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Rob Magee
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Trombonist Bard at heart.
Ex-fundamentalist evangelical, atheist, humanist
Love deeply, Laugh till it hurts, be kind always
Anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion = Anti-American, Pro-White Supremacy

Not my America
May 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Tesla, as a company that is dedicated to transform the world to a better place for all, using sustainable energy, it's way past time to dump this wannabe fascist warlord, Musk!!!
#tesla

(above posted to Facebook and the system immediately hid it from any audience)
February 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Performance update for this weekend at the Concrete Concert Hall (Chemeketa Parkade underpass across from @Rudys Steakhouse) From 6 - 8 PM

Winter is here.

Friday 31st: Wet, Chilly, and Windy - No
Saturday 1st: 36 degrees - No
Sunday 2nd: 34 degrees - No

As always, be kind
#trombone
#iplayshires
January 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by Rob Magee
Concentration camps are not creative or innovative, and they're certainly not "new"
"Creative, innovative. Donald Trump is thinking of new solutions" -- Fox News host Will Cain on Trump's Guantanamo concentration camp for migrants
January 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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From last week
January 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Migrants have been held at Guantanamo before — most significantly Haitians who were fleeing a military dictatorship in 1991. Recently, too, a small number was held at Guantanamo (<40 bw 2020-2023 per Hamed Aleaziz’s reporting from last year). So this would be a massive expansion.
Trump announces an executive order authorizing a 30,000 capacity migrant detention center in Guantanamo.

"Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guatanamo Bay."
January 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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FAA says a military helicopter collided with the American Airlines passenger jet from Wichita near DCA.

There must be immediate hearings on how the federal government/Department of Defense allowed this to happen and if removal of safety protocols and recent personnel changes led to this incident.
January 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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This new RFK Jr material on illegally taping the wife who went on to commit suicide is unlikely to make any more difference than the alleged sexual assault by Hegseth, but it still includes a lot of extremely disturbing behavior and alleged lawbreaking
January 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Hundreds of contractors have been fired from USAID, where photos of the agency’s work have already been stripped from the walls www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order
All departments were affected, including offices that address HIV and AIDS, infectious disease and child health.
www.npr.org
January 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Truly lawless statement from the WH PressSec: "He is the executive of the executive branch & therefore he has the power to fire anyone within the executive branch that he wishes to."

Nope. Civil servants have const due process rights. Can't be fired for political reasons or bc Trump feels like it.
This is insane: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is making it clear that Donald Trump is not a president but a king.
January 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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🧪 Some slight improvement at the NIH in terms of being able to order supplies. The whole mess is still one giant "own goal" in terms of us damaging our own institutions, causing chaos, and wasting money.

www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...
After disruption due to Trump administration communication pause, NIH told it can continue some purchasing for research | CNN
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
As a long time Tesla owner, I’m so disgusted with Elon. Tesla needs to dump him!!!
Today is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

On Saturday, Elon Musk made a virtual appearance at a rally for the right-wing, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party and said that Germans need to “move on” from “past guilt." @motherjones.com
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk tells extremist AfD party rally that Germans need to "move on" from "past guilt"
"It's good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything," he said in a virtual visit.
www.motherjones.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Here's my latest on what's happening inside NCI and NIH. I've seen emails and directives about a lot of this now. There's so much bad stuff.
'Completely Miserable': The Trump Administration Has Ground NIH and the National Cancer Institute to a Halt
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
January 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Worth noting that McConnell refusing to whip votes to convict Trump at his impeachment trial (or vote himself to convict) is *why* we’re now in a position where Hegseth is the Defense Secretary. If McConnell is looking for the person at fault, he might want to consult a mirror.
January 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Did you vote for less airplane safety? Because that’s what Trump’s busy doing. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
January 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Performance update for this weekend at the Concrete Concert Hall (Chemeketa Parkade underpass across from @Rudys Steakhouse) From 6 - 8 PM

Friday 24th: 30 - No
Saturday 25th: 31 - No
Sunday 26th: 30 - No

As always, be kind
#trombone
#iplayshires

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January 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"...when it became clear that Mr. Trump had lost the election and that lawful means of challenging the election results had failed, he resorted to a series of criminal efforts to retain power. This included attempts to induce state officials to ignore true vote counts;
January 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I aspire to put as much heart into playing my music as this dog does in watching his soccer team! www.facebook.com/reel/6194314...
2M views · 21K reactions | We can’t start 2025 without posting the video of this dog celebrating Pablo’s winner vs Swansea. 😂 #LUFC | 🟡🔵 | By The Leeds Salute | Facebook
We can’t start 2025 without posting the video of this dog celebrating Pablo’s winner vs Swansea. 😂 #LUFC | 🟡🔵
www.facebook.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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How could someone with 34 felonies become president?
January 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Performance update for this weekend at the Concrete Concert Hall (Chemeketa Parkade underpass across from @Rudys Steakhouse) From 6 - 8 PM

Friday 3rd: 45 - Yes
Saturday 4th: 48 - Yes
Sunday 5th: 43 - Probably Yes

As always, be kind
#trombone
#iplayshires

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January 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Performance update for this weekend at the Concrete Concert Hall (Chemeketa Parkade underpass across from @Rudys Steakhouse)

Sunday 29th: 43 - No

As always, be kind
#trombone
#iplayshires

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December 29, 2024 at 7:30 PM