Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘
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DEMOCRACY: “We need to become a powerful majority to turn back bigotry & inhumanity amid this fierce urgency of now—not as a coalition of humanity that agrees all the time, but one united to save democracy & to finally realize the dream of so many who gave their lives to save us,” Donna Ladd writes.
Democracy | ‘Whiteness’ Is an Ancient Con. We Can Defeat It.
We don’t need “a coalition of humanity that agrees all the time, but one united to save democracy,” Donna Ladd writes.
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If you didn’t read my popular Democracy essay on whiteness, today is a good day as so many of us are grappling with how to respond to the rapid loss of freedom and decency in our nation.
Finding solutions has much to with facing the constructed use of “whiteness” to divide and conquer us all.
Finding solutions has much to with facing the constructed use of “whiteness” to divide and conquer us all.
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Sami Hamdi was taken into custody at San Francisco International Airport on Oct. 26 while on a U.S. speaking tour.
British journalist to be released from ICE custody after detention at SFO, family says
Sami Hamdi was taken into custody at San Francisco International Airport on Oct. 26 while on a U.S. speaking tour.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Sami Hamdi was taken into custody at San Francisco International Airport on Oct. 26 while on a U.S. speaking tour.
Yeah, that’ll help
President Trump threatened to dock the pay of unpaid air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown—a move that aviation experts say will only make matters worse.
Trump To Unpaid Air Traffic Controllers: ‘Get Back To Work ‘NOW!!!’ Or Leave Profession
President Trump threatened to dock the pay of unpaid air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown—a move that aviation experts say will only make matters worse.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Yeah, that’ll help
Today was … a day.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Today was … a day.
Truth. All of this. Hard lessons.
There's a very important reason why airline safety briefings remind you to put your oxygen mask on before helping someone else get theirs on. If you're not breathing oxygen, you can't help someone else.
Like when you try to save someone from drowning, but they fight you, and put you both at risk of death. #QOTD
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Truth. All of this. Hard lessons.
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BREAKING: Mississippi is beginning to release partial 65% SNAP payments today to everyone who was due to receive them between Nov. 4 and Nov. 10.
It is unclear when MDHS will be authorized to release the remaining 35%.
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It is unclear when MDHS will be authorized to release the remaining 35%.
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Mississippi SNAP Beneficiaries Set to Begin Receiving Partial Food Aid Payments
Mississippians who rely on SNAP to help with food costs will soon begin receiving partial payments, the State announced Monday afternoon.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
BREAKING: Mississippi is beginning to release partial 65% SNAP payments today to everyone who was due to receive them between Nov. 4 and Nov. 10.
It is unclear when MDHS will be authorized to release the remaining 35%.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
It is unclear when MDHS will be authorized to release the remaining 35%.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
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“A deal to purchase the warehouses, which on average are more than twice the size of current ICE detention facilities, is past the early stages but not yet final, the DHS official and the White House official said. The DHS official described the warehouses as future ‘mega detention centers.’”
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immi...
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“A deal to purchase the warehouses, which on average are more than twice the size of current ICE detention facilities, is past the early stages but not yet final, the DHS official and the White House official said. The DHS official described the warehouses as future ‘mega detention centers.’”
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The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Kim Davis' call to overturn its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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US Supreme Court Rejects Kim Davis' Call to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Rights
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Kim Davis' call to overturn its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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I’m surprised this took so long
again, the legal system, far from providing accountability, is marshaled to rewrite and reverse consequences for January 6
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says
A Justice Department official says President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s e...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’m surprised this took so long
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My statement on the proposed Senate deal
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My statement on the proposed Senate deal
This. ASAP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This. ASAP.
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JUST IN: A group of moderate Democrats has a tentative deal to reopen the government if Republicans promise to hold a vote on expiring health care subsidies—but with no guarantee of passage.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to vote no on the deal.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to vote no on the deal.
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Moderate Democrats Reach Deal With GOP to Reopen Government With Promise for Later Vote on ACA Tax Credits
Democrats are considering a Republican offer to reopen the government with a promise of a later vote on extending ACA health-care tax credits.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
JUST IN: A group of moderate Democrats has a tentative deal to reopen the government if Republicans promise to hold a vote on expiring health care subsidies—but with no guarantee of passage.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to vote no on the deal.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to vote no on the deal.
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And if you’re a white man.
Also frustrating how people will apparently excuse any manner of racist, misogynistic crap if you're just sufficiently talented enough. It's like dangling a shiny object in front of a magpie.
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
And if you’re a white man.
Ok I just stopped on the writing project for today. This was a productive one.
Ok, I need to go get up in the 7am writers club now.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Ok I just stopped on the writing project for today. This was a productive one.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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More U.S. troops are being sidelined by heat than ever before — 2,800 cases in 2024 alone. The military once treated that as a readiness crisis. Now, it’s calling climate concerns “crap.”
Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam troops
For decades, the military treated climate change as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather.
floodlightnews.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
More U.S. troops are being sidelined by heat than ever before — 2,800 cases in 2024 alone. The military once treated that as a readiness crisis. Now, it’s calling climate concerns “crap.”
Reposted by Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
Reposted by Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘
In another era, ICE raids would be described as persecution of Catholics.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
In another era, ICE raids would be described as persecution of Catholics.
Ok, I need to go get up in the 7am writers club now.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ok, I need to go get up in the 7am writers club now.
“Handsy” is doing a lot of work here.
Still thinking about all the money she made off that genius NBC embrace of her.
Still thinking about all the money she made off that genius NBC embrace of her.
And there you have MAGA Woman summed up in a single comment
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“Handsy” is doing a lot of work here.
Still thinking about all the money she made off that genius NBC embrace of her.
Still thinking about all the money she made off that genius NBC embrace of her.
Reposted by Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘
A great read from Jessica Winter excoriating facile ideas about the crisis of masculinity. Scott Galloway and his new book feature prominently, but it’s a broader takedown of a worldview that takes hierarchy, and men’s position at the top, as a given.
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A great read from Jessica Winter excoriating facile ideas about the crisis of masculinity. Scott Galloway and his new book feature prominently, but it’s a broader takedown of a worldview that takes hierarchy, and men’s position at the top, as a given.
Underrated post.
November 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Underrated post.
Just saw that an Indiana lectures was removed from teaching a “Diversity, Human Rights and Social Justice” class for teaching THIS graphic.
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Just saw that an Indiana lectures was removed from teaching a “Diversity, Human Rights and Social Justice” class for teaching THIS graphic.
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