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Environmental Geographer 🌎, Horticulturist 🌻, Dog is my Co-pilot 🐾 🚐💨
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The Five 8
1 day ago
Canada enters the chat. The Five 8 1/2 LIVE tonight! 8e/5p. Notifications ON ✅
youtube.com/live/6A1LmMt...
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The Five 8 1/2
YouTube video by The Five 8
https://youtube.com/live/6A1LmMtrykU?si=UZotLTTbv0A4epjJ
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In honor of Winnie-the-Pooh day. 🇬🇱🇺🇦⚖
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James Goodwin
6 days ago
"This analysis of President Trump’s actions over the course of 2025 finds that he has implemented, or begun to implement, over 80 percent of actions pertaining to public lands recommended by Project 2025."
westernpriorities.org/2026/01/from...
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From disavowal to delivery: The Trump administration’s rapid implementation of Project 2025 on public lands - Center for Western Priorities
Co-written by Lilly Bock-Brownstein, Rachael Hamby, and Aaron Weiss Introduction Increasing fossil fuel production on public lands. Gutting federal agencies that oversee national parks and forests. Re...
https://westernpriorities.org/2026/01/from-disavowal-to-delivery-the-trump-administrations-rapid-implementation-of-project-2025-on-public-lands/
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Timothy Snyder
7 days ago
Putin, failing in his east European war, summons his American clients to organize a diversion in western Europe.
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Carl Quintanilla
13 days ago
Seattle street art:
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
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Dennis Goris
15 days ago
Be careful on those roads
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Mike Luckovich
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Madeleine Vasaly
15 days ago
Minneapolis.
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John Fugelsang
15 days ago
Remember, being shot by police while you’re violently attacking the US Capitol is murder, but not wanting to let masked government thugs into your car means you deserve to be murdered.
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Brilliant discussion, bone up people. 🇬🇱
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Andrea Chalupa
16 days ago
With Trump’s unpunished coup, we officially entered a New World Order. And it’s a lot like the car-bomb 1990s in Russia–a lawless era where the biggest oligarch wins. But the crisis is bigger than Trump. My latest on how we got here, how we get out:
gaslitnation.libsyn.com/trumps-janua...
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Gaslit Nation: Trump’s January 6 Coup Ushered in the New World Order
With Trump’s unpunished coup, we officially entered a New World Order. And it’s a lot like the car-bomb 1990s in Russia–a lawless era where the biggest oligarch wins. But the crisis is bigger than Tru...
https://gaslitnation.libsyn.com/trumps-january-6-coup-ushered-in-the-new-world-order
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Sludge
20 days ago
Chevron, the only major U.S. oil producer in Venezuela, has been a leading donor to the International Republican Institute, a nonprofit that supported the political opposition in the country. Former opposition leader Juan Guaidó pledged to protect oil giant's assets in 2019.
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Guaidó Defends Chevron, Funder of U.S. Regime Change Organization
Chevron has been a loyal donor to the International Republican Institute, a nonprofit with ties to the U.S. Republican party that has worked for decades to strengthen the political opposition in Venez...
https://readsludge.com/2019/08/13/guaido-defends-chevron-funder-of-u-s-regime-change-organization/
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸
about 1 month ago
Florida’s voucher audit is a warning: the state lost track of 30,000 students and hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars that should have supported public schools. Kids pay the price when there’s no oversight.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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How Florida lost track of 30,000 students, a ‘cautionary tale’ for vouchers
The state’s auditor general found “a myriad of accountability problems” in the nation’s largest voucher program.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/12/08/florida-school-vouchers-audit/
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Anne Applebaum
4 months ago
The Disney brand, and the USA brand, sinking together. Parody from Dutch TV
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled | The New Disney | LUBACH
YouTube video by LUBACH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX-BQAjeE
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Anne Applebaum
5 months ago
The fire sale at the end of the empire
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Inside the USAID Fire Sale
Around the world, defibrillators, motorbikes, and water towers are being donated, sold, or simply abandoned.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/08/usaid-fire-sale-donation-auction/684012/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK333KEytRa46TNZSowZhJ_q4
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Clara Jeffery
6 months ago
I would add the role of Alex Acosta in plea deal and then-Fla AG Pam Bondi in *not* charging him but otherwise a solid list (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
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Opinion | I Covered the Epstein Case for Decades. These Are the 9 Questions We Actually Need Answered.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/epstein-files-fbi-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk8.BaE4.VeIKJ0a8yE4i&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Clay Bennett
6 months ago
7/23/2025- The Epstein Case
www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...
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Mueller, She Wrote
6 months ago
The amazing thing about brave people speaking out is that it inspires others to do the same by creating a permission structure. Since I published this article 4 hours ago, I've heard from multiple sources confirming what's in it.
www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
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The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI
Inside the chaotic review process of the Epstein and Maxwell files at the Bureau
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstein-cover-up-at-the-fbi
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Clara Jeffery
6 months ago
Now seems the time to repost this big story we did a few years ago...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.
What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/i-called-everyone-in-jeffrey-epsteins-little-black-book/
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“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/
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driftglass
7 months ago
driftglass.blogspot.com/2025/07/davi...
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David Brooks' Hot Take Time Machine
David Brooks can spend more words tediously bullshitting and sidestepping his way around obvious answers to obvious questions and then ...
https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2025/07/david-brooks-hot-take-time-machine.html
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Zarina Zabrisky
7 months ago
Our crew is grateful for the endorsement of the film by the Head of the Kherson Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin @Prokudin__ —and deeply honored by the response from the people of Kherson. "72 minutes of truth." Your truth and voices are at the heart of this film.
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Texas Tribune
7 months ago
After Texas failed to pass a bill to improve flood warning systems, a Kerr County lawmaker says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which aimed to establish a grant program for counties to build new emergency communication infrastructure.
bit.ly/44xMjyr
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Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to improve local flood warning systems this year
A GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency communicati...
https://bit.ly/44xMjyr
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MeidasTouch
7 months ago
🚨 NYT: As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials. Gift link:
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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UU8.21M8.MBBE3OCzrBAa&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Gretchen sums up the day..🧨🎇
youtu.be/RjTJGqdKa54?...
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Gretchen Peters — "Independence Day" — Live
YouTube video by dahliacorona
https://youtu.be/RjTJGqdKa54?si=WvHtEj3wsjwVGiSk
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Liking Katie presenting legal news with swearing! 😃👏🤗🥂
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jen sometimes aph 🌻
7 months ago
"A hearty salute to whoever got the “No Kings” art up on the light poles - well done"
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Governor Tim Walz
7 months ago
Minnesota’s flags will fly at half staff in honor and remembrance of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman. She woke up every morning determined to make Minnesota a better place, and she will be greatly missed.
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Rick Perlstein
7 months ago
1. Let's put this together. The assassin appears to be the follower of the New Apolostolic Reformation, which holds that American society is literally under demonic possessions. (And you, dear reader, are one of the demon.)
www.wired.com/story/shooti...
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Suspect in Minnesota Shooting Linked to Security Company, Evangelical Ministry
The alleged shooter is a 57-year-old white male; according to his ministry's website, he “sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn't the answer.”
https://www.wired.com/story/shooting-minnesota-melissa-hortman-vance-boelter/
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Lincoln Square
7 months ago
Edward R. Murrow’s powerful anti-McCarthy broadcast is as relevant now as it was 71 years ago. Have a listen.
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The New Yorker
7 months ago
An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue.
#NewYorkerCovers
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OPB
7 months ago
Moises Sotelo is the owner of Novo Start Vineyard Service, a company that provides pruning, pest control and harvesting services to vineyards in the Willamette Valley. He was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement while he was on his way to work early in the morning.
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Newberg business owner arrested by ICE officials, alarming vineyard workers
A vineyard business owner was arrested by federal immigration officials Thursday. The arrest follows an uptick of enforcement actions by the federal government in Oregon.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/06/12/newberg-business-owner-arrested-ice/
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The Five 8
8 months ago
Join Lisa Graves and Nadine Smith LIVE Wednesday night! 8e/5p
@nadinesmith.bsky.social
@thelisagraves.bsky.social
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The Five 8 1/2: Posse Comitatus
YouTube video by The Five 8
https://youtube.com/live/w3cqe_eU9Ow?feature=shared
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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister
8 months ago
LA PROTESTERS: How to annoy ICE, cops, Guardsmen & Marines “patrolling” the streets? Blast “IN THE NAVY”, follow & dance party around them with BIG Pride flags, glitter bomb them & shout “Happy Pride Month”. Believe me, the ridicule they’ll get will make them LOATHE being in LA.
#NotJoking
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Joyce White Vance
8 months ago
If you want to watch something that will make you feel smarter instead of sucking brain cells out of your head with today's crazy, The Autocracy and Democracy Series: Dahlia Lithwick on the Courts This matters a lot more than watching Trump & Musk feud
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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The Autocracy and Democracy Series: Dahlia Lithwick on the Courts
This matters a lot more than watching Trump & Musk feud
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-autocracy-and-democracy-series?r=5n3e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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John Morales
8 months ago
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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Molly McKew
8 months ago
The art in Ukraine’s theory of victory — and what we can all learn from it after the June 1 drone strikes New today:
www.greatpower.us/p/operationa...
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Operational Art and the Salvation of Ukraine
Guerrilla drone strikes, the spiritual resources to achieve victory, and the survival of the free world
https://www.greatpower.us/p/operational-art-and-the-salvation
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Mick Ryan
8 months ago
“Ukraine is confident in its ability to wage this war, even if it would still prefer that outside support make the costs for them less human…it listens to its own counsel more & more as it finds itself beyond the edge of most Western military thinking.” Brilliant.
www.greatpower.us/p/operationa...
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Operational Art and the Salvation of Ukraine
Guerrilla drone strikes, the spiritual resources to achieve victory, and the survival of the free world
https://www.greatpower.us/p/operational-art-and-the-salvation
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Bloomberg News
8 months ago
The US residential solar market's future is uncertain due to a House bill that would strip away tax credits for companies and homeowners, which could devastate the industry
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Fate of $20 Billion US Home Solar Market Lies in GOP Senate Hands
House tax bill would gut the rooftop solar industry, executives warn.
https://bloom.bg/4kCtEIl
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Eurovision Song Contest
8 months ago
We're live in St. Jakobshalle 🫶🏻 Join us in Basel as we find a brand-new Eurovision winner 🏆 The Grand Final of the 69th Contest is underway 🥳
www.youtube.com/live/xPSn888...
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Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - Grand Final - Livestream | #Eurovision2025
Subscribe and 🔔 to Eurovision 👉 https://www.youtube.com/user/eurovision?sub_confirmation=1 Join us for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest, live from Basel, Switzerland on Saturday 17 Ma...
https://www.youtube.com/live/xPSn888JAFU?si=ZWDt0hO1kDXwyy9t
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Lora Kolodny
8 months ago
It's not just xAI in Memphis. Power- and water-hungry data centers and supercomputers are cropping up leaving communities demanding answers on environmental impacts, jobs and more... This is excellent by
@insideclimatenews.org
on Project Marvel in Alabama
insideclimatenews.org/news/1105202...
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Alabamians Want Answers About a Four-Million-Square-Foot Data Center Coming to Their Backyards - Inside Climate News
Residents in and around Bessemer are furious over Project Marvel, a plan to build a 4.5-million-square-foot data processing facility on 700 acres of wooded land. Public officials have been sworn to si...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11052025/bessemer-alabama-proposed-data-center/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=2138578800-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_17_01_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-2138578800-329772402
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Mike Luckovich
9 months ago
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www.malheurenterprise.com/2025/05/07/e...
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Bentz talks tough on federal spending , but mum on his own luxury stays - Malheur Enterprise
Congressional records indicate that Congressman Cliff Bentz is relying on publicly-subsidized housing to make ends meet. He’s been taking taxpayer money apparently to cover his monthly rent in Washing...
https://www.malheurenterprise.com/2025/05/07/editors-note-bentz-talks-tough-on-federal-spending-but-mum-on-his-own-luxury-stays/
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Jill sobule
10 months ago
Posting again: JD Vance is a C___. The band Sugar Tits is back by popular demand! With Kay Hanley and Michelle Lewis @kayhanley @mlewey . Lyric contributions from @bdmcartoons By the way the band name comes from that Mel Gibson drunk tirade when he was stopped by a female cop on a DUI
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Jill sobule
10 months ago
And my response in song
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Jill sobule
10 months ago
“America Back”. Ten years ago, I wrote this song about the history of anti-immigration sentiment and…the possibility of Trump as president. Here is the glorious end of the song.
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Jill sobule
9 months ago
A few years ago, a person who was not fond of my political songs, kept posting dumb stuff - and called me “a commie dyke Jew”. I know you shouldn’t feed the trolls, but I wrote him a song and sent it. He responded with a four 👍 up. So…here’s to politeness or something like that.
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Wobbledance aka “Tony”
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The San Francisco Standard
9 months ago
‘A death blow’: Filmmakers, archivists reel as DOGE suddenly cuts their funding
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‘A death blow’: Filmmakers, archivists reel as DOGE suddenly cuts their funding
The NEH had $17.8 million in active grants to Bay Area humanities projects.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/17/doge-neh-funding-cuts-sf/
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