Sally Dodds
@sdodds.bsky.social
Measured thought, occasional snark. Retired psychiatry research prof. PhD. Behavioral science. 4th generation Democrat 💙
We are back. The rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner is live at the Waldorf Astoria. Your uncredentialed correspondent has returned from her sofa in the Midwest. No press pass. No canapés. Just a dog, a television, and absolutely no filter.
We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience
A beautiful reflection of America's affection 💙💙
"Federal officials have confirmed two additional cases of New World screwworm in Texas, bringing the state’s total to four confirmed detections in less than a week."
USDA confirms two more New World screwworm cases in Texas | Houston Public Media
The latest cases involve a calf in La Salle County, about 90 miles south of San Antonio and roughly 50 miles from the Mexican border, and a dog in Andrews County in West Texas near the New Mexico…
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🔹If someone violates the Epstein Transparency Act, they are supposed to be prosecuted by the DOJ 🔹Todd Blanche is the head of the DOJ 🔹Todd Blanche has violated the Epstein Transparency Act 🔹So he has to prosecute himself Make this make sense
Brava, Kristen Welker! Courage under fure
Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2mo ago🚨Trump has a complete MELTDOWN on Meet the Press. Kristen Welker presses him on his wild California election conspiracies. Trump calls her crooked, calls the press crooked, and throws a tantrum about how unfair everything is. Then he storms out mid-interview like a toddler who lost at recess. 🍼🤣
Join Roshi Joan today for Mutual Belonging: Compassion and Social Responsibility www.upaya.org/program/the-... THE MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY. Free, online June 7, 11-12:30 MT.
[Register for FREE] Mutual Belonging: Compassion and Social Responsibility with Roshi Joan (online)
Join our 2026 online free series “The Measure of Our Humanity”
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This essay has been a work in progress for some years. Here you go! An Architecture of Goodness www.upaya.org/2026/06/an-a...
An Architecture of Goodness: On Motivation, Intention, Commitment, Atonement, and Vows—by Roshi Joan Halifax
My mother, a tall woman with striking green eyes, was a Gray Lady. During World War ll, Gray Ladies were Red Cross volunteers who came alongside injured soldiers back from the war.
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A win! A federal judge has temporarily stopped the Trump admin’s attempt to dismantle part of a major U.S. climate research institution. In a preliminary ruling, Judge R. Brooke Jackson blocked plans to remove a key supercomputer from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in CO.
Exciting news!! Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has won the New Mexico Democratic primary for Governor and if elected, she will make history as the nation’s first Native American woman to serve as governor. .
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Exciting news!! Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has won the New Mexico Democratic primary for Governor and if elected, she will make history as the nation’s first Native American woman to serve as governor. 
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Thomas Massie isn't going quietly: “Today is the six-month anniversary of the Epstein Transparency Act. We’ve taken out two dozen CEOs, an ambassador, a prince, a prime minister, a minister of culture, that was just six months. I’ve got seven months left in Congress.” (The US gets little credit.)
Bottom line: The president should not be able to own and trade stocks. Or the vice president. Or members of Congress.
Farm workers are clearing the weeds in the roots of green chile plants in Mettler CA. This is a physically demanding task as they are using a mattock - a heavy duty duel head tool - that's used for digging, chopping and breaking up hard soil and clay. #WeFeedYou
Wee little reminder that after Howard Lutnick visited Epstein's island, his nanny's resume was forwarded to Jeffrey Epstein. #EpsteinFiles
Funding for local news initiatives! knightfoundation.org/knight-citie...
Knight Cities Challenge - Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation is launching the Knight Cities Challenge, a $5 million open call for new ideas across its 26 communities that spark change and create lasting local impact.
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"We should also be proud to be part of a movement that doesn’t make light of violent attacks on political opponents. We should be proud to be part of a movement that doesn’t celebrate the death of public servants." Like, uh, Trump does.
No Violence. No Demagoguery. No Kings.
We condemn Saturday’s violence. And we condemn attempts to exploit it.
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Melania: this government will not pursue the Epstein perpetrators, but we will pressure their victims to give public testimony about the crimes inflicted upon them in a venue with no jurisdiction so they can be harassed and threatened into hiding just like Christine Blasey Ford.
Wow, great news: the CDC has a study proving COVID vaccines slashed hospitalizations by 55%. Bad news: RFK Jr.’s team killed it before publication because facts were inconvenient. They are literally hiding data that could save your life. #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/208886/...
RFK Jr.’s CDC Delays Report Proving the Covid Vaccine Worked
Anti-vax nonsense has infiltrated every corner of America’s public health agencies.
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President Trump can sign all the executive orders he wants. It won't change the United States Constitution. States run their elections, not the President of the United States, not the Department of Homeland Security.
BREAKING: Judge Richard Leon enjoins Trump ballroom construction in suit by National Trust for Historic Preservations. Order stayed for 14 days to allow for appeal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![MEMORANDUM OPINION
March 11_, 2026 [Dkt. #51]
The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future
generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner! President Trump ("the
President") claims that Congress has given him authority in existing statutes to construct
his East Wing ballroom project and to do it with private funds. The plaintiff, the National
Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States ("National Trust"), claims the President
has no such authority under existing statutes and that a preliminary injunction is necessary
to avoid irreparable harm. I have concluded that the National Trust is likely to succeed on
the merits because no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to
have. As such, I must therefore GRANT the National Trust's Motion for a Preliminary
Injunction, and the ballroom construction project must stop until Congress authorizes its
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LAGARDE: “.. We are facing a real shock…probably beyond what we can imagine at the moment.” @economist.com www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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IRGC signals targeting regional industrial sites after US-Israeli strikes on nuclear facilities - Türkiye Today
Following US-Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, an IRGC general warns of escalated retaliation, urging workers to evacuate industrial facilities
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Trump has already created his own private army. He is selling or dismantling ALL of the departments that helped citizens and in the case of US Aid, the world’s poorest people. Page 159 of Project 2025 outlines the dismantling & privatization of TSA ( Transport Security Administration)
