Amy
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“A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies
“Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends”
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“Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies
Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies
“Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anthony Hopkins’ memoir is well worth reading. What an interesting man. I found it insightful and moving.
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Anthony Hopkins’s Beckettian Memoir
The actor recalls his life, from provincial Wales to Hollywood, in stop-start rhythms with curt, unflinching reckonings.
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Anthony Hopkins’ memoir is well worth reading. What an interesting man. I found it insightful and moving.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Cowards shot this poor woman. I'm so sick of cowards with guns over-reacting like little baby snowflakes to every slight paranoid threat. This poor woman's life was stolen by cowards.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Cleaning Woman Killed Through Door After Arriving at Wrong Home, Police Say
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November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Cowards shot this poor woman. I'm so sick of cowards with guns over-reacting like little baby snowflakes to every slight paranoid threat. This poor woman's life was stolen by cowards.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Blumenthal: We’re going to continue finding more of the ballroom donors who evidently didn’t want their names revealed. And let me name them: BlackRock, Susquehanna International, Nvidia, OpenAI, Vantive, and Extremity Care.
And so, we will use every possible resource to expose this corruption to
And so, we will use every possible resource to expose this corruption to
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Blumenthal: We’re going to continue finding more of the ballroom donors who evidently didn’t want their names revealed. And let me name them: BlackRock, Susquehanna International, Nvidia, OpenAI, Vantive, and Extremity Care.
And so, we will use every possible resource to expose this corruption to
And so, we will use every possible resource to expose this corruption to
Finally. Some common sense.
“Maine Voters Approve ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law
The law is set to take effect in January, allowing families to directly seek a judge’s order removing weapons from a relative shown to be dangerous”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
“Maine Voters Approve ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law
The law is set to take effect in January, allowing families to directly seek a judge’s order removing weapons from a relative shown to be dangerous”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Maine Voters Approve ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Finally. Some common sense.
“Maine Voters Approve ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law
The law is set to take effect in January, allowing families to directly seek a judge’s order removing weapons from a relative shown to be dangerous”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
“Maine Voters Approve ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law
The law is set to take effect in January, allowing families to directly seek a judge’s order removing weapons from a relative shown to be dangerous”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
A beautiful headline to wake up to.
Gift article.
“California Approves Redistricting Plan as Democrats Rack Up Key Wins
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Gift article.
“California Approves Redistricting Plan as Democrats Rack Up Key Wins
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Election Updates: California Approves Redistricting Plan as Democrats Rack Up Key Wins
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A beautiful headline to wake up to.
Gift article.
“California Approves Redistricting Plan as Democrats Rack Up Key Wins
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Gift article.
“California Approves Redistricting Plan as Democrats Rack Up Key Wins
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
This is good news. Gift article.
“Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
“Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is good news. Gift article.
“Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
“Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
“His Life Is Taking on Elon Musk
“Onetime Millionaire’s Crusade Against Tech’s Biggest Moguls”
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
“Onetime Millionaire’s Crusade Against Tech’s Biggest Moguls”
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk?
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November 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“His Life Is Taking on Elon Musk
“Onetime Millionaire’s Crusade Against Tech’s Biggest Moguls”
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
“Onetime Millionaire’s Crusade Against Tech’s Biggest Moguls”
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
“First Thing: US to limit refugee numbers to 7,500 with priority for white South Africans”
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US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans
Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“First Thing: US to limit refugee numbers to 7,500 with priority for white South Africans”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Happy Halloween … a little detour from some of the true frightening things happening.
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Samhain: Marking the End of the Harvest Season & Origins of Halloween
The ancient Celtic celebration of Samhain that marked the end of the harvest season and gave roots for the modern day celebration of Halloween
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October 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Happy Halloween … a little detour from some of the true frightening things happening.
www.norsegarde.com/blogs/lore-a...
www.norsegarde.com/blogs/lore-a...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Not new but the first time I’ve heard it:
From Retired Admiral McRaven:
“McRaven also wrote that Trump had "embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."
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From Retired Admiral McRaven:
“McRaven also wrote that Trump had "embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."
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Navy admiral from bin Laden raid slams Trump in dramatic fashion
Retired Adm. William McRaven, the former commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, sees Trump as "a disturbed 15-year-old boy."
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October 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Not new but the first time I’ve heard it:
From Retired Admiral McRaven:
“McRaven also wrote that Trump had "embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."
share.google/aebDd6f3XLIf...
From Retired Admiral McRaven:
“McRaven also wrote that Trump had "embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."
share.google/aebDd6f3XLIf...
"Join us in celebrating the Abrolhos Hope Spot, a region that harbors Brazil’s largest coral reef system, vast mangroves, deep and shallow reefs, and the world’s largest continuous rhodolith beds!"
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missionblue.org/2025/08/hope...
Hope Spot Champion Grantee Highlight: Conserving Coral and Building Community in the Conflict Islands Hope Spot - Mission Blue
Header Image: The Conflict Islands. Credit – Conflict Islands Conservation Initiative (CICI). A tiny and remote atoll off Papua New Guinea holds an extraordinary secret: it is home to more than 400 sp...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"Join us in celebrating the Abrolhos Hope Spot, a region that harbors Brazil’s largest coral reef system, vast mangroves, deep and shallow reefs, and the world’s largest continuous rhodolith beds!"
missionblue.org/2025/08/hope...
missionblue.org/2025/08/hope...
amy_r_fries
"First Thing: Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital"
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"First Thing: Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital"
tinyurl.com/y7yd6523
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
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October 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
amy_r_fries
"First Thing: Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital"
tinyurl.com/y7yd6523
"First Thing: Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital"
tinyurl.com/y7yd6523
“Take me to the station
And put me on the train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again”
youtu.be/URyqGD99Owg
And put me on the train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again”
youtu.be/URyqGD99Owg
The Rolling Stones - No Expectations (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by ABKCOVEVO
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October 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
“Take me to the station
And put me on the train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again”
youtu.be/URyqGD99Owg
And put me on the train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again”
youtu.be/URyqGD99Owg
Even the Saturday Evening Post is doing better than some legacy media.
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Measles: Vaccine-Preventable Disease Returns | The Saturday Evening Post
The measles outbreak of 2025 is a wake-up call. We cannot take the victories of public health for granted.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Even the Saturday Evening Post is doing better than some legacy media.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/meas...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/meas...
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GOP Sen. Rand Paul: I support America First. I support the idea that when we're $2T in the haul, we shouldn't be sending $20B to Argentina. We don't have it. It's borrowed. That's not America First. That's Argentina First.
October 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
GOP Sen. Rand Paul: I support America First. I support the idea that when we're $2T in the haul, we shouldn't be sending $20B to Argentina. We don't have it. It's borrowed. That's not America First. That's Argentina First.
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I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.
October 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.
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Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
“How a Fringe Movement of Gun Nuts, Backwoodsmen and Free Marketers Paved the Way for Autocracy”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
Opinion | How a Fringe Movement of Gun Nuts, Backwoodsmen and Free Marketers Paved the Way for Autocracy
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October 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“How a Fringe Movement of Gun Nuts, Backwoodsmen and Free Marketers Paved the Way for Autocracy”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House