@northcoaster.bsky.social
We can and must fix this. Failure is impossible.
“You’re only dancing on this earth for a short while” - Cat Stevens
Fiat Lux, Go Bears, On Wisconsin 🎶
“You’re only dancing on this earth for a short while” - Cat Stevens
Fiat Lux, Go Bears, On Wisconsin 🎶
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Timothy Snyder:”..the American diplomacy of the past few days, I believe, will stand out as something peculiarly gruesome -- not simply incompetent, but openly courting national and global catastrophe.”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Timothy Snyder:”..the American diplomacy of the past few days, I believe, will stand out as something peculiarly gruesome -- not simply incompetent, but openly courting national and global catastrophe.”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Good morning! My Sunday advice in a nutshell: in a world of Marge Greenes, be an Ann Richards! Have a peaceful Sunday everyone 🌞☕💙😘🏃♀️
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Good morning! My Sunday advice in a nutshell: in a world of Marge Greenes, be an Ann Richards! Have a peaceful Sunday everyone 🌞☕💙😘🏃♀️
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With a mixed-results at COP30 - i.e. good intentions but no concrete plans for the “transition away from fossil fuels” - don’t give up.
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
With a mixed-results at COP30 - i.e. good intentions but no concrete plans for the “transition away from fossil fuels” - don’t give up.
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
Let’s remember the progress made since the Paris Agreement and the options ahead of us. That’s the message of the image below
Mary Trump is very on-target today.
open.substack.com/pub/marytrum...
open.substack.com/pub/marytrum...
The Cruelty Is the Policy
The destruction of USAID, the loss of America’s soft power, and genocide
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Mary Trump is very on-target today.
open.substack.com/pub/marytrum...
open.substack.com/pub/marytrum...
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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I breakdown the panic over Seattle's new socialist mayor Katie Wilson
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I breakdown the panic over Seattle's new socialist mayor Katie Wilson
I cut Robert Reich's Last Class
open.substack.com/pub/thelastc...
open.substack.com/pub/thelastc...
I cut Robert Reich's Last Class
And he's still talking to me
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I cut Robert Reich's Last Class
open.substack.com/pub/thelastc...
open.substack.com/pub/thelastc...
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Sadly, Orwell was very prescient.
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Sadly, Orwell was very prescient.
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These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott.
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott.
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
Hard to read and know about yet important to get a full picture.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hard to read and know about yet important to get a full picture.
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These symbols are violent threats. If a student came to a class with a noose, or left one in my office, we'd be on a lockdown. But Coast Guard officers are supposed to be cool with "colleagues" using these objects to torment them. This is clearly part of the resegregation campaign.
"The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
These symbols are violent threats. If a student came to a class with a noose, or left one in my office, we'd be on a lockdown. But Coast Guard officers are supposed to be cool with "colleagues" using these objects to torment them. This is clearly part of the resegregation campaign.
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Democratic messaging to our military about killing civilians extrajudicially is too polite. Soliders, sailors and Marines need fair warning that at a future point, a restored military judicial process will review these slayings, and those executing an unlawful order will be subject to that process.
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Democratic messaging to our military about killing civilians extrajudicially is too polite. Soliders, sailors and Marines need fair warning that at a future point, a restored military judicial process will review these slayings, and those executing an unlawful order will be subject to that process.
A Warren warning.
The Fed is gutting its ability to monitor warning signs of bank failures and slashing rules put in place after 2008 to prevent another financial crisis.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A Warren warning.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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“I think it’s absolutely a genocide,” the founder of a think tank in Sudan said. “The people who survived the first bout of genocide in Darfur twentysomething years ago tell me that, based on their experiences on the ground, this is far, far worse.” ttps://https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/pwYTZC
How the Conflict in Sudan Became a Humanitarian Catastrophe
After a coup devolved into open warfare, countries across the region have pursued their own policy and commercial interests by backing one side or the other.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
😢
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Why President Trump’s Embrace of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Matters open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... [Trump]dismissed that killing as something that “upset some people” and shrugged that “things happen.” That is not the language of a democratic leader. It is the language of a mob boss.”
Why President Trump’s Embrace of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Matters
The Steady State | Steven A. Cash
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Why President Trump’s Embrace of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Matters open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... [Trump]dismissed that killing as something that “upset some people” and shrugged that “things happen.” That is not the language of a democratic leader. It is the language of a mob boss.”
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Surround the White House 1.0 Has Begun.
If you would like to participate with us join us in DC on 11/20-11/22.
If you would like to participate with us join us in DC on 11/20-11/22.
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Surround the White House 1.0 Has Begun.
If you would like to participate with us join us in DC on 11/20-11/22.
If you would like to participate with us join us in DC on 11/20-11/22.
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Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
“All politics are now climate politics; every election is a climate election.”
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
“All politics are now climate politics; every election is a climate election.”
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#COP30 - let's go for it!
The idea is to build on a historic pledge in Dubai in 2023 to "transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The idea is to build on a historic pledge in Dubai in 2023 to "transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Fight over fossil fuels drawdown looms at UN climate summit
Two years after nations agreed to transition away from fossil fuels, dozens are pushing to go even further at the COP30 climate summit, setting up a showdown with oil powers.
phys.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
#COP30 - let's go for it!
The idea is to build on a historic pledge in Dubai in 2023 to "transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner."
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The idea is to build on a historic pledge in Dubai in 2023 to "transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner."
phys.org/news/2025-11...