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1000 years of history in 1 image
July 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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here’s my reaction to my dear friend and colleague Karen Friedman Agnifilo @kfa-legal.bsky.social taking on the defense of the United Healthcare CEO shooter, and why it matters: youtu.be/mKP-YK-9oR0?...
Popok REACTS to Karen Friedman Agnifilo’s NEW CLIENT
YouTube video by Legal AF
youtu.be
December 14, 2024 at 10:25 PM
She sounds mighty. Worth knowing more. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

It's good for all of us to have leaders like this among us.

from her book: I want to be remembered as the person who helped Indigenous people restore faith in themselves.

womenshistory.si.edu/blog/wilma-m....
December 14, 2024 at 4:08 PM
It does. Thank-you for sharing 😊

Trees are magic. And these are beautiful.

"A tree that may in Summer wear
a nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
who intimately lives with rain."

-going on my way. breathing more slowly, more deeply, and smiling 🙌🏻
Congratulations on 11000! 🎉
Thanks for hosting the art share! ✨

I'm Ching, and I enjoy creating illustrations inspired by nature because it brings a sense of ease. I hope they can bring a sense of relaxation and peace to everyone.
December 14, 2024 at 3:43 PM
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." US const #14

Mehdi does a great job describing the 'jurisdiction' of US Citizenship

👇👍🏻
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bujb...
Debunking Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship
YouTube video by Zeteo
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:05 PM
The constitution says justices serve 'during good behavior'.

It's mostly places like supremecourt,gov or uscourts,gov that say (quite confidently 😉🤣) this means 'life'.

Wait, aren't those the ones who'd be affected?

👇 this!!! We need this!
Two senators have introduced a constitutional amendment that would establish term limits for Supreme Court justices, a long-shot escalation of the congressional effort to overhaul the nation’s highest court amid ethics scandals and sinking public approval.
Supreme Court term-limits amendment proposed by Sens. Manchin, Welch
The long-shot proposal by Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) and outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin III (I-West Virginia) would impose 18-year term limits on new justices.
wapo.st
December 9, 2024 at 3:11 AM
A new word, a good word. Thanks!! 🙌🏻

"a kiva is both a sacred space to observe religious rituals as well as a society associated with a particular kiva. Kivas symbolize Puebloan emergence, or birth, into this world, & their architecture evokes an enclosed space of sacred potential."

Pueblo rocks 👊🏻
Ancestral Puebloan kivas and ruins deep into Utah canyons likely dating between AD 700 and 1100 #history #hiddenhistory #ancientarchitecture
December 9, 2024 at 2:01 AM
😐

Indeed. Mississippi ratified the 13th amendment in 2013. To be fair 🤦, this was to fix when they tried and failed earlier, in 1995.

1995, the year 'Pocahontas' came out.

#AmericanHistory
December 9, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Ahhhhhhh!! 😉👇

+1
Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
🖖
December 9, 2024 at 1:21 AM
The Alt text on this pic is beautiful 😊💚

A wall in Cumbria. hmm. A visiting Roman once built a wall in the area; they so liked to regulate locals wherever they went.

Beautiful share. thank you, Jane! I wish you bright sky, imagined or real ☀️🦋!
December, and it is dark now by 4pm. We rise in darkness and finish work long after the sickly sun has dragged across the day. Storm after storm has wrapped us in thick and soaking cloud, pushed us inwards. There are 13 days until the shortest day. I am desperate for the sky.
December 9, 2024 at 12:29 AM
He wants to deport citizens if they have undocumented parents.

US Constitution: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Amendment 14
Trump says he wants to deport even the children of undocumented immigrants (who are here legally).
Trump: I don't want to break up the family, so the only way you don't break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back.
December 9, 2024 at 12:12 AM
☀️⛰️🎶
I’m so glad you decided to join me here from that other place. May the road you travel be blessed with the ancestors immaculate love and eternal light.
December 7, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Those *are* nice!

It looks like a city on the hill! 🙂👍🏻
Here are some nice mushrooms
December 7, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Private insurers have *no business* being involved in most people's health care.

Some guy* off of eX asks 'where's the money going?'. PaulK answers: private insurers. 💰💸

*not a fan of the guy, I do like the question
Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead
December 6, 2024 at 6:01 PM
@kenklippenstein.bsky.social is doing a great job covering the underlying mess and huge popular reaction. Thanks, Ken 👍🏻

These denial rates are devastating. so wrong.
Today we remember the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
December 6, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Several presidents have used pardons to "right wrongs" that occur as our judicial system evolves and public perception changes.

This would be a great time to do that. ✅
After pardoning his son, advocates say Biden must now repair harm caused by harsh anti-drug and crime laws he championed in the 1980s and ’90s.
Having Pardoned His Son, Biden Faces Pressure to Enact Mass Clemency
Advocates say Biden must repair harm caused by harsh anti-drug and crime laws he championed in the 1980s and ’90s.
truthout.org
December 6, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Hey! We should ban billionaire interference in the US 🙌

(foreign or domestic 😉)

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering plans to close a loophole that allows foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British political parties, one of his ministers has signalled👏

bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...
Keir Starmer Considers Closing Elon Musk Donations Loophole to Stop 'Foreign Interference' in UK Elections
A rumoured $100 million donation from Musk to Nigel Farage's Reform would be banned under the proposal
bylinetimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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So not so much of the people, by the people and for the people: www.axios.com/2024/12/06/t...
Trump's billionaires set to take government by storm
At least 14 billionaires — and counting — will serve in the next Trump administration.
www.axios.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:53 PM
🤦🏼‍♂️ ughhhh
I’m curious how much federal funding he thinks the ACLU receives (it’s none).
December 6, 2024 at 3:28 AM
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Major health insurance companies take down leadership pages following murder of United Healthcare CEO
Major Health Insurance Companies Take Down Leadership Pages Following Murder of United Healthcare CEO
Following the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, multiple major health insurance companies have taken their executive leadership pages offline.
www.404media.co
December 6, 2024 at 3:16 AM
It's ok to think that's adorable,
it might be - that's nothing horrible.
People are more likely to believe a statement if it rhymes. I find this both devastating and adorable.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme-a...
Rhyme-as-reason effect - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 5, 2024 at 8:24 PM
"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

We're doing it wrong.
We waste hundreds of billions a year on health care administrative expenses that make insurance CEOs and wealthy stockholders incredibly rich while 85 million Americans go uninsured or underinsured.

Health care is a human right.

We need Medicare for All.
December 5, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Crazy.
December 5, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Insurance companies add no value to healthcare; there is no purpose for them except taking profit.

Profit is not a magic systems designer.
December 5, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Kamala shifted messaging mid-September, moving to protect wealthy donors & corporate voices and away from a winning economic populist message. She lost.

This is the conclusion of Milan Loewer and Jared Abbott writing in Jacobin 11/27.

Good message trend analysis here

jacobin.com/2024/11/harr...
Analysis: Kamala Harris Turned Away From Economic Populism
Pressed by influential corporate advisors, Kamala Harris ran away from a winning economic populist message and ended up losing a campaign. We have the proof.
jacobin.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:12 AM