Alex Taft
@alextaft.bsky.social
Retired. In my 80s. Former city councillor in liberal college town. Urban transportation maven. Former transportation advisor to Boston mayor. Vietnam vet. Former Navy pilot.
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Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
www.tpr.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
static01.nyt.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Off to No Kings rally in Salt Lake City
June 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Off to No Kings rally in Salt Lake City
Way to go!
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Way to go!
Trump’s “doll” policy: From Santa to the Grinch in just over 100 days
May 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Trump’s “doll” policy: From Santa to the Grinch in just over 100 days
P. S.
I would not have any generosity for any of the other things the idiot is doing.
I would not have any generosity for any of the other things the idiot is doing.
May 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
P. S.
I would not have any generosity for any of the other things the idiot is doing.
I would not have any generosity for any of the other things the idiot is doing.
I say as a veteran: Let the silly President fiddle with holiday names. We’ll change it back when he’s gone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...
Veterans’ Groups Object to Trump’s Proposal to Rename Veterans Day
In a social media post, President Trump said he wanted to celebrate victories in the World Wars. But most living veterans would be left out.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I say as a veteran: Let the silly President fiddle with holiday names. We’ll change it back when he’s gone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...
New sign for an old veteran
April 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New sign for an old veteran
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Today was truly inspiring. Something happened that we’ve never seen before, you made noise in places that rarely see protests like this. Communities across traditionally conservative areas hosted historic turnouts.
April 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today was truly inspiring. Something happened that we’ve never seen before, you made noise in places that rarely see protests like this. Communities across traditionally conservative areas hosted historic turnouts.
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Trump won’t serve a third term, but he should repeat third grade
April 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Trump won’t serve a third term, but he should repeat third grade
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I signed this letter because I’ve lived it. Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor are friends & former colleagues who chose country over politics—truth over fear. Now Trump is targeting them for it. This is authoritarian retribution—plain & simple. Over 200 of us are speaking out. Please read & share.
Bipartisan Coalition of Over 200 Former Government Officials & Other Leaders Reject Trump's Persecution of His Opponents - State Democracy Defenders Action
Press ReleaseApril 19, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, over 200 prominent former government officials and other American leaders joined together in an open letter condemning President Trump’s retaliatory inv...
statedemocracydefenders.org
April 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I signed this letter because I’ve lived it. Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor are friends & former colleagues who chose country over politics—truth over fear. Now Trump is targeting them for it. This is authoritarian retribution—plain & simple. Over 200 of us are speaking out. Please read & share.
I fought for you all. Now I am fighting against tyranny at home, first with a sign in the front garden. To my wonderful VA medical providers: Thank you. Don’t give up.
April 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I fought for you all. Now I am fighting against tyranny at home, first with a sign in the front garden. To my wonderful VA medical providers: Thank you. Don’t give up.
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
April 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
A bit of hope from the historian, Heather Cox Richardson
A bit of hope from the historian, Heather Cox Richardson
How Trump's Greed, Grift and Racism Are Collapsing America's Democratic Experiment
Historian Heather Cox Richardson joins The Left Hook to discuss how the Trump Administration reflects America's tradition of the aristocracy abusing capitalism and racism to exploit the masses.
open.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
A bit of hope from the historian, Heather Cox Richardson
A bit of hope from the historian, Heather Cox Richardson
Great
Salt Lake status. Gotta do a lotta growing to save the lake and reduce the air pollution.
Salt Lake status. Gotta do a lotta growing to save the lake and reduce the air pollution.
April 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Great
Salt Lake status. Gotta do a lotta growing to save the lake and reduce the air pollution.
Salt Lake status. Gotta do a lotta growing to save the lake and reduce the air pollution.
Missed the rally so I planted the sign I made in the front garden
April 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Missed the rally so I planted the sign I made in the front garden
Salt Lake City is in the game. 6,000 according to officials
April 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Salt Lake City is in the game. 6,000 according to officials
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"The White House has directed the military to draw up options for increasing the US troop presence in Panama to achieve Trump’s goal of 'reclaiming' the Panama Canal"
And *yes*, this does include:
the "option of U.S. troops seizing the Panama Canal by force"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
And *yes*, this does include:
the "option of U.S. troops seizing the Panama Canal by force"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"The White House has directed the military to draw up options for increasing the US troop presence in Panama to achieve Trump’s goal of 'reclaiming' the Panama Canal"
And *yes*, this does include:
the "option of U.S. troops seizing the Panama Canal by force"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
And *yes*, this does include:
the "option of U.S. troops seizing the Panama Canal by force"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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California’s economy is outperforming the other 49 states, and the US as a whole. Why? It comes down to two letters: R&D.
🎥 @mattwinkler.bsky.social says the state has never been greater. Read the column: bloom.bg/4hvTXOo
🎥 @mattwinkler.bsky.social says the state has never been greater. Read the column: bloom.bg/4hvTXOo
March 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
California’s economy is outperforming the other 49 states, and the US as a whole. Why? It comes down to two letters: R&D.
🎥 @mattwinkler.bsky.social says the state has never been greater. Read the column: bloom.bg/4hvTXOo
🎥 @mattwinkler.bsky.social says the state has never been greater. Read the column: bloom.bg/4hvTXOo