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Retired secondary teacher and social scientist.
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www.sacbee.com/news/politic... Our Congressman was nowhere to be found... he isn't representing our working for his constituents during this most serious Constitutional crisis.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...

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Dark Pence is back.

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Your moment of Zen

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Mexico said Monday it’s awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of Mexico to its Google Maps service before filing a lawsuit.

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If you Google it, it comes up a Gulf of America, so I made sure to use Google feature that allows you to identify INCORRECT info. When it asked for additional info. I typed it was only Good of America in Trump's head. Join me?

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Saw wise words today that essentially said we need to worry less about what this administration does and says and begin to worry more about what we're collectively doing in and for our community.

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No kings on President's Day. It's "Not MY President Day" and there is a protest at the capital in Sacramento, CA.

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What can you do? Don’t give up hope. Dictators feed off your hopelessness. Don’t quit. Dictators want you to give up. Punch back. Dictators are bullies, and bullies are cowards. Stay tethered to the truth. Dictators need you to believe their lies. Resist. Stand with others.

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Maybe check to see if your local area is planning an event, but if you're feeling afraid or angry at the coup by President's Musk and Trump, here's a way to lift your voice www.newsweek.com/50501-moveme...

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"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa..." apnews.com/article/trum...

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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Fact-Checking Claims About U.S.A.I.D. Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...

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This gutted me this week. I grew up in this America, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." Millions of children are starving, and we can feed them at little cost to us. Shame on all Americans who voted for this and think "America First."

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Pay Attention! All Info - H.R.899 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): To terminate the Department of Education. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress www.congress.gov/.../119t.../...

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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-...

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Musk, on livestream last pm, on destroying the federal government “If it’s not possible now, it will never be possible. This is our shot, This is the best hand of cards we’re ever going to have. If we don’t take advantage of this best hand of cards, it’s never going to happen.” Are we fighting back?

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What Is U.S.A.I.D., and Why Do Trump and Musk Want to Close It? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

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I think we need to be really clear that while deporting violent criminals makes sense, mass deportation of refugees, families and workers should not be tolerated. How do we unite around these humans? How do we call out the immorality?!

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CARTOON OF THE DAY

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I wish people had realized this before the election. It's too late now.

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Saw this quote today. "Trump's furious, because as a Bishop Budde can move as far as she wants diagonally, but as a Russian pan he can only move one square at a time. " Steve Blair

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And so it begins: Bakersfield, CA sees massive drop off in field workers as ICE agents rounded up suspected immigrants, resulting in acres of oranges left unpicked in the California sun during the most active period of the season. “Economic devastation” newrepublic.com/post/190555/...

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Thursday newsletter: Waiting for a Hero Who's going to stand up to Trumpism? open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

submitted 30 days ago • 56 comments

Saw Timothy Chalamet in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN. IMHO, nominations are well earned, and maybe more importantly, Dylan's music really resonates with these times in which we find ourselves.

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Why You Might Suddenly Be Following Trump on Instagram and Facebook www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/t...

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