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Maine Governor Janet Mills standing up for what’s right:

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It’s less easy to cut flowers out of queso fresco than halloumi (queso fresco crumbles more) and halloumi ones keep their shape better when you fry them! Came up with my “flower power” idea for the chili cook-off in the middle of the night:

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“[O]nly an idiot would think we should eliminate emergency response in a natural disaster, education & healthcare for disabled children, gang crime investigations, clean air & water programs, monitoring of nursing home abuse, nuclear reactor regulation & cancer research.”— @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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Yeah when????🙄😡

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DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

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Sunlight in the basement; friend Pat’s mid-18th C front door knob and key; Canada geese on the move.

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Inspired: @sidneymorss.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DGVIjvi...

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He is insane.

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Impacts of the USAID Stop Work Orders A 2024 study looked into the impact of U.S. foreign aid. Every dollar spent on aid returns an average of $8 in exports. It benefits people in the US before delivery and in the development phase when countries strike up partnerships.

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“The reason Americans created the gvt that Trump admin is now dismantling was that in t 1930s they knew v well t dangers of authoritarianism…Confronted w/consequences of their support for Trump & votes for his nominees, Perticone notes, R lawmakers are apparently shocked.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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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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Noon walk: little bit warmer, though the marsh is still frozen.

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As a measles outbreak is rapidly spreading in western Texas, public health concerns are growing just as rapidly. While GOP leaders appear oblivious to increasing threats of infectious diseases, Americans have come to fear top Republicans whose actions are endangering…

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Hint: it’s the billionaires ✨

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HEADS UP! We need to give this story more attention. This is the next phase - investigations of those who criticize Trump, Musk or SCOTUS. It’s already started. It is a campaign of intimidation designed to silence criticism. wapo.st/3X8d75G

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“[T]he United States has turned its back on Ukraine and 80 years of peacetime alliances in favor of support for Vladimir Putin’s Russia.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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I seriously doubt anyone has mixed these two up.

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And today in Arizona. We need to hire back all those #airtrafficcontrollers DOGE fired, including the “provisional status” ones we’ve paid to train. #planecrash #airsafetyusa

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Every single Utah resident votes via mail right now. The process works. Republicans want to do away with it, just like they gerrymandered our state. We won’t let them get away with this.

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Colder this morning (15°F “Feels Like” 5°F / minus 9°C “Feels Like” minus 15°C) tho’ snow’s gone. I thought it might be warmer to walk up to Main Street (coffee shops, etc.) but w/t wind making my face ache it was hard to tell if it was. My fingers ached even with fleece-lined gloves. Bundle up, DE!

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February 18, 2025

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Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.

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“There is now total clarity, no matter how unimaginable...US gvt has been taken over by a clique of extremists…They think their actions will increase US power, but they are…wrecking their own country & in the process everyone else.”—Stathis Kalyvas heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...

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We need to reach 3.5% of US pop protesting to effect change &tho we aren’t there yet there’s an underreporting of numbers. In Delaware “dozens” of participants were reported but we counted >300 in DoverDE &hundreds more protested in WilmingtonDE. #reportthenumbers #fiftyfiftyone #usprotests #nokings

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Marcy makes a very nice point here. If Trump asserted that Special Counsel Jack Smith—who was in charge of just two cases against basically one person—was a principal officer who required Senate confirmation, then how could Co-President Musk—who’s remaking the entire government—be anything less?

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Why we’re alarmed: #project2025 youtu.be/CvQhTbCY4xc?...

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The food we eat, the air we breathe, the schools our children attend, the banks where we keep our savings, and the planes we fly on are all less safe because Donald Trump is President.

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Protest in Dover #Delaware today as part of the 50states/50capitols event. A good crowd for a small state—people are realizing that the US is in danger. My new poster in the last photo. #USProtests #fiftyfiftyone #NoKings #Feb17 #Delawareprotest

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Clearing the street drain: #SundayPixWet

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Walking home this morning I found a sturdy stick in the woods to help clear a few blocked drains, and did make a mess of sticks & leaves on the road but at least got the water moving. In the last picture the fellow in the distance had a shovel, so I let him tackle that one: #SundayPixWet #Delaware

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Within the administration, one strain wants a sleek state that narrowly seeks to maximize investment returns; one, a shackled state unable to promote social justice; and one, a shattered state that cedes authority to competing projects of decentralized private rule. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

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Dogwood petals on the front step last April: #SundayPixWet

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“Now Trump, Musk &/t Republicans are purging funds for cancer research, family farms, nat parks, food, nuclear security &medical care—all programs his supporters care about—& threatening to throw t country into an economic tailspin that will badly hurt R-dominated states.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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“These [cuts to NIH grants] will cause thousands of layoffs &, as the AAMC said, ‘diminish the nation’s research capacity, slow scientific progress and deprive patients, families & communities across the country of new treatments, diagnostics & preventive interventions.’” @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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One fired federal employee wrote: “I make $50K a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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