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“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” — Things you won’t see trending on X • L.A./N.Y./London/Rome & NOLA. Energy transition, Silicon Valley technofile, aerospace, filmmaker, writer ✍️, former producer, foreign policy and dolphin hugger. #RESIST
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5 Money Moves to Make Before the Next #Recession Hits www.cnet.com/personal-fin...

Why Greater #Toronto Could Decide Who Wins #Canada’s Election. The Conservatives had enjoyed a lead over Liberals in the region largely because of rising housing and food costs. But President Trump’s tariffs have shifted the equation. | NY Times www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/w...

This just kills me. This facility trains so many of the people who work to restore the health of the SF Bay Estuary. We will need this workforce even more than we do now as sea level rises in coming decades. This place is the seed corn. It cannot be replaced. www.kqed.org/news/1203697...

ICYMI with all the Trump tariff noise… Oh yeah — Nothing to see here… just #China moving in on #Taiwan.

Opinion: The US does not have the aid, the technology or the market access to exert control over #global #trade the way it once did, and Trump’s erratic behaviour is rapidly increasing the probability that it never will. www.ft.com/content/c2eb...

The reason felonious grandpa Trump golfs so much is so that he can go deep onto the greens and have face-to-face private and secret convos like the mafia guys do. He’s been talking to Putin all along. That is all.

Make America Unsafe Again! The US Department of Transportation #DOT is significantly loosening #crash #reporting requirements, according to a new framework released today. It’s a boon for the automotive industry as a whole—and for Elon Musk’s #Tesla in particular. www.wired.com/story/feds-w...

#Gold’s record-setting rally is making ever-larger waves in #China by stoking retail demand, fanning unprecedented volumes, feeding volatility, and drawing warnings from the authorities. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: A judge blocks parts of Trump’s anti-voting executive order requiring documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration, but allows other provisions like ballot receipt deadlines to remain as litigation moves forward. From: @jaknutson.bsky.social

"The Trump forces have made their disdain well known for institutions that empower marginalized communities, value equity, or hold the government accountable. " www.democracydocket.com/opinion/nonp...

Who did #Treasury Secretary #Bessent have his closed door meetings with at JPMorgan Chase? The largest institutional investors are The #Vanguard Group, Inc., #BlackRock, Inc., and #StateStreet Corp, holding approximately 9.79%, 7.43%, and 4.57% of the company's shares outstanding, respectively.

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#FireHegseth #Hegseth used #Signal app connected to 'dirty line' on personal computer in #Pentagon office: Sources | ABC abcnews.go.com/Politics/heg...

Want to go to a LIV Golf ⛳️ tournament anyone? Exclusive- #Trump poised to offer #SaudiArabia over $100 billion arms package | Reuters #Resist #QuidProQuo #Corruption www.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...

Want to go to a LIV Golf ⛳️ tournament anyone? Exclusive- #Trump poised to offer #SaudiArabia over $100 billion arms package | Reuters #Resist #QuidProQuo #Corruption www.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...

Pete #Hegseth’s #Signalgate Scandal Somehow Just Got Worse The defense secretary went out of his way to use Signal on the #Pentagon premises. newrepublic.com/post/194337/...

ICYMI - #Signalgate 2.0 is ‘indefensible’: Former #NATO chief thehill.com/policy/defen...

The Real Lesson of #SignalGate A #Surveillance Arms Race Has Poked a Gaping Hole in #NationalSecurity www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Defense Secretary #Hegseth #threatened top US #Military officials with polygraphs as the #Pentagon devolved into chaos and Hegseth was angered by leaks. "I'll hook you up to a F**king polygraph!" Hegseth shouted at Admiral Christopher Grady, the then-acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

This TechBro OpEd in WaPo won’t age well. Just sayin’ #Resist #Oligarchy

#NorthKorean Missile Used In Deadly #Russian Attack On Kyiv, #Ukraine Claims. www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical...

If Republicans really wanted Americans to have more children, they would've gotten behind President Joe Biden's numerous plans to expand paid family leave. They did NOT. A $5000 baby tax credit isn't going to cut it.

Hey Elon #Musk, we think we found some waste for #DOGE to take a look at with this clown over at the #Pentagon! 👇 Read more here: bit.ly/3EnSZXb #ResistTrump

Trump’s #lowest approval ratings yet. 4 new #polls: 🔴Pew Research: 40-59 (-19) 🟠Fox News: 44-55 (-11) 🟣YouGov (rv): 44-53 (-9) 🔵Rasmussen: 50-48 (+2) #ResistTrump

#News #Judge orders return to U.S. of second migrant deported to #ElSalvador. The adverse judgments continue to pile up. #legal www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

🚨 #BREAKING #News #Judge #blocks Trump bid to halt federal funding for #sanctuary cities. "Here we are again," wrote U.S. District Judge Orrick William Orrick, who blocked a similar effort during the president's first term. #Resist #legal www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson shoot down millionaire tax hike Some Republicans had debated breaking from party orthodoxy by allowing taxes to go up on wealthy Americans to help pay for a massive bill for Trump's agenda. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

DOJ asks #SupremeCourt to allow transgender troops ban enforcement. #legal thehill.com/regulation/c...

Is Elon Musk’s South African foreign policy world and we just all live in it. www.reuters.com/world/us-foc...

Yep — an absolute, total lie.