Sunrosa
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Middle-aged+, happily single tomboy. Confined as a problem solver in technology by day. Creative soul occasionally allowed out to play at night. Nature lover 24/7.
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"We don’t have a king, we have a president. And the president doesn’t get to pick what’s on television, in movie theaters, on stage, on our bookshelves, or in the news..."
full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
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full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
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More Than 2,300 WGA Members Blast Trump 'Authoritarian Assault' on Free Press in Open Letter
More than 2,300 WGA members blasted what they called "escalating attacks on independent media by the Trump Administration"
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August 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"We don’t have a king, we have a president. And the president doesn’t get to pick what’s on television, in movie theaters, on stage, on our bookshelves, or in the news..."
full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
www.thewrap.com/wga-members-...
full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
www.thewrap.com/wga-members-...
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Good luck with that.
Anyway, here's the gift link for those who need it. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Anyway, here's the gift link for those who need it. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
‘I’m Not Quite Sure How to Respond to This Presentation’
The discomfiting spectacle of RFK Jr.’s new vaccine-advisory committee
www.theatlantic.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Good luck with that.
Anyway, here's the gift link for those who need it. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Anyway, here's the gift link for those who need it. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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"As violence erupted, his charging document said, he told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!'
He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..."
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He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.
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July 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"As violence erupted, his charging document said, he told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!'
He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
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Trump’s decision “will open up vast swaths of largely untouched land to logging and roadbuilding, including about 30% of the land in the National Forest System — encompassing 92% of Tongass, one of the last remaining intact temperate rainforests in the world…”
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Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests
The Agriculture Department said it would begin the process of rolling back protections for nearly 59 million roadless acres of the National Forest System.
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June 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Trump’s decision “will open up vast swaths of largely untouched land to logging and roadbuilding, including about 30% of the land in the National Forest System — encompassing 92% of Tongass, one of the last remaining intact temperate rainforests in the world…”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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“The unspoiled land in question includes millions of acres of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho…”
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Trump Administration to End Protections for 58 Million Acres of National Forests
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June 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“The unspoiled land in question includes millions of acres of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho…”
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"The vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite National Park, Mount Shasta, Big Sur and Lake Tahoe..."
"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
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"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
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Controversial senator trying to sell millions of acres near Yosemite, Tahoe
258 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. could be eligible for sale.
www.sfgate.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"The vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite National Park, Mount Shasta, Big Sur and Lake Tahoe..."
"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
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"The land sale proposal... detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee..."
www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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June 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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🚨 Buried deep in a bill outlining Republican tax cuts for the wealthy is language pulled from speech-chilling H.R. 9495, dubbed the 'Nonprofit Killer' bill.
After an all-night session this dangerous bill passed the House Ways & Means Committee along party lines.
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After an all-night session this dangerous bill passed the House Ways & Means Committee along party lines.
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House Committee Adds Language to Budget Legislation That Would Give Trump Unchecked Powers to Crush Dissent
The House Ways and Means Committee voted along party lines to approve budget-reconciliation legislation that revives language from a shelved 2024 bill giving the White House dangerous powers to crush ...
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May 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚨 Buried deep in a bill outlining Republican tax cuts for the wealthy is language pulled from speech-chilling H.R. 9495, dubbed the 'Nonprofit Killer' bill.
After an all-night session this dangerous bill passed the House Ways & Means Committee along party lines.
www.freepress.net/news/house-c...
After an all-night session this dangerous bill passed the House Ways & Means Committee along party lines.
www.freepress.net/news/house-c...
Outrage grows over a single paragraph buried deep in Republicans' 'Big Beautiful Bill'
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Outrage grows over a single paragraph buried deep in Republicans' 'Big Beautiful Bill'
A single paragraph buried deep in a spending bill that passed the GOP-controlled House of Representatives earlier this month is causing growing concern among democracy watchdogs who warn the provision...
www.alternet.org
June 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Outrage grows over a single paragraph buried deep in Republicans' 'Big Beautiful Bill'
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www.alternet.org/trump-execut...
May 24, 2025
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May 24, 2025
On Thursday the Trump administration told Harvard University that because it had not handed over information on foreign students’ protest activities, violent activity, and coursework, the university h...
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May 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
May 24, 2025
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The GOP was supposed to cut through the deficit. Instead they’re slashing our social safety net while ballooning our debt.
May 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The GOP was supposed to cut through the deficit. Instead they’re slashing our social safety net while ballooning our debt.
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After a billionaire friend complained to Trump about paying more for a weight-loss drug in the U.S. than in the UK, Trump issued an executive order claiming to lower prescription drug prices. But when you look closely, it’s more populist cosplay than meaningful reform.
Trump Cosplays As A Populist With Latest Executive Order On Drug Prices
Trump is pretending to try to lower prescription drug prices—and it's hollow to the core
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
After a billionaire friend complained to Trump about paying more for a weight-loss drug in the U.S. than in the UK, Trump issued an executive order claiming to lower prescription drug prices. But when you look closely, it’s more populist cosplay than meaningful reform.
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Timothy Snyder - 20 Lessons on Tyranny - #17 Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of extremism and terrorism. They are used as excuses to take power and expand the state. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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May 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Timothy Snyder - 20 Lessons on Tyranny - #17 Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of extremism and terrorism. They are used as excuses to take power and expand the state. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
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Trump’s Climate Claims: Fact-Checking the ‘President Who Follows Science’ (Gift Article)
The White House published a page on its website this month outlining the Trump administration’s key actions on climate and the environment. We annotated some of the claims.
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May 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy: DOGE’s Construction of a Surveillance State (Gift Article)
DOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes.
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April 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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· Apr 25
Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
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Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Civil Rights Act of 1964
In a sweeping move that civil rights advocates say could unravel decades of progress toward racial and gender equity, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that seeks to dis...
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April 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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“This is yet another example of a DOGE ‘report’ misunderstanding this data at best, blatantly mischaracterizing this data at worst.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...
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Musk’s Latest Fraud Finding Isn’t What It Seems
His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits. But that fake data exists for a reason.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“This is yet another example of a DOGE ‘report’ misunderstanding this data at best, blatantly mischaracterizing this data at worst.”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...