David Geise
@dmgeise.bsky.social
Letters from an American:
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” — Upton Sinclair
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” — Upton Sinclair
Reposted by David Geise
Lots of interest here, and I will write about it. But what jumped out at me was ZM's observation that the laws we need are already on the books. We just need to enforce them. I mean, OF COURSE, but... it needs to be said.
I had the absolute pleasure of joining @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a conversation yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L...
American Conversations: Zohran Mamdani
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Lots of interest here, and I will write about it. But what jumped out at me was ZM's observation that the laws we need are already on the books. We just need to enforce them. I mean, OF COURSE, but... it needs to be said.
Trump and RFK Jr. vaccine policies endanger us all.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Never seen anything like this’: alarm at memo from top US vaccine official
Vinay Prasad memo said at least 10 children had died from Covid vaccination – but offered scant evidence for claim
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Trump and RFK Jr. vaccine policies endanger us all.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Coffee production is also threatened by climate change
pluri-biotech.com/landig-pages...
pluri-biotech.com/landig-pages...
TRANSFORMING THE COFFEE INDUSTRY - pluri-biotech.com
Coffeesai is Pluri’s cell-based coffee subsidiary, creating cell-based coffee in labs rather than traditional fields and eliminating the negative environmental impact associated with conventional coff...
pluri-biotech.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Coffee production is also threatened by climate change
pluri-biotech.com/landig-pages...
pluri-biotech.com/landig-pages...
With climate change impacting food production, this might be the only way to economically produce coffee and cocoa:
www.cacultured.com
www.cacultured.com
The Future of Chocolate | California Cultured
We make sustainable coffee and chocolate from plant cells. Not an alternative - the real deal.
www.cacultured.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
With climate change impacting food production, this might be the only way to economically produce coffee and cocoa:
www.cacultured.com
www.cacultured.com
Trump administration’s war crimes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Trump administration’s war crimes.
Trump throttles investments in Appalachia.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Trump throttles investments in Appalachia.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s boundless corruption:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Trump’s boundless corruption:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Reposted by David Geise
November 28, 2025
November 28, 2025
As Trump’s popularity continues to drop, the MAGA coalition shows signs of cracking, and Trump’s mental acuity slips, there is a frantic feel to the administration, as if Trump’s people are trying to ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
November 28, 2025
The widely-held belief and policy approach that fostering deep economic ties and interdependence would prevent conflict with Russia has demonstrably failed:
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
A Paradigm Shift: EU-Russia Relations After the War in Ukraine
The EU must build a new set of ambitious policies that treats Russia as a major threat to peace and stability in Europe, while continuing to engage with its people. A longer-term Russia strategy begin...
carnegieendowment.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The widely-held belief and policy approach that fostering deep economic ties and interdependence would prevent conflict with Russia has demonstrably failed:
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
Reposted by David Geise
November 23, 2025
November 23, 2025
“Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this ‘peace plan’ was written by Russians or Americans?” foreign affairs journalist Anne Applebaum asked ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
November 23, 2025
Reposted by David Geise
November 22, 2025
November 22, 2025
On Tuesday, six Democratic lawmakers, themselves veterans of the U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
November 22, 2025
Reposted by David Geise
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
Trump damaging the USA brand
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
A check-in on the American brand
The American brand has attracted people and businesses to this country for decades. What happens if it changes?
www.marketplace.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump damaging the USA brand
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Reposted by David Geise
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Trump’s proposed “peace plan” sells out Ukraine and Europe. It’s an early Russian Xmas present.
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Trump’s proposed “peace plan” sells out Ukraine and Europe. It’s an early Russian Xmas present.