I couldn't say it any better myself, President Reagan. You and I never saw eye to eye, but in this principle we have both believed.

This post is worth reading. And worth getting angry about, in case you're short on angry-making current events. 🙄

We've lost our way on foreign policy as well as domestic. It seems that our ruling party is determined to remake the US in the image of Putin's authoritarian kleptocracy. I weep for this country that I love.

Needing the reminder today: Only by taking care of ourselves with compassion and peacefulness can we continue to rise up against injustices, hate, violence, bitterness, and anger youtu.be/VF9LkpANAEU

#ohio people, @amyactonoh.bsky.social for governor is how we will 'dream about the great things again' and begin to solve 'things we can only solve together' in our beloved state. We're with you, Dr. Acton.

This is all in the public interest, right? 🙄 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not. Watch till the end @housedemocrats.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social

More voter suppression tactics from Ohio Republicans

Accurate, and chilling under current conditions.

A breath of fresh air in a suffocating Ohio. We're with you, Dr. Acton.

Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.

This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.

Peaceful protest in my ancestral homeland.

Wise man, that Teddy Roosevelt. And ahead of his time.

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find: - NONE of the arrested were criminally charged - NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists." - ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

The right way to do things

Great Substack post from @defiance13.bsky.social about this week's Mississippi miracle -- for me the most inspiring thing that happened in the recent election results. substack.com/@defiance13/...

Now there's a good role for a state's national guard. Heading off a potential public health disaster. Seems better than protecting criminal thugs.

Pope Leo is not mincing words about the “grave crimes” being committed against migrants in certain places. It’s no wonder the Vatican took a full week to publish this speech in English. But now they have, and we can spread the message. (via @colleendulle on IG & the Inside the Vatican podcast)

Screwed again. Ohio Republicans twist the gerrymandering knife with impunity. Via @mariloujohanek.com ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/04/a...

Where r the children? What happened to the 300 plus kids that Taco was ordered to not put on the plane that was headed to who knows where? ICE Gestapo keep taking kids! #iceout

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works. I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”

Sorry ass sons a bitches.

Ronald Reagan speaks the truth in this video clip. Wonderful. substack.com/@joealter/no... via @joeandstuff.bsky.social

Wut

2700 no kings protests across the US yesterday. Many in smaller towns and suburbs.

Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."

Sadly I’m not surprised that the incident I’ve seen so far of a Trump supporter attacking protesters happened in my home state of Ohio. This nation & Ohio need a conversation about what Ohio has done to itself & is doing to the nation. Of why OH produced a VP who defends pro-Nazi posts. 1/

Hmmm. I wonder what else we might have done with $172 million?

"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.

Yep, this is the crux of the issue. Obama nails what is driving the current destruction of democracy.

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities "Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US" "The church cannot be silent"

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫,

Our boy's going full Liberation Theology maybe, which is bad for everybody because I will start talking about my MA thesis incessantly.

U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who has vowed to be the 218th and final signature needed on a bipartisan petition to force a vote on the release of the Epstein files ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/09/r...

George was just trying to get to work. ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process. This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

Judge rules federal agents can't deploy chemical irritants at journalists, protesters who don't pose threats chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook) Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Been a long uphill battle against fossil fuel interests, but the tide finally turns. @theguardian.com

TOTALLY. AGREE 💯

I miss responsible journalism.

Ohioans feel squeezed by high costs in every part of their lives. Growing up without stable housing, reliable meals, or basic necessities, I understand what that’s like.