Terry Smith

Terry Smith

@terrysmith2a.bsky.social

Husband to my HS Sweetheart, Girl dad x3, Girl Grandpa, retired engineering executive, #NotreDame alum, current defender of democracy & women’s rights

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Love this post of reaching out to better understand others. Great comments in this thread as well

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

It was wonderful to spend Rosh Hashanah last week with Missy and Elaine, two lifelong Michiganders who welcomed me into their home and taught me about the sweet and joyous meaning of Rosh Hashanah.

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Ossoff: Did you see this business about Don Jr.‘s wedding in the Bahamas? Where he received, apparently, a cash gift from a Russian oligarch connected to the Kremlin? This man, Kremlev, was apparently in China with Putin two days before he flew to the Bahamas for Don Jr.’s wedding…

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Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.

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This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

Same

Michael McFaul@mcfaulmike.bsky.social

Trump seems to like North Korea and Russia more than South Korea and Ukraine. He seems pretty partial to China compared to Taiwan. He’s an original, that’s for sure. I’m ready for a not-so-original president again. Call me conservative. Call me conventional. But that’s my preference.

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It’s been nearly six months since Trump dragged us into this reckless war with Iran. Susan Collins stood with Trump by voting AGAINST the War Powers Resolution. Now, our costs are skyrocketing with no end in sight. That’s not leadership.

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The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him. I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social

Is this just business as usual in politics? No. Approval rates of federal disaster aid requests were about the same regardless of the state and did not vary much with the party of the President. This graph powerfully conveys the scale of the partisan discrimination now.

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Sen Elizabeth Warren: Republicans have the majority. They could constrain Donald Trump on war, slimy tax deals, corruption. But to do that, they would actually have to grow a spine. And so far, what we have around here is a bunch of gelatinous blobs who bow down and say okay. #FlipCongressBlue

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Replying to @publichealthguy1.bsky.social

always good to be cognizant of the fault line between the career public health workers in government trying to do their jobs and the incompetent trump loyalists holding HHS hostage. it's a helpful lens for understanding issues in outbreak responses and policy work this term.

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This should be happening everywhere! Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed SB 397, requiring ICE & other law enforcement to operate without masks & with visible identification, while expanding accountability for constitutional rights violations. Transparency & accountability matter! #SheShed

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So he's gonna advocate for all people with depression to get four months off for rehabilitation, right? And he's gonna tell RFK jr to fuck off with his quest to limit the medication that Kean is very clearly taking to be functional?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rep. Tom Kean finally speaks after months away from Congress for a previously unexplained absence: "I was given the diagnosis of depression ... the doctors recommended I remain in the hospital to address my illness"

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$600 MILLION for a vanity ballroom. $29+ BILLION for an illegal war. $300 BILLION for Iran. Even $14 MILLION for an algae-infested pool. But not a single penny for the 770,000 hungry kids in our country.

Mary (geographile)@geographile.bsky.social

Damn Colbert is a treasure. He very knowingly and intentionally played Linus and Lucy on the air, and the copyright holder joyfully got a fine out of CBS for it and then donated it to World Central kitchen. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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NEWS: Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a law requiring Virginia education officials to review how January 6 is taught in schools—pushing back against efforts to rewrite history and whitewash the attack on our democracy. Read more:

meidasnews.comState Passes New Law to Better Teach the Truth About January 6Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has signed a new law requiring state education officials to review how January 6 is taught in schools, pushing back against efforts to whitewash the Capitol attack...

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here's today's post: "the January 6 rioters are about to get millions, and We the People can go fuck ourselves" — why do we even have laws, if some shithead gets to ignore them? thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

bit.lythe January 6 rioters are about to get millions, and We the People can go fuck ourselveswhy do we even have laws, if some shithead gets to ignore them?