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markstatman.bsky.social

Poet, translator, 14 books, more coming, emeritus professor (Eugene Lang, The New School), lives in southern Mexico, baseball guy (LGFM), dual national 🇺🇸and 🇲🇽. See my Poet in Mexico Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/markstatman

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Harmeet Dhillon will lead Trump's DOJ Civil Rights Division. Michael Gates will be her lieutenant Both are super partisan election deniers from California who have made names for themselves among MAGA attacking civil rights rather than defending & expanding civil rights Both are unqualified

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she is right

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The federal agency responsible for traffic safety, which has been investigating self-driving technology in Tesla vehicles, will fire a “modest” number of employees, an agency spokesman said Friday.

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So much gratitude for support for the Poet in Mexico Substack.Tomorrow's post in subscriber inboxes tomorrow 8 am Oaxaca time. After Tuesday’s on crazy, a little hope! Not subscribed? It's free! Poetry, art, music, politics, life, from a US/Mexico citizen-poet pov! open.substack.com/pub/markstat...

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Welcome to affirmative action for white male mediocrity, which has a long, long history but is all ramped up and shouty and sulky right now.

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Sure would be nice if the U.S. continued funding stuff like “vaccines for pancreatic cancer.”

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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I've opened up a few slots next week for the new Resisting Criminalization Helpdesk at @interruptcrim.bsky.social due to popular demand - if you've been looking for a slot, learn more and sign up here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resisting-cr...

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Viñeta de JD Crowe

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holy crap .... Another Town Hall(s) Goes Off the Rails – Oregon 2nd District Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth...

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“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” –Howard Zinn. I hate seeing my fellow Americans afraid. Remember your birthright my friends. This is our country, our government, the people’s, not theirs. Don’t be afraid. Speak your minds! Don’t ever give up your power.

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This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 tinyurl.com/3w32xujf

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This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

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Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

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It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids

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Soberanía Nacional. #MéxicoConClaudia #InjerenciaNoCooperaciónSi

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Trump and Trumpism summed up in a single statement.

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How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

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