team! 🇺🇦! No DMs. Spoutible: JRPlacitasPoet Website: https://www.poetryplayhouse.com/

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RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

cleveland.comPlain Dealer/cleveland.com endorses Amy Acton for Ohio governorThe Plain Dealer editorial board endorses Democrat Amy Acton for Ohio governor, citing her preparedness and community engagement, while condemning opponent Vivek Ramaswamy's weaponizing of Acton's chi...

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It is painful to witness the images coming from the West Bank. The Israeli destructive machine stops at nothing: it uproots entire olive groves, erases years of labor, and devastates what for Palestinians represents life, history, and identity. The Zionist entity be forever dammed 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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The Republican protection of a fucking Pedophile President.

Yastreblyansky@yastreblyansky.bsky.social

Astonishing: Maxwell was willing to tell Blanche about some of Trump's rapes, and he ordered her not to. "Let's not talk about inviduals." WTF were they there to talk about? There's EVIDENCE on this.

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El-Sayed on Trump's cognitive tests: "I went to medical school...In my neurology unit, I would have to give that MoCA exam...The only people that you give a MoCA test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you're taking one of those tests, something's wrong."

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Trans people are so desperately needed in journalism, there are very few of us and most are freelancers. The Trans Journalists Association does phenomenal work supporting trans journalists while also providing resources for their cis colleagues. Please consider giving during their funding drive. 💚

Trans Journalists Association@transjournalists.org

We're digging our heels in. 🥾👠 TJA is raising $25,000 by Dec 1 for trans and gender-expansive journalists, because we're in this work for the long haul. And we're just getting started! Give today: bit.ly/DiggingOurHeelsIn

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The Vatican says the Pope is recovering well and will be able to visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from 6 to 17 November, with doctors ruling out any complications that could derail the trip. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/amcF

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Trump is rallying Monday for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi. CNN’s Kevin Liptak explains why Democrats think their candidate could have a path to victory this midterm election. Discover more videos, including live streams and exclusive storytelling, on our Watch page: https://cnn.it/3UJKlu6

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There may not be a ton of Republican voters changing sides, but it certainly appears that more than the normal number of Republican voters are sitting this one out. And I'm totally fine with that.

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Trump and Rubio certainly seem to be hinting that some sort of action against Cuba is in the offing.......and probably sooner rather than later. I wouldn't be shocked if he didn't use something like this to throw a massive monkey wrench into the midterms.

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Almost 70% of Republican members of the Congress and Senate own stocks in oil and gas companies and companies related to that industry. So, when you want to know why they don't care about the price of gas at the pump, here's your answer right there. Trump owns $81M worth of oil company stocks too.

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USPS workers’ greatest concern about Trump’s mail voting plan was a requirement that they reject ballots for an array of reasons. “That’s not what we do. We deliver mail. We don’t decide what goes and what doesn’t.”

propublica.orgThe Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In VotingProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...