Rex Shepherd
@rexshep.bsky.social
Creative and improvised music composer, performer, and guitarist. Music with a sense of freedom, humor, and rebellion, expressing values, cultural and personal influences, and love of cats and most people. https://rexshepherd.bandcamp.com/
This is criminally shameful.
“The USAID-funded programs prevented more than 91 million deaths globally, including 30 million children under five years old, according to the study.”
www.fox17online.com/politics/the...
“The USAID-funded programs prevented more than 91 million deaths globally, including 30 million children under five years old, according to the study.”
www.fox17online.com/politics/the...
Study: USAID cuts could lead to 14 million global deaths over the next 5 years
New research published in the journal The Lancet warns that cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development could result in 14 million deaths over the next five years.
www.fox17online.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is criminally shameful.
“The USAID-funded programs prevented more than 91 million deaths globally, including 30 million children under five years old, according to the study.”
www.fox17online.com/politics/the...
“The USAID-funded programs prevented more than 91 million deaths globally, including 30 million children under five years old, according to the study.”
www.fox17online.com/politics/the...
Well, this is what happens when you let old hippies leave the house. We arrived, we made glorious noises, we went home...and took a nap.
May 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Well, this is what happens when you let old hippies leave the house. We arrived, we made glorious noises, we went home...and took a nap.
Godzilla is always helpful during a speaker swap to prep for tracking new solo music.
April 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Godzilla is always helpful during a speaker swap to prep for tracking new solo music.
And this is how things will get done...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL1Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL1Q...
Jasmine Crockett Unleashes Profane Attack on MTG
YouTube video by electron media group inc.
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March 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
And this is how things will get done...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL1Q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL1Q...
Say goodbye to avant garde music at the Kennedy Center. I can’t even imagine what passes for art for a bunch of anti-education, anti-cultural white supremacists.
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WHEN THE WORLD'S ON FIRE: SOPHIA BROUS & MARC RIBOT - Millennium Stage (March 18, 2018)
YouTube video by The Kennedy Center
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March 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Say goodbye to avant garde music at the Kennedy Center. I can’t even imagine what passes for art for a bunch of anti-education, anti-cultural white supremacists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE8h...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE8h...
So much winning…in China and Russia.
“Beijing announced the creation of a giant media conglomerate by merging three existing state-run networks aimed at overseas audiences to better combine resources. Its name? Voice of China.”
www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/c...
“Beijing announced the creation of a giant media conglomerate by merging three existing state-run networks aimed at overseas audiences to better combine resources. Its name? Voice of China.”
www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/c...
‘How gratifying’: Cheers in China as Trump dismantles Voice of America | CNN
One nationalist influencer called it “truly gratifying.” Another said he was laughing his head off. And a state-media editorial hailed the demise of what it called the “lie factory.”
www.cnn.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
So much winning…in China and Russia.
“Beijing announced the creation of a giant media conglomerate by merging three existing state-run networks aimed at overseas audiences to better combine resources. Its name? Voice of China.”
www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/c...
“Beijing announced the creation of a giant media conglomerate by merging three existing state-run networks aimed at overseas audiences to better combine resources. Its name? Voice of China.”
www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/c...
Watson and Edgar resting up to handle another day of chaos courtesy of the orange conman-child and his team of incompetent sycophants.
March 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Watson and Edgar resting up to handle another day of chaos courtesy of the orange conman-child and his team of incompetent sycophants.
Keeping it weird, having good times making music with good friends.
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rexshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/the-dv...
The DVS Trio - A Night At The Jenks, by The DVS Trio
9 track album
rexshepherd.bandcamp.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Keeping it weird, having good times making music with good friends.
rexshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/the-dv...
rexshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/the-dv...
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
A new set of solo guitar, using a Theremin to create background textures in improvised and composed pieces.
rexshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/never-...
rexshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/never-...
Never Buy My Self Vol VI, by Rex Shepherd
12 track album
rexshepherd.bandcamp.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A new set of solo guitar, using a Theremin to create background textures in improvised and composed pieces.
rexshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/never-...
rexshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/never-...
Just started, and so far it’s a must read.
On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder
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On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder
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On Tyranny
Politics & Current Events · 2017
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February 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Just started, and so far it’s a must read.
On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder
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On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder
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Some shameless self promotion, but several titles such as "Electile Dysfunction" and "Farewell to the Republic?" seem pertinent, and the music expresses my constant angst regarding our collective future.
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rexshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/never-...
Never Buy My Self Vol. V, by Rex Shepherd
9 track album
rexshepherd.bandcamp.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Some shameless self promotion, but several titles such as "Electile Dysfunction" and "Farewell to the Republic?" seem pertinent, and the music expresses my constant angst regarding our collective future.
rexshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/never-...
rexshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/never-...
We shall overcome.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFi6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFi6...
Bill Frisell and Harmony performing "We Shall Overcome"
YouTube video by Steve Tabor
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February 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We shall overcome.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFi6...
Goodnight everyone. Rest up and be ready to fight another day of orange madness. We will overcome.
February 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Goodnight everyone. Rest up and be ready to fight another day of orange madness. We will overcome.
If you can, donate to keep the Wisconsin supreme court from falling into MAGA hands. www.crawfordforwi.com
Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Judge Susan Crawford is a former prosecutor and current Circuit Court Judge running for Wisconsin Supreme Court to protect the rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.
www.crawfordforwi.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you can, donate to keep the Wisconsin supreme court from falling into MAGA hands. www.crawfordforwi.com
I wonder what the red voting farmers think of this.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I wonder what the red voting farmers think of this.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A perfect example of Orwellian doublethink.
In East Palestine, Ohio, Vance blamed Dems for failing to enact legislation to prevent more derailments. Several Republican senators opposed the bill, as did most of their colleagues in the Republican-controlled House.
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In East Palestine, Ohio, Vance blamed Dems for failing to enact legislation to prevent more derailments. Several Republican senators opposed the bill, as did most of their colleagues in the Republican-controlled House.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-m...
Trump, Musk move to oust EPA staff in the Great Lakes region, including dozens responsible for protecting drinking water for 30 million in US and Canada
CHICAGO — For more than two years, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials from Chicago have been aiding a poor, predominantly white Ohio village upended when a train derailed and spilled more ...
www.yahoo.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A perfect example of Orwellian doublethink.
In East Palestine, Ohio, Vance blamed Dems for failing to enact legislation to prevent more derailments. Several Republican senators opposed the bill, as did most of their colleagues in the Republican-controlled House.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-m...
In East Palestine, Ohio, Vance blamed Dems for failing to enact legislation to prevent more derailments. Several Republican senators opposed the bill, as did most of their colleagues in the Republican-controlled House.
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-m...
“Make America Sick Again” and make China the new leader in medical research.
“We are carefully reviewing this policy change as it contradicts current law and policy. America’s competitors will relish this self-inflicted wound.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
“We are carefully reviewing this policy change as it contradicts current law and policy. America’s competitors will relish this self-inflicted wound.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“Make America Sick Again” and make China the new leader in medical research.
“We are carefully reviewing this policy change as it contradicts current law and policy. America’s competitors will relish this self-inflicted wound.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
“We are carefully reviewing this policy change as it contradicts current law and policy. America’s competitors will relish this self-inflicted wound.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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"Annual deaths from fentanyl nearly doubled from 2019 to 2021 after the government banned most travel (and asylum)."
Backwards policy begets backwards progress.
www.cato.org/blog/fentany...
Backwards policy begets backwards progress.
www.cato.org/blog/fentany...
Fentanyl Is Smuggled for U.S. Citizens By U.S. Citizens, Not Asylum Seekers
Reducing deaths requires figuring out the cause, not jumping to blame a group that is not responsible.
www.cato.org
February 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Annual deaths from fentanyl nearly doubled from 2019 to 2021 after the government banned most travel (and asylum)."
Backwards policy begets backwards progress.
www.cato.org/blog/fentany...
Backwards policy begets backwards progress.
www.cato.org/blog/fentany...
"Over 90 percent of fentanyl seizures occur at legal crossing points or interior vehicle checkpoints, not on illegal migration routes, so U.S. citizens (who are subject to less scrutiny) when crossing legally are the best smugglers."
www.cato.org/blog/fentany...
www.cato.org/blog/fentany...
Fentanyl Is Smuggled for U.S. Citizens By U.S. Citizens, Not Asylum Seekers
Reducing deaths requires figuring out the cause, not jumping to blame a group that is not responsible.
www.cato.org
February 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Over 90 percent of fentanyl seizures occur at legal crossing points or interior vehicle checkpoints, not on illegal migration routes, so U.S. citizens (who are subject to less scrutiny) when crossing legally are the best smugglers."
www.cato.org/blog/fentany...
www.cato.org/blog/fentany...
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Racial profiling and warrantless arrests. The flame inches closer to our constitution. www.newsweek.com/ice-raids-us...
ICE detains US military veteran without warrant
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said ICE raided a business and detained citizens and undocumented residents "without producing a warrant."
www.newsweek.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Racial profiling and warrantless arrests. The flame inches closer to our constitution. www.newsweek.com/ice-raids-us...
Started by two former capitol hill staffers, Indivisible can help us organize and take real, meaningful action to help shrink the malignancy that is the 47th WH administration. indivisible.org
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January 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Started by two former capitol hill staffers, Indivisible can help us organize and take real, meaningful action to help shrink the malignancy that is the 47th WH administration. indivisible.org