Parker51
@parker51.bsky.social
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Books. Music. Act on climate. Protect biodiversity. End minority rule. End Citizens United. Reform SCOTUS. Ukraine to join NATO.
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You should be paying attention to Tennessee.
The congressional race in the state’s seventh congressional district, which includes Nashville, is where cracks in Trump’s base are starting to show.
The congressional race in the state’s seventh congressional district, which includes Nashville, is where cracks in Trump’s base are starting to show.
The Tennessee race that suddenly has Trump world nervous
Democrat Aftyn Behn is putting up a fight.
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
You should be paying attention to Tennessee.
The congressional race in the state’s seventh congressional district, which includes Nashville, is where cracks in Trump’s base are starting to show.
The congressional race in the state’s seventh congressional district, which includes Nashville, is where cracks in Trump’s base are starting to show.
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MOTHER JONES: “You should be paying attention to the race in Tennessee’s 7th congressional district”
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
MOTHER JONES: “You should be paying attention to the race in Tennessee’s 7th congressional district”
In which @hcrichardson.bsky.social clearly shows us that tRump's peace plan is Putin's peace plan. Forcing such a settlement on Ukraine would bring everlasting shame on America.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In which @hcrichardson.bsky.social clearly shows us that tRump's peace plan is Putin's peace plan. Forcing such a settlement on Ukraine would bring everlasting shame on America.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Here is Trump's full 28 point plan for Ukraine. It would destroy Ukraine as a sovereign state and leave it helpless to face a Russian attack in the future. It would also give Putin full vindication and immunity from prosecution.
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
Trump's full 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
The full plan was obtained by Axios and verified by Ukrainian and U.S. officials.
www.axios.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Here is Trump's full 28 point plan for Ukraine. It would destroy Ukraine as a sovereign state and leave it helpless to face a Russian attack in the future. It would also give Putin full vindication and immunity from prosecution.
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
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A new piece for @thenation.com on everyone's favourite industry -- private equity; in conversation with one of the many new books on PE, by Megan Greenwell.
Here:
Here:
Can We Blame Private Equity for Everything?
Did PE firms make the world worse? Or was it something else?
www.thenation.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A new piece for @thenation.com on everyone's favourite industry -- private equity; in conversation with one of the many new books on PE, by Megan Greenwell.
Here:
Here:
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Btw, in case you have not noticed it--the last few hours have confirmed one thing. The alliance of dictators and autocrats is no longer notional--it is now up and running. The remaining democratic states in the world have to react now.
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Btw, in case you have not noticed it--the last few hours have confirmed one thing. The alliance of dictators and autocrats is no longer notional--it is now up and running. The remaining democratic states in the world have to react now.
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Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Was Working With Putin The Entire Time
And Now Europe and Ukraine Will Pay The Price
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Melanoma rates are spiking fast in these 15 Pennsylvania counties dominated by cropland and herbicide use
Researchers warn that drifting chemicals may expose nearby residents, not just farm workers
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Researchers warn that drifting chemicals may expose nearby residents, not just farm workers
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Melanoma rates are spiking fast in these 15 Pennsylvania counties
Penn State scientists identified a striking rise in melanoma across several Pennsylvania counties dominated by cropland and herbicide use. The elevated risk persisted even after factoring in sunlight,...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Melanoma rates are spiking fast in these 15 Pennsylvania counties dominated by cropland and herbicide use
Researchers warn that drifting chemicals may expose nearby residents, not just farm workers
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Researchers warn that drifting chemicals may expose nearby residents, not just farm workers
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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WTF 🤬
Federal agents are using chemical aerosol spray on protesters in
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Federal agents are using chemical aerosol spray on protesters in
St. Paul, Minnesota.
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
WTF 🤬
Federal agents are using chemical aerosol spray on protesters in
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Federal agents are using chemical aerosol spray on protesters in
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Mind boggling amounts of money laundering. Crime pays & tRump & his offspring know it.
“.. Law enforcement can’t cope with the overwhelming amount of illicit activity in the space,” said Julia Hardy. “It can’t go on like this.”
@nytimes.com #crypto
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
@nytimes.com #crypto
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Mind boggling amounts of money laundering. Crime pays & tRump & his offspring know it.
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We don’t spend enough time talking about how massively increasing wealth inequality has insulated our oligarchic class not just from consequences but from reality, too. This is true whether we’re talking about Thiel ranting about the anti Christ of Summers trying to coerce a grad student.
Larry Summers was emailing with Jeffrey Epstein up until a day before he was arrested (again).
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We don’t spend enough time talking about how massively increasing wealth inequality has insulated our oligarchic class not just from consequences but from reality, too. This is true whether we’re talking about Thiel ranting about the anti Christ of Summers trying to coerce a grad student.
In which @hcrichardson.bsky.social includes a link to Elizabeth Dwoskin's must read article on the Rockbridge Network. A reminder that we need a more progressive taxation & an end to Citizen's United to rein in our home grown oligarchs.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In which @hcrichardson.bsky.social includes a link to Elizabeth Dwoskin's must read article on the Rockbridge Network. A reminder that we need a more progressive taxation & an end to Citizen's United to rein in our home grown oligarchs.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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I didn’t realize CAP had Larry Summers as a senior fellow working on its economic policy team.
But like lol of course they do
But like lol of course they do
I refuse to believe that Larry Summers' expertise and skills are indispensable in any way. Please find another economist and policy expert, @americanprogress.bsky.social. There are loads out there.
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I didn’t realize CAP had Larry Summers as a senior fellow working on its economic policy team.
But like lol of course they do
But like lol of course they do
No matter where the corruption scandal lands... support for the Ukrainian people must continue. Putin's invasion must fail.
Europe better step up because the US - still in tRump's grip - is forgetting what it's role should be.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Europe better step up because the US - still in tRump's grip - is forgetting what it's role should be.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #159: Ukraine Is Much More Than Zelensky
Ukraine’s Ranged War: Thermal Plants and Ports; Russia's Ranged War: Darkness and Death; Pokrovsk is all about the Relative Losses
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
No matter where the corruption scandal lands... support for the Ukrainian people must continue. Putin's invasion must fail.
Europe better step up because the US - still in tRump's grip - is forgetting what it's role should be.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Europe better step up because the US - still in tRump's grip - is forgetting what it's role should be.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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‘For Battiste, it seems that fitting a white, faux-psychedelic mask over his Black experimentalism gave him a rare freedom.’
Francis Gooding on Dr John’s ‘Gris-Gris’, a ‘musico-magical palimpsest of New Orleans history’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Francis Gooding on Dr John’s ‘Gris-Gris’, a ‘musico-magical palimpsest of New Orleans history’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Francis Gooding · Hoodoo Man: Dr John and ‘Gris-Gris’
Beyond or beneath the theatrics there is a disconcerting sense that something much more serious is going on, that all...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘For Battiste, it seems that fitting a white, faux-psychedelic mask over his Black experimentalism gave him a rare freedom.’
Francis Gooding on Dr John’s ‘Gris-Gris’, a ‘musico-magical palimpsest of New Orleans history’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Francis Gooding on Dr John’s ‘Gris-Gris’, a ‘musico-magical palimpsest of New Orleans history’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
53% of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to American democracy.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
Meanwhile, just 100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion on federal elections last year — a 160-fold increase since Citizens United.
The people know: billionaires should not be able to buy our elections.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
These numbers are truly frightening. Plus massive funding for materiel acquisition... the county's fucked if we can't quickly reverse this.
This is a good question. Reuters reports Trump admin has hired 50,000 workers, primarily in immigration enforcement.
For context, that's equivalent to the total number of job losses in Health & Human Services, Veterans Affairs, USAID and Interior COMBINED, per the Partnership for Public Service
For context, that's equivalent to the total number of job losses in Health & Human Services, Veterans Affairs, USAID and Interior COMBINED, per the Partnership for Public Service
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
These numbers are truly frightening. Plus massive funding for materiel acquisition... the county's fucked if we can't quickly reverse this.
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so much backbone and courage, everywhere you look
BBC Director General and CEO of News Step Down After Trump Editing Controversy
BBC's director general Tim Davie and the CEO of News Deborah Turness resigned after BBC Panorama was accused of doctoring a Donald Trump speech.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
so much backbone and courage, everywhere you look
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The Trump administration is pushing to strip language from a resolution that affirms the country’s territorial integrity and condemns Russia’s occupation of Crimea and other regions, according to two people familiar with internal UN discussions.
www.kyivpost.com/post/63999
www.kyivpost.com/post/63999
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Trump administration is pushing to strip language from a resolution that affirms the country’s territorial integrity and condemns Russia’s occupation of Crimea and other regions, according to two people familiar with internal UN discussions.
www.kyivpost.com/post/63999
www.kyivpost.com/post/63999
Another GOP scam. @wyden.senate.gov is right -
"...this bill “takes a reasonable protection against government surveillance and wraps it in an unacceptable giveaway of your tax dollars to Republican senators."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
"...this bill “takes a reasonable protection against government surveillance and wraps it in an unacceptable giveaway of your tax dollars to Republican senators."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Another GOP scam. @wyden.senate.gov is right -
"...this bill “takes a reasonable protection against government surveillance and wraps it in an unacceptable giveaway of your tax dollars to Republican senators."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
"...this bill “takes a reasonable protection against government surveillance and wraps it in an unacceptable giveaway of your tax dollars to Republican senators."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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TOKYO (AP) - Japanese tech giant SoftBank says it has sold all its shares in chip maker Nvidia for $5.8 billion.
$NVDA @apnews.com
$NVDA @apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese tech giant SoftBank says it has sold all its shares in chip maker Nvidia for $5.8 billion.
$NVDA @apnews.com
$NVDA @apnews.com
"...voters of color moved back to the Democratic party. Sherrill won 94% of the Black vote, 68% of Hispanics and 82% of Asians."
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/11/nj-g...
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/11/nj-g...
What the numbers say about Mikie Sherrill’s big win in NJ governor's race | NJ Spotlight News
Key observations from the turnout, early voting, polls and more
www.njspotlightnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"...voters of color moved back to the Democratic party. Sherrill won 94% of the Black vote, 68% of Hispanics and 82% of Asians."
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/11/nj-g...
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/11/nj-g...