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Hands Off, Beaverton, OR. One of dozens of rallies in the Portland metro area. With my daughter and her dogs

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Howard Lutnick: "Let Donald Trump run the global economy. He's knows what he's doing. He's been talking about it for 35 years." Hello? Trump has killed almost every business he's ever touched. Watch. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?si=1AQLnUjnabA61SN-

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SAVE THE PENGUINS. STOP TRUMP’S TARIFFS.

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It's a long, hard struggle for justice. Don't forget to take in the beauty of nature along the way. (Then return to the work of doing justice and loving kindness)

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Quote by: Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, GMP/CEO, UCC. 👉🏾 From her latest On My Mind Today blog entry: "Politics & The Church": www.ucc.org/politics-and...

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Grass roots grow national forests.

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NEW: GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept. @mckenziefunk.com

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No kings.

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The FBI is trying to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for receiving climate grants from the EPA. Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people. This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become. It's targeted harassment.

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Remember to breathe.

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Participating in the economic boycott today, but I need my coffee and neighbors need jobs. Luckily, my dog and I always go to locally owned coffee shops.

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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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“Operation Whirlwind” What’s Happening Now? In 2025, Operation Whirlwind was launched under Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin to investigate alleged threats against employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

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ACIP—the external CDC advisory committee for US vaccine policy—is not meeting next week, as scheduled. This is a big deal; Americans rely on up-to-date information about eff. and safety of vaccines to make evidence-based decisions. We don’t know motivation, but this is why I’m getting nervous…

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I worked as a doctor in Africa in the late 80's. I saw children die of measles. I saw young pregnant women die of TB. I never thought I would see that happening in the US, almost 40 years later. Medically, we are so heading BACKWARDS in time.

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Here we go www.nola.com/news/healthc...

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February 12, 2025

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RFK Jr was confirmed. There is a lesson here for the future. The only chance that science had to stop RFK was a public relations strategy—to mobilize enough of the public that people not paying attention to politics would learn that he is a disaster. We failed at that. Let’s fix it and do better. 🧪

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Vaclev Havel on HOPE: Hope is an orientation of the heart and of the spirit; it transcends the world and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. Hope is not the same as joy that things are going well. Hope, indeed, is the ability to work for something because it is good and because it is just.

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Many are asking: “What can I do now?” Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do

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DECIMATION OF SCIENCE—Trump WH has announced it will slash NIH indirect grant support across the board to 15%… from previously 50-70% for big universities. ➡️This is what normally keeps the lights on & subsidizes tuition at major scientific institutions. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...

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Sometimes, we all need to spend time with a Blue Footed Boobie...

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