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More good news. Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in SOME houses of worship. www.cbs42.com/news/politic...

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And taxpayers pay to have these cases heard and defended by the current so-called government.

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

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If you believe representative democracy is an effective means to right the current coup, here’s a campaign related to the funding freeze.

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How many of you want a “king”? Not me. And, on a lesser matter, “congestion pricing” was recently determined to drastically reduce traffic delays, higher air pollution levels, and the need for costly infrastructure changes.

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DEI is good for business in many ways.

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JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington state, who blocked Trump's executive order re: transgender health care, says it is unconstitutional in multiple ways, including usurping Congress' power of the purse storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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This is probably the most accurate take.

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“Diversity is better for the bottom line,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said. “In a global economy, those who reject the multicultural nature of consumerism and business will be left in the past they are living in.” #DEI apnews.com/article/blac...

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Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.

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@gatheringinlight.com , interested in craft coffee events? www.tampabaycoffeeandartfestival.com/eventdetails...

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NEW: Senate Democrats say they’ve set up portal for whistleblowers to alert “Any Potential Lawlessness Under The Trump Administration”

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NFL doing a "end hate" commercial while also taking the "end racism" decal off the field is very #funny

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A great website tracking all the companies that have bent the knee to Trump and eliminated their DEI programs, and all the companies that have stood strong. www.dei.watch

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I’m looking forward to breakfast and worship with Key West Worship Group tomorrow. This is my first time here so being with Friends will be sweet. Then, after some local sites, Fly, Eagles, fly!

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In a win for communities nationwide, a judge blocked the Trump federal funding freeze. "This order is a lifeline that provides the breathing room needed for our clients to continue to provide services people across this country rely on,” @skyeperryman.bsky.social, CEO of Democracy Forward. (1/2)

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Follow Alt National Park Service for news about dismantling democracy in the U.S. and, hopefully, the tide that will turn toward the greater good.

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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

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Watch both hands of the con.

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Trump just launched a trade war against Canada over fentanyl. The US seized - wait for it - 43 pounds at the US-Canada border last year. 43 pounds.

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Canada’s Conservative Party leader. Post on the left is Pierre 3 months ago after our election. Post on the right is today.

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Do older Americans know that Elon Musk now controls access to their Social Security and health insurance?

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A reminder: in the past, when a singer's mic cut out during the U.S. National Anthem at a hockey game in Canada, the entire arena stepped in, singing every single word of the Star Spangled Banner together. Tonight, thanks to Trump, Canada is booing during the National Anthem.

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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.

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A group of Quaker meetings, represented by Democracy Forward, filed a lawsuit to stop ICE enforcement on all houses of worship across the country in advance Paige and I discuss. youtu.be/RwTwhdtNsLs

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Dear women of the United States, every single one of you are DEI hires regardless of your skin color. Please look up the definition of DEI. All women are DEI hires. Everyone of your handicapped children are DEI hires too. DEI isn’t someone else with brown skin, it’s literally you too!!

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I would expect DEI (of more than simply women) to increase collective intelligence and, thereby, profits and resiliency.

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Zeldin, a former House member has little experience in environmental regs. He is expected to work to erase rules to fight climate change .. while shutting down programs designed to help poor and minority communities that are disproportionately affected by pollution. #WhiteSupremacy

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Welcome to the Rebellion, Quakers! www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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BREAKING NEWS: SIX State Attorney generals vow to work together (NY, CA, IL, MA, NJ, RI) to SUE to stop Trump's funding freeze. NY AG Latisha James reveals that 20 states have been frozen out of Medicaid reimbursement and says the move is illegal, dangerous and unconstitutional.

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Next time Republicans lecture about religious freedom, remember this. www.friendsjournal.org/quakers-sue-...

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We, the people, need to enforce the U.S. Constitution, even if the current administration will not.

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Quakers bring suit against DHS for discontinuing respecting houses of worship as sanctuary spaces for undocumented immigrants. democracyforward.org/updates/sens...

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How do autocrats stay in power? Our new research dives into the strategies of political control—repression, co-optation, and indoctrination—used across 229 autocracies from 1946 to 2010. What we found will change the way you think about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇

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So how’s it going so far?

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How are you called to foster “the arc toward justice”?

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I just sent an email to my Quaker meeting, basically saying “We need to discuss what we’re going to do when this becomes more than a thought experiment for us.”

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What public health intelligence is being withheld by this action? Why?

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BREAKING NEWS: SPECIAL COUNSEL REPORT SAYS TRUMP WOULD HAVE BEEN CONVICTED IN ELECTION CASE: “But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.”

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In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers. See what changes are in store for your county. By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith

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"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to seek justice." www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

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“For much of the U.S. West, projections show offsite link that an average annual 1 degree C temperature increase would increase the median burned area per year by as much as 600 % offsite link in some types of forests.’

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Vagabonding again. Philadelphia, Annapolis, Rocky Mount (NC) trying to avoid the storm’s snow and frigid temps. [photos of campervan in Philadelphia, Annapolis road scene, Rocky Mount Mills panorama]

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Everybody covering this should talk to folks who studied Orban and Erdogan's campaigns to take control of the media market back in the day. Estimates are that Orban controls some 80% of the broadcast media market today. Erdogan controls better than 90%.

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