Mark Loranger
@markloranger.bsky.social
Social entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, and believer in the power of community, truth, and democracy.
@jbpritzker.bsky.social really nailed it. We can’t be timid nor silent. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/u...
Pritzker Thunders Against ‘Do Nothing’ Democrats as He Stokes 2028 Talk
In a fiery speech in New Hampshire, the Illinois governor railed against both President Trump and what he called the “simpering timidity” among some Democrats.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
@jbpritzker.bsky.social really nailed it. We can’t be timid nor silent. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/u...
Check out @joemathews.bsky.social obituary for the United States of America :( www.zocalopublicsquare.org/obituary-for...
An Obituary for the American Republic, 1789-2025 | Democracy Local
In Lieu of Flowers, Design a Replacement
www.zocalopublicsquare.org
April 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Check out @joemathews.bsky.social obituary for the United States of America :( www.zocalopublicsquare.org/obituary-for...
I'm hoping this gets some momentum!
Believe in Government: Why We Are Doing This open.substack.com/pub/believei...
Believe in Government: Why We Are Doing This open.substack.com/pub/believei...
Believe in Government: Why We Are Doing This
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devot...
open.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm hoping this gets some momentum!
Believe in Government: Why We Are Doing This open.substack.com/pub/believei...
Believe in Government: Why We Are Doing This open.substack.com/pub/believei...
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How did Kristi Noem, a cabinet official with Secret Service protection, get her purse snatched, losing her DHS badge, passport, and maybe her phone? That's now a security risk. If she'd asked the SS to stand down to give her privacy, then the public needs to know who was she having dinner with. 1/
I have security questions, not to mention why she carries $3,000 in cash: www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/p...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant | CNN Politics
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, two sources familiar with the incident, includin...
www.cnn.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
How did Kristi Noem, a cabinet official with Secret Service protection, get her purse snatched, losing her DHS badge, passport, and maybe her phone? That's now a security risk. If she'd asked the SS to stand down to give her privacy, then the public needs to know who was she having dinner with. 1/
@davidagraham.bsky.social outlines our voluntary surrender the power this country has built at huge cost and effort for centuries.
Under the Trump administration, America is retreating from hard power, surrendering soft power, and yielding economic power, David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic Daily. Is this what greatness looks like?
The Voluntary Surrender of U.S. Power
Trump’s go-it-alone approach means abdicating the country’s global influence.
bit.ly
April 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
@davidagraham.bsky.social outlines our voluntary surrender the power this country has built at huge cost and effort for centuries.
Reposted by Mark Loranger
Under the Trump administration, America is retreating from hard power, surrendering soft power, and yielding economic power, David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic Daily. Is this what greatness looks like?
The Voluntary Surrender of U.S. Power
Trump’s go-it-alone approach means abdicating the country’s global influence.
bit.ly
April 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Under the Trump administration, America is retreating from hard power, surrendering soft power, and yielding economic power, David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic Daily. Is this what greatness looks like?
Trump Tariff surrender continues with news of exemptions of phones and chips. Based on what Howard Lutnick said last Sunday, these are people you can trust ”the army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones, that kind of thing is going to come to America.”
April 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump Tariff surrender continues with news of exemptions of phones and chips. Based on what Howard Lutnick said last Sunday, these are people you can trust ”the army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones, that kind of thing is going to come to America.”
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Reposted by Mark Loranger
“If a farm family voted for Trump, believing that his policies were good,” writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, “it seems strange that they would then demand that they, and only they, should be spared the full consequences of those policies”:
No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers
They voted for the tariffs when they voted for Trump.
www.theatlantic.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“If a farm family voted for Trump, believing that his policies were good,” writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, “it seems strange that they would then demand that they, and only they, should be spared the full consequences of those policies”:
Check out this @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social column by @democracylocal.bsky.social Joe Mathews. “The king has made our rights, our jobs, and our health provisional.”https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/americans-are-all-undocumented-now/
March 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Check out this @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social column by @democracylocal.bsky.social Joe Mathews. “The king has made our rights, our jobs, and our health provisional.”https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/americans-are-all-undocumented-now/
Only the best people: @chriscoons.bsky.social: “Every single one of the government officials on this text chain have now committed a crime — even if accidentally — that would normally involve a jail sentence. We can’t trust anyone in this dangerous administration to keep Americans safe.”
March 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Only the best people: @chriscoons.bsky.social: “Every single one of the government officials on this text chain have now committed a crime — even if accidentally — that would normally involve a jail sentence. We can’t trust anyone in this dangerous administration to keep Americans safe.”
Any other DoD employee would be terminated: “A vulnerability has been identified in the Signal messenger application," begins the department-wide email, dated March 18, obtained by @npr.org Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal vulnerability
www.npr.org/2025/03/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/25/n...
Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warned against using Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Any other DoD employee would be terminated: “A vulnerability has been identified in the Signal messenger application," begins the department-wide email, dated March 18, obtained by @npr.org Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal vulnerability
www.npr.org/2025/03/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/25/n...
Inspired to meet new @uclaupdates.bsky.social UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk this morning at an LA City Hall reception. He opened his remarks talking about his guiding philosophy of “kindness to others”. If there was ever a time that this is needed, it’s now!
March 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Inspired to meet new @uclaupdates.bsky.social UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk this morning at an LA City Hall reception. He opened his remarks talking about his guiding philosophy of “kindness to others”. If there was ever a time that this is needed, it’s now!
@danpfeiffer.bsky.social curious your take on David Shor’s election postmortem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...
Opinion | Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won
The Democratic pollster David Shor walks through what voter data reveals about the 2024 election — and how the American electorate is shifting.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
@danpfeiffer.bsky.social curious your take on David Shor’s election postmortem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...
Thought provoking piece by Joe Mathews in @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social about MAGA sheriffs in California, and documented problems with corruption and unconstrained power.
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/is-a-maga-sh...
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/is-a-maga-sh...
Is a MAGA Sheriff Threatening Your California County? | Connecting California | Zócalo Public Square
If you’re a Californian who wants to fight back against the Trump administration, you might start with a campaign to remove your county sheriff. In our
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March 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Thought provoking piece by Joe Mathews in @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social about MAGA sheriffs in California, and documented problems with corruption and unconstrained power.
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/is-a-maga-sh...
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/is-a-maga-sh...
This pretty much sums it up. Appeasement, surrender, pretending we can now work with these people…I can’t believe this is what the Democratic party has come to. substack.com/@betoorourke...
Beto O'Rourke on Substack
Democrats voting for something they oppose without any input from them at a time that our country is on the express train to authoritarianism? That’s appeasement.
substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This pretty much sums it up. Appeasement, surrender, pretending we can now work with these people…I can’t believe this is what the Democratic party has come to. substack.com/@betoorourke...