The Practical Progressive

The Practical Progressive

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Sharing progressive reflections with a tilt toward the practical, sometimes covering subjects cultural or quirky. Democrat, union bargainer, Ph.D. in literature, & sometime photographer. #strongertogether #bluecrew #resist

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MadGreek 🧿
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We had such a great time visiting our good friends in #Sequim WA and videotaping the No Kings Protest today. Here is a short clip I put together. More will be posted tomorrow. I need time to edit and add music. This is a tribute to everyone who came out today and made their voices heard. Bravo!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers
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Donald Trump is notorious for suing people for defamation. And yet he has never sued anyone for defamation who accused him of being a pedophile. Trump is notorious for never letting go of a grudge. And yet he never mentions the men who supposedly tried to assassinate him. He'll never admit why.

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"Faced with shrinking numbers and cultural marginalisation, white evangelicalism embraced not spiritual renewal, but existential panic – creating fertile ground for Trump’s demagoguery." www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...

theguardian.comWhen is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: nowRobert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy
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I'm surprised none of the reporting reporting I've seen so far notices the glaring blindness on the part of the Republican senator and his staff. It seems like Sen. Schmitt & his aides never considered that women also play sports or that men attend those events. www.stltoday.com/opinion/edit...

stltoday.comEditorial: Eric Schmitt airballs with 'dirtbag' attackEditorial: "What felt like an especially cringey episode of the HBO political comedy 'Veep' began when Schmitt went after former special counsel Jack Smith during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing....