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My true north is serving humanity by advocating for Truth, Justice, Freedom, Democracy, Decency, and Fairness.
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#PDX Check out the Urban Activity Atlas for Portland. schoolofcities.github.io/urban-activi...

Critical shift www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

Trump's biggest inaugural donors are already reaping their rewards: -Pilgrim's Pride ($5M) could benefit from deregulation of meat safety standards -Ripple ($4.9M) closed its SEC legal battle -Billionaire Warren Stephens ($4M) became UK Ambassador Everything is for sale.

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🇺🇸#America, I believe the better question is how do we fix our Democratic System that both parties and our courts have screwed up by pandering to political self-interest and wealthy to get reelected. thingsters.com/wp-content/u...

BREAKING: DOGE given access to Americans' Social Security data by Supreme Court

New CBO projections confirm the devastating harms of House Republicans' One Big “Beautiful” Bill Act 👇 When coupled with proposed Trump administration changes to the Affordable Care Act, the bill would lead to 16 million people losing coverage by 2034.

New: A DOGE staffer developed an AI tool to review Veterans Affairs contracts. But there was a slight hitch. It hallucinated the size of those deals. For example, it concluded that more than a thousand contracts were each worth $34M, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

www.cbo.gov/publication/... Increases deficits by $2.4 trillion, excluding macroeconomic or debt‑service effects. A reduction in revenues of $3.7 trillion and a reduction in outlays of $1.3 trillion over the 2025–2034 period.

Trump's push to defund public broadcasting is an attack on trusted local media and the communities they serve. A strong democracy needs strong public media. 📰 www.axios.com/2025/06/04/t...

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/b...

NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.

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The Supreme Court’s recent rulings threaten the independence of key agencies that protect workers and uphold fairness. Sarah Bloom Raskin details why protecting agency independence is vital for a fair economy: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-sup...

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"One Big Beautiful Bill’s changes to federal health care programs would kill more than 51,000 Americans annually." prospect.org/politics/202...

#EconSky 🇺🇸 Fed survey finds that three-quarters of firms that saw tariff-induced cost increases were passing on at least some of these cost increases to their customers. libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/06/are-...

Trump's attack on our minds reduces our capacity for self-government because ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-attack-on-the-american-mind-1b0

Leopard ate her face. Wait, in point of fact, leopard IS her face. Read This: "Marjorie Taylor Greene Admits She Didn’t Read Trump Mega Bill She Voted For" www.thedailybeast.com//marjorie-ta...