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simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship “Live by the foma that makes you brave and kind and healthy and happy.” – Kurt Vonnegut Over the last 22 years, the USA has spent 10 trillion dollars fighting wars. This is insane.
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Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot Do law enforcement. Period

"my brothers you think you're doing the right thing," one demonstrator says to police "you're not.

Having access to space isn’t some cute touristy thing. It’s a national security military function. The USA should not be dependent upon a sole contractor when the lives of every American depend on it. Gov should use DPA + Eminent Domain to take control of SpaceX.

The "weave" has been rechristened:

Bravo

"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen. This would help our bees " via I Love Bees

Veterans are disproportionately affected by federal cuts, in part because they make up only 6.1% of the U.S. population but, because of “veterans preference” in federal hiring, they compose 24% of the 3 million federal workers facing mass layoffs under t2. #RESIST www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

We have an official ruling

🇷🇺 launched a massive overnight air attack on 🇺🇦: over 400 drones and 45 missiles targeted Kyiv and other regions. Three people were killed, 49 were injured. This is how Putin understands retaliation, by attacking civilians. While we were watching Trump–Musk soap opera, Putin was killing civilians.

NEW: A right-wing think tank known for drafting model legislation for state GOP lawmakers, is expanding its state-level anti-voting efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Moskowitz: "Nothing has been made more efficient. Here are the wins for congressional Rs. You ready? They're gonna do a $9b recession bill. They're gonna get rid of Elmo, which the American people were clamoring for, but they're gonna add $2.4t for the debt. And then they want us to cheer for them."

'Stunning': Forbes counts number of times Trump has 'flip-flopped' on key policy www.rawstory.com/trump-tariff...

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"Act of terror": 6 injured as man uses flamethrower, incendiary device on pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder - The Colorado Sun

A 98 year old World War 2 veteran, returned to his tank to destroy one last Nazi car. He has a message for Elon Musk, Tesla, Putin, Trump and the international regressive movement. We crushed fascism before, and we'll crush it again, so let's go shall we? #3E #teslatakedown

What should tACO do?

Tim Walz takes a shot at Susan Collins: "She's always 'deeply concerned' about things. Well do something then, about being 'deeply concerned.'"

Also the problem with Labour in the UK saying growth is the answer to Farage and populism. There's not a particularly obvious correlation. Modern populists win when they are better story tellers, not because they have better policies. They often don't have any...