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For all the times I just can't even...
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PLAN:
- Break up Mono-& Oligopolies
- People should make a living by working 40 hrs/week
- Strongly funded PUBLIC education & healthy, diverse, & local journalism (see 1) are the foundations of Democracy
- We have One Planet
- ALL people deserve the right to life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness
It's time. Bring Back the Populist Party.

(Not the People's Party).
October 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
it’s a win, folks. (will the daily change? IDK- but…. it’s a win)
October 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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BREAKING: A federal judge in Chicago has blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to the city as part of its ongoing immigration-enforcement push.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago
Arguments in federal court over an emergency restraining order that would bar a National Guard deployment began Thursday with lawyers sparring over what constitutes a “rebellion” that such troops m…
trib.al
October 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
How can I even look my kids in the eye anymore? What have we done?
October 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
My heart breaks for Chicago. My heart breaks for America.
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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The shooter at Annunciation Catholic School used an assault weapon to fire dozens of rounds through the stained glass windows of the school’s church—killing two children and wounding 17 others, including 14 children.
August 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I’m 99.999% sure that Ghislaine’s definition of “acted like a gentleman” and what the rest of us have in mind is 99.999% different. Just sayin’…
August 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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#AcademicSky

Academics in the summer, when asked to review manuscripts.
July 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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We love you Kamala Harris and are with you and will support you whatever you do and wherever you decide to go next. 💙

Though we all REALLY want you to run for president again. 🙏
July 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters.

Read more: cnn.it/45dPVWO
July 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
worth repeating:

bsky.app/profile/rive...
PLAN:
- Break up Mono-& Oligopolies
- People should make a living by working 40 hrs/week
- Strongly funded PUBLIC education & healthy, diverse, & local journalism (see 1) are the foundations of Democracy
- We have One Planet
- ALL people deserve the right to life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness
July 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Superman 2025: aka: #MakeAmericaKindAgain ❤️🤍💙
July 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So emaciated after a few weeks? Look closely at the background. Is anyone haunted by history?
DJT defies SCOTUS - no negotiations to free Abrego Garcia, but asks Bukele to prep for “homegrowns”. Who is next? You? Me? This is not democracy. This is tyranny. (1/2)
April 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
My students are being made illegal overnight and told to leave or be “deported to a country that isn’t [home]”. For a flipping PARKING TICKET. Make noise, white America. This administration has no interest in following law. Only we can more safely stop them. (2/2)
April 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Musk has placed the entire staff of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) on administrative leave.
April 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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This is how you do it.

The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".

The moral imperative may be to fight...

but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:

www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
www.gazettenet.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Seeking: good resources for R1 university faculty worried about ICE raids in the classroom. Thanks!
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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If the Democrats don’t make an absolute buffet out of this group chat national security scandal, primary each and every one of them. It’s literally on a silver platter.
March 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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The maintenance of racism requires the public’s ignorance of racism. As the Trump administration strives to unwind the Department of Education and defund libraries, I wanted to elevate these words. I went on to explain how enslavers legislated for ignorance. #departmentofeducation #forourlibraries
March 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“History will remember this day — when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.” - Liz Cheney, February 28, 2025 😳 What an embarrassment.
March 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM