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Family. Food. Travel. In that order./ I might have a political opinion or two./ Founded nonprofit that works to #endpoverty thru economic sustainability in #Africa/ #unbuntu/
#RacialJustice #ClimateCrisis #ProtectDemocracy NOT HERE TO MEET MEN
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· Mar 16
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
Yes, this is very depressing, but PLEASE do not look away. PLEASE read this article.
An estimated 1,650,000 people could die within a year without American foreign aid for H.I.V. prevention and treatment...🧵
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An estimated 1,650,000 people could die within a year without American foreign aid for H.I.V. prevention and treatment...🧵
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Despite his consistent assertion of #innocence, #Alabama plans to execute #AnthonyBoyd on 10/23/25 by #GasSuffocation. Sign/share the @DeathPenaltyAct petition to #StopExecutions - bit.ly/AnthonyBoyd @PHADP
Stop the Execution of Anthony Boyd
Anthony Boyd faces execution in Alabama on October 23, 2025. If carried out, it would be another execution by nitrogen gas, a method Alabama began using last year as an alternative to lethal injecti...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Despite his consistent assertion of #innocence, #Alabama plans to execute #AnthonyBoyd on 10/23/25 by #GasSuffocation. Sign/share the @DeathPenaltyAct petition to #StopExecutions - bit.ly/AnthonyBoyd @PHADP
This is so evil. I hate the people that did this so much. I hope the media will cover all the suffering & loss that will take place in the coming year and beyond, directly as a result of these cuts. Americans who support this should be forced to look at what they did. So ashamed of this country.
July 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is so evil. I hate the people that did this so much. I hope the media will cover all the suffering & loss that will take place in the coming year and beyond, directly as a result of these cuts. Americans who support this should be forced to look at what they did. So ashamed of this country.
apnews.com/article/sout...
"Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history’s deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived."
"Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history’s deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived."
US aid cuts halt HIV vaccine research in South Africa, with global impact
South Africa has played a historic, global role in scientific research, from COVID-19 vaccines to HIV.
apnews.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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"Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history’s deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived."
"Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history’s deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived."
"For the most expensive fiscal year, 2022, the American government spent over $2 billion for the entirety of the drought response. That means it cost the average household roughly $6/year in taxes to prevent about 1/2 as many deaths as occurred in the Holocaust."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Opinion | I Worked at U.S.A.I.D. for Over 8 Years. This Is Our Biggest Failure.
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:06 AM
"For the most expensive fiscal year, 2022, the American government spent over $2 billion for the entirety of the drought response. That means it cost the average household roughly $6/year in taxes to prevent about 1/2 as many deaths as occurred in the Holocaust."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
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🧵 1/2 US citizen tackled by ICE in downtown LA—for filming them harassing street vendors.
They pinned him face-down, punched him, & then left him seizing on the street.
When his family tried to intervene, they were shoved & threatened.
The man never touched an ICE thug.
Video in 2 parts
They pinned him face-down, punched him, & then left him seizing on the street.
When his family tried to intervene, they were shoved & threatened.
The man never touched an ICE thug.
Video in 2 parts
June 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
🧵 1/2 US citizen tackled by ICE in downtown LA—for filming them harassing street vendors.
They pinned him face-down, punched him, & then left him seizing on the street.
When his family tried to intervene, they were shoved & threatened.
The man never touched an ICE thug.
Video in 2 parts
They pinned him face-down, punched him, & then left him seizing on the street.
When his family tried to intervene, they were shoved & threatened.
The man never touched an ICE thug.
Video in 2 parts
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This is oligarchy. This is obscene.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
June 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is oligarchy. This is obscene.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
"Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does." George Orwell
#VeniceHeritageMuseum in Venice, CA
#VeniceHeritageMuseum in Venice, CA
June 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does." George Orwell
#VeniceHeritageMuseum in Venice, CA
#VeniceHeritageMuseum in Venice, CA
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DNI Tulsi Gabbard repeats Putin’s talking points today, releasing an unhinged video where she claims that “political elites” want a nuclear war with Russia because they have sophisticated bomb shelters that will help them survive it.
June 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
DNI Tulsi Gabbard repeats Putin’s talking points today, releasing an unhinged video where she claims that “political elites” want a nuclear war with Russia because they have sophisticated bomb shelters that will help them survive it.
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By @alejandrabee.bsky.social
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
Congress moves to loosen toxic air pollution rules
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
By @alejandrabee.bsky.social
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
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"At one point reporters moved off topic and asked Trump about the plane Qatar gifted him, riling him. Ramaphosa cut in, saying, "I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you."
"I wish you did," Trump said, causing Ramaphosa to laugh. "I would take it.”
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"I wish you did," Trump said, causing Ramaphosa to laugh. "I would take it.”
apple.news/AkyDbtz5LSu-...
Trump ambushes South Africa's president with false claims of 'white genocide' — NPR
The Oval Office meeting went off the rails when President Trump started playing videos and repeating discredited claims about a
apple.news
May 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"At one point reporters moved off topic and asked Trump about the plane Qatar gifted him, riling him. Ramaphosa cut in, saying, "I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you."
"I wish you did," Trump said, causing Ramaphosa to laugh. "I would take it.”
apple.news/AkyDbtz5LSu-...
"I wish you did," Trump said, causing Ramaphosa to laugh. "I would take it.”
apple.news/AkyDbtz5LSu-...
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This student has greater moral clarity than all the rich consultants telling Dems to sacrifice trans people for electoral gains.
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This student has greater moral clarity than all the rich consultants telling Dems to sacrifice trans people for electoral gains.
How do all the young men who voted for the monster feel about this?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bill to make pornography a federal crime introduced by GOP senator
Republican Mike Lee seeks to redefine ‘obscenity’ in order to empower prosecutors to punish those who make and distribute ‘extreme’ content online
www.independent.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
How do all the young men who voted for the monster feel about this?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"I think it's clear that private philanthropy is not going to be able to fill all the gaps," says Weiss. "But what we can do is staunch the bleeding, keep projects functioning so that it's possible for local organizations or local governments to take them over."
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
A matchmaking service with a twist: Connecting big givers to programs cut by USAID
A former USAID worker has a new mission. She's hoping to connect philanthropists with overseas programs that have lost — or are likely to lose — their U.S. funding.
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"I think it's clear that private philanthropy is not going to be able to fill all the gaps," says Weiss. "But what we can do is staunch the bleeding, keep projects functioning so that it's possible for local organizations or local governments to take them over."
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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Tonight, there is a major protest happening in Tuscaloosa after Trump forced his way into the Alabama commencement ceremony.
The event will be live streamed and you are going to need to watch @betoorourke.bsky.social and @dougjones.bsky.social.
It’s going to be historic.
apnews.com/article/trum...
The event will be live streamed and you are going to need to watch @betoorourke.bsky.social and @dougjones.bsky.social.
It’s going to be historic.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump will address graduating students at the University of Alabama
President Donald Trump will travel to heavily Republican Alabama to speak to graduating students at the University of Alabama.
apnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Tonight, there is a major protest happening in Tuscaloosa after Trump forced his way into the Alabama commencement ceremony.
The event will be live streamed and you are going to need to watch @betoorourke.bsky.social and @dougjones.bsky.social.
It’s going to be historic.
apnews.com/article/trum...
The event will be live streamed and you are going to need to watch @betoorourke.bsky.social and @dougjones.bsky.social.
It’s going to be historic.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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"While much of this is already in action before our eyes, leaving some 18,000 law enforcement agencies without federal oversight or limits places everyone in peril." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump Administration Dismantles Protections Against Law Enforcement Abuses
Opinion | Leaving some 18,000 law enforcement agencies without federal oversight or limits places everyone in peril.
www.democracydocket.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"While much of this is already in action before our eyes, leaving some 18,000 law enforcement agencies without federal oversight or limits places everyone in peril." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
trump's greed always comes before what is best for others or for the world, as a whole. If allowed, he will be the demise of the country and maybe even the planet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/c...
Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters (Gift Article)
A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral resources in shared waters.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
trump's greed always comes before what is best for others or for the world, as a whole. If allowed, he will be the demise of the country and maybe even the planet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/c...
Welcome to Gilead!  I’m sure there will be tons of women that will be raising six children while fulfilling a Fulbright scholarship. That’s what we are. Breeders. 
April 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Welcome to Gilead!  I’m sure there will be tons of women that will be raising six children while fulfilling a Fulbright scholarship. That’s what we are. Breeders. 
Will you support the National Museum of African American History & Culture or any other Smithsonian Museum? Membership is only $25. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
apnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Will you support the National Museum of African American History & Culture or any other Smithsonian Museum? Membership is only $25. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Does preventing huge advances in cancer research make us great again?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Does preventing huge advances in cancer research make us great again?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
THIS 🧵 ⬇️
The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.
1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
April 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
THIS 🧵 ⬇️
THIS IS SCARY!
www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
THIS IS SCARY!
www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...