@oneveteransoath.bsky.social Hey Greg! It's me from Substack. Yes! Let's collaborate. And welcome to Bluesky even if I missed your grand opening. Oh, margaretjparkmdiv.substack.com. Reflections on Power, Culture, and Society. 😉

Here we go Bluesky fliers. The first Monday in January has arrived. Here is a meditation to help set the path for the year while keeping our sanity!

Happy New Year,🎉 Blue Sky flying friends! For those unfamiliar with my Sunday essays and other regular publications of Reflections, this is an introduction, along with topics I'll be covering in 2026.😀

Looking forward to all that we will accomplish in 2026 with gratitude for all my followers and subscribers. We got this!

Join us for Monday Meditation No. 77, the last of 2025. We're thinking together about character and action for 2026. This one is free for everyone. Meditations will be for paid subscribers next year. Get it in your inbox by 5:30 each Monday morning. Happy New Year!

This is the infamous AOT. Assisted Outpatient Treatment. It joins with Trump's EO of June to involuntarily commit all homeless people suspected of having MI or SA. How is this not a violation of the Olmsted Act? Others will follow. Advocates! Time to get busy!!

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue As 2025 comes to a close, I feel the need to re-state my position… just so we’re clear.

From the UK. Do't expect good news. It is full of truth, however.

For those who feel a bit blue this holiday season, here is a full album of the magnificent Etta James: Soulful Christmas.

Good morning and good Monday! You are welcome to join Meditation #76 on building and maintaining resilience through the end of this month and the year. We will need to be strong and steady on our feet for 2026. Enjoy, share, and comment to let us know what you think about resilience.

Don't forget it is #caturday! Sophia says, "Hi!" 🐾

Slava Ukraini!

“These are the times that try men’s souls.” The author of The American Crisis was Thomas Paine, whose January 1776 pamphlet Common Sense had solidified the colonists’ irritation at the king’s ministers into a rejection of monarchy itself, a rejection not just of King George III, but of all kings.

Food for thought. Sure but which cuisine tonight?

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

This is real manliness. This virtue, you see, isn't just "signaling". This is what comes from a man or a woman's character built on virtue & a sense of duty. This is how we, men & women, save the Republic from authoritarianism. This is how we, the people, save democracy and the right to vote.

Laurence Tribe gives us a jewel again. Such clarity of thought.

The Health and Human Services Department reportedly terminated seven grants that provided millions in federal funds to the American Academy of Pediatrics. From the Dispatch this morning. Sure, RFK, Jr. abandoning sick children would save a lot of money. (We want our HHS back!)

This is a thoroughly objective view of Trump's 1st year by Attorneys Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith, two of America's top legal minds. Here they go point-by-point on 7 areas of Exec Power with a conclusion.

Let your Congress people know: NO MORE SHADOW DOCKET!!

Just so you all know, Russell Moore is one of America's leading Evangelical Christian theologians. SBC

I can't fathom how any American can not understand that Senator Mark Kelly and his wife Gabby Giffords are both true American heroes.

Refrigerator art.

I am sharing some thoughts on lessons in being strategic in our struggles for democracy this year, and help us think about being even stronger next year. Please comment. The piece if free and comments are open to all.

Never forget Unions! Thank you every single union member!

This is huge! Capture of the entertainment industry, which includes most news, is an element of Project 2025 and an element of the New Apostolic Church's Christian Nationalist capture of our culture. Please send this far and wide.

Notes from Veterans and from Just Law

Good morning, friends!

Here is a little Aristotle and Plato to start your week.

This is our workout video for next week. Another big week ahead. Anne and Nance have always been ROCK STARS. It never ceases to amaze me that she is belting out that ending at fff over and above the horns, drums, all the strings, the choirs, both singing at ff. Rock star!!

This just might be exactly what you need to end this weekend of all weeks. Genius.

Ok, who is surprised? Not me.

Despicable doesn’t begin to describe this:

I LOVE THIS WOMAN!!

Honor and decency are breaking out all over people! Stand firm. Stay strong. Remain sharp and think. We got this. We the people have got this.

I rarely repost his nonsense & lies, but does anyone on Bluesky know when I can expect my 500-700% check? I need groceries.

Here is my Sunday piece with an announcement.

I want to wish every one of you high-flying patriots a happy Thanksgiving! I am grateful for Bluesky and all the friends I've made--especially the readers of my Substack in all the different ways. You SEE me. 😁 And I see you. You are the ones who convince me we will make it through to thriving!💙

A video surfaced showing the brutalization of community members by ICE and the St. Paul, Minnesota PD after ICE abducted two of their neighbors. As a result of the chemical munitions and police beatings, eight people, including a journalist, were hospitalized. 11/25/25

IMPEACH CONVICT REMOVE 🖕My protest sign.

Hey! Pro-democracy Americans, Ukrainians, Brits, & the French-- remember the blitz didn't kill democracy or curiosity in London back in the day. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. 🇺🇸💙❤️

For those who are interested in keeping up or catching up with what is happening off the coast of Venezuela. Here you go. Steven Dundas.

@thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social Welcome to the Sky Daffodile. I found out just 2 years ago that I have Welsh blood flowing in my veins! 💙

I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired. If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.

This post begins with a perfect article by Dan Rather and his Team Steady on what happened at the Department of Education and the whole "professional" brouhaha. It is not about $$. The post ends with research I did and published on MLK Day this year on what went into Project 2025. Please share.

🇺🇦 I stand with Ukraine!🇺🇦