John Moore- grateful old guy
@john-moore.bsky.social
Loves nature (birds, native plants), genealogy, cooking. Living with gratitude and awe, anal adenocarcinoma, being hard of hearing, a bucket list and a to-do list.
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Maria Stephan (co-writer with Erica Chenoweth of WHY CIVIL RESISTANCE WORKS) is talking now. 3.5% rule - if 3.5% of the population participate in resistance, you can stop authoritarianism. Equivalent of 11 million folks in the US.
#OneMillionRising
#OneMillionRising
July 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Maria Stephan (co-writer with Erica Chenoweth of WHY CIVIL RESISTANCE WORKS) is talking now. 3.5% rule - if 3.5% of the population participate in resistance, you can stop authoritarianism. Equivalent of 11 million folks in the US.
#OneMillionRising
#OneMillionRising
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A billionaire who profits off the presidency is feuding with another billionaire who bought access to the government to line his own pockets.
Neither should have ever been able to amass so much power.
What we're witnessing is a failed experiment in billionaire governance.
Neither should have ever been able to amass so much power.
What we're witnessing is a failed experiment in billionaire governance.
June 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A billionaire who profits off the presidency is feuding with another billionaire who bought access to the government to line his own pockets.
Neither should have ever been able to amass so much power.
What we're witnessing is a failed experiment in billionaire governance.
Neither should have ever been able to amass so much power.
What we're witnessing is a failed experiment in billionaire governance.
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This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
May 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
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Someone’s cancer diagnosis is not your joke. Ask anyone who has gone through it and anyone who has lost someone they love.
May 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Someone’s cancer diagnosis is not your joke. Ask anyone who has gone through it and anyone who has lost someone they love.
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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Breaking character: Here is my proposed tag line for an ad:
"Trump's fat cat friends are living it up while the rest of us struggle to get by. Special breaks and deals for them, higher prices for you and me. Donald Trump's economy puts his billionaire buddies first, Americans last."
"Trump's fat cat friends are living it up while the rest of us struggle to get by. Special breaks and deals for them, higher prices for you and me. Donald Trump's economy puts his billionaire buddies first, Americans last."
April 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Breaking character: Here is my proposed tag line for an ad:
"Trump's fat cat friends are living it up while the rest of us struggle to get by. Special breaks and deals for them, higher prices for you and me. Donald Trump's economy puts his billionaire buddies first, Americans last."
"Trump's fat cat friends are living it up while the rest of us struggle to get by. Special breaks and deals for them, higher prices for you and me. Donald Trump's economy puts his billionaire buddies first, Americans last."
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This is who Trup wants to “unleash”: “‘We have seen, anecdotally ... a shocking number of wrong-house raids where the police just go to the wrong address," he [a lawyer] added.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court considers lawsuit arising from 'wrong house' FBI raid
FBI agents burst into an Atlanta house with flash-bang grenades and guns drawn, but victims have struggled to hold the government accountable for their actions.
www.nbcnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is who Trup wants to “unleash”: “‘We have seen, anecdotally ... a shocking number of wrong-house raids where the police just go to the wrong address," he [a lawyer] added.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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The Plan:
Impeach Trump after the midterms, 2 years into his term and the struggle to hang on to the country we hope we really are. If Republicans resist, a Democrat-led impeachment proceeding would at the very least be a watershed moment—an essential reckoning:
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
Impeach Trump after the midterms, 2 years into his term and the struggle to hang on to the country we hope we really are. If Republicans resist, a Democrat-led impeachment proceeding would at the very least be a watershed moment—an essential reckoning:
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
Trump Is More Likely to Get a Third Impeachment Than a Third Term
In 100 days, he has amply demonstrated he deserves it.
www.thebulwark.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Plan:
Impeach Trump after the midterms, 2 years into his term and the struggle to hang on to the country we hope we really are. If Republicans resist, a Democrat-led impeachment proceeding would at the very least be a watershed moment—an essential reckoning:
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
Impeach Trump after the midterms, 2 years into his term and the struggle to hang on to the country we hope we really are. If Republicans resist, a Democrat-led impeachment proceeding would at the very least be a watershed moment—an essential reckoning:
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
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1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family
On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.
popular.info
April 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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The United States sent possibly innocent men to a foreign prison without a hearing ... and put a convicted felon who led a violent coup against the Constitution in the White House.
April 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The United States sent possibly innocent men to a foreign prison without a hearing ... and put a convicted felon who led a violent coup against the Constitution in the White House.
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But it’s not about race or color right!?
April 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
But it’s not about race or color right!?
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I have had issues & been hearing from people having trouble just ACCESSING their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access.
Please SHARE!
Please SHARE!
April 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I have had issues & been hearing from people having trouble just ACCESSING their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access.
Please SHARE!
Please SHARE!
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they are segregationists, it has been obvious from the jump, and i think that pundits who dismissed the charge as hyperbolic should explain why they couldn’t see the fact pattern
“Tubman’s photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation” in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.”
wapo.st/4jdXL8m
wapo.st/4jdXL8m
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
wapo.st
April 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
they are segregationists, it has been obvious from the jump, and i think that pundits who dismissed the charge as hyperbolic should explain why they couldn’t see the fact pattern
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This is a truly outrageous story that shows how Trump has destroyed the independence of the U.S. Justice Department.
February 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is a truly outrageous story that shows how Trump has destroyed the independence of the U.S. Justice Department.
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Her talent was
Stellar.
She dwells among the stars now.
Rest in Power, Super Star Ms. Flack.
Important side notes;
Ms. Flack was also an activist. She befriended Jesse Jackson & Angela Davis. She marched with Rev. Al Sharpton. She founded Roberta Flack School of Music, free to underprivileged kids.
Stellar.
She dwells among the stars now.
Rest in Power, Super Star Ms. Flack.
Important side notes;
Ms. Flack was also an activist. She befriended Jesse Jackson & Angela Davis. She marched with Rev. Al Sharpton. She founded Roberta Flack School of Music, free to underprivileged kids.
February 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Her talent was
Stellar.
She dwells among the stars now.
Rest in Power, Super Star Ms. Flack.
Important side notes;
Ms. Flack was also an activist. She befriended Jesse Jackson & Angela Davis. She marched with Rev. Al Sharpton. She founded Roberta Flack School of Music, free to underprivileged kids.
Stellar.
She dwells among the stars now.
Rest in Power, Super Star Ms. Flack.
Important side notes;
Ms. Flack was also an activist. She befriended Jesse Jackson & Angela Davis. She marched with Rev. Al Sharpton. She founded Roberta Flack School of Music, free to underprivileged kids.
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Army Choir surrounded the MAGA hierarchy dining in White House East Room to sing "Do You Hear The People Sing"
It was lost on Trump but Vance was super fidgety
"Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again"
#DisruptTheCoup
It was lost on Trump but Vance was super fidgety
"Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again"
#DisruptTheCoup
February 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Army Choir surrounded the MAGA hierarchy dining in White House East Room to sing "Do You Hear The People Sing"
It was lost on Trump but Vance was super fidgety
"Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again"
#DisruptTheCoup
It was lost on Trump but Vance was super fidgety
"Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people who will not be slaves again"
#DisruptTheCoup
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#ProudBlue
Trump lives on personal Quid-pro-quos. He really doesn't understand larger issues such as real democracy, loyalty to principles, and freedom, and he never will.
Trump lives on personal Quid-pro-quos. He really doesn't understand larger issues such as real democracy, loyalty to principles, and freedom, and he never will.
United States support for Ukraine was never about securing mineral rights.
Or providing security for money.
It was about democracy and sovereignty. And a willingness to defend our allies and oppose our enemies.
Trump is betraying Ukraine, but also our values. Our history and our legacy.
Or providing security for money.
It was about democracy and sovereignty. And a willingness to defend our allies and oppose our enemies.
Trump is betraying Ukraine, but also our values. Our history and our legacy.
February 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#ProudBlue
Trump lives on personal Quid-pro-quos. He really doesn't understand larger issues such as real democracy, loyalty to principles, and freedom, and he never will.
Trump lives on personal Quid-pro-quos. He really doesn't understand larger issues such as real democracy, loyalty to principles, and freedom, and he never will.
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Freezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
NIH funding cuts could have ‘devastating impact’ on medical advancements, Chicago researchers say
The National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump announced this month that it was cutting payments covering overhead costs for research institutions that receive its grants.
www.wbez.org
February 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Freezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.
And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
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Either this is a distraction, which is irresponsible, or it’s serious, which is insane. You choose, Mr. Trump.
February 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Either this is a distraction, which is irresponsible, or it’s serious, which is insane. You choose, Mr. Trump.
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This article gives an excellent overview of the impact on universities and US research will be if the announced cuts to NIH indirect cost rates hold.
Not good
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
Not good
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
New NIH ‘Indirect Costs’ Funding Cuts Threaten Universities, Science
On Friday, the National Institutes of Health announced major cuts to funding of indirect costs for Universities, etc. Here's the potential impact on science and society.
www.forbes.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This article gives an excellent overview of the impact on universities and US research will be if the announced cuts to NIH indirect cost rates hold.
Not good
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
Not good
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...