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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 22h

This is good news. Gift article.

“Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law

www.nytimes.com

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 1d

"Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year"

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Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report

Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 1d

“His Life Is Taking on Elon Musk

“Onetime Millionaire’s Crusade Against Tech’s Biggest Moguls”

Gift article

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...

What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk?

www.nytimes.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 4d

“First Thing: US to limit refugee numbers to 7,500 with priority for white South Africans”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans

Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution

www.theguardian.com

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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 4d

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 4d

Sadly, this seems to be true. This new version of fake Christianity is very self-centered. It seems the main goal is gaining eternal life. These people you reference seem to believe that faith alone is enough, and following all the inconvenient teachings is an option.

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Halloween … a little detour from some of the true frightening things happening.

www.norsegarde.com/blogs/lore-a...

Samhain: Marking the End of the Harvest Season & Origins of Halloween

The ancient Celtic celebration of Samhain that marked the end of the harvest season and gave roots for the modern day celebration of Halloween

www.norsegarde.com

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 5d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 6d

Not new but the first time I’ve heard it:
From Retired Admiral McRaven:

“McRaven also wrote that Trump had "embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."

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Navy admiral from bin Laden raid slams Trump in dramatic fashion

Retired Adm. William McRaven, the former commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, sees Trump as "a disturbed 15-year-old boy."

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 7d

"Join us in celebrating the Abrolhos Hope Spot, a region that harbors Brazil’s largest coral reef system, vast mangroves, deep and shallow reefs, and the world’s largest continuous rhodolith beds!"

missionblue.org/2025/08/hope...

Hope Spot Champion Grantee Highlight: Conserving Coral and Building Community in the Conflict Islands Hope Spot - Mission Blue

Header Image: The Conflict Islands. Credit – Conflict Islands Conservation Initiative (CICI). A tiny and remote atoll off Papua New Guinea holds an extraordinary secret: it is home to more than 400 sp...

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 7d

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"First Thing: Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital"
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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 8d

“Take me to the station
And put me on the train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again”

youtu.be/URyqGD99Owg

The Rolling Stones - No Expectations (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by ABKCOVEVO

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 8d

They are up to something sinister by not convening Congress

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 9d

Even the Saturday Evening Post is doing better than some legacy media.

www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/meas...

Measles: Vaccine-Preventable Disease Returns | The Saturday Evening Post

The measles outbreak of 2025 is a wake-up call. We cannot take the victories of public health for granted.

www.saturdayeveningpost.com

Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 10d

Outrageous.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 10d

GOP Sen. Rand Paul: I support America First. I support the idea that when we're $2T in the haul, we shouldn't be sending $20B to Argentina. We don't have it. It's borrowed. That's not America First. That's Argentina First.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10d

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 10d

This is disgraceful

Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 11d

Let’s get it started!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11d

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.

It corrupts our political system every day.

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 11d

“How a Fringe Movement of Gun Nuts, Backwoodsmen and Free Marketers Paved the Way for Autocracy”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...

Opinion | How a Fringe Movement of Gun Nuts, Backwoodsmen and Free Marketers Paved the Way for Autocracy

www.nytimes.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12d

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

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Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 11d

That’s part of the problem.

Amy @amyfries.bsky.social · 12d

He’s building his thug and criminal army

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