Sharon Loper Miller

Retired speech therapist, Ph.D. in psychology, I study language development and delay, read aloud, and play. Screen free until three, don't ruin childhood!!!

[Sharon Loper Miller @SharonLynnMille]

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[Sharon Loper Miller @SharonLynnMille]

My parents (GOP Methodists from Iowa,Kansas &California)
would have loved this candidate!
While I became a Calif.Dem. from outset,I believe Adam Hamilton to be such a welcome contrast to the corruption, daily cruelty and destruction seen in Senate GOP now~ https://t.co/gUJkmxOFC3

[Sharon Loper Miller @SharonLynnMille]

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[Sharon Loper Miller @SharonLynnMille]

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[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: The Catholic Archbishop of the U.S. military enrages MAGA by announcing that Catholic soldiers must not take part in the public execution of Nidal Hasan.

Pete Hegseth is about to blow a gasket...

“In addition to supporting and subscribing to the statement by my brothers the Bishops of Texas, it is my duty to express my disapproval of what is proposed regarding the execution of the terrorist Hasan in the Archdiocese entrusted to my spiritual care to be done by those for whose salvation I have been constituted as the Archbishop for the Military Services, USA," stated Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who is in charge of Catholic pastoral services for the U.S. military.

He was referring to a statement put out by the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops condemning Hegseth's plan to livestream Hasan's execution because it would "make a spectacle of death" and fail to achieve "true justice." Broglio was no doubt drawing attention to the Texas bishops' statement specifically because Hasan committed his mass shooting at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas.

While we have absolutely zero sympathy for Hasan, we also adamantly oppose MAGA's efforts to turn us into an even more bloodthirsty nation where public killings are broadcast for the entertainment of the masses. We are the United States of America, not ancient Rome.

“First of all, I renew my expression of heartfelt sympathy to the families and friends of those who died in the attack at Fort Hood," Broglio continued. "It was an attack that disregarded the dignity of the human person. I had the sad duty of presiding and preaching at the funeral of Michael Grant Cahill, the only civilian killed in that attack."

“Secondly, I repeat the opposition of the Catholic Church to capital punishment.  The Catechism was already clear and Pope Francis made it even clearer.  The dignity of the human person is again at stake."

“Thirdly, do we really want to imitate the terrorists of this world and make a public spectacle of barbarically killing our adversaries?  The crime committed by Nidal Malik Hasan was heinous, but does exposing the public to his execution serve any purpose?  Has the potential moral injury, which the members of the firing squad might experience, been considered?  Will the exposure of a live-stream to the young and impressionable during the 250th anniversary year of our independence be able to be repaired?" 

"The US military generally enjoys a good reputation in the world," he continued. "Is there really a value to throwing them in the same boat with terrorists by broadcasting the image of the execution of a man in a wheel chair to the whole world? Does this decision reflect the dignity of the human person?"

“I call upon all men and women of good will to ask that this decision be reconsidered and, at the very least, do what is possible to keep the exposure to the live-streaming of the proposed execution from the vision of the young and impressionable," he went on. 

"As I would in the case of a procured abortion, I oblige any Catholics assigned to the firing squad to request to be excused from this action contrary to the teaching of the Church," concluded Broglio.

Regardless of one's thinking about the Catholic Church's teachings on other issues, we wholeheartedly agree with their staunch opposition to the death penalty and particularly public executions.

Hegseth and Trump want to normalize this kind of brutality — likely setting the stage for even more heinous displays of fascist violence — and at the same time they know that it's red meat for their mindless, jabbering base who will delight in watching a Muslim be killed on television. The moral weight of history is on our side. We must stand up and stop this.

Please ❤️ and share if you oppose public executions!

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

NEW: The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump has turned its Civil Rights Division’s mission on its head, a federal judge said in a decision blocking the administration from demanding states’ unredacted voter rolls. https://t.co/rTwTdvMqUF

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

It’s already started in Sacramento,California a vehicle pulled up next to a mail truck & took trays of mail out of the back of it & put it in their vehicle & drove away & now Sacramento voters are missing their voting ballots. There’s up to a $100,000 dollar reward for them.

[Russel L. Honore' @ltgrusselhonore]

Happy Thanksgiving Day to our @Canada Friends, Allies, Neighbors on the North Wall Of Freedom! @NORADCommand @USNorthernCmd . This To will Pass . @calgaryherald @MarkJCarney @calgaryherald I enjoyed my visit to Calgary ! From Me , Big Red and Marshall Dillon! Happy Thanksgiving Day @Canada

[Sharon Loper Miller @SharonLynnMille]

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[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump does an incoherent ramble as a confused audience listens in complete silence:

"And you know what they're doing? They go straight down, you know, you can make those drill bits talk. You can make 'em sing, you can make them go, they go down. New York's over here, Pennsylvania-- they go down and they take a sharp left. And they suck our oil out. Can you believe it? Lines of different states, and you'll see one has Cadillacs, because they like Cadillacs better than they like Mercedes, but one has an Escalade, and one has a 50 year old Chevy. And you're talking about 3 ft. It's a line that goes right up. One has some beautiful drilling plants, and one has no drilling plants, it's got no money, it's got poverty."

[Sharon Loper Miller @SharonLynnMille]

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[Not Your Average Liberal @NotAvgLiberal]

“We don’t take an oath to a country”

“We don’t take an oath to a King”

“We don’t take an oath to a
wannabe dictator”

“We don’t take an oath to an individual”….

“We take an oath to the Constitution”

“We take an oath to the idea that is America, and we’re willing to die to protect it”

- General Mark Milley
#VoteBlueToRemoveTrump

[Russel L. Honore' @ltgrusselhonore]

Is This True @WhiteHouse @SenateGOP @GOP @TexasGOP

[MM  @adgirlMM]

If this is what the Trump administration is doing to hundreds of perfectly healthy mature trees in Washington, D.C. in broad daylight, imagine what they're doing to our national forests, protected public lands, and the Arctic Refuge.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

This SNL skit of Pete Hegseth welcoming the Sailors from the U.S.S Abraham Lincoln home to San Diego after 11 months is right on the money.

[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

The Trump administration has some serious explaining to do, because there’s a ton of money missing and zero explanation for where it went.

The US has collected an estimated $13 billion in Venezuelan oil revenue, and at least $10 billion of it is unaccounted for.

And the independent audits that it promised Congress? Congress still doesn’t have them.

Whatever you think American foreign policy towards Venezuela should be, Congress and the public should be able to follow the money.

[Janice Gindel @jgindel]

A message to all sane Republicans: He pardoned 1,600 violent criminals. You said nothing. He bulldozed the East Wing. You said nothing. He interfered with the release of the Epstein files. You said nothing. He took over the Kennedy Center and renamed it after himself. You said nothing. He accepted a $400 million airplane as a personal gift. You said nothing. He threatened Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil. You said nothing. He tariffed just about everyone but Russia, causing inflation and instability worldwide. You said nothing. He attacked a nation during mediated negotiations. You said nothing. His ill-conceived war killed 175 children on day one. You said nothing. He alienated and insulted our allies. You said nothing. His ICE Army terrorized and murdered U.S. citizens. You said nothing. He committed murder on the high seas. You said nothing. He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies. You said nothing. It's time to start talking!!!

It's long overdue!!!!

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: News legends Dan Rather and Sam Donaldson along with 250 journalists sign blistering letter demanding the White House Correspondents’ Dinner “stop the polite nonsense” forcefully call out Trump to his face!

In a powerful open letter, retired star journalists Rather (94) and Donaldson (92), along with more than 250 other members of the press, are urging the White House Correspondents’ Association to stop the usual polite nonsense and use this week’s dinner to directly confront Donald Trump’s unprecedented attacks on the free press.

The letter states that Trump’s “systematic, sustained, and unprecedented” assault on journalism – including retaliatory bans, lawsuits, defunding public broadcasting, arrests of reporters, and constant verbal attacks – makes it impossible for the dinner to continue as “business as usual.”

They are calling on the WHCA to issue a strong, public defense of the First Amendment from the podium, deliver a direct condemnation of Trump’s behavior, and toast the Constitution in front of the man who has spent years trying to destroy press freedom.

This is a remarkable moment: some of the most respected names in American journalism are saying enough is enough. Enough normalizing. Enough smiling and clapping while Trump attacks the free press every single day.

The letter makes clear that freedom of the press is not a partisan issue but a cornerstone of democracy, and must be defended.

If you support real journalists standing up to Trump’s war on the free press, please like and share this post.

[Janice Gindel @jgindel]

Thank you, Mary, for putting into words the way I was having difficulty in doing!!! You just NAILED IT!!!!!

[Andrea Mitchell @mitchellreports]

National Park Service about to chop down up to 529 trees from municipal golf course Trump trying to take over telling federal judge they don’t contribute to the “historic landscape” - no arborist could possibly have said that. Or anyone who’s visited that park along the Potomac

[Truth Matters @politicsusa46]

Yes we can needs desperately become NOW WE WILL.

This is it, this is your moment. As the late great David Bowie wrote, ‘you can be heroes, just for one day.

My thanks to President Obama, the man who lives rent free in Trumple Thinskin’s head every day, for his wise words.

What will you tell your children and your grandchildren when they asked ‘What did you do for my future?’

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