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79-yo retired physician & clinical teacher (Int.Med, Palltv care, Bioethics). Married, 2 adult children. Ally>DEI, public health, affordable housing, migrants seeking better life. DON’T ask me to send$ or invest (crypto,Forex,gold…).

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(3) Ryback: ‘441 Reichstag delegates delivered Hitler a four-fifths majority, putting the enabling law into effect. [Only the 94 Social Democrats dissented.] ‘“The big joke on democracy,” Joseph Goebbels observed, “is that it gives its mortal enemies the means to its own destruction

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(2) Ryback (cont): ‘...Reinhold Maier, leader of the German State Party, expressed concern about what would happen to judicial independence, due process, freedom of the press, and equal rights for all citizens under the law.... But his party, too, was voting in favor….

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(1) Historian Timothy Ryback (1/8/25 Atlantic): 'On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of the Weimar Republic.... Hitler set about destroying a constitutional republic through constitutional means…in less than two months’ time….' www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Columnist @rexhuppke.bsky.social: (1) 'Anyway, on to the VERY REASONABLE AND PATRIOTIC conditions we Republicans are placing on federal aid to our fellow Americans in California. 'For starters, you must rename the state Trumpifornia....' www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.

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fixed it

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This is a fascinating turn of events

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Chloe, a 20yo rescue dog, is a wonder.

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Why are Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, Pichai and Tim Cook visiting and giving money to Trump ? Because they are in “The Race “ to become the dominant platform in the world. Amazon/Anthropic vs FB/LLama vs Google/Gemini vs Twitter/Grok, vs IPhones/ChatGpt is the penultimate global power war ever.

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open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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#Truth 👇

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For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

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🤯 Damascus, Syria tonight. 2025 will be the first year free of Assad tyranny since 1971 — more than half a century.

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Friends, I understand the urge to unplug from the media, but I never would have known my Rep was funded by “school choice” millionaires if my local newspaper wouldn’t have reported it. We need folks on the ground covering school board meetings and city council meetings and commissioner reports.

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it is always well worth reading @guitarwatson.bsky.social and subscribing to his substack. theliberaltomwatson.substack.com/p/democrats-...

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Built by Jimmy Carter ❤️

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Heather Cox Richardson on Jimmy Carter’s life and gifts to US and the world. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Well would you look at that.

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A very modest urban Massachusetts snowman in the park. (Our apartment building is behind.)

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The GOP Nativity scene: No unwed mothers, Middle Eastern people, refugees, and obviously no wise men.

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Revenge prosecution. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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(3) Ryback: ‘441 Reichstag delegates delivered Hitler a four-fifths majority, putting the enabling law into effect. [Only the 94 Social Democrats dissented.] ‘“The big joke on democracy,” Joseph Goebbels observed, “is that it gives its mortal enemies the means to its own destruction

(2) Ryback (cont): ‘...Reinhold Maier, leader of the German State Party, expressed concern about what would happen to judicial independence, due process, freedom of the press, and equal rights for all citizens under the law.... But his party, too, was voting in favor….

(1) Historian Timothy Ryback (1/8/25 Atlantic): 'On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of the Weimar Republic.... Hitler set about destroying a constitutional republic through constitutional means…in less than two months’ time….' www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Columnist @rexhuppke.bsky.social: (1) 'Anyway, on to the VERY REASONABLE AND PATRIOTIC conditions we Republicans are placing on federal aid to our fellow Americans in California. 'For starters, you must rename the state Trumpifornia....' www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.

fixed it

This is a fascinating turn of events

Chloe, a 20yo rescue dog, is a wonder.

Why are Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, Pichai and Tim Cook visiting and giving money to Trump ? Because they are in “The Race “ to become the dominant platform in the world. Amazon/Anthropic vs FB/LLama vs Google/Gemini vs Twitter/Grok, vs IPhones/ChatGpt is the penultimate global power war ever.

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

#Truth 👇

For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

🤯 Damascus, Syria tonight. 2025 will be the first year free of Assad tyranny since 1971 — more than half a century.

it is always well worth reading @guitarwatson.bsky.social and subscribing to his substack. theliberaltomwatson.substack.com/p/democrats-...

Built by Jimmy Carter ❤️

Heather Cox Richardson on Jimmy Carter’s life and gifts to US and the world. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Well would you look at that.

A very modest urban Massachusetts snowman in the park. (Our apartment building is behind.)

The GOP Nativity scene: No unwed mothers, Middle Eastern people, refugees, and obviously no wise men.

Revenge prosecution. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Today the great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy. Let me explain.

Don’t make me tap the sign.

@vanesamartinez001.bsky.social