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Retired b-school professor. Nonprofit board member. Pottery enthusiast. Here for the news and entertainment. Often those are the same, but I prefer comedy to horror.
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Trudeau: "They're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin- a lying, murderous, dictator. Make that make sense. Canadians are reasonable and we are polite. But we will not back down from a fight...Canada will be implementing 25% tariffs against $155b of American goods."

submitted 19 days ago • 375 comments

Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."

submitted 19 days ago • 729 comments

Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.

submitted 21 days ago • 400 comments

Seems like Hegseth's Stand Down Our Defenses Against Russia order should be getting a bit more attention.

submitted 21 days ago • 459 comments

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.

submitted 21 days ago • 2019 comments

BREAKING HEALTH ALERT: A case of measles has now been confirmed in the state of Kentucky. The Kentucky Department of Public Health said the person had traveled internationally to an area with an ongoing measles transmission. CRITICAL REMINDERS: Measles is highly, highly contagious — one of the…

submitted 25 days ago • 533 comments

When the sitting president of the United States posts from his official White House account referring to himself as a king, we have to speak up, even if it feels like screaming into the void. But more importantly still, we all have to get out in protests in numbers that the media cannot ignore

submitted 32 days ago • 15 comments

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." As the foundation of #democracy in America crumbles and the vulnerable are under attack from a rogue administration, we, the people, are asking our former presidents to "Say something!”

submitted 32 days ago • 184 comments

Absolutely heartbreaking.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

FFS! 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 are firing National Park Service EMTs There will be no one to attend to you if you get attacked by wildlife, fall while climbing/hiking, have a skiing incident, are drowning, break a leg/arm/your neck, etc Alex Wilds is one such federal employee. Read what he's saying

submitted 34 days ago • 674 comments

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

submitted 36 days ago • 1008 comments

The author of this piece was an associate WH counsel under Reagan. He has a very polite way of explaining that what Trump is doing with DOGE is a coup. wapo.st/4hSE7Ox

submitted 39 days ago • 261 comments

Importantly, these are *civil* actions under the Privacy Act of 1974, i.e. individuals can file suit and Trump can’t pardon defendants.

submitted 47 days ago • 36 comments

If you voted Republican, and you care about your country, please act rather than rationalize. Unless you cast your ballot so that South African oligarchs could steal your data, money, country, and future, tell your elected officials that you wanted something else. snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

submitted 47 days ago • 54 comments

If you’ve taken the oath to serve, today would be a good day to honor it.

submitted 47 days ago • 516 comments

WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt. We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered. Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.

submitted 48 days ago • 136 comments

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

submitted 48 days ago • 925 comments

My gosh this is the best news. Casey Colvin, who lost his home in the Palisades Fire, just found his dog, Oreo, who was missing in the rubble for 5 days. 💙 🎥 Liz Kreutz, NBC

submitted 69 days ago • 749 comments

Six Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines: • Diphtheria • Measles • Mumps • Polio • Rubella • Tetanus 🎁: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...

submitted 98 days ago • 27 comments