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"nonviolent resistance is in the big picture and the long term the most effective strategy, but that doesn't mean it must be polite, placid, or please our opponents, not least because nothing ever will & they'll lie and distort no matter what."
Great msg from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for #NoKings
Great msg from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for #NoKings
" I also believe that those of us who are older, whiter, safer from the threats of state violence do not have the moral ground to lecture the younger, browner and blacker, more directly impacted demographic on what they should and should not do." www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"nonviolent resistance is in the big picture and the long term the most effective strategy, but that doesn't mean it must be polite, placid, or please our opponents, not least because nothing ever will & they'll lie and distort no matter what."
Great msg from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for #NoKings
Great msg from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for #NoKings
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Little update on Facebook's decision to shut my account.
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Little update on Facebook's decision to shut my account.
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“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
I just had a sinking feeling. What if all this trump/musk blowup is a musk attempt to get back into favor with the liberals?
June 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I just had a sinking feeling. What if all this trump/musk blowup is a musk attempt to get back into favor with the liberals?
What in the cretin-level shit is this post?!? Some people want to enlighten and understand. Some people want to contort the world and others to continually fit their own weak and sad narrative. Don't pick the wrong team, Dick.
May 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
What in the cretin-level shit is this post?!? Some people want to enlighten and understand. Some people want to contort the world and others to continually fit their own weak and sad narrative. Don't pick the wrong team, Dick.
Taxation without representation
May 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Taxation without representation
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May 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
April 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social is spot-on here as to the true goal of these tariffs. Apple is just one example of how it works. They didn't suck up enough. If they do, they can (maybe!) get tariff relief. But at what price to their brand? They could easily go the way of Tesla.
7/ But the private sector also plays a rule to protect democracy. Independent industry has power.
The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.
The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.
April 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social is spot-on here as to the true goal of these tariffs. Apple is just one example of how it works. They didn't suck up enough. If they do, they can (maybe!) get tariff relief. But at what price to their brand? They could easily go the way of Tesla.
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Breaking: Cory Booker has officially delivered the longest Senate floor speech in US history, surpassing Strom Thurmond’s filibuster against the Civil Rights Act.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Breaking: Cory Booker has officially delivered the longest Senate floor speech in US history, surpassing Strom Thurmond’s filibuster against the Civil Rights Act.
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Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
The government ignored his protective legal status & deported Abrego Garcia. “Now they claim that the court is powerless to order any relief. If that’s true, the immigration laws are meaningless because the government can deport ANYONE & no court can do anything about it once it’s done.”
March 31, 2025
On April 1, 1861, Secretary of State William Henry Seward wrote an astonishing letter to President Abraham Lincoln.
open.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?
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Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.
HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled
Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.
www.npr.org
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.
He did it! 24+ hours! And he's still talking about the threat to America from tRump and FElon and the spineless republicans that are passively standing by and giving up the powers of Congress while abdicating their duty to their constituents.
Live | U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey
www.booker.senate.gov
April 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
He did it! 24+ hours! And he's still talking about the threat to America from tRump and FElon and the spineless republicans that are passively standing by and giving up the powers of Congress while abdicating their duty to their constituents.
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There's no gaslighting your way out of this.
March 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
There's no gaslighting your way out of this.
The law should be protecting individuals with disabilities.
Private equity is ‘gobbling’ up care facilities for people with disabilities. This has led to abuse, neglect and even deaths.
Private equity ‘gobbling’ up care facilities for people with disabilities
PE firms are buying facilities that care for people with intellectual or development disabilities at an alarming rate.
www.statnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The law should be protecting individuals with disabilities.
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Private equity is ‘gobbling’ up care facilities for people with disabilities. This has led to abuse, neglect and even deaths.
Private equity ‘gobbling’ up care facilities for people with disabilities
PE firms are buying facilities that care for people with intellectual or development disabilities at an alarming rate.
www.statnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Private equity is ‘gobbling’ up care facilities for people with disabilities. This has led to abuse, neglect and even deaths.
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Hydrologic Engineering Center in Davis to Keep Federal Government Lease #cawater www.comstocksmag.com/web-only/hyd...
Hydrologic Engineering Center in Davis to Keep Federal Government Lease - Comstock's magazine
Longtime center had been sent a lease termination notice
www.comstocksmag.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hydrologic Engineering Center in Davis to Keep Federal Government Lease #cawater www.comstocksmag.com/web-only/hyd...
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The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
A guide to what the U.S. Education Department does (and doesn't) do
The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
www.npr.org
March 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
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Confirmed DOGE is currently inside IMLS headquarters.
NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.
March 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Confirmed DOGE is currently inside IMLS headquarters.
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Librarians, archivists, curators, public historians, DO YOUR THING
March 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Librarians, archivists, curators, public historians, DO YOUR THING
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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🛑 STOP THE PUBLIC LAND SELL-OFF! 🛑
Congress is planning to sell off public lands, cut agency staffing, and increase logging & development—jeopardizing the places we love.
Here's what you can do:
Congress is planning to sell off public lands, cut agency staffing, and increase logging & development—jeopardizing the places we love.
Here's what you can do:
March 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🛑 STOP THE PUBLIC LAND SELL-OFF! 🛑
Congress is planning to sell off public lands, cut agency staffing, and increase logging & development—jeopardizing the places we love.
Here's what you can do:
Congress is planning to sell off public lands, cut agency staffing, and increase logging & development—jeopardizing the places we love.
Here's what you can do:
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BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
March 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
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Texas is touted as "low-tax" because it has no income tax. But data shows that may only apply if you're a wealthy resident.
www.chron.com/news/houston...
www.chron.com/news/houston...
Why Texans actually pay more in taxes than Californians do
The Lone Star State is touted as "low-tax" because it has no income tax. But recently resurfaced data shows that may only apply if you're a wealthy resident.
www.chron.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Texas is touted as "low-tax" because it has no income tax. But data shows that may only apply if you're a wealthy resident.
www.chron.com/news/houston...
www.chron.com/news/houston...