John Roche
@jr-placitas.bsky.social
Poet in NM, retired English prof, editor, Poetry Playhouse Publications, author, Tubbables. Blue Team! 🇺🇦! No DMs. Spoutible: JRPlacitasPoet Website: https://www.poetryplayhouse.com/
The anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment was yesterday. Giving women the right to vote was only passed in 1920. One of the last countries to finally make it legal. And still we are fighting for women's rights.
The real travesty of this story is that “785 of 2,512 eligible voters cast ballots.” Shameful. Is it because they were being required to show ID? I doubt it. New Mexico poll workers in rural county required IDs to vote during June primary, observers say sourcenm.com/2026/08/19/n...
New Mexico poll workers in rural county required IDs to vote during June primary, observers say • Source New Mexico
Observe New Mexico Elections otherwise found the June 2 primary "generally calm, orderly, and well-administered" across the state.
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🎂🤘 ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Robert Plant! 🤘🎂 Hoy cumple 78 años 🇬🇧 Robert Plant, legendario vocalista y compositor de Led Zeppelin, una de las voces más importantes de la historia del Rock. 🔥 ¡Happy Metal Birthday, Golden God!
An oldie but always a good conversation starter: my choice of ten of the best career-spanning songs from Philip Lynott, born on this day in 1949. www.theguardian.com/music/musicb...
Thin Lizzy – 10 of the best
Frontman Phil Lynott’s biographer charts the band’s rapid progress from melodic heartfelt ballads to raw, thunderous rock’n’roll
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ICE is terrorizing people seeking medical care. www.kob.com/news/4-inves...
ICE arrest outside Santa Fe health clinic sparks community concern
A man taking his teenage daughter to a doctor visit was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside a Santa Fe health clinic, shaking neighbors.
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ICE is terrorizing people seeking medical care. www.kob.com/news/4-inves...
ICE arrest outside Santa Fe health clinic sparks community concern
A man taking his teenage daughter to a doctor visit was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside a Santa Fe health clinic, shaking neighbors.
kob.com
Climate change is driving record heat in Europe's seas, scientists say www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Climate change is driving record heat in Europe's seas, scientists say
Human-caused climate change was the main driver of recent record-breaking sea temperatures around Europe, scientists said on Wednesday, warning of severe consequences for marine ecosystems and coastal...
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All ICE funding should be transferred to MRNA research and development . www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
Novel Cancer Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning in First for mRNA
Result in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines.
wsj.com
Natalie Harp, the child aide being viciously attacked for being a helpless young girl, is 35 years old.
New details revealed about 'extraordinary moment' between Trump and devoted aide www.rawstory.com/natalie-harp...
New details revealed about 'extraordinary moment' between Trump and devoted aide
Devoted aide Natalie Harp jumped into the trunk of a car after she got into a "screaming match" about accompanying President Donald Trump.According to CNN reporting, Harp "jumped into an SUV trunk" in...
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'Shadow first lady?' Ex-GOP insider reveals why savage Trump takedown left MAGA reeling www.rawstory.com/trump-natali...
'Shadow first lady?' Ex-GOP insider reveals why savage Trump takedown left MAGA reeling
President Donald Trump and MAGA's furious reaction to Sen. Jon Ossoff's (D-GA) takedown of the commander-in-chief and his close aide Natalie Harp has set off his right-wing coalition, a former Republi...
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Really American BREAKING: CNN Stands Up for Its Reporter After Trump Snaps "Be Quiet!" in the Oval Office Meltdown CNN didn't stay quiet when Trump tried to bully one of its own.
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MJdowntheshore@mjdowntheshore.bsky.social · 2d agoOur own personal Hitler in our WH now.
Disneyland hotel workers help make magic happen for millions of visitors every year. It’s time they got the fair pay they’ve earned and deserve. Solidarity with our @unitehere11.bsky.social union siblings!
UNITE HERE Local 11@unitehere11.bsky.social · 6d agoNOW: workers demonstrate outside of Disneyland and the #D23 Disney fan event carrying signs reading "There's no magic in our paychecks" and "I can't eat fairy dust." Workers are calling on Disney to provide fair wages for the people who make the guest experience possible.
SCHOOL BOARD SLATE: WON. GOODBYE MOMS FOR LIBERTY. We knocked doors all summer in these districts.
A win! Huge move by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to protect the Boundary Waters!
NEW: Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) used the following words to describe data center developers today; "Predators" "Bullies" "Secretive" Shapiro signed a new state exec order tightening restrictions on data centers, requiring they get local approvals & provide their own power
The Boundary Waters will remain exactly as it should: wild, pristine, and unharmed.
Michael Allen Caruso is accused of kidnapping and molesting a child younger than 5.
DeSantis Ally In Florida Arrested On Child Sex-Abuse Charges
Michael Allen Caruso is accused of kidnapping and molesting a child younger than 5.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
On the left: Oliver North, convicted for his role in illegally selling missiles to Iran during the Reagan administration. On the right: Fox News “military analyst” Oliver North, who thinks Iran shouldn’t have missiles. Same guy. Same Oliver North.
While his sailors are starving and taking cold showers, the Secretary of Defense is yucking it up in a bar while inappropriately engaging in political campaigning.
A win! A federal judge blocked a land exchange that would have cleared the way for a controversial road through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, protecting one of the country’s vast and ecologically important wild areas. Thank you, Judge Sharon L. Gleason!