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“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
— Hannah Arendt
— Hannah Arendt
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”
— Hannah Arendt
— Hannah Arendt
It is unclear why the Trump administration seeks to end the missions? Sheesh, they've told us already. Climate change isn't real and greenhouse gasses are great. "Willful ignorance and attempted genocide, committed by people who just don't care about the world after they themselves have expired."
August 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It is unclear why the Trump administration seeks to end the missions? Sheesh, they've told us already. Climate change isn't real and greenhouse gasses are great. "Willful ignorance and attempted genocide, committed by people who just don't care about the world after they themselves have expired."
“These aren’t the immigrants people voted to have sent away.” --> we've voted to remove the propaganda Boogeyman so they can send folks without criminal record to counties we have a travel warning out for. #inhumane #cruel and #shameful
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/07...
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/07...
An Upstate NY village gets a surprise visit from ICE: Why would they come for Mr. Zhang?
"These aren't the immigrants people voted to have sent away," the local barber said.
www.syracuse.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“These aren’t the immigrants people voted to have sent away.” --> we've voted to remove the propaganda Boogeyman so they can send folks without criminal record to counties we have a travel warning out for. #inhumane #cruel and #shameful
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/07...
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/07...
The maga idea of the gilded age they want to go back to lacks the basic understanding that it meant to be spearheading science and conveniently forget that poverty was sky high! #morons
+1,800 National Science Foundation workers kicked out of agency's headquarters. share.google/ABlN1jyVcOHD...
+1,800 National Science Foundation workers kicked out of agency's headquarters. share.google/ABlN1jyVcOHD...
More than 1,800 National Science Foundation workers abruptly kicked out of agency headquarters
Officials from the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced they would be moving into the building.
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June 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The maga idea of the gilded age they want to go back to lacks the basic understanding that it meant to be spearheading science and conveniently forget that poverty was sky high! #morons
+1,800 National Science Foundation workers kicked out of agency's headquarters. share.google/ABlN1jyVcOHD...
+1,800 National Science Foundation workers kicked out of agency's headquarters. share.google/ABlN1jyVcOHD...
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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AUTHERS: The #TACO trade has given emerging markets currencies a tailwind. “EM Currencies Like Them Tacos.” 🌮
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June 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
AUTHERS: The #TACO trade has given emerging markets currencies a tailwind. “EM Currencies Like Them Tacos.” 🌮
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
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Lawmakers fail their constituency because of lobbyists and their money.
Remember #lead, #TCE, #CFC, #tobacco,.. get #money out of politics!
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/02/t...
Remember #lead, #TCE, #CFC, #tobacco,.. get #money out of politics!
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/02/t...
Bills aimed at studying, restricting “forever chemicals” in Texas fail
Texas lawmakers bypassed bills that would have restricted “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge, studied health impacts and banned some uses of PFAS-laced firefighting foams.
www.texastribune.org
June 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Texas House passes bill to legalize short-barrel firearms.
For when you have to go hunting and the grounds are like tight spaces inside buildings and such. #gunviolence; brought to you by lobbyists and lawmakers.
Source: FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
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For when you have to go hunting and the grounds are like tight spaces inside buildings and such. #gunviolence; brought to you by lobbyists and lawmakers.
Source: FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
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Texas House passes bill to legalize short-barrel firearms
"Sawed-off" shotguns may soon be legal in Texas after the House passed a bill that expands the types of firearms legally allowed in the state.
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May 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Texas House passes bill to legalize short-barrel firearms.
For when you have to go hunting and the grounds are like tight spaces inside buildings and such. #gunviolence; brought to you by lobbyists and lawmakers.
Source: FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
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For when you have to go hunting and the grounds are like tight spaces inside buildings and such. #gunviolence; brought to you by lobbyists and lawmakers.
Source: FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
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Oh.
May 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Oh.
Or, instead of using more tax dollars to subsidize the insanely profitable oil and gas industry, we could have a bill, requiring them to research and invest in filter systems, and clean up methane and oil leaking wells (or any disaster zone they've caused) 🙄
www.texastribune.org/2025/05/19/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/05/19/t...
Oil companies want protection as Texas considers allowing treated fracking water released into rivers
As the state grapples with a threatened water supply, industry and lawmakers have invested millions in research to clean the toxic backwash for use in for agriculture.
www.texastribune.org
May 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Or, instead of using more tax dollars to subsidize the insanely profitable oil and gas industry, we could have a bill, requiring them to research and invest in filter systems, and clean up methane and oil leaking wells (or any disaster zone they've caused) 🙄
www.texastribune.org/2025/05/19/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/05/19/t...
Just Because You Can Prove It Doesn’t Make It True www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Just Because You Can Prove It Doesn’t Make It True
In a new book, the mathematical epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explains how certainty, even in math, can be an illusion.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Just Because You Can Prove It Doesn’t Make It True www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
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Trump is about to foreclose on the homes of 90,000 Veterans. www.rawstory.com/trump-vetera...
Veterans facing foreclosures as Trump administration pulls plug on Biden program: report
At a time when veterans with VA loans are struggling to keep their homes out of foreclosure, the Veterans Administration (VA) under Donald Trump's stewardship has decided to pull the plug on a program...
www.rawstory.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Trump is about to foreclose on the homes of 90,000 Veterans. www.rawstory.com/trump-vetera...
How about personal liability for doing everything to wreck the planet for the next generation? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Justice department sues Michigan and Hawaii over climate suits against big oil
DoJ says Clean Air Act creates program to oversee air pollution and ‘displaces’ states’ ability to regulate it
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
How about personal liability for doing everything to wreck the planet for the next generation? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Just shows what sleep deprivation, self medication and a hefty dose of right wing propaganda can do to a guy who wanted to safe the world (for all of mankind). Time to wake up ⏰
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
In Marin County, There’s Trouble in Teslaville
Tesla’s sleek electric vehicles used to be a status symbol in liberal Mill Valley, Calif. Now, they are despised by many — including those who drive them.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Just shows what sleep deprivation, self medication and a hefty dose of right wing propaganda can do to a guy who wanted to safe the world (for all of mankind). Time to wake up ⏰
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
I'd strongly suggest that political hacks, arguing for alternative facts in science should put their money where their mouth is and seek medical treatment solely from the folks with the "alternative facts"! Good riddance! #darwinawards
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
Medical Journals Get Letters From DOJ
At least three journals received letters from a U.S. Attorney asking about 'competing viewpoints'
www.medpagetoday.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I'd strongly suggest that political hacks, arguing for alternative facts in science should put their money where their mouth is and seek medical treatment solely from the folks with the "alternative facts"! Good riddance! #darwinawards
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
And it just shows how unfit and ill equipped elected officials are for making decisions that are impacting so many.
Claiming responsibility, accepting historical facts and working towards making society more just, isn't outlandish or "Marxist", it's expected from us.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Claiming responsibility, accepting historical facts and working towards making society more just, isn't outlandish or "Marxist", it's expected from us.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Patrick to UT-Austin faculty: ‘Sayonara!’ after Texas bill passes
On Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick applauded the Texas Senate's passage of a higher ed overhaul bill.
www.chron.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
And it just shows how unfit and ill equipped elected officials are for making decisions that are impacting so many.
Claiming responsibility, accepting historical facts and working towards making society more just, isn't outlandish or "Marxist", it's expected from us.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Claiming responsibility, accepting historical facts and working towards making society more just, isn't outlandish or "Marxist", it's expected from us.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Get money out of politics!
We already have to subsidize fossil fuels with tax payers money. Texas should be the poster child for renewables!
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/04/16/t...
We already have to subsidize fossil fuels with tax payers money. Texas should be the poster child for renewables!
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/04/16/t...
Texas Senate passes anti-solar, wind bill
The bill exclusively places permit restrictions, fees and new regulatory requirements for solar and wind projects.
pv-magazine-usa.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Get money out of politics!
We already have to subsidize fossil fuels with tax payers money. Texas should be the poster child for renewables!
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/04/16/t...
We already have to subsidize fossil fuels with tax payers money. Texas should be the poster child for renewables!
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/04/16/t...
This is a peaceful town hall!
The irony to say that out loud.
The party of law and order won't take criticism. Whoever still supports that, you better wake up before you're on the receiving end.
The irony to say that out loud.
The party of law and order won't take criticism. Whoever still supports that, you better wake up before you're on the receiving end.
Let me be clear: this is not normal.
A town hall for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Tuesday quickly deteriorated into chaos, as police officers forcibly removed several protesters and subdued two of them with stun guns.
Read more: nyti.ms/42MLMZV
Read more: nyti.ms/42MLMZV
April 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is a peaceful town hall!
The irony to say that out loud.
The party of law and order won't take criticism. Whoever still supports that, you better wake up before you're on the receiving end.
The irony to say that out loud.
The party of law and order won't take criticism. Whoever still supports that, you better wake up before you're on the receiving end.
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"Even w/ the latest step-back from the draconian Liberation Day measures, the 145% tariff on China actually lifts the U.S. average tariff rate to around 30%...making it the largest tax increase on U.S. households and businesses since WWII."
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What Is the Probability of a Recession? | J.P. Morgan Research
Aggressive tariff policy could push the U.S. — and possibly the global economy — into recession this year.
www.jpmorgan.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Even w/ the latest step-back from the draconian Liberation Day measures, the 145% tariff on China actually lifts the U.S. average tariff rate to around 30%...making it the largest tax increase on U.S. households and businesses since WWII."
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/glo...
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/glo...
No president should be able to single handedly wreck an economy. #congress, do the job you were elected to do; and do it by the book!
www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/b...
Small businesses sue Trump administration over authority to impose tariffs | CNN Business
A group of U.S. businesses filed a lawsuit Monday arguing that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
www.cnn.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
No president should be able to single handedly wreck an economy. #congress, do the job you were elected to do; and do it by the book!
www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/b...
We're always talking about grooming but changing history and or withholding/denying facts about society is just that. Not to forget that our great schools will lose their international standing and ranking when graduates are indoctrinated by politicians.
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/10/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/10/t...
Texas Senate to consider bill that could reshape how history and race are taught in state universities
An overhauled version of Senate Bill 37 would also allow anyone to file complaints that could lead schools to lose funds.
www.texastribune.org
April 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We're always talking about grooming but changing history and or withholding/denying facts about society is just that. Not to forget that our great schools will lose their international standing and ranking when graduates are indoctrinated by politicians.
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/10/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/10/t...
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"We may lose one of the most vital services that actually kept us safe in 2024 and kept our elections moving," Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said about cuts to a federal cybersecurity agency that helps safeguard elections.
Election Officials Say Cuts to CISA Are Already Affecting Operations
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"We may lose one of the most vital services that actually kept us safe in 2024 and kept our elections moving," Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said about cuts to a federal cybersecurity agency that helps safeguard elections.
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When you search for excellence, if you have a blind-spot bias against people who don’t look like you, then we have yet to reach the colorblind society envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr.
April 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
When you search for excellence, if you have a blind-spot bias against people who don’t look like you, then we have yet to reach the colorblind society envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr.
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After 63 years of no black players in MLB, seven of the first ten Black baseball players were elected to the Hall of Fame (the League average is 1.5%). Evidence that serious talent was long overlooked — invisible in plain sight — requiring special effort of those in charge to overcome bias.
April 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
After 63 years of no black players in MLB, seven of the first ten Black baseball players were elected to the Hall of Fame (the League average is 1.5%). Evidence that serious talent was long overlooked — invisible in plain sight — requiring special effort of those in charge to overcome bias.