Frank Buffum
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Acoustic musician, democracy-positive, facebog refugee...
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Rhiannon Giddens
12 days ago
This is my America!! Weāll see you tomorrow night (5/7) at Carnegie Hall - tickets are almost sold out. Get yours:
www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/05/08/Rhiannon-Giddens-0800PM
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Mike Elk
25 days ago
The largest school districts in North Carolina are all shutting down for May Day at the request of the teachers' union. 1 million union members in New Jersey are backing a large May Day action. May Day is gonna be HUGE this year w/ strikes in at least 85 cities!
paydayreport.com/n-c-largest-...
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N.C. Largest School Districts to Close for May Day Strike - NJ Unions w/ 1 Million Members Back May Day - 85 Cities Holding May Day Actions
Most of the major schools districts in North Carolina are closing for May Day after teachers union around the state demanded!
https://paydayreport.com/n-c-largest-school-districts-to-close-for-may-day-strike-nj-unions-w-1-million-members-back-may-day-85-cities-holding-may-day-actions/
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23 days ago
So powerful journalists, lobbyists, politicians hid, ran, pressed against walls. Secret Service & protocols activated. Then all went home. The daily reality of children, teachers & parents? They don't get protocols or security detail. And not all go home. It's the GUNS.
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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Last Night They Hid. American Children Call It Tuesday.
Washington felt ninety seconds of terror. Students, teachers, and parents live it without a security detail, an exit plan, or a way back.
https://open.substack.com/pub/demcastusa/p/last-night-they-hid-american-children?r=2r9ngd
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WTF
@nytimes.com
How is this useful to anyone? Reporting on rumors and speculation as a story...
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Mel Buer
23 days ago
To sit and dine with this man and his cronies, drink his wine, toast his health, while his gov't and the businesses that support this government ruin the lives, bodies, and careers of hard working journalists across this country is just unconscionable Blegh, gross. Take your hankies and shove it
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Sherrilyn Ifill
29 days ago
Yeah cause itās the kind of thing you propose building to appease the ego of a narcissistic leader whose army just got its asked kicked by a Black military general (Touissant LāOverture) and Black enslaved people who ran your troops off their island. Itās a monument to ego and defeat. Perfect.
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Speak out against another intrusive abomination from Zuckerworld.
#privacy
www.aclu.org/metaspywear
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Tell Meta: Eyewear, Not Spywear
Meta intends to add facial recognition technology to their glasses so anyone wearing the product can immediately and invisibly identify strangers. Tell Meta: Your glasses shouldnāt know our names. Dem...
https://www.aclu.org/metaspywear
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I'm attending Indivisible San Francisco's event, āEarth Day Human Banner: "Energy From Heaven"ā - sign up now to join me!
www.mobilize.us/indivisibles...
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Earth Day Human Banner: "Energy From Heaven" Ā· Indivisible San Francisco
Human Banner-SF invites you to an Earth Day banner: "Energy From Heaven" Date: Saturday, April 18th - 11:30 am-1:00 pm Location: Stairwell 17, Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA Nearest Intersection is...
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblesf/event/933311/?referring_vol=4794470&rname=Frank&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky×lot=5915586
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Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Deal. āMore than 1,000 writers, actors and directors released a letter on Monday opposing Paramountās acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying the deal would harm Hollywoodās already distressed entertainment industry.ā
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...
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Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramountās Deal for Warner Bros.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/business/media/hollywood-letter-opposing-paramount-warner-bros-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.alA.FBbf.PGk4lxjkAEd-&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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about 1 month ago
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What if destroying the US economy is actually the plan⦠Cruelty and racism are just side benefits?
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about 2 months ago
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maura quint
about 2 months ago
there it is, all 7 continents
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I š Dogs
about 2 months ago
Sunday Exception: Swan Perfect Landing
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Studying slash and burn of government
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The Salt Lake Tribune
about 2 months ago
Tribune photojournalist Francisco Kjolseth captured this time lapse footage of the No Kings protest march and rally at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Read the story here:
www.sltrib.com/news/2026/03...
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Molly White
about 2 months ago
see you there
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Albert Pinto
about 2 months ago
58/ A domino effect where the fallout gets bigger and bigger... if we run out of feedstock, eventually refiners are going to shut down
hbr.org/2026/03/the-...
"These "oil and gas are in everything" graphics are about to get very real super quick for a lot of people." --
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Volunteers to make it happen & keep it safe for all welcome!
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2 months ago
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Tell Your Members of Congress: Halt the ICE Terror Machine
act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
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Tell Your Members of Congress: Halt the ICE Terror Machine
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
https://act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out-for-good?akid=s159180..VjUREL
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paywall-free:
www.vox.com/politics/479...
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How to stop a dictator
I spent months studying how authoritarians like Trump lose. The answer is shockingly simple.
https://www.vox.com/politics/479924/democracy-us-brazil-south-korea-poland-backsliding-resilience?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6Imo4RXgyMXcxVTUiLCJwIjoiL3BvbGl0aWNzLzQ3OTkyNC9kZW1vY3JhY3ktdXMtYnJhemlsLXNvdXRoLWtvcmVhLXBvbGFuZC1iYWNrc2xpZGluZy1yZXNpbGllbmNlIiwiZXhwIjoxNzczMTU1MzM3LCJpYXQiOjE3NzE5NDU3Mzd9.x8VgqQazoDLyEXP3yquyp3uqVqLMwVH3J5VRtdCQylc&utm_medium=gift-link
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QuitGPT Protest: No Killer Robots, No AI Surveillance Ā· Luma
š Right outside OpenAI HQ (Can register anon) š March 3rd (Tuesday) | 4-6PM Last Thursday, Anthropic refused to let the Department of War sidestep its basicā¦
https://luma.com/f5iks5d0
3 months ago
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All history matters. The Black Soldiers Who Built America's National Parks
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The Black Soldiers Who Built America's National Parks
They protected the wilderness, but history erased them
https://open.substack.com/pub/sharonmcmahon/p/the-black-soldiers-who-built-americas?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
3 months ago
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NYU Prof. Scott Galloway has compiled this "list of subscription-driven consumer tech companies having outsized influence over the national economy and our president."
#resistandunsubscribe
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#resistICE
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
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Resist and Unsubscribe
https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/
3 months ago
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This crowd was HUGEāI was there. Only days of networking notice. Mostly young people! Momentum!
substack.com/@rawstory/no...
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Raw America (@rawstory)
NEW dramatic drone video of ICE protest in San Francisco yesterday. Look at how many people are bringing action to the streets as the camera pulls up. Share so everyone sees this! Incredible!
https://substack.com/@rawstory/note/c-208123332?r=3iesi&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
4 months ago
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Solid demand
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Rep. Jason Crow
4 months ago
Unlike our draft-dodging President, I served in combat. As a veteran, when I hear Trump's goons using military terms to describe America's streetsāI find it disgusting.
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Prisonculture
4 months ago
āThereās no single answer that will solve all our future problems. Thereās no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answersāat least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.ā ā Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
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Plainly showing us their priorities
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Ken Klippenstein
4 months ago
šØ I've obtained a list of secret watchlists the Department of Homeland Security uses to keep tabs on American citizens
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secre...
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Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans
Sparta, Reaper and Grapevine track protesters, their friends (+ others)
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secret-watchlists-of-americans
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Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think? Thanks
@rbreich.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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Unusual Whales
4 months ago
BREAKING: Listen to this. Reporter: "Your husband bought stock in Elon Musk's xAI days before the Pentagon expanded its role. Can you assure us it wasnāt based on inside info?ā Representative Lisa McClain: ā100%. If it was, we would've bought a heck of a lot more."
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Hello US Senate, Congress? About that fundingā¦
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More demonizing. "over public assistance concerns" in the headline is world-class sanewashing.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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US to suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns
The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United State...
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-visas-79909bd01e9e1e3dedde144f865a1b9d?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-14-Breaking+News
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Acyn
4 months ago
Velazquez: The American people are upset. They did not sign on for this. The most fundamental principle for the American people is fairness and humane policies, not beating the shit out of people, especially vulnerable women and children.
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Assaad Razzouk
4 months ago
The end of coal is inevitable, by 2035: both China and India added a record amount of new clean-power generation last year, which was more than sufficient to meet rising demand. And they won't stop.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coa...
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A reminder that not so long ago we honored immigrants in the US, even by carving monuments like this one at Immigration Point, over the Golden Gate connecting the Pacific to SF Bay.
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@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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Laura āyāallādāve is grammatically correctā Stone
4 months ago
If you need a deep breath, a mental reset, a reminder of why you CARE and why you act, this is a very short read meant to give just that. (Iām there because I take no money and itās free. The other places arenāt. And
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Be like Jerome. We won't back down.
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Gestapo is here, and proud of it.
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50501: The Peopleās Movement āš
4 months ago
ICE beat a U.S. Marine Veteran, telling her: āHave you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch!ā Credit to
@statuscoupnews.bsky.social
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Tonight, 6-8 at Taste-of Rome in Sausolitoābluegrass time!
#bluegrass
#acousticmusic
#bayareamusic
4 months ago
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Plunder!
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Patrick De Klotz
4 months ago
This is 1930s Germany foreign policy. Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
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offers a strong warning against the weakness in being ineffective in opposing T47. Offering nothing constructive, he proves his own point quite wellā¦
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Trumpās Critics Are Falling Into an Obvious Trap
The capture of NicolƔs Maduro is a show of ambition that calls for an effective response.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/trumps-critics-should-not-go-wobbly-over-venezuela/685487/?gift=_IXYI0Wrwnxuvm7JZ0fMfCBoNnMX_2cICq4A86JwYMQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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trying to look at the new year as a slate... no illusion of clean slate, but a slate. Let's see what we can make of it.
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Caitlin Gilbert
5 months ago
EXCLUSIVE:
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& I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measlesāthat leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected. Gift link:
wapo.st/49zDc43
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U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
https://wapo.st/49zDc43
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Happy New Year! Let's see what we can make of it... Here's good news!
youtu.be/MzyMwwZKneM?...
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UCSB Library & Dust-to-Digital: Saving America's Historic Music Archive
YouTube video by UC Santa Barbara
https://youtu.be/MzyMwwZKneM?si=-TJBiOekG9hL3nzs
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Scott Horton
5 months ago
ICE raids appear to be 100% responsible for the current housing crunch in south Texas. Indeed, they have brought residential construction to an end.
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South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/south-texas-ice-arrests-home-construction/
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International leadership. How bout that?
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Rosa DeLauro
5 months ago
This is unacceptable. Our veterans deserve to make their own healthcare decisions. The VA must reverse course.
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