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I'm sharing a story at this event tomorrow evening at Church & State in Salt Lake City at 7:00pm. Please come by!
June 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I'm sharing a story at this event tomorrow evening at Church & State in Salt Lake City at 7:00pm. Please come by!
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See how grassroots courage turned Utah’s fight for marriage equality into a victory for love in the documentary, “Church & State”. Join us for our annual summer film screening, Movies that Matter, on July 24th. buff.ly/122bdRg
June 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
See how grassroots courage turned Utah’s fight for marriage equality into a victory for love in the documentary, “Church & State”. Join us for our annual summer film screening, Movies that Matter, on July 24th. buff.ly/122bdRg
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Support for veterans my Irish Arse..
June 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Support for veterans my Irish Arse..
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"Constitutional conservative"
Hadn’t heard about this but it’s pretty fucked up, and looks an awful lot like Congress enthusiastically ceding its own power to be consolidated under this and only this executive.
Senate reconciliation bill would give Trump ‘carte blanche’ to reorganize agencies, lay off feds
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee authorizes a $100 million war chest for OMB to reorganize government without congressional oversight.
www.govexec.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"Constitutional conservative"
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Seniors in Salt Lake City heading out for a #nokingsprotest in front of their assisted living facility.
June 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Seniors in Salt Lake City heading out for a #nokingsprotest in front of their assisted living facility.
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It'll be a painful irony if the Trump tariffs are ultimately ruled unconstitutional, but in the months it takes the courts to rule, they tip the economy into a recession.
June 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It'll be a painful irony if the Trump tariffs are ultimately ruled unconstitutional, but in the months it takes the courts to rule, they tip the economy into a recession.
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Here’s part 2 of this week’s Better Offline. I walk you through how Business Idiots demanded we all return to the office to hide their own lack of utility - and how this directly led to their desperation to adopt generative AI.
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June 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Here’s part 2 of this week’s Better Offline. I walk you through how Business Idiots demanded we all return to the office to hide their own lack of utility - and how this directly led to their desperation to adopt generative AI.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
linktr.ee/betteroffline
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If you are planning on attending a No Kings event on June 14 and want general info on safety and knowing your rights, please join the Know Your Rights training on Tuesday, June 10 at 7pm ET - register here: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
Know Your Rights Training: Get Ready for June 14
Take action with ACLU People Power!
act.aclu.org
June 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If you are planning on attending a No Kings event on June 14 and want general info on safety and knowing your rights, please join the Know Your Rights training on Tuesday, June 10 at 7pm ET - register here: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
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In the 42 years since the start of the Reagan revolution, bought-off politicians have so altered our tax code that fully $51 trillion has moved from the homes and savings of working-class Americans into the money bins of the morbidly rich money hoarders.
https://trib.al/yRIfQlY
https://trib.al/yRIfQlY
The Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest Threat
How a sick obsession is killing workers, democracy, and our planet.
trib.al
June 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In the 42 years since the start of the Reagan revolution, bought-off politicians have so altered our tax code that fully $51 trillion has moved from the homes and savings of working-class Americans into the money bins of the morbidly rich money hoarders.
https://trib.al/yRIfQlY
https://trib.al/yRIfQlY
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“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
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DEAN: Do you know when this country actually had a trade surplus?
LUTNICK: About a hundred years ago
DEAN: It was during the Great Depression. That's a direction none of us wants to go.
LUTNICK: About a hundred years ago
DEAN: It was during the Great Depression. That's a direction none of us wants to go.
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
DEAN: Do you know when this country actually had a trade surplus?
LUTNICK: About a hundred years ago
DEAN: It was during the Great Depression. That's a direction none of us wants to go.
LUTNICK: About a hundred years ago
DEAN: It was during the Great Depression. That's a direction none of us wants to go.
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From George Packer
"Even if most Americans haven’t abandoned their private sense of empathy, many don’t seem terribly bothered by the rancidness of their leaders. I confess that this indifference astonishes me...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"Even if most Americans haven’t abandoned their private sense of empathy, many don’t seem terribly bothered by the rancidness of their leaders. I confess that this indifference astonishes me...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
No One Can Offer Any Hope
Even if most Americans haven’t abandoned their private sense of empathy, many don’t seem terribly bothered by the rancidness of their leaders.
www.theatlantic.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
From George Packer
"Even if most Americans haven’t abandoned their private sense of empathy, many don’t seem terribly bothered by the rancidness of their leaders. I confess that this indifference astonishes me...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"Even if most Americans haven’t abandoned their private sense of empathy, many don’t seem terribly bothered by the rancidness of their leaders. I confess that this indifference astonishes me...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Credit where it’s due: Scott Galloway cooked here
June 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Credit where it’s due: Scott Galloway cooked here
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Exactly the right response and shows significantly more courage than those who capitulated to Trump’s false claims of unrestrained authority
In defiance of President Trump’s announcement last Friday that he was firing her, Kim Sajet — the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery — has continued to report for work.
Defying Trump, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is still at work
The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Exactly the right response and shows significantly more courage than those who capitulated to Trump’s false claims of unrestrained authority
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This is just absolutely perfect. Kennedy destroys Lutnick and vividly illustrates the absurdity of the Trump trade policy. bsky.app/profile/atru...
KENNEDY: If Vietnam came to you and said, 'You win. We're gonna remove all tariffs and all trade barriers. Would the US please do the same?" Would you accept that deal?
LUTNICK: Absolutely not. That would be the silliest thing we could do
KENNEDY: What's the purpose of reciprocity then?
LUTNICK: Absolutely not. That would be the silliest thing we could do
KENNEDY: What's the purpose of reciprocity then?
June 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is just absolutely perfect. Kennedy destroys Lutnick and vividly illustrates the absurdity of the Trump trade policy. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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ICE’s own director *said it out loud*: agents wear masks so they won’t be ID’d online.
Not for “safety”—but so they can keep terrorizing families in secret. Cowards.
If you volunteer to carry out racist raids, don’t cry when the public holds you accountable. Actions have consequences.
Not for “safety”—but so they can keep terrorizing families in secret. Cowards.
If you volunteer to carry out racist raids, don’t cry when the public holds you accountable. Actions have consequences.
June 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
ICE’s own director *said it out loud*: agents wear masks so they won’t be ID’d online.
Not for “safety”—but so they can keep terrorizing families in secret. Cowards.
If you volunteer to carry out racist raids, don’t cry when the public holds you accountable. Actions have consequences.
Not for “safety”—but so they can keep terrorizing families in secret. Cowards.
If you volunteer to carry out racist raids, don’t cry when the public holds you accountable. Actions have consequences.
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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
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Hassett has now taken to forecasting what going to happen last week, and he’s still wrong.
STEPHANOPOULOS: When will we see an actual trade agreement? Will we see any this week?
HASSETT: I expected we were probably going to see one perhaps as early as last week
HASSETT: I expected we were probably going to see one perhaps as early as last week
June 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Hassett has now taken to forecasting what going to happen last week, and he’s still wrong.
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Another day, another scandal under Hegseth. This is not silly stuff like Hegseth using taxpayer funds for a Pentagon makeup studio.
The allegation here is an illegal wiretap. If they used an illegal wiretap on a senior official, you think they wouldn’t hesitate to use it on you?
The allegation here is an illegal wiretap. If they used an illegal wiretap on a senior official, you think they wouldn’t hesitate to use it on you?
May 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Another day, another scandal under Hegseth. This is not silly stuff like Hegseth using taxpayer funds for a Pentagon makeup studio.
The allegation here is an illegal wiretap. If they used an illegal wiretap on a senior official, you think they wouldn’t hesitate to use it on you?
The allegation here is an illegal wiretap. If they used an illegal wiretap on a senior official, you think they wouldn’t hesitate to use it on you?
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Elon Musk isn’t gone.
May 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Elon Musk isn’t gone.
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So much of reactionary centrism is the belief that you can be a "polite bigot" and not enable fascism.
They want their transphobia, racism, and sexism but hold the authoritarianism. The problem is that authoritarian movements are built on bigotry.
www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
They want their transphobia, racism, and sexism but hold the authoritarianism. The problem is that authoritarian movements are built on bigotry.
www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
May 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
So much of reactionary centrism is the belief that you can be a "polite bigot" and not enable fascism.
They want their transphobia, racism, and sexism but hold the authoritarianism. The problem is that authoritarian movements are built on bigotry.
www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
They want their transphobia, racism, and sexism but hold the authoritarianism. The problem is that authoritarian movements are built on bigotry.
www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
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ICYMI, Rocky Mountain Power says it will appeal a decision denying a significant rate hike the utility proposed. It came hours after the head of the Public Service Commission testified before the Utah legislature explaining why they slashed it: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
May 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
ICYMI, Rocky Mountain Power says it will appeal a decision denying a significant rate hike the utility proposed. It came hours after the head of the Public Service Commission testified before the Utah legislature explaining why they slashed it: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
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Analysis: Upwards of 80K Utahns could lose health insurance under ‘big, beautiful’ bill’ #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/05/23/a...
Analysis: Upwards of 80K Utahns could lose health insurance under ‘big, beautiful’ bill’ • Utah News Dispatch
Upwards of 80,000 Utahns, maybe more, could lose health coverage under Medicaid if Congress passes the "big, beautiful" bill as written.
utahnewsdispatch.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Analysis: Upwards of 80K Utahns could lose health insurance under ‘big, beautiful’ bill’ #utpol utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/05/23/a...