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These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · Aug 16

What was I saying...oh yes...

Global. Energy. Oligarchy.
Oil. Rare Earth Minerals. Control of everything.
This is a great party, eh? /s

Screenshot of an April 28, 2018 Twitter post that reads: As soon as the GOP anti-parks caucus & cronies got their boy Trump, they set fire to public lands, EPA, ESA, a host of wildlife protections, science, and American leadership on climate change—all obstacles to the building of a Global Energy Oligarchy in cooperation with NRA and Putin.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2h

The government shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Dept. The Trump administration has laid off hundreds of the employees, leaving few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws — two of the agency's core functions. Here's what has been cut and what might be restored.

No Education Department? No Problem, Trump’s Education Secretary Says.

The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws.

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 7h

The tyrant tears the People's house down to raise a hall of mirrors. This is not a remodel, it’s an assault. The unmasking of a king. Our country is asleep while the echo of a republic bleeds out beneath the ballroom floor. These images should enrage every patriotic American.

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These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · 2h

And mind you, it is a largely an undertrained, ruthless, brutal and near rogue army, that has already demonstrated a culture of total disregard for the law and for the lives of others--a devastatingly dangerous force that thrives on the opportunity to practice violent domination.

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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 5h

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

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These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · 2h

it is 'extraordinary' how many things Johnson hasn't seen, is unaware of, has never heard about...🙄
Someone should point out to him that he is an admittedly & terribly uninformed fellow & ask if he doesn't think maybe he should step down as speaker given that his ignorance impacts every American.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

Absolutely outrageous!! 😡

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These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · 2h

When the White House demolishing gilded swamp-thing spread his noxious vapors across the land in 2015-16, history tried to tell this country abt the damage DJT would bring--of his shallowness & insatiable ego, his ignorance & arrogance, his carelessness & hate.
www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix...

Donald Trump hasn’t changed one bit since his first media feud in 1980

The man hasn't changed a bit in 36 years.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Michael McKeon @grinch67.bsky.social · 4h

Btw, while there is much ink devoted, again, to the Louvre robbery, the NYT has no reportage on the destruction of the White House East Wing -- without required Congressional authorization-- in today's print edition.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20h

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market.

Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army.

Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.

Morning Brew ☕️ @morningbrew.extwitter.link · 1d

BREAKING: Amazon Web Services

A massive AWS outage early this morning sent major websites and apps down for several hours

Tracking site Downdetector has received over 8 million reports around the globe

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Rikin Parekh (Mr Rik) @rikinparekh.bsky.social · 5h

Twice in one day I've seen authors promote their books (on TV and Socials) and not mention the Illustrator.
We're all magicians trying to create magic.
#PleaseRememberYourIllustrator

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21h

It's the guns 💯%

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”

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J'Net @jannetteb.bsky.social · 5h

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These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · 3h

He doesn't give a shit about anything that doesn't revolve around him. And this behavior has precedent--it was one of a number of things I pushed out across 2015-2016 to try to get people to wake up to Trump's total absence of character:
www.motherjones.com/2020-electio...

That time Donald Trump destroyed historic art to cut construction costs

"They fell to the floor and shattered in a million pieces."

www.motherjones.com

These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · 3h

Trump has the cult following.
The scary part of Vance is that he is a conduit and a tool for the abject evil people designed this nightmare and currently wear Trump as a mask. At the point Vance steps in, they are in full charge and fully in the open.

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Liza Goitein @lizagoitein.bsky.social · 20h

By a 2-1 opinion, the Ninth Circuit just held that the president can federalize the National Guard forces and deploy them when protesters shine flashlights in the eyes of ICE officers. It’s one of the most dangerous and legally flawed court decisions I’ve seen this year. 1/23

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These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · 21h

Not one thing is sacred or safe. He does whatever he wants. He won't ask and he'll never apologize. Trump's completely self-absorbed disregard for anything unrelated to himself was well-known before he was elected. I am worried & furious American ignorance put NARA and LoC in this miscreant's hands.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

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These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · 21h

Our daily confirmation that yes--they are diabolical AND stupid.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · 23h

I have decided that my privacy is worth paying for.
I sacrifice the potential savings to maintain my privacy.
Cash where you can. Ditch tech where you can. Someday, perhaps, even this.

These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · 23h

Now THERE'S a movement that would probably get some traction. Call for a consumer John/Jane Doe Day (Week? Month? Lifetime?) of zero-information surrender.

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These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · 23h

Yes. The only purpose for most apps is data mining, no matter what convenience or entertainment they appear to be presenting. In some cases you can't fully participate w/o a current model phone & apps. Disney? Forget it. Movies, shows, sports...access almost requires digital fealty.

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rj-t2 @arrjayteatoo.bsky.social · 2d

have been opposed to this since the very first grocery store rewards program my mom signed up for like 30 years ago lol

we just decided to let companies profile us at some point and nobody ever questioned it

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These aren’t political🌲🌊💨🐻🐺They're necessary🌱 @mylifeasabook.bsky.social · 23h

Also, people might view 2019's 'The Great Hack' again for a refresher on just how sinister all this is... www.imdb.com/title/tt4736...
And give @carolecadwalla.bsky.social a follow.

The Great Hack (2019) ⭐ 7.0 | Documentary, Biography, History

1h 54m | TV-MA