Mary Kirkman

@maryakirkman

Writer. Californian in Kentucky. Horse racing fan, loves history, jazz, civility.

Joined September 2011

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    Jan 3

    Yes, this is the most distant object yet visited by human spacecraft. Yes, the image was processed by astrophysicist Dr. Brian May. Yes, that’s the same Brian May from the band Queen. Yes, that’s awesome.

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    Americans deserve to know: the government funding package passed by the House yesterday is the *exact same* plan passed by the just weeks ago. And yet, now, they refuse to vote on it.

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    Dec 31

    History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme. . . Believe that a farther shore Is reachable from here. Believe in miracles And cures and healing wells.

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    When you push reckless policies that squander our resources, defy our values, leave 800,000 federal workers unpaid and millions of Americans without needed services, you don’t need to declare a national emergency. You are the national emergency.

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    Jan 3

    Total women in the U.S. House: 1989: 16 Democrats 13 Republicans 2019: 89 Democrats 13 Republicans

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    Jan 2

    Please don’t trash our national parks. They’re for our children and our children’s children. We should have the basic decency as Americans not to poop and throw trash everywhere and kill plants and animals with our cars going off-road whether there’s a park ranger looking or not.

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    The damage being done to our environment, week after week by this regime is startling. Will take decades to repair the rollbacks that started right as he took office.

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    21 Dec 2018

    Is this week over yet? It has felt like Friday four days in a row already. 😭

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    a POTUS who didn't pay his fed taxes is shutting down govt unless he gets 5 bil of taxpayer $ he had promised Mexico would give to build a wall that won't work that we don't need that the majority of Americans don't want & we'll still have a giant "Help Wanted" sign at the border

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    17 Dec 2018

    Wildlife crossings are an effective tool for combating habitat fragmentation and are a win-win for protecting wildlife and drivers from injury or death from collisions.

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    27 Nov 2018

    If you are unsure how Trump maintains the support of ~40% of the American people, consider he is supported by two enormous media companies that operate as state propaganda outlets

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    I still can’t get over this: was a columnist for the !!! That could’ve been me or any number of other columnists. Would Trump just let a rich foreign monarch chop up our bodies and do nothing as well? I don’t know how this isn’t a full-stop moment!

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    When the President: Denigrates the independence of the judiciary, Attempts to have Justice Dept investigate his rivals, Calls the press an “enemy of the people” That’s what attacks on the rule of law look like. When Congress fights back: That is what democracy looks like.

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    What do these four people have in common? Admiral Bill McRaven Senator John McCain Gold Star Parents Khizr and Ghazala Kahn They respect the military. They have courage. They understand sacrifice. They make us proud.

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    this brilliant & (yes) heartrending speech by Stacey Abrams, in its entirety, should be required reading for high school & college students -- generations who are inheriting the US.

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  16. 16 Nov 2018

    Me too.

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  17. 13 Nov 2018

    Yaver's short thread is extra useful bec it recaps the bipartisan record of support for voting rights over 5 decades (vote counts, House & Senate--facts).

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  18. 12 Nov 2018

    Since acc to police report, Tucker Carlson must have imagined most of the "terrorization" of his home story (no door pounding, just spray paint on the driveway), new protest methods are being discussed that will be harder to misrepresent. 😁

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  19. 12 Nov 2018

    Often lost in the chaos is the reality that reporters are first responders too. Good point by & good NPR piece on how damaging this senseless carnage is overall.

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    11 Nov 2018
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    Is Trump "honoring the troops" when he refuses to visit them in combat zones? Or sends them to the desert for the holidays as a political stunt? Or allows 3 Mar-a-Lago members with no military or gov't service to run the VA? Or cuts veterans' benefits?

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