Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.

Beautiful. "National Parks Service employee shares sad message on being fired abruptly" "Many were terminated yesterday in a huge unprecedented move. Figured I would share a Ranger’s thoughts from the National Monument in my hometown, where I have so many memories. Just heartbreaking."

And racists, sexists, other-ists. “Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots” ~ Umberto Eco

Senator Murphy: "I'm not going to calm down. This is corruption. Democracies don't last forever, & what those who are trying to destroy democracies want is for everyone to stay quiet, for everyone to believe that the moment isn't urgent. This is a crisis of epic proportions."

I hope folks understand what’s happening here. Some in the administration view concentration camps inside the US as *maybe* a bridge too far. So they’re starting with Guantanamo Bay, away from prying eyes and 24/7 coverage.

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The Washington Post calls January 6 and the events leading up to it "election-reversal efforts." It has gotten Orwellian over there. I will say again, support independent, pro-democracy media.

"On Jan. 7, 2021, it was widely acknowledged among American conservatives that Donald Trump’s behavior on Jan. 6th was completely unacceptable...The conservative movement has retconned not just the events of four years ago, but their own reactions to those events." www.slowboring.com/p/four-years...

The members of the Washington opinion glitterati can be counted on to zero in on all Democratic errors and write long articles about where they’ve gone wrong. But it’s all shoulder shrug admiration for a President and party that supported a Capitol attacking insurrection four years ago tomorrow.

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The alleviation of women's abuse "is made less likely by the mandated subservience of women by Christian fundamentalists. What is especially disappointing...is the docile acceptance by so many strong Christian women of their subjugation & restricted role." - Jimmy Carter (RIP)

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If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane. We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵

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🇺🇸Today, we remember those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor 83 years ago. We shall remain eternally grateful for their service, and forever honor their memory.

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REALLY IMPORTANT UPDATE PLEASE SHARE #ASafeChoice physicians WILL prescribe medication abortion via telehealth FOR WOMEN WHO ANTICIPATE NEEDING THIS MEDICATION. REPEAT: You do NOT need to be currently pregnant to get this prescription. In an era of potentially draconian abortion bans, take note!

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According to Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the FDA, for every 1,000 cases of measles that occur in children, there will be one death. If anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. is confirmed as HHS secretary, vaccination rates will decline. Children will die. Children will die from preventable diseases.

Trump "I had a great call with President Shinybum of Mexico. She will stop rapists and criminals from coming here!" President Sheinbaum "I informed Mr. Trump the best way to make rapists and criminals feel unwelcome in America, is for people to stop electing them." ow.ly/AP9R50UhcgT

Dear everyone, This person is a conservative Troll. Please stop falling for it. She posts seemingly bold (but pathetic to cons) stuff and they make fun of all the liberals posting. Please stop

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The development of the polio vaccines was celebrated as ‘folk victory’ for its ability to save lives. Vaccines are a blessing. We must not let 47’s Republican administration* inflict needless horrors on us by depriving us of vaccines. ourworldindata.org/global-fight...

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This is what happens when a woman is in charge of a country Bravo, Madam President

I ask the people in power, with large platforms and public profiles: For the last few years, you have been saying what everyday Americans need to do. With Trump coming: Isn't it your time to stand up? Isn't it your time to show some heroism? Isn't it your time to do what you expected from others?

When your relatives start arguing at Thanksgiving, calmly grab your favorite serving bowl of food like you're going to the kitchen to refill it, and just don't come back. Quietly escape with your favorite food. This has been survival tips with Jen.

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Somebody Somewhere got me in tears again. Now the loooong wait. #SomebodySomewhere

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Ten of my past credits were used— one movie and nine TV episodes. But that’s just a small fraction of over 50,000 other movies and 85,000 episodes worth of writers’ work which was used to train AI without consent or compensation. Where I come from— that’s called theft. theankler.com/p/tv-writers...

Hi, I’m God. Vaccines save lives. Love, God

1/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network. As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.

5. Bluesky's team consists of about 20 full-time employees. That's a million users here per employee now 🤯 Also, we're hiring! bsky.social/about/join

All our lives are soon to be in the hands of a madman and his team of evil lunatics all under the eye of Vlad. Our Government failed us…and allowed a 2 bit con man to not only get away with everything but become President … again.