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A general strike is probably going to be necessary to save American democracy. And it can't come too soon!
What happens if the courts can't stop the Trump Administration? “Then we’ve got to take to the streets in a different way,” Anthony Romero, the executive director of the A.C.L.U., tells David Remnick. “We've got to shut down this country.”
We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country”
Anthony Romero, the A.C.L.U.’s executive director, talks about what he thinks could happen if the Trump Administration defies the authority of the courts.
www.newyorker.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A general strike is probably going to be necessary to save American democracy. And it can't come too soon!
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France suggests partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine
France suggests partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine
Such a truce would determine whether Putin is ‘acting in good faith’, French foreign minister says
France is proposing a partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron and his foreign minister have said, as European efforts to…
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
France suggests partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine
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It'd be so cool if Europe just stopped refueling the US military there. Not just the Navy, but everything. If we're not there to fulfill our treaty obligations--and Trump's made clear we're not--it's only a rational response.
One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy.
“It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”
“It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”
March 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It'd be so cool if Europe just stopped refueling the US military there. Not just the Navy, but everything. If we're not there to fulfill our treaty obligations--and Trump's made clear we're not--it's only a rational response.
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In Denmark, our biggest grocery chain just announced a new policy where European products are marked with a star on the price tag. A star that makes it much easier to boycott American goods.
March 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
In Denmark, our biggest grocery chain just announced a new policy where European products are marked with a star on the price tag. A star that makes it much easier to boycott American goods.
Yesterday I spent part of the day in the herb garden of the RandallDavie Audubon center here in Santa Fe. The Merlin app identified these birds by their songs.
March 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Yesterday I spent part of the day in the herb garden of the RandallDavie Audubon center here in Santa Fe. The Merlin app identified these birds by their songs.
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As President Trump prepares to sign order declaring English the official U.S. language, we checked in with NM state historian Rob Martinez who told us New Mexico will never stop speaking Spanish.
Trump to sign executive order declaring English as official U.S. language • Source New Mexico
As Trump signs order declaring English the official U.S. language, NM state historian declares the state will never stop speaking Spanish
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February 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
As President Trump prepares to sign order declaring English the official U.S. language, we checked in with NM state historian Rob Martinez who told us New Mexico will never stop speaking Spanish.
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One could even call it "A day that will live in infamy"
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
One could even call it "A day that will live in infamy"
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Person of the Year
February 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Person of the Year
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Zelenskyy thanking all of the world leaders who support for Ukraine is an epic troll on JD Vance and Donald Trump.
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February 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Zelenskyy thanking all of the world leaders who support for Ukraine is an epic troll on JD Vance and Donald Trump.
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If Zelensky approached Europe, Australia, and other economic powers, with a rare earth deal for weapons and reconstruction funds and excluded the US, the world would send Trump a very loud message that might be the start of his political end.
February 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If Zelensky approached Europe, Australia, and other economic powers, with a rare earth deal for weapons and reconstruction funds and excluded the US, the world would send Trump a very loud message that might be the start of his political end.
Bravo Zelensky! You have more balls than 53 Republican Senators and 218 Republican members of the House.
February 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Bravo Zelensky! You have more balls than 53 Republican Senators and 218 Republican members of the House.
“There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
February 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
This is a photo of Susan B. Anthony in 1872 getting beaten and arrested for trying to vote when it was illegal for women. If she could fight toxic male tyrants and win, so can we!
February 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is a photo of Susan B. Anthony in 1872 getting beaten and arrested for trying to vote when it was illegal for women. If she could fight toxic male tyrants and win, so can we!