CharlotteB
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Always looking for owls, a great book to read and some new adventures.
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Ask yourself:
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
March 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Ask yourself:
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
Why would anyone who wasn’t an asset of the Russian government do this?
Why would any decent human being do this?
Today’s funny post. Finally something that brought a laughter to the front.
March 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Today’s funny post. Finally something that brought a laughter to the front.
Looking forward to read this! Is there a copy out somewhere in PDF that someone can post?
A Facebook Insider’s Exposé Alleges Bad Behavior at the Top www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
A Facebook Insider’s Exposé Alleges Bad Behavior at the Top www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
A Facebook Insider’s Exposé Alleges Bad Behavior at the Top
“Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cozying up to authoritarian regimes.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Looking forward to read this! Is there a copy out somewhere in PDF that someone can post?
A Facebook Insider’s Exposé Alleges Bad Behavior at the Top www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
A Facebook Insider’s Exposé Alleges Bad Behavior at the Top www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
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Breaking News: A coalition of 21 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration, days after the Education Department fired more than 1,300 workers.
Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department
The Trump administration cut about half the work force of the agency, saying it would enable it to deliver services more effectively. The attorneys general called the move “reckless and illegal.”
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Breaking News: A coalition of 21 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration, days after the Education Department fired more than 1,300 workers.
No Education is a great way to suppress empowerment to the people.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/p...
Education Department cutting nearly half of workforce | CNN Politics
The US Education Department said it is cutting nearly 50% of its workforce, according to senior agency officials, as President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether.
www.cnn.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
No Education is a great way to suppress empowerment to the people.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/p...
Hmm. This is of course another sad story band concern before summer high season.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dad of detained US tourist urges care on visa requirements
Becky Burke, 28, has spent 10 days in a facility in Washington State and is desperate to come home.
www.bbc.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hmm. This is of course another sad story band concern before summer high season.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It would be a real shame if y'all shared this online, printed out a few and hung up all around the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 😉
March 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It would be a real shame if y'all shared this online, printed out a few and hung up all around the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 😉
I mean.... I donøt even know what to say. What are those people supposed to do..... What about the work they are doing.... promoting US values.....
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I mean.... I donøt even know what to say. What are those people supposed to do..... What about the work they are doing.... promoting US values.....
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Simmering anger at Elon Musk’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room clash. Read an inside account of the explosive meeting where President Trump checked the billionaire's power.
Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk
Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Simmering anger at Elon Musk’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room clash. Read an inside account of the explosive meeting where President Trump checked the billionaire's power.
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Is this a fire sale?
March 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Is this a fire sale?
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This is a pretty big attack on the First Amendment. And an encroachment on universities' powers to decide what protests to allow and who to expel.....
We need to talk about Trump’s threat to defund universities unless they arrest and expel protesters.
We’re watching classic fascistic institutional capture in real time and if this continues unabated we’re going to look up and live in a world without escape. The time to fight is now.
We’re watching classic fascistic institutional capture in real time and if this continues unabated we’re going to look up and live in a world without escape. The time to fight is now.
March 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is a pretty big attack on the First Amendment. And an encroachment on universities' powers to decide what protests to allow and who to expel.....
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s far-right cheerleading appears to be coming at a price for Tesla, whose sales in Europe tumbled 45% in January from a year earlier, while rivals' rose by over 37%, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association reut.rs/3XqpA4O
Musk rallies the far right in Europe. Tesla is paying the price.
For the past two months, tech billionaire Elon Musk has promoted Germany’s far-right party in at least two dozen posts on his X platform, interviewed its leader, and told his 219 million followers it was the country’s “only hope.”
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March 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s far-right cheerleading appears to be coming at a price for Tesla, whose sales in Europe tumbled 45% in January from a year earlier, while rivals' rose by over 37%, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association reut.rs/3XqpA4O
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This says so much.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/u...
Christiane Amanpour stunned watching Trump-Zelensky meeting go off the rails | CNN
A tense exchange in the Oval Office between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky devolved into a shouting match over the future of US support in the war and Russia’s influ...
www.cnn.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This says so much.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/u...
What’s the alternative to kindle books? Thinking of closing Amazon account.
February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
What’s the alternative to kindle books? Thinking of closing Amazon account.
Embarrsing. What happened to respect?/
who told this pampered asshole he has the right to speak to anyone like this?
VP Vance to President Zelenskyy: Have you said thank you once?
February 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Embarrsing. What happened to respect?/
Sums up what is happening with free speech or the criminalization of it.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech (Gift Article)
If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Sums up what is happening with free speech or the criminalization of it.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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We are shutting down our online store at midnight Eastern in solidarity with the 2/28 Economic Blackout. We’ll be back on 3/1. Also, sorry about the long shipping timeframes and the lack of shirts—we’re working hard to catch up! We use small U.S. suppliers for our products.
February 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
We are shutting down our online store at midnight Eastern in solidarity with the 2/28 Economic Blackout. We’ll be back on 3/1. Also, sorry about the long shipping timeframes and the lack of shirts—we’re working hard to catch up! We use small U.S. suppliers for our products.
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
Some of the projects that NO LONGER are
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Some of the projects that NO LONGER are
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
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A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked an executive order that President Trump signed shortly after he was sworn in that suspended a decades-old program admitting thousands of refugees into the U.S. each year.
Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order to Suspend Refugee Program
The preliminary injunction orders the government to effectively restore the decades-old U.S. Refugee Admissions Program while a lawsuit to preserve it proceeds.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked an executive order that President Trump signed shortly after he was sworn in that suspended a decades-old program admitting thousands of refugees into the U.S. each year.
The USAID stop-work order has far-reaching and longterm negative impact on students, schools, global collaboration, local communities and NGOs.
The International Educator (TIE Online) url:https://www.tieonline.com/article/6828/usaids-impact-on-international-schools?nid=75
The International Educator (TIE Online) url:https://www.tieonline.com/article/6828/usaids-impact-on-international-schools?nid=75
February 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The USAID stop-work order has far-reaching and longterm negative impact on students, schools, global collaboration, local communities and NGOs.
The International Educator (TIE Online) url:https://www.tieonline.com/article/6828/usaids-impact-on-international-schools?nid=75
The International Educator (TIE Online) url:https://www.tieonline.com/article/6828/usaids-impact-on-international-schools?nid=75
Excellent interview.
Ruben Gallego’s election over Kari Lake was one of the few bright spots for Democrats in November. Gallego, the junior senator from Arizona, recently discussed what he thinks needs to change in the way his party communicates with men, Latinos and Trump voters. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/m...
February 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Excellent interview.