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This is really a worthwhile read, for a summary of what has happened and what we as individuals can do
I signed the 10% Giving Pledge this year, and this week, I decided to donate 19% of my annual income to global health charities.
It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --
It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --
We don't have to sit back and just watch the horror unfold
This month, I signed a pledge to donate at least 10% of my lifetime income to effective charities.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev
April 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is really a worthwhile read, for a summary of what has happened and what we as individuals can do
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ICYMI: Lawrence gave the "Last Word" to the incomparable Cory Booker tonight - and he actually gave him the last eight minutes of his show.
But it's worth every second.
#ResistTrump
But it's worth every second.
#ResistTrump
What a speech: Cory Booker gets the Last Word
YouTube video by The Democratic Coalition
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April 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
ICYMI: Lawrence gave the "Last Word" to the incomparable Cory Booker tonight - and he actually gave him the last eight minutes of his show.
But it's worth every second.
#ResistTrump
But it's worth every second.
#ResistTrump
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Nick Kristof goes to meet some of the actual children and adults dying as a result of indiscriminate Trump/Musk cuts.
As he notes, 24 cents of every $100 in US spending goes to foreign aid. Think about adding a single quarter to your taxes. Now, wouldn’t you rather give it to Elon Musk?
As he notes, 24 cents of every $100 in US spending goes to foreign aid. Think about adding a single quarter to your taxes. Now, wouldn’t you rather give it to Elon Musk?
Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Nick Kristof goes to meet some of the actual children and adults dying as a result of indiscriminate Trump/Musk cuts.
As he notes, 24 cents of every $100 in US spending goes to foreign aid. Think about adding a single quarter to your taxes. Now, wouldn’t you rather give it to Elon Musk?
As he notes, 24 cents of every $100 in US spending goes to foreign aid. Think about adding a single quarter to your taxes. Now, wouldn’t you rather give it to Elon Musk?
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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.
March 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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If you want to know how Europeans feel listen to Claude Malhuret, He is the leader of the independents in France. This is how they see the US now.
That's the full translation.
Worth a listen
If you want to know how Europeans feel listen to Claude Malhuret, He is the leader of the independents in France. This is how they see the US now.
That's the full translation.
Worth a listen
Video IGGY HOBO translation v1
YouTube video by yep it's,me
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March 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
youtu.be/q32Zz2dBkos
If you want to know how Europeans feel listen to Claude Malhuret, He is the leader of the independents in France. This is how they see the US now.
That's the full translation.
Worth a listen
If you want to know how Europeans feel listen to Claude Malhuret, He is the leader of the independents in France. This is how they see the US now.
That's the full translation.
Worth a listen
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Holy shit! In plain sight…
March 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Holy shit! In plain sight…
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Nothing says “This is normal” like Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) crossing the aisle at the State of the Union to rip a “This is not normal” sign out of the hands of Rep Melanie Stansbury (D-NM). So much for supporting free speech.
Video @therecount.com
Video @therecount.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Nothing says “This is normal” like Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) crossing the aisle at the State of the Union to rip a “This is not normal” sign out of the hands of Rep Melanie Stansbury (D-NM). So much for supporting free speech.
Video @therecount.com
Video @therecount.com
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A brilliant Banksy.
March 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A brilliant Banksy.
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The Trump administration is:
*breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress
*breaking the law by ignoring a court order
*lying about it
*killing people
*silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out
*breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress
*breaking the law by ignoring a court order
*lying about it
*killing people
*silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out
NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two.
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
March 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Trump administration is:
*breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress
*breaking the law by ignoring a court order
*lying about it
*killing people
*silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out
*breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress
*breaking the law by ignoring a court order
*lying about it
*killing people
*silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out
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Today's lesson for Black History Month is the US Army's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The only all black, all female unit in WWII, they were created to process a years-long backlog of undelivered US mail in the European theater. They processed 17 million pieces of mail in three months.
All-Black Female WWII Unit to Receive Congressional Gold Medal
Sorting mail might not seem like a monumental task to most, but in war-torn Europe during World War II, it certainly was for the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion: the only all-Black Women's
www.defense.gov
February 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Today's lesson for Black History Month is the US Army's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The only all black, all female unit in WWII, they were created to process a years-long backlog of undelivered US mail in the European theater. They processed 17 million pieces of mail in three months.
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Raise your ✋ and repost this if you're participating.
February 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Raise your ✋ and repost this if you're participating.
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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Doing great 👍
February 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Doing great 👍
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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The U.S. Army and U.S. Navy have removed all web pages highlighting women’s military service.
Weak men always fear and are threatened by strong women. I’ll never regret voting for VP Kamala Harris.
Weak men always fear and are threatened by strong women. I’ll never regret voting for VP Kamala Harris.
February 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The U.S. Army and U.S. Navy have removed all web pages highlighting women’s military service.
Weak men always fear and are threatened by strong women. I’ll never regret voting for VP Kamala Harris.
Weak men always fear and are threatened by strong women. I’ll never regret voting for VP Kamala Harris.
Thanks for this @5calls.org
**NEW CALL** Demand your reps work to reverse the Trump admin's decision to cut NIH and NSF funding!
These cuts will cause an immediate and massive funding shortfall at research institutions nationwide, forcing layoffs and jeopardizing critical scientific research.
🔥📞🔥 5calls.org/issue/nih-ns...
These cuts will cause an immediate and massive funding shortfall at research institutions nationwide, forcing layoffs and jeopardizing critical scientific research.
🔥📞🔥 5calls.org/issue/nih-ns...
Save NIH and NSF Research Funding ⭑ 5 Calls
On February 7, the Trump administration moved to cut billions of dollars in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science …
5calls.org
February 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Thanks for this @5calls.org
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Watch Episode 5 of “The Jim Acosta Show” with Beto O’Rourke and Dem. Rep. Eugene Vindman. Stay for the Duke cameo at the end! open.substack.com/pub/jimacost... open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
The Jim Acosta Show - Episode 5 with Beto O'Rourke and Rep. Eugene Vindman
Musk on the cover of Time Magazine? Don't tell Trump. We discuss Elon Musk spreading chaos inside the federal government while Trump pretends he didn't know whether Time Magazine was still in business
open.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Watch Episode 5 of “The Jim Acosta Show” with Beto O’Rourke and Dem. Rep. Eugene Vindman. Stay for the Duke cameo at the end! open.substack.com/pub/jimacost... open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...
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This is hilarious. I especially like the annexation of Green Bay and the mystery Mississippi River announcement.
🚨 BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’s going to rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois.”
EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
February 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This is hilarious. I especially like the annexation of Green Bay and the mystery Mississippi River announcement.