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We are a web of generations united for inclusive policies, compassionate spending, radical kindness, and sweeping, courageous love. We are fearless resisters, uncompromising in our quest for a society that is just and fair society for all.

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 13d

Anybody who sees this as a sigh of strength should remember that our nation was NEVER set up to give all power to one individual.

Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money

The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money.

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 9h

Trump promised in September that he would use tariff revenue to pay farmers who he admitted would be hurt “for a little while” by his trade wars. But the window is closing for the time to do that. And since help involves tariffs, it may not be coming.

Trump promised farmers help. It’s complicated.

The White House blames Democrats and the government shutdown for the delay of their multi-billion-dollar bailout, but that’s just one of many problems the administration faces.

www.politico.com

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 9h

JD Vance is wrong. It is not 'youthful indiscretions' when adults use racist and hateful language. When people tell you who they are, believe them.

JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’

www.theguardian.com

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 9h

The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” is a proposed agreement that would impose restrictions on D.E.I. programs and limits on international student enrollment. It also wants to control what and how students learn.

Brown University rejects Trump proposal to overhaul policies for preferential funding

University joins MIT in refusing invitation, saying that compact would ‘restrict academic freedom’

www.theguardian.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 9h

China and the USA are each imposing rules on other nations, trying to gain and keep world dominance over the production and supply of rare earth minerals. The USA had the upper hand - for a while.

China’s Rare Earth Restrictions Aim to Beat U.S. at Its Own Game

www.nytimes.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 10h

The Trump administration set up a directory for seniors navigating Medicare Advantage plans by incompetent people who did not care that it could lead them to choose less coverage. Or was this in error? (Gift article)

Errors in new Medicare plan portal mislead seniors on coverage

The directory, intended to help older Americans navigate Medicare Advantage open enrollment, produces conflicting responses about which providers are covered by health plans.

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 22h

Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan looked at 323 resistance movements from 1900 to 2006. Citizens are not powerless; they have many ways to defend democracy.

Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict

The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 22h

Without a mass movement, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 22h

As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own

As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

www.motherjones.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 22h

I know military must be paid. I also know they CANNOT work exclusively for Trump. Congress is giving away the store.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

www.nytimes.com

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 22h

You would think Netanyahu would want to protect his reputation on the world stage.

Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors

Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza

www.theguardian.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 22h

What does Venezuela have that the USA might be able to use? Oil? Beaches where we (the crime family) can build resorts? Just trying to follow the money, here.

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 22h

Remember when National Intelligence Council report said that “the Maduro regime probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TDA and is not directing TDA movement to and operations in the United States”.

We're killing Venezuelans anyway.

Rubio says intelligence community is incorrect in assessment of Tren de Aragua: "They're wrong"

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the intelligence community is incorrect in its assessment that Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is not a proxy force of Nicolás Maduro's government.

www.cbsnews.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 22h

DOJ once gave a POTUS deference based on his superior access to intelligence information. However, many of these experts have been fired or stripped of their security clearances and anyway, this POTUS acts contrary those assessments.

When Deference is No Longer Due

Reasons for historical deference to the executive branch's judgement in matters of national security have been severely undermined.

www.justsecurity.org

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 23h

Earlier this year, far-right Christian nationalist activist C. Jay Engel gloated that with the return of the Trump administration to power, "We have our guys are in Washington and I think that the momentum is on our side. This isn't going away."

Christian Nationalist C. Jay Engel Brags That There Are 'Right-Wing Heritage Americans In Staff Positions All Over Washington'

Christian nationalist C. Jay Engel brags that he personally knows that "there are very good right-wing Heritage Americans in staff positions all over Washington."

www.peoplefor.org

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Black and proud @wrong1rightday.bsky.social · 23h

I’m waiting for ICE to post photos of them with kilos of drugs & guns they confiscated after these big gang busts.
Where are the pictures of the trafficked kids they rescued?
Where are the mug shots & rap sheets of TdA leaders they deported?
How many murder cases have been solved by these raids?

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 23h

Police departments — both local and state — are being systematically infiltrated by radical right-wing nationalist groups. Act while it is still possible!

Policing The Police State

Blue state and city leaders need to use their power while they still have it.

open.substack.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23h

"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 23h

Judges, from time to time, order trump to stop an activity. It seems to have a minimal effect of his relentless assault on American rights and values, however.

Judge orders Trump administration to pause shutdown layoffs

Unions have sued to block dismissals during the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 23h

Why release a report to the public that maty make them demand solutions?

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

They cannot win elections if they cannot choose who votes.

Supreme Court takes up GOP-led challenge to Voting Rights Act that could affect control of Congress

The Supreme Court is taking up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement.

apnews.com

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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 1d

In Hitler's Germany, supporters wore brown shirts at first, then the fashion changed to Nazi icons on their clothing. Now, the far-right wants you to buy their merch.