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Alaskan, independent; Reed College '75 BA/political "science" šŸ˜„; civically active, lover of animals/nature; non-sexist, always ready to stand up to bullies, advocate of scientific method, skeptic, stoic, optimist. "Enjoy your problems." ~Shunayu Suzu
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Sending an email to employees asking them to list five things they did that week is a classic move from a manager who has no idea how to manage

How to Think About Politics Without Wanting to Kill Yourself www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-thi...

Like & Share if you stand with Ukraine. šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦

A rogue DOJā€¦ Pardons for Jan6 treasonous acts were inexcusable. Broaden the scope to include drugs, gunsā€¦and child porn manufacturing/possession of child porn? Abuse of judicial power. www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n... Criminals supported by bigger criminals. This is our country. #SheShed

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublicaā€™s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

Ukraine has shown all of us around the world, what passion and patriotism looks like. For the past 3 years, they have stood tall and strong in the fight for democracy, sovereignty, freedom and humanity. Ukraine is all of us.

šŸšØBREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

A Manhattan federal judge on Friday banned Elon Muskā€™s team from regaining access to the U.S. Treasury Departmentā€™s most sensitive payment and data systems until the conclusion of a lawsuit that claims the groupā€™s access is unlawful.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Zelenskyy has shown the world what democracy means. Donald Trump is a convicted felon and a sexual pervert. These two men shouldnā€™t even be mentioned in the same sentence.

Unfortunately I wonā€™t be to DC in time, but this rally for Ukraine is happening in Lincoln memorial. Attend if you can and Slava Ukrainii!

We donā€™t have kings in America. Hell no. Go to oneflaginitiative.org and join the #NoKings movement. Make sure that tyrant in the White House hears our voice.šŸ‘‡

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

The EU stepping in when the Russian compromised leader of the United States won't.

So grateful to see AP stand up and fight.

WYOMING: ā€œThank you, Madam chairman.ā€ ā€œI prefer ā€˜Misterā€™ chairman.ā€ ā€œWell you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.ā€

Muskā€™s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his companyā€™s cars. apnews.com/article/musk...

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Nice job, maga! Kings Musk & Trump donā€™t need Telehealth ā€” so theyā€™re taking it away from everyone: all of you who are not as rich, powerful or privileged as Trump & his Tech Bros. Why are Americans struggling to make ends meet be stripped of this invaluable healthcare tool? We have to fight!!!

Some good news on a morning we need it: a federal judge has largely blocked Trumpā€™s executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. apnews.com/article/dei-...

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If you feel like giving up, please take time to listen to Adam's message. We are the coalition of resistance: Red (ex-Republicans), White (Independents) and Blue (Democrats) and together we can defeat the criminals in the WH and cowards in Congress. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...

No, but if youā€™re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

"That thuggishness, that play of the finger near the trigger, places Trump in a category all his own in American politics. The stench of political violence has attached to Trump from the start." @monacharen.bsky.social from the archives:

"Trump wants to partner with Putinā€™s Russia morally and politicallyā€”against Ukraine, and against liberal democracy. The U.S. president is on Putinā€™s side. Trump made clear heā€™s going to make a dealā€”one that amounts to a capitulationā€”regardless of Ukraineā€™s wishes." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cruelt...

We need to save some smoke for voters. Trump was very clear during the campaign that he planned to settle Russia's war on Ukraine quickly and on Putin's terms. 77 million people voted for him anyway, and now he's following through. American voters sold out our ally.

Spineless, yellow-bellied, lily-livered, weak-kneed, pusillanimous chickenshits.

SpaceX at the FAA: conflicts of interest, ā€œDEIā€ hires, subterfuge and misdirection, this story has it all. www.wired.com/story/faa-do...

"Heā€™s now attacking its elected leader as a dictator. His national security adviser is portraying Zelensky as the obstacle to peace...All of this is a prelude to blaming Zelensky for the failure to attain a negotiated peace, and to abandoning Ukraine." www.thebulwark.com/p/to-russia-...

Whitehouse: "Remember Trump-Russia? The Mueller report said there was Trump-Russia. The bipartisan Senate intelligence report said there was Trump-Russia. Repeated trials brought in evidence showing Trump-Russia. There was, is, and forever shall be Trump-Russia."

Republicans Call BS After Trump Labels Zelensky a ā€˜Dictatorā€™ Yet Again #Ukraine #zelensky #TrumpDictatorship www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-... via @thedailybeast

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about ā€˜credible death threatsā€™ when he was considering voting against Pete Hegsethā€™s nomination for defense secretary."

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

šŸšØBREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS @democracyforward.org request to allow expedited discovery in lawsuit challenging DOGE access to Department of Labor data. First instance of discovery being permitted in the Trump accountability cases. Visit Democracy Docket for more info. www.democracydocket.com

Factcheck: Trump *creates* an environment of disinformation.

The waste is coming from the White House. šŸ‘‡

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did on J6

All members of the press should unite to defend Associated Press - and by extension, Americaā€™s freedoms

RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Hereā€™s why that will never happen. 1. You canā€™t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didnā€™t get vaxxed. Unethical.

Trump Joins The Wrong Side in WWIII open.substack.com/pub/therickw...