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Ted Rozelsky
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Third generation Ukrainian American whose father fought AGAINST facism in WWII.
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I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.

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Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners
Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners
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April 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
February 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Just wrote about the UK Apple encryption mess. This is a BIG deal. It doesn't just apply to the UK. It would be an absolute disaster for online privacy and security. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/u...
UK Orders Apple To Break Encryption Worldwide While World Is Distracted
In a stunning escalation that confirms our worst fears, the UK government has finally shown its true hand on encryption — and it’s even worse than we predicted. According to a bombshell repor…
www.techdirt.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Exclusive: Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud.
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.
wapo.st
February 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thanks to you, Donald & Elon,
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans. Way to go, fellas. 😡
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Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
wapo.st
February 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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The Trump administration has unleashed a dizzying slew of policy directives, immigration enforcement operations and firings. But, can they do that? @lawofruby.bsky.social and @debpearlstein.bsky.social break down what’s legal, what’s not and who might fight back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V58t...
Can the Trump-Musk-Miller power grab be STOPPED? I Legal Breakdown
YouTube video by MSNBC
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February 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
History is repeating itself right in front of us. Is this what we want to have happen to our country? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Education Department staff warned that Trump buyout offers could be canceled at any time www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Education Department staff warned that Trump buyout offers could be canceled at any time
In a staffwide meeting Wednesday, leaders of the Education Department told employees the Trump administration’s resignation offer comes with major caveats.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice
Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.
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February 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Vaccine denier RFK Jr has advanced out of committee, now headed for a full Senate vote. Tell your Senators to oppose his nomination or we'll end up with a gutted health department too
Oppose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services ⭑ 5 Calls
UPDATE (01/30/25): The Senate held hearings on Kennedy’s nomination on 01/29/25. A confirmation vote is expected soon. The US Department of …
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February 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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BREAKING: The White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, per two sources to NBC News.
February 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The new edition of Profiles in Courage is going to be a short email
February 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Trump says he will continue funding Ukraine's war effort — but he wants something rare in return www.nbcnews.com/news/world/t...
Trump says he will continue funding Ukraine's war effort — but he wants something rare in return
The president appears to have adopted a proposal first made last year that offers “strategic partners” such as the U.S. special access to Ukraine's glut of natural resources.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Thanks to the 50,000 people who skipped the first hour of the Grammys to join us tonight! I hope our toolkit helps with in-person actions around the country this week, but this is mostly up to you. Please send pics/video of your visits so we can help elevate! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
WE CHOOSE TO FIGHT: SENATE STATE OFFICE VISIT TOOLKIT
WE CHOOSE TO FIGHT: STATE OFFICE VISIT TOOLKIT Register your event: https://indivisi.org/register-choose-to-fight TOOLKIT CONTENTS: WHAT’S HAPPENING? THE ASK HOW TO PLAN YOUR SENATE STATE OFFICE VI...
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February 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM