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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 15h

Shame on Carnegie Mellon University for suppressing students' free speech rights. End the genocide in Gaza. www.publicsource.org/cmu-expressi...

CMU made protesting on campus harder. A year later, even debate is difficult.

At CMU, “expressive activities” on campus of over 50 participants must register with the university. Some worry the policy is chilling campus speech.

www.publicsource.org

The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 1d

John Oliver has a good overview of how Medicare DIS-advantage is not really Medicare, just using the name to sneak in more privatization that is denying care & harming our health for insurance profits.

The solution is a true national single-payer system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejoi...

Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 1d

If you or someone you know needs help finding food due to delay of SNAP, find a local community food bank near you (Pittsburgh region): pittsburghfoodbank.org/find-food/ge...

If you have extra, consider donating either direct food or cash to help fund food banks.

Get Help

The Food Bank is committed to making sure all of our neighbors have access to enough food. Please call our Call Center at 412-460-3663 x655!

pittsburghfoodbank.org

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

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The admin is making it harder for male vets w/ breast cancer to get their care covered

The admin cites Trump order: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”

I got the memo laying it all out

www.propublica.org/article/vete...

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica sets up new roadblocks to care for male veterans with breast cancer.

The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.

www.propublica.org

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 6d

Online censorship is one of the many levers of state power right-wingers have been pulling to try and snuff out queer and trans existence. But instead of fighting back, some Democrats are helping them at the controls. Read the full #OpEd from @fightforthefuture.org

Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?

From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...

www.teenvogue.com

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 2d

Very concerning we're seeing declines in vaccination in Allegheny County along with the rest of the country. Some of it is misinformation from Trump & RFK Jr, some of it is IMO the cost of healthcare in the US due to private for-profit insurance control. www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...

Q&A: As vaccination rates dip, how are Allegheny County leaders responding?

As the Trump administration tries to upend vaccination practices, Allegheny County's top immunization official and a key advocacy group counter with research.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

“Did Cuomo offer you anything for your endorsement?”

ADAMS: “Don’t even answer that.”

Mayor Adams called Cuomo “a snake & a liar” - now he endorsed him (likely worth negative votes)

(Sliwa: “we got offered $10 MILLION to drop out, Adams was fishing for a payday”)

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The Onion @theonion.com · 7d

National Guardsman Awakes Screaming From Nightmare About Americans Going About Daily Lives

FORT WORTH, TX—Catching his breath and wiping the sweat from his brow after he realized it was all just a bad dream, Texas National Guard member Jason Ringgold reportedly woke up screaming at 3 a.m. T...

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 7d

Reminds me of economist Elinor Ostrom's work that showed for important natural resources like water, letting "the market" control it is absolutely detrimental to communities. Instead, democratic community control of resources as a Commons is what makes it successful long-term.

Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 7d

How democratic is your water utility? It turns out that those with elected leaders perform better.

This week's @latimes.com Boiling Point newsletter features new research by @kbdobbin.bsky.social and @alfencl.bsky.social on water democracy in California www.latimes.com/environment/...

The safety of your water could be related to how your water utility is run

Some water utilities are run by elected leaders, others aren't. Research shows utilities with elected managers tend to deliver more affordable drinking water.

www.latimes.com

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 7d

Trump & Republicans' priority is a $300M ballroom for themselves as Americans face poverty, hunger, & skyrocketing healthcare costs. They've got billions of $$ to go to fund ICE concentration camps, to fund Argentina bailout, to Israel to fund genocide in Gaza.

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 7d

Public housing is the solution to the affordability crisis -- and a public housing program will be a jobs program, a desegregation program, and a clean energy program as well as an affordable housing program. greensocialist.net/public-housi...

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 7d

Despite at least 20 million Americans impacted by Long Covid & facing long-term disability, RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

They do not care about our lives at all. truthout.org/articles/i-a...

I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us.

RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

truthout.org

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 7d

No more for-profit death panel insurance system where greedy executives decide who gets treatment. Way past time for a single-payer system, toward a non-profit national health service, to defend healthcare as a human right for all. greensocialist.net/medicare-for...

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 7d

Mike Johnson & Republicans are letting 42 million Americans face hunger from SNAP funding delays, in addition to other services being shutdown and looming health insurance premiums skyrocketing -- all to seemingly prevent Epstein files from being released.
truthout.org/articles/42-...

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Faithslayer202.bsky.social @faithslayer202.bsky.social · 10d

The latest article out in #NewGreenHorizon! @thegreengarret.bsky.social Lessons from #Leftist #Pandemic Disinterest Toward Rebuilding Public #Health.

Read the article at newgreenhorizons.us/lessons-from...

#GreenSocialist #GreenParty #EcoSocialism #Peace #Ecology #SocialJustice #Democracy

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11d

As we approach the end of the year and you have some potential disposable income to share, consider supporting your local mutual aid projects. This year has been rough but next year promises to be even more difficult for people.

There are definitely orgs in your communities that can use support.

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Seth Langner @sethlangner.bsky.social · 11d

I volunteer at a food bank. Donations are slowing precipitously, too. It’s a double-whammy. Demand is up. Supply is low. It’s a full blown crisis.

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 12d

You can read the full fact sheet at: archive.org/details/Army...

Thanks to Seth Cotlar for sharing this! bsky.app/profile/seth...

Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 - Fascism! : Army Orientation Branch: Information and Education Division : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

March 24, 1945. Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 Fascism! A sheet printed and distributed by the United States War Department as an educational tool for...

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 12d

A 1945 US Army "fact sheet" helped soldiers understand & talk about fascism. The 3 common attitudes/signs of fascism from sheet:
1. hate campaigns against racial/ethnic/religious groups
2. ultranationalist animosity toward other nations, calling peace "weak"
3. anti-communism

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 1

The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."

Can We Spot It?
(Question: How can we identify native American fascists at work? )
An American fascist seeking power would not proclaim that he is a fascist. Fascism always camouflages its plans and purposes. Hitler made demagogic appeals to all groups and swore: "Neither I nor anybody in the National Socialist Party advocates proceeding by anything but Constitutional methods." Any fascist attempt to gain power in America would not use the exact Hitler pattern. It would work under the guise of "super-patriotism" and "super-American-ism." Fascist leaders are neither stupid nor naive.
They know that they must hand out a line that "sells." Huey Long is said to have remarked that if fascism came to America, it would be on a program of "Ameri-canism."
Fascists in America may differ slightly from fascists in other countries, but there are a number of attitudes and practices that they have in common. Following are three. Every person who has one of them is not necessarily a fascist. But he is

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 12d

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 12d

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 12d

Fetterman is a disgrace & has been often siding with Trump & Republicans. The call for Fetterman to resign should be growing louder. theintercept.com/2025/10/08/v...

Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks

Republicans in the Senate voted down an war powers bill to block Trump's deadly attacks on alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12d

If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days.

Covid is not over.

You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.

People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.

We need to protect each other.

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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 12d

Over 5,000 at No Kings protest at Pittsburgh city hall

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