SonjaCT
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Professor of Humanities and Languages, world traveler, avid reader, and spiritual activist. 💗
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“Elon Musk is a walking conflict of interest,” Craig Holman, the government affairs lobbyist at the consumer watchdog Public Citizen, said. “Over and over again, he’s just involved in governmental actions that directly and substantially impact his own financial wellbeing.”
“Elon Musk is a walking conflict of interest”
Federal law forbids any Executive Branch employee from "participating personally and substantially" in matters "that will affect his own financial interests."
www.motherjones.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“Elon Musk is a walking conflict of interest,” Craig Holman, the government affairs lobbyist at the consumer watchdog Public Citizen, said. “Over and over again, he’s just involved in governmental actions that directly and substantially impact his own financial wellbeing.”
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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
February 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Terrifying!!! Why isn’t EVERYBODY talking about this travesty!?!?
They could be doing irreparable damage to the federal civil service in their attempts to thin it out, with few, if any, ways of finding out what they’re doing. It kind of makes Hillary Clinton’s storing of government data on a private email server look rather quaint, doesn’t it?
Elon Musk Installs Illegal Server to Seize All Federal Workers’ Data
Elon Musk’s DOGE henchmen are helping him make his most terrifying power grab yet.
newrepublic.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Terrifying!!! Why isn’t EVERYBODY talking about this travesty!?!?
Feeling beyond disillusioned & depleted.. How are you all keeping sane these days? Just staying informed is like a FT job nowadays. 😢
February 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Feeling beyond disillusioned & depleted.. How are you all keeping sane these days? Just staying informed is like a FT job nowadays. 😢
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Giving Elon Musk's team access to Treasury's payment systems amounts to a "massive and unprecedented" privacy intrusion, the complaint states.
Unions Sue Treasury Department Over 'DOGE' Access To Sensitive Data
Giving Elon Musk's team access to Treasury's payment systems amounts to a "massive and unprecedented" privacy intrusion, the complaint states.
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Giving Elon Musk's team access to Treasury's payment systems amounts to a "massive and unprecedented" privacy intrusion, the complaint states.
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With Trump’s national trifecta, state Dems are our last line of defense.
Governors, state senators & reps block extremist laws & protect rights. Volunteer, donate, VOTE in every state race.
The fight is local!
#WealthGap #WorkersRights #LivingWageNow #AffordableHousingForAll
dlcc.org/for-voters/
Governors, state senators & reps block extremist laws & protect rights. Volunteer, donate, VOTE in every state race.
The fight is local!
#WealthGap #WorkersRights #LivingWageNow #AffordableHousingForAll
dlcc.org/for-voters/
For Voters
We win when more people get involved. Register to vote, find your state legislative candidates, volunteer and more!
dlcc.org
February 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
With Trump’s national trifecta, state Dems are our last line of defense.
Governors, state senators & reps block extremist laws & protect rights. Volunteer, donate, VOTE in every state race.
The fight is local!
#WealthGap #WorkersRights #LivingWageNow #AffordableHousingForAll
dlcc.org/for-voters/
Governors, state senators & reps block extremist laws & protect rights. Volunteer, donate, VOTE in every state race.
The fight is local!
#WealthGap #WorkersRights #LivingWageNow #AffordableHousingForAll
dlcc.org/for-voters/
👏👏👏 YES!! So well stated. We need to be the change we wish to see.
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
February 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
👏👏👏 YES!! So well stated. We need to be the change we wish to see.
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A personal favorite of mine
January 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A personal favorite of mine
“Hunger is the language of class warfare.” From “Desert” by Anonymous
January 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Hunger is the language of class warfare.” From “Desert” by Anonymous
Really interesting look at current growing trends of self imposed physical isolation, smart phone addictions & their effects on society & politics.
The trouble with 'donating our dopamine' to our phones, not our friends
The trouble with 'donating our dopamine' to our phones, not our friends
"Smartphones make our alone time feel more crowded than it used to be," says journalist Derek Thompson. His article in The Atlantic is called "The Anti-Social Century."
www.npr.org
January 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Really interesting look at current growing trends of self imposed physical isolation, smart phone addictions & their effects on society & politics.
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This comments section is the first time I've felt even a shred of hope in eight days.
From the fednews community on Reddit
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January 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
This comments section is the first time I've felt even a shred of hope in eight days.
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The property insurance industry knows what’s up with climate change and socio economic risk. It’s just about math and science to them. So it’s interesting to see what they have to say
www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/brea...
www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/brea...
Three interconnected risk clusters reshaping insurance
Swiss Re Institute chief stresses proactivity in "age of polycrisis"
www.insurancebusinessmag.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The property insurance industry knows what’s up with climate change and socio economic risk. It’s just about math and science to them. So it’s interesting to see what they have to say
www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/brea...
www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/brea...
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The strongest and bravest words I think I've ever heard from anyone in the media (I don't even watch CNN):
I'm printing these words out, and placing them in my wallet, so that I never forget them:
“Don’t give into the lies.
Don’t give into the fear.
Hold onto the truth and to hope”
Jim Acosta
I'm printing these words out, and placing them in my wallet, so that I never forget them:
“Don’t give into the lies.
Don’t give into the fear.
Hold onto the truth and to hope”
Jim Acosta
January 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The strongest and bravest words I think I've ever heard from anyone in the media (I don't even watch CNN):
I'm printing these words out, and placing them in my wallet, so that I never forget them:
“Don’t give into the lies.
Don’t give into the fear.
Hold onto the truth and to hope”
Jim Acosta
I'm printing these words out, and placing them in my wallet, so that I never forget them:
“Don’t give into the lies.
Don’t give into the fear.
Hold onto the truth and to hope”
Jim Acosta