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Pursue your passions. Be kind. Practice tikkun olam.
I was rewatching The West Wing (streaming on NetFlix!) and remembered how the Oval Office is supposed to look. Not a drop of gold leaf in sight.
a man in a suit and tie says bring it on ..
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says bring it on ..
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I was rewatching The West Wing (streaming on NetFlix!) and remembered how the Oval Office is supposed to look. Not a drop of gold leaf in sight.
Grifters gonna grift. www.instagram.com/p/DQIBVCxATH...
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Grifters gonna grift. www.instagram.com/p/DQIBVCxATH...
Yay! COLA (cost of living adjustment) for Social Security beneficiaries is going up 2.8 %. Too bad Medicare rates are increasing 11.6 %
October 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Yay! COLA (cost of living adjustment) for Social Security beneficiaries is going up 2.8 %. Too bad Medicare rates are increasing 11.6 %
7months of messages among Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont. The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
7months of messages among Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont. The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
The NFL must act NOW to stop ICE from targeting the Super Bowl LX where Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show before it’s too late. #SBLX #AppleMusicHalftime sign.moveon.org/petitions/su...
NFL: No ICE at the 2026 Super Bowl!
The @NFL must act NOW to stop Trump's ICE from targeting the Super Bowl LX where Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show before it’s too late. #SBLX #AppleMusicHalftime
sign.moveon.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The NFL must act NOW to stop ICE from targeting the Super Bowl LX where Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show before it’s too late. #SBLX #AppleMusicHalftime sign.moveon.org/petitions/su...
It’s starting to look like Martial Law. Stand string, LA!
Immigration Agents Clash Again With Protesters in Los Angeles County www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...
Immigration Agents Clash Again With Protesters in Los Angeles County www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...
Immigration Agents Clash Again With Protesters in Los Angeles County
www.nytimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It’s starting to look like Martial Law. Stand string, LA!
Immigration Agents Clash Again With Protesters in Los Angeles County www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...
Immigration Agents Clash Again With Protesters in Los Angeles County www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/u...
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day Strong: We are the Many” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
May Day Strong: We are the Many · May Day Strong
Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. **We are demanding a country that puts ou...
www.mobilize.us
April 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day Strong: We are the Many” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
So who thinks someone has been selling short?
April 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
So who thinks someone has been selling short?
This piece did not go where I was afraid it would. Worthwhile read.
A Trans Girl Approached Me in the Ladies’ Bathroom and It Bothered Me. Here’s Why.
Why the girls’ bathroom is a sacred space for women and how we must seek to keep it that way.
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This piece did not go where I was afraid it would. Worthwhile read.
Reposted
You can make whatever campaign promises you want, but budgets don’t lie.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
February 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
You can make whatever campaign promises you want, but budgets don’t lie.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
I kinda love this 🤣
iPhone Dictation Feature Transcribes the Word ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’ (Gift Article)
The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I kinda love this 🤣
Thank you @smith.senate.gov
Well said!
Well said!
February 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Thank you @smith.senate.gov
Well said!
Well said!
With all of these cuts to Federal employees, what does that do to the unemployment rates?
February 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
With all of these cuts to Federal employees, what does that do to the unemployment rates?
This was published 5 years ago. In honor of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, here it is again. It couldn’t be more timely.
www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/w...
75 Years After Auschwitz Liberation, Worry That ‘Never Again’ Is Not Assured (Gift Article)
Amid a surge of anti-Semitism and a rise in dehumanizing political rhetoric, there is fear that the horrific lessons of the death camp are being lost.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This was published 5 years ago. In honor of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, here it is again. It couldn’t be more timely.
www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/w...
www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/w...
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He said that his radicalization was in part due to a number of far-right figures, including Nick Fuentes and former Nashvillian Candace Owens.
“Candace Owens...views helped push me further and further into the belief of violence over the Jewish question,” he wrote online.
“Candace Owens...views helped push me further and further into the belief of violence over the Jewish question,” he wrote online.
Shooting at Antioch High School leaves students injured - Nashville Banner
Two students were injured in a shooting at Antioch High School, with the shooter reported to have ended the threat by self-inflicted wounds.
nashvillebanner.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
He said that his radicalization was in part due to a number of far-right figures, including Nick Fuentes and former Nashvillian Candace Owens.
“Candace Owens...views helped push me further and further into the belief of violence over the Jewish question,” he wrote online.
“Candace Owens...views helped push me further and further into the belief of violence over the Jewish question,” he wrote online.
Kash Patel is dangerous & unqualified to be the Director of the FBI. Use @@standupamerica.bsky.social’s tool and urge your senators to reject his confirmation: act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...
Reject Kash Patel’s Nomination
Kash Patel is dangerous and unqualified. Tell the Senate to reject his nomination for FBI Director.
act.standupamerica.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Kash Patel is dangerous & unqualified to be the Director of the FBI. Use @@standupamerica.bsky.social’s tool and urge your senators to reject his confirmation: act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...
Long live the King?! WTF!
Update from Cecilia Kang
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Long live the King?! WTF!
Do not surrender in advance
January 20, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Do not surrender in advance
While the leaders in the cryptocurrency industry were at a ball in honor of the President-elect‘s inauguration, Trump launched his own cryptocurrency. By morning he appeared to have made more than $25 billion, at least on paper.
January 18, 2025
Shortly before midnight last night, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its initial findings from a study it undertook last July when it asked eight large companies to turn over information a...
open.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
While the leaders in the cryptocurrency industry were at a ball in honor of the President-elect‘s inauguration, Trump launched his own cryptocurrency. By morning he appeared to have made more than $25 billion, at least on paper.
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You can get through anything by reminding yourself you can read when it’s over.
January 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
You can get through anything by reminding yourself you can read when it’s over.
Oh yes. Let’s make it more difficult to be screened for certain conditions. Then you can deny coverage for treatment that can be life-saving.
A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it harder to get screened for cancer
Becerra v. Braidwood Management threatens to make your health insurance worse.
www.vox.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Oh yes. Let’s make it more difficult to be screened for certain conditions. Then you can deny coverage for treatment that can be life-saving.