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From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

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1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism? Here is an answer: Good Things. Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine. Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it. The more we build community, the less it can take root. 🧵

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Anne Applebaum on Substack

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In this video we see senator Jeff Merkley question Trump allies on whether or not they believe he is a Russian asset. He poses 5 things a Russian asset would do and then lets them know he has done all 5 and asks for answers. They struggle to answer as they know the truth.

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If you were really looking for fraud at SSA, you wouldn’t need write access. You WOULD need write access if you wanted to CREATE fraud where none existed as a pretext to shut down Social Security.

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"The two parts of Bezos' editorial line would be contradictory in practice. The 'free market' and 'personal liberties' would have to contradict one another in editorial decision-making, to the point that they could not be enforced together." snyder.substack.com/p/unfreedom-...

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New, from me: you were told that the threats to free speech came from wokeness. Some compared it to Maoist China. Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

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Stand Up for Science Burlington, Vermont

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Ernest Hemingway wrote this in 1935…

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It’s ready! 🥳 Please follow @mplscargobikelibrary.com to join our adventures as we work toward launching Minneapolis’ first FREE cargo bike lending library on April 1st. mplscargobikelibrary.com

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😂😅

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Federal employees: the country appreciates you & stands with you. I know you’re under a lot. Hang in there. Here’s a cheat code if asked to do malarkey: “I don’t know, can we get OGC (Office of General Counsel) to give us the green light on this first?” 99% chance they just leave u alone after that.

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Email list for all DOGE employees Please ReSkeet!

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Have FUN!!!!! #Anonymous

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This week's "Next Comes What" will be super helpful for anyone who cares about Ukraine. Andrea references the times we've talked about Russia before, starting with the first episode, where Andrea used Putin's return in 2013 for an idea of what Trump 2.0 could be like. So 🧵🕒

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UMaine is hiring TWO faculty at the Assistant or Associate level in Political Science and International Affairs. One is the new Dan and Betty Churchill Professorship in Climate Policy. Please share widely! fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Worth a read from @dicktofel.bsky.social dicktofel.substack.com/p/the-opinio...

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BIG NEWS Today, the OptOut Media Foundation relaunches as the Accountability Journalism Institute. We have assembled a team of renowned public health experts, journalists, advocates, and communications professionals to counter the corrosive influence of dark money and anti-science disinformation.

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Elon's government email is: [email protected] Please don't send anything to it, that would not be good at all! theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...

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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 30, the number is 100%.

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Maine lights the way, as America wakes up: This is not a drill; it's a coup! Virtual projection by LumenARRT! — Maine’s projection art activist group. Text reading, "Stop the Coup," projected on Bug Light in South Portland, Maine. #Resist #Indivisible #MEpolitics

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If you want to understand how we'll survive this mess, check out Next Comes What by Andrea Pitzer. I help produce this weekly podcast about how now fits into the history of authoritarianism and what we can do to fight back. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-comes-what/id1779885475

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Federal employees contend with an administration that doesn’t understand—or care about—their value. www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinio...

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An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

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Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.

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…okay, who did this? and what’s your beverage of choice, because you should drink for free for the rest of your life www.opmreply.com

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Anybody know who the artist is? Please tag him/her in the comments, if you do. I found it in another post, without attribution. Would live to give credit. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory #Opposition #SlavaUkraini

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Full page in today’s Anchorage Daily News:

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👇🏽🎯 scrap the cap

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Cartoon by David Sipress.

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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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DEMOCRATS: You are committing a historic error right now. The federal government is collapsing and you are paralyzed. You seem unable to even address half the stuff that's happening because it does fit into your pre-fab vision of what good political rhetoric sounds like. You are failing America.

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Why? a. It shows you’re not afraid of him. b. It shows everyone else they shouldn’t be afraid of him. c. It causes him to lose control and show everyone how weak (and deranged) he is.

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Apparently this was the sign at Mad River Glen today in Vermont. Via r/icecoast

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🚨 PSA for Protesters 🚨

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We can still stop Trump's coup! Here's how to fight back!

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Please stop mocking people for talking about elections like “oh isn’t it cute you think there’ll be another election.” You’re discouraging people from voting. Which is exactly what Trump wants you to do.

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Every American with a soul feels this way or worse. I know I do.

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Protestors skiing with signs to humiliate JD Vance is fantastic

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The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card. Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks  The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available." www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...

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Hopi speakers aren’t here for your vague bullshit

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Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

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🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

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AMANPOUR (with face in hands): “Never have I ever ever ever seen anything like it… the president and VP were taking all the Putin talking points.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGolFp-...

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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

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