Other countries are ramping up preventative and protective measures to prepare for the possibility of avian flu jumping to humans. In the US, Kennedy forbids any notices about new cases and has no plans to protect Americans. The virus doesn't care, but we do! substack.com/@sarscov2cov...

Yes! Rothkopf gives us a great list of what we can do NOW to stop this authoritarian takeover. If we don't act NOW, it could be too late. "Resistance is not something you feel. It's something you do. This battle will be won at the community level. Choose new leaders. Be a witness. Don't compromise."

Thank you, David, for this rousing call to action. We as a people & a nation must stem this authoritarian tide & Christo-fascist takeover. It is happening so quickly-we weren't prepared for Trump to seize power. But resist we must, as each day grows more dire rending the fabric of our democracy.

"Perhaps the World Ends Here" read by its author, Native American Joy Harjo, captures the heart of Thanksgiving. Enjoy these thoughts while you feast with those you love today. Happy Thanksgiving! youtu.be/0ymiWUHjrVc?...

If asked to rate my pain level from the moral injury being inflicted on us by this regime on a scale of 1 to 10, I am at the highest, most painful level of 10. The pain is every day, unceasing and unrelievable. It feeds my power to resist and fight to redeem our people and our country.

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Yes! Raise her to use the sword herself.

Exactly!

Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

Obviously, the Department of Education no longer values education or people who are educated. Or schools or a lot of teachers. Guess they see no need for skills in an autocracy.

Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office. He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people. Release the transcript.

The deconstructing Dept. of Education is racing to further undermine the foundation of democracy: an educated electorate. It is mirroring other regime actions by targeting women, minorities, special needs, etc. The goal is to cruelly weaken us and our ability to uphold democratic principles. Resist!

What women hear - and isn't good to hear - over their lifetimes that isn't said to men. And we hear it again and again.

Saw The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui by Brecht yesterday. The play warns about the way Hitler seized power. At the end, Arturo says conditions that gave rise to Nazi Germany are present in the US. "Athough the world stood up & stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again." Chilling!

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

All women deserve better.

They’re all just looting the treasury now

Love what Congresswoman Brown is preaching here - powerful, hard-hitting truth telling.

This makes me nauseous.

The perils of worship - anything you worship diminishes you. Well said David Foster Wallace!

The dog that didn't bark is a clue from Sherlock Holmes where the absence of a dog's barking shows the thief was familiar w/ the dog. The phrase is used as a metaphor to highlight the imp. of considering what is missing or unsaid, & the evid. that can be found in the absence of something expected.

Thank you to U.S. veterans for your courage, dedication, & service! It’s not enough to verbally thank veterans & hold parades. Trump/GOP are gutting & cutting the Veterans Administration! We need to fund the Veterans Administration; provide veterans with benefits; access to healthcare; jobs etc.!🇺🇸

I offer only one finger as well.

Trying to focus my fury as Rothkopf recommends- change the Democratic party, don't abandon it. Put new leaders in place and elect candidates who are in touch with the people. But we are running out of time before there is a full autocracy. Can we beat the clock? www.thedailybeast.com/why-these-vi...

It took a courageous Republican bucking his party to give America affordable healthcare and eight cowardous Democrats bucking their party to take it away.

Ditto!

Grossman states what is obvious to many of us but not to the Democratic leadership: normal politics are gone & MAGA isn't following laws, rules, or norms. We need strong opposition to this theft of democracy-caving in/hoping that MAGA will keep promises is something only fools think Is a smart move.

We need a lot more elected representatives to work FOR the people, not against them. The 8 defectors showed they won’t represent our interests & sided with the enemy. Add their names to the list of who will go down in infamy. Primary all of them! Elect people who can be steadfastness & resolute.

Primary all of them! We need fighters not defectors! We don't need gut punches from the Dems while the MAGAs are kicking us in the kneecaps. We will not forget who failed to stand up for us in the fight for our lives and our democracy.

"Democrats may have been more surprised than anybody to discover their shutdown strategy was actually drawing political blood. Their instinct was to withdraw the knife anyway." Unforgivable abandonment of a righteous fight to protect healthcare & democracy-Shame! www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Any Democrat who defects and approves the reopening without healthcare in it should be primaried and shunned for the rest of his/her term. Shame on you for selling out the American people!

“The ripple effect of cutting off nutritional assistance and welfare benefits…permeates outward like a socio-economic cluster bomb. It creates trauma, violence and lasting damage that scars the lives of those mistreated and abused by short-sighted & malicious Republican policy decisions.”

Love this action! Rep. Ansari asks a simple question - how far will Mike Johnson go to cover up the Epstein files?

A girl can dream...

Cry harder if the voice of the people is too loud for you!

Good research on the flaws in AI safety and effectiveness. Take heed of its weaknesses and the implications of hiding and/or not addressing them.

What a great night for those of us who believe in democracy - my heart is filled with joy that we showed up and changed the course of history!

Rothkopf's insights on what the results of today's elections mean are spot on. I appreciate how he suggests we interpret the outcomes and apply it to 2026 and 2028. It is helpful to cut through the noise to see what's real.

Love this idea! Senators step up the pressure to release the Epstein files by reading this book into the Congressional record.

Free childcare will help protect children, give women a boost to work at better jobs, strengthen the economy and be a boon to New Mexico. What great news in this dark time of taking away the safety net from so many people!

UPDATE! 🌹🎉 I realize not many people have access to much right now, so I put the eBook version of Beyond The Mark down to the lowest I could on Amazon, which is $0.99 Hope this helps it become more accessible, I'd rather continue the story than make money, so I hope you enjoy! #Fantasy #Author

Noel's lyrical writing on the 1 year anniversary of Trump's election left me in awe & tears- what a powerful description of what has changed! Read how the "apex predator" is eager to fully consolidate "MAGA’s authoritarian populism & militant Christofacism." Resist! open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...

Prop 50 is California’s line in the sand. A YES vote is a vote to take power back from gerrymandered chaos and protect fair representation for every voter. Tune in LIVE at 3:30PM PT and be part of the rebellion: bit.ly/YesOn50Rally#YesOnProp5050

Vote Yes on 50! California can lead the way back to democracy!

The cruelty is the point. Felon47 aims to keep us afraid & cowering from what injury, be it physical or moral, he will inflict next. Whether his actions are legal or not, he will do what he wants. We are right to believe that he intends to remove the safety nets carefully put in place to protect us.

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