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Happily married greezer. Retired federal employee. Climate/Social Justice. Buying banned books.
Trump loves to use the courts so long as they rule the way he wants.
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Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/27/g-s1-103808/kennedy-center-lawsuit-chuck-redd-cancellation-trump
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
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If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
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"Nigeriaβs government rejects framing the countryβs violence in terms of religious persecution, saying armed groups target both Muslims and Christians." ://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/us-carries-out-airstrikes-against-islamic-state-terrorist-scum-in-nigeria-trump-says?CMP=share_btn_url
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US carries out strikes on Nigeria targeting Islamic State militants, Trump says
President claims strikes targeted militants in countryβs north-west, accusing group of attacking Christian communities
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/us-carries-out-airstrikes-against-islamic-state-terrorist-scum-in-nigeria-trump-says?CMP=share_btn_url
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Could we have a few less posts about what Steve Miller did on Christmas and a few more about what actually occurred in Nigeria
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Marc Elias
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The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
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Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-things-we-can-all-do-to-protect-democracy/
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It's so clear now that there were people at work within the FBI who were protecting these people long before Trump was anything but a game show host.
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'Ruled a suicide': Newly uncovered records support FBI tip about Epstein and Trump
Explosive claims in an FBI tip about President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein gained new weight this week after a local newspaper uncovered death records consistent with details described in the tip...
https://www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2674829940/
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The Last Mile with USAID
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Climate change terrorist Russ Vought is not done destroying America until the Heritage Foundation tells him to stop. He is working nonstop to dismantle Earth and climate science across the board. Another thankless job, youβre welcome.
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Vet Voice Foundation
5 months ago
Our public lands are our common ground. When Sen. Mike Lee pushed to sell them off to billionaire developers, Veterans, ranchers, anglers, and everyday Americans stood together and stopped him. Because this land isnβt for saleβitβs part of who we are. And weβre not done fighting for it.
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Such a small, frightened little man to choose as your model of masculinity.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE π π¦π§Fighting Tyranny!
2 days ago
A shout out to all the people who put their bodies on the line to protect our immigrant community & our rights. Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Chicago) was checking on someone injured by
#ICELawlessness
(with a broken leg), when ICE agents demanded then shoved, handcuffed & arrested her. Speak out!
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Pat Bagley
2 days ago
Judge Dianna Gibson was named Utahn of the Year by the readers of
@sltrib.com.web.brid.gy
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Lets watch to see how the Trump Supreme Court twists this one.
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So far they have managed to destroy trust in CBS news The Washington Post The CDC The Justice Dept The FBI The Supreme Court The Right to Due Process and the Rule of Law in the U.S.
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Laura BallarΓn π
4 days ago
We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isnβt censorship. βπΌ Disinformation isnβt free speech. Europe wonβt take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech. Here in Europe we set our own laws. πͺπΊβπΌ
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Macron and EU condemn US visa bans as row over βcensorshipβ escalates
Washington accused of βcoercion and intimidationβ after five Europeans behind campaign to regulate US tech giants targeted
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/24/macron-eu-condemn-us-visa-bans-row-censorship-escalates?CMP=share_btn_url
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Judge Rules Trump Admin Must Give Due Process to Venezuelans Sent to El Salvador Torture Prison
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Judge Rules Trump Admin Must Give Due Process to Venezuelans Sent to El Salvador Torture Prison | Common Dreams
A judge has ruled that the Trump administration must give due process to the Venezuelan nationals it deported without criminal charges to El Salvador's notorious torture prison CECOT.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/judge-due-process-cecot
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Odd how nearly all of the courageous people during this whole nightmare have been women.
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Senator Ron Wyden
4 days ago
The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. Itβs obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epsteinβs sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?
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Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks
Un-redacted text from released documents began circulating on social media on Monday evening
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/epstein-unredacted-files-social-media?CMP=share_btn_url
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The New York Times
4 days ago
President Trump announced on Monday the construction of a new βTrump classβ of warships that would anchor what he called a βgolden fleetβ for the U.S. Navy. Officials said the vessels would notionally have the ability to launch hypersonic and nuclear-armed cruise missiles.
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The only American who's funeral will be celebrated like V.E. day. And I think he knows that.
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Ron Filipkowski
5 days ago
Iβm sure this will be popular. 5 million people are in default right now. The Dept of Ed estimates as many as 10 million by end of next year because of job market.
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TizzyWoman
5 days ago
Being βwokeβ means refusing to be lulled into complacencyβstaying alert to injustice, speaking out, and working for a better future.
@lqlana.bsky.social
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shorturl.at/MWVsA
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The Origins of βWokenessβ and the Battle for Empathy in America
Roots To Racism by @LqLana
https://shorturl.at/MWVsA
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Anti-Fascist Collective ππΌππΏ
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The corruption is right out in the open. They don't even try to hide it and nothing is being done about it.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trumpβs Return to Office (Gift Article)
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/22/us/politics/trump-donors-fundraising-benefits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k8._Yz3.ItofCZrS1B4W&smid=url-share
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BoulderCAST Weather ποΈβοΈ
5 days ago
Record highs likely today across much of the nation, including in Denver, Cheyenne, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction and just about every other major climate station in the SW USA!
#COWX
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Six miles from a Utah sky resort and the overnight low was 57 degrees on December 22.
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On the 22 of December, Dostoyevsky stood in front of a firing squad to be executed for treason but was pardoned at the last moment.
faroutmagazine.co.uk/story-fyodor...
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Why Fyodor Dostoyevsky was spared a death by firing squad
In April 1849, Tsar Nicholas arrested Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky for treasonous activity. He was pardoned a death sentence at the last minute.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/story-fyodor-dostoyevskys-fake-execution/
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Jen Resists π πΊπ² πΊπ¦
7 days ago
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US judge found guilty of helping Mexican migrant evade immigration agents
The 66-year-old could face up to five years in prison for ushering the man out a courtroom side door.
https://bbc.com/news/articles/c0kd2d4gj08o
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With all the talk of the Trump-Epstein files don't loose sight that this is still going on
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Israeli troops kill six Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
Attack brings total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 401 since October ceasefire took effect
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/20/israeli-troops-kill-palestinians-sheltering-in-gaza-school-hospital-chiefs?CMP=share_btn_url
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David Tomkins π¦
8 days ago
This week, Professor James Hansen and colleagues published projections that the global temperature record could reach +1.7Β°C by 2027. And if that number lands in your gut the way it landed in mine, good. It should.
#climatecrisis
#auspol
www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-yea...
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Two Years to 1.7Β°C: the βPrediction Gameβ We Canβt Afford to Lose
Australiaβs sweltering through another early-summer heatwave, and Iβm trying to decide whether to write about the weather outside my window - or the bigger climate system weβre reengineering on this p...
https://www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/two-years-to-1-7-c-the-prediction-game-we-can-t-afford-to-lose?cid=15583e49-e0e7-40a6-8c4b-639c4d8a12ad
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If the policies in place before the Reagan revolution had been kept "the bottom 90 percent of workers would have earned $3.9 trillion more with the more even growth rates that would amount to the cumulative amount of $79 trillion. ://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WRA516-2.html
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Measuring the Income Gap from 1975 to 2023
The author extends the results of prior work on the income gap between the bottom 90 percent of workers in 2023 and what they would have earned with an even growth rate from 1975 to 2023. These worker...
https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WRA516-2.html
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Nicky Schwenzer
9 days ago
Justice Department β’ Friday Deadline I donβt care what your political affiliation is, your social status, power or wealth. Anyone that has participated in sex trafficking, abusing & raping children/women must be held accountable! Release The Epstein Files!
#EpsteinClientList
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Senator Mike Lee again
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Mike Lee boosts antisemitic Pizzagate podcaster Ian Carroll
Utah Republican amplifies Ian Carroll - a Pizzagate promoter who has pushed antisemitic conspiracy theories
https://utahpolitics.news/mike-lee-shares-video-from-antisemitic-podcaster-who-blamed-israel-for-charlie-kirk-shooting/?ref=morning-memo-newsletter
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The Corruption Is the Point by Janine R. Wedel
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social
prosyn.org/5j71j4K
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The Corruption Is the Point
Janine R. Wedel explains how Donald Trump has combined personal enrichment with a consolidation of political power.
https://prosyn.org/5j71j4K
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Nature Nomad
9 days ago
Can you see the wings? It looks like an angel made of light watching over Alaska. ποΈβ¨ Incredible Aurora display.
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Itβs time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans donβt suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/19/us-supreme-court-legitimacy?CMP=share_btn_url
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Trump in the White House: is it time to call it corruption? β podcast
Jonathan Freedland is joined by the anthropologist Prof Janine Wedel, as they wade through the most egregious allegations of corruption from Trumpβs first year in office
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2025/dec/19/trump-white-house-is-it-time-to-call-it-corruption-podcast?CMP=share_btn_url
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Public Land Advocates Warn Senate Amendment Could Greenlight Sale of National Parks - Flathead Beacon
Public land advocates this week warned that a proposed Senate amendment to an appropriations bill could clear a path toward downsizing Americaβs national parks system. U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, who chairs t...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2025/12/18/public-land-advocates-warn-senate-amendment-could-greenlight-sale-of-national-parks/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=8afb08d977-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_17_06_48&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-8afb08d977-84224981
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Aaron Rupar
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Suozzi: "In my district, if you make $130,000 & you're a family of 4, you now pay 8.5% of your income for health insurance - $10k to $11,000 a year. That's gonna go up to $30k a year, which means your premium is going to increase $1,500 a month. That's crazy. People are not gonna buy the insurance"
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The New York Times
10 days ago
Breaking News: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, internal documents obtained by The New York Times show, marking an aggressive new phase in President Trumpβs immigration crackdown.
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AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims
Study author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/18/2025-ai-boom-huge-co2-emissions-use-water-research-finds?CMP=share_btn_url
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia π¨π¦ππ
11 days ago
AI is absolute garbage, the only people this helps is the rich, AI will cause consumer products, electricity and water prices to skyrocket. Data centres are hurting communities & consumers. AI is skyrocketing the price of RAM. Computers, phones and tablets could be next
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AI is skyrocketing the price of RAM. Computers, phones and tablets could be next | CBC News
If you've been in the market recently for RAM, you've probably noticed a major spike in prices as memory manufacturers pivot more of their production capacity away from consumer products to supplying ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ai-driving-up-ram-price-9.7011003
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Scott MacFarlane
11 days ago
Excerpts of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's closed-door statement to House Judiciary Committee just now: "If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat" (MORE)
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Wiles called Vought a "Right-Wing absolute Zealot". Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
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Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/climate/national-center-for-atmospheric-research-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U8.Io9l.p5hWIqubplSr&smid=bs-share
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'Something out of 1984': FCC makes 'stunning' website edits during heated FCC hearing
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'Something out of 1984': FCC makes 'stunning' website edits during heated FCC hearing
The FCC changed its website during a heated hearing with FCC chair Brendan Carr. Carr was responding to questions from lawmakers about whether the agency was independent. Carr told lawmakers "the FCC ...
https://www.rawstory.com/something-out-of-1984-fcc-changes-its-website-during-heated-fcc-hearing/
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