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Liberal, environmental, writer, skier, traveler, animal lover with two cats, Copernicus and Galileo, who were named above their intellect. Connections of note: St. Paul Open, CTC, Hamline, VCFA, IHCC, MRAC, MCFTA… Also, happily married 30+ years.
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General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Faithfully and Honorably served the Constitution and The People of the US for 41-years in the USAF. His last posting was as the 21st Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was unjustly fired by the dangerously unqualified SECDEF. I proudly stand with Gen. Brown.

If it looks like a Nazi salute and quacks like a Nazi salute…

Really informative interview!

There are tools that are available to terrible people that cannot be used by good people without becoming terrible. Touching back to Tolkien, the ring isn't really a Macguffin so much as a lesson that one of the most important tests of hard times is to not become the enemy in service of winning.

Jamie Raskin: "Given that I was marching at age 3, you know I’m not letting any coup-plotting, election-denying, insurrection-supplying autocrat, kleptocracy, plutocrat or theocrat, or any techno-feudalist Silicon Valley broligarchs aspiring dictator, turn me around now.” Amen!!

We wanted them to have healthcare and a high paying job and a planet to live on and freedom. They want us to suffer. The parties are not the same.

Ok that made me laugh

“Democracy dies in darkness,” right?

I Froze My Ass Off for Democracy -- No Kings Day Protest, St. Paul, MN. Feb. 17, 2025. I want a tee-shirt

Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.

Everyone knows tRuMpusk acts like an elementary school-aged bully. Teachers out there: Any advice?