Steve Cook

Steve Cook

@pearsall.bsky.social

Jesus-follower, liberal cleric. No longer active fencer, no longer active cabinetmaker, but remember how to do them. Work and family are my life and to protect them, I support democracy at all times and in all places.

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Kylie Cheung
@kylietcheung.bsky.social

Plenty of attention is rightfully being paid to her dishonesty about being a lawyer, etc, but I would argue this background deserves as much scrutiny and outrage yet is falling through the cracks:

Jessica Valenti@jessicavalenti.bsky.social

You can’t make this up: Up until a few months ago, the new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was on the advisory board of an organization that calls for women who have abortions to be executed “in the public square,” and for pro-choice Americans to lose their right to hold public office.

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S.J. Pearce
@homophonous.bsky.social

"it would be nice if those leaders could at least have, as one goal, a country and a world where we could occasionally ignore them, where we didn’t have to live under constant tension. A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time."

nytimes.comOpinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.

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Brian Cardone
@cardonebrian.bsky.social

Trump and DOGE fired 3,000 people at CDC, 3,500 at FDA and 11,000 food safety inspectors and now we have over 160 food recalls with 24,000 sick, 740 hospitalized and several dead. Trump and Republicans #CostOfCorruption is killing us. Vote these fools out in November. LFG‼️🗳️🗳️

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Linzo
@linz-o.bsky.social

Funny how they toss what they don’t want to “believe” even when it’s in their book.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:5-6

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Bill Hine
@billhine.bsky.social

BTW excellent photo of POTUS. Let's all remember him this way.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"Look at the last 3 GOP presidents. One oversaw a double-dip recession with a savings & loans scandal that looted the Treasury. That was Bush I. Another oversaw near meltdown of the whole capitalist system. That was Bush II. Then the next presided over a pandemic-driven collapse. That was Trump I."

publicnotice.coAre voters finally realizing GOP presidents are disasters?Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.

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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀
@onefussyone.bsky.social

Welcome to Trump’s distraction of the day: a ceremonial lake rename staged for headlines while the real crises deepen as essential goods surge beyond reach, a war of choice founded on false pretenses inflates the deficit daily, and powerful predators keep protecting one another from accountability.

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Micah
@rincewind.run

for a very long time the republican party has been moving towards people who actually believe the slop they consume instead of people who view it as a tool, but the slop has been moving as well the fox news grandpas are now being outflanked by the groypers in the fever swamps

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

Not only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Boo!-per Lund@cooperlund.online

The only way that this bowl of oatmeal counts as a manly man in their eyes is because he has pursued power to inflict cruelty on his perceived enemies and to enrich himself, just like Donald Trump.

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Jan Rosenow
@janrosenow.bsky.social

"Heat pumps just shift gas burning to the power station." Wrong. Even if 100% of electricity came from gas, a heat pump at SCOP 3.8 uses 51% less gas than a boiler. At a terrible SCOP 2.5, still 25% less. David MacKay made this point in 2008. The maths hasn't changed.

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

Letters reveal a decadeslong strategy, starting with targeted programs for needy kids then expanding benefits to all families, by politicians, church officials, and activists who all believe that the separation of church and state is illegitimate. (Published Jan. 2025 w/ @newyorker.com)

propublica.orgThe Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious SchoolsPrivate letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest — successful in 12 states and counting — by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers availab...
Steve Cook
@pearsall.bsky.social

My state, Massachusetts, is quite wealthy, yet Greater Boston Food Bank reported today that 40% of Mass households experienced food insecurity in 2025. Meanwhile, the Strategic Genius in the White House, who has obviously never missed a meal in his life, claims we cannot afford social programs.

Steve Cook
@pearsall.bsky.social

I have always cherished and still occasionally use, the Parker 51 pen and pencil set, in the original box, that my grandfather was given on his retirement in 1955. Moss green and gold, it still lays down a excellent line. I only wish my handwriting was worthy of it.

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