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Reading Sinatra: The Chairman. Wow, this quote by actor Tony Bill about the bubble of stardom in which Sinatra lived, from 1962. Could still apply today to lots of rich and powerful people, not just movie stars:

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So this week I was in SF. Visited the Presidio and saw there was an exhibit on Japanese Exclusion at the Officers' Club, so we went in. My teen has been learning about Fred Korematsu in civics, and I want him to understand this history. The exhibit was powerful. But--

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This! We have what a month of pushing back as the law suits go through and then what? Are the Governors banding together to protect us?!? Do not fall into the George Cloney trap of thinking we get another election.

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This gets my vote for tweet/post of the year. This is a RED ALERT post. This is exactly why he’s doing it.

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Yes @adamserwer.bsky.social gets it right. But for all these reasons, it is necessarily an attack on the 14th Amendment. We have to start talking about it in constitutional terms. Because that is what they are resisting.

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Fell down a social media hole of black Americans criticizing British food (thanks to TikTokker Keith Lee going over on a food tour) , and I will never recover from beans on toast being referred to as a “struggle plate”. I laughed so hard.

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The first person who stands up and says: “Mr. President, fuck off.” to his face is gonna be the next president of the United States

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If you, as a politician, cannot stand up to what you know are illegal overreaches of power, you are not doing your sworn duty, and need to recognize that you are not suitable for the job, elected or not.

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AG Kris Mayes ( @azagmayes.bsky.social ) from Arizona sent a clear and important message: "There is an ongoing coup against the Constitution of the United States as we speak." Every AG should be doing this. youtu.be/jrE0DOEcbRE?...

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@govpritzker.illinois.gov is using his "state of the state" speech today to bring the fight straight to Trump/Musk/MAGA. "My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country. We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one."

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How is it we are in a timeline where Mike Pence is the only GOP figure speaking truth to Putin’s pet POTUS?

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It's Going to Take Years to Train Another Generation of Federal Workers www.esquire.com/news-politic...

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For those of us that have lost somebody they loved deeply, no- there are no words. Name of this sculpture is EMPTY. A friend here sent it to me. Created by a grieving parent, after losing a child.

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Should we just pay our federal taxes to each of our states this year? Cause that’s who will be providing services now.

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If there aren’t enough staff to run the library will the administration sell it? Ditto National Parks.

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I’m reading The Tainted Cup for family book group and feeling this so much. If you are not panicking & thinking about your next steps it’s going to be too late.

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We are not going to survive these purges. The brain drain will happen & even if we get a 2028 election the talent will be gone. Are states going to step up?

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No one person is all powerful. One is only powerful with the cooperation of others. Lots and lots of people are complicit.

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I am astonished as how passively people are reacting to losing their jobs. How people are simply accepting censorship. How institutions (hospitals, universities)are not fighting back against what will doom them. How elected leaders on the Democratic Party side are paralyzed. It's baffling. This

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They need to stop quitting and go outside and do a press conference where they tell the American people how much bad shit is going on.

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Mark Watney time traveler!

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Storytellers will be the ones to see us through this. Stories help us remember where we come from and what we’ve been through. They inspire us to imagine new and better futures. A love of storytelling fosters empathy, compassion, and curiosity.

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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

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This is better messaging to circulate than the price of groceries.

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Becky and I prefer to keep our charitable giving private, but we recently added PFLAG to our roster of monthly giving. A great organization, needed now more than ever. pflag.org

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You know Kate Winslet in Contagion? Where she runs into a hot zone, risking her life, so Americans could be safer? She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.

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Why did I never realize that carnival, carnevale in Italian, literally means carne (meat) + vale (Latin for goodbye)? So you have a good time at Carnevale because once Lent starts, it's goodbye, meat! Languages are fun.

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I can’t say I’ve thought about inflation that much since the US Attorney in the district you and I both live in had to resign because the President wanted to make a corrupt deal with the Mayor, backed by the threat of a dangling DOJ prosecution, to terrorize immigrants and people of color here.

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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

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Cancel everything at the Kennedy Center. They get nothing good! They can have Kid Rock, and a three person play with Mel Gibson, Sly Stallone and Jon Voight. Enjoy.

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A note that may be of interest: @torbooks.bsky.social has placed the ebook of The Calculating Stars on sale this month for $2.99. If you're interested in diving into The Lady Astronaut books, this may be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

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NY State AG Letitia James ought to issue a warrant for Elon Musk and his incel clown posse for wire fraud and grand larceny. They took $80 million of federally allocated funds from a bank account that wasn't theirs. Indict them, issue warrants, and arrest them now. End this madness.

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I’m watching this attack on diversity and, maaaan, I have some thoughts about how people behaved when things were in PLACE. How they acted like there would be no backlash. How they acted like it was forever. How they didn’t prepare. I’ve been predicting this (ask my daughter).

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American middle school students walked out. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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