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Polish and Ukrainian American. Disability Rights Activist. Writer. Michigan transplant, twenty years in Portland, Oregon.
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As is the percent of the highest paid employees overall who are either in the Police Department or Fire Department (9 of the 10 highest paid employees; and 23 of the top 30 earners). also all 10 of the highest paid employees appear to be men. Didn't see any data on race.

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a sober and well articulated commentary by Fareed Zakaria regarding Trump and his betrayal of our allies (Ukraine, the EU, the UK), threats to neighbors (Canada, Panama, Greenland, etc.), and realignment toward dictators. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaW2...

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A few morning thoughts (this will be a few posts): 1) Let's stop calling it DOGE. nothing that the administration has done has facilitated greater efficiency. If they want to say otherwise, then they need to show evidence; 2) Using their language enables them to perpetuate their myth.

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The cowardice of the GOP has been astounding 👇 #TraitorTrump

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Tonight is opening night for the play, Sapience in Portland Oregon at the Artists Repertory Theatre. It explores themes of diversity, communication, and belonging across race, gender, disability and mammals. Cast is appropriately representative. Remember the positive! artistsrep.org/performance/...

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a few thoughts: first, Swalwell is so right. www.kron4.com/news/bay-are... Second, the democrats can and should learn a lot from Zelenskyy about what "resist" means. Fight back, bring in allies, don't engage in subservience ("anticipatory obedience"). Vance, Rubio et al are weak weak men.

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I don't see why any of them should show up for this farce. Go hold events in your districts and talk to actual people. Nobody needs to watch them scowling and shaking their heads somberly on tv

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This is a difficult piece to wrestle with - but it feels very important to share. Sachs calls out the current and past administrations' policies as a factor leading to the war in Ukraine. Interestingly, it hasn't received much mainstream coverage. consortiumnews.com/2025/02/27/j...

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It is not Zelensky and Ukraine that should be thanking the West. It is the West that should be thanking Zelensky and Ukraine.

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so - Medicaid is under threat - and the NYT has a helpful map that shows the share of the population enrolled in Medicaid. Another example of GOP going out of their way to hurt (mostly) their voters.

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Maybe we should send Vance to Russia, and encourage him to stay since he likes dictators so much. He could join Tucker there, and wax positive about bread.

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I stand with Ukraine. Let us never think that the Trump administration can't do anything worse than they already have. They can and they will. The Trump-Musk-Vance administration has no shame.

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Trump's answer to this question about firings leads me to conclude two things: 1) Trump doesn't know what "mandatory" means - he probably thinks it refers to things men do; and 2) Musk should get fired because he certainly hasn't done anything good, well, ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhJI...

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This is completely unjustified and inexcusable. Even if there had been prosecutorial irregularities in Romania (a big IF), they were also wanted for sex-related crimes in the UK. But now they'll probably get invited to the WH and positions in DOGE. Sickening.

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This is a real threat. Also, 17 AGs in "red states" have filed a lawsuit to declare section 504 unconstitutional, and that will further isolate and disenfranchise and impoverish people with disabilities and their families.

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I joined Bluesky today. First post. This news about the stock market falling - why should anyone be surprised that President Trump, a so-called "businessman" (one who has filed bankruptcy multiple times) doesn't know anything about business or the economy? www.cnbc.com/2025/02/26/s...

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He also used to be a critic of Donald Trump, in 2016 noting that Trump's actions erode democracy: www.cnbc.com/2016/10/20/a... what happened little man?

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Billionaire propaganda

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