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Clem A Kaos @clemakaos.bsky.social · Jan 20
"We need to proactively build community capacity and capabilities to benefit, protect, and
provide means for recovery for all Americans, including those who are most vulnerable, while
also creating solutions that comprehensively address shocks and stressors today and for future
generations."
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Come for the description of Rahmanullah Lakanwa
feeling abandoned by the CIA.

Stay for the description of the entire group feeling abandoned by John Ratcliffe's attempt to disown the murder.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
His unit mate said Lakanwal sought help in June from a CIA program designed to aid Zero Unit veterans with immigration issues. Rolling Stone reviewed a screenshot of the group chat in June where Zero Unit veterans shared information with a CIA representative about ongoing issues. Lakanwal posted messages asking for help. His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chat’s administrator. Rolling Stone called the CIA representative in the text chat, who claimed it was a wrong number. A request for comment from the CIA was not returned. Lakanwal, according to an Associated Press report and confirmed by his unit mate, would swing from “long, dark stretches of isolation,” sometimes going weeks without speaking even to his family to “manic” episodes, during which he would take off on sudden, weeks-long cross-country drives, traveling to places like Chicago or Arizona. The Afghan Zero Unit community is tight-knit. At one point, during a trip to Texas last year, I watched as a group of veterans took over a shisha restaurant with more than 20 sitting at one table, laughing and smoking. Bonded by combat and the pain of losing their country, they are part of a lost generation of Afghans who believed America’s promise of democracy and sacrificed everything for it. But most of all Zero Unit veterans were heartbroken by Ratcliffe’s comments that they should never have been allowed to come to the United States because after fighting shoulder to shoulder with the CIA for almost 20 years, they are the next sacrifice on the altar of expediency. The only certainty in U.S. foreign policy from the last helicopter out of Saigon in 1975 to the Kurds after the Gulf War in 1991 to the 2020 Doha Accords and the Afghan evacuation in 2021, is that American loyalty comes with an expiration date.
December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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voices4justice.bsky.social
youtu.be/QHvnNNMvYsE?...
@joannacoles.bsky.social
@michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social
Weak Trump Losing Physical and Mental Grip: Wolff | Inside Trump's Head
YouTube video by The Daily Beast
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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voices4justice.bsky.social
If it walks like a #Thug and sounds like a #Thug , it must be #ConvictedFelon47
#OneMinuteMan
Trump reportedly gave Maduro ultimatum to relinquish power in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
clemakaos.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
clemakaos.bsky.social
We are all systems theorists now.

#Collapse #ClimateCrisis #TrumpEpsteinMaxwell

oursantaferiver.org/tipping-poin...
Front page of the Delaware News Journal featuring the climate crisis: "'Tipping Points' Too Risky to Ignore." 2025-11-29. Also, "Trump targets asylum reviews," and "Democrats question legality of boat strikes."
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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davidleheny.bsky.social
Jazz OTD: "Steamin'" was the final album to emerge from the May 11, 1956 marathon session by Miles Davis's first great quintet (John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones), a warm, perfect classic. Almost all tracks, including this one, from that session. #jazzsky
4 Diane by Miles Davis from 'Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet'
YouTube video by Miles Davis
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May 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
clemakaos.bsky.social
This was an orgiastic celebration of death: the literal state murders of Khashoggi, al-Jasser and other journalists and dissidents hacked to death so the Saudis can keep their fossil fuels flowing, and the death of press freedom, of the era of “woke corporations,” of democracy, and of the planet.
clemakaos.bsky.social Clem A Kaos @clemakaos.bsky.social · 3d
"some kind of communal transubstantiation with the blood-stained petrodollars they were really there to devour."

-- Will Bunch

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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer
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November 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
clemakaos.bsky.social
"some kind of communal transubstantiation with the blood-stained petrodollars they were really there to devour."

-- Will Bunch

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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer
eedition.inquirer.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
clemakaos.bsky.social
Better call Haym.

Washington simply wrote, “Send for Haym Salomon.”

www.chabad.org/library/arti...
Haym Salomon: The Man Who Financed the American Revolution - A Jewish American Hero
Washington wrote to Robert Morris saying he would need $20,000 to finance the campaign. Morris responded that there was simply no money or even credit left. Washington simply wrote, “Send for Haym Sal...
www.chabad.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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502dmp.bsky.social
Philadelphia Inquirer is a good paper and the home of @willbunch.bsky.social

www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.
www.inquirer.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:

“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
clemakaos.bsky.social
"We're not gonna take it..."

The quality of his abuse is not strained.

#TrumpSick
#TrumpEpsteinMaxwell
rparloff.bsky.social Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 4d
Upholding $1M sanction against Trump & Habba, 11th Cir. held:
• Arguments were "frivolous"
• "Malicious prosecution claim without a prosecution"
• "Trade secrets claim without a trade secret"
• 7 claims w/o cause of action
• 11 of 16 claims not even appealed
• "Pattern of misusing the courts"
1/2
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEW: An unanimous appeals court panel — authored by conservative Judge William Pryor and joined by Trump appointee Andrew Brasher — upheld a $1 million sanction againt Trump/Habba for filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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witchywoman68.bsky.social
“I raged, and woke to hear the rain.”

― Virginia Woolf
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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witchywoman68.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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witchywoman68.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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witchywoman68.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
clemakaos.bsky.social
Data privatization: just more theft, grift. Can't pay? Too bad, just die then. Must suck being poor. I'm sure there's a charity that can help.

"The driving force behind this secrecy is the soaring value of data."

#ClimateCrisis #DataCrisis #DemocracyCrisis

casi.stanford.edu/news/how-dat...
How Data Secrecy and Privatization Are Gutting American Democracy
Victoria Baranetsky explains how the privatization of government functions and the rising value of data are eroding public access, accountability, and democratic control.
casi.stanford.edu
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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climate.us
A new home outside the federal domain opens up multiple opportunities for Climate.us to innovate, share data, and partner with groups outside NOAA. We hope you’ll support our mission.#ClimateForUs
Why leave the federal domain? A new home outside the federal domain will allow the team to rescue Climate(.)gov and other federal assets. It will unleash new opportunities for innovation, collaboration, and impact. Technological Agility: Nonprofit ownership allows for greater nimbleness and flexibility in platform modernization, tool development, and data dissemination—speeding up innovation in visualization, interactive content, and accessibility features. Sustainable Funding: Privatization enables Climate.us to secure funding from philanthropic foundations, donors, U.S. government and international agencies, and private sponsors—building a diversified financial base not tied solely to federal appropriations. Broader Scope and Reach: From the nonprofit domain, Climate.us can forge partnerships with groups outside of NOAA, and its scope can expand and evolve, for example, to include data and information to inform efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
"Dr Michael Mann on #COP30" | My conversation earlier today with witty and wise @petedominick.bsky.social for the #StandUpWithPete podcast: www.youtube.com/live/E7uXL9z...
Dr Michael Mann on COP 30 📱
YouTube video by Stand Up! With Pete
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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mark-carney.bsky.social
More here:
www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
Canada announces commitment to the global fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria - Canada.ca
The Global Fund plays a key role in meeting the needs of the poorest and most marginalized, while strengthening global and Canadian health security. A longstanding contributor to the Global Fund to Fi...
www.canada.ca
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
clemakaos.bsky.social
Trump kill more millions.

#TrumpSick
#TrumpWpsteinMaxwell
#Project2025
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 5d
The dismantling of USAID and cuts to foreign aid will result in hundreds of thousands of additional deaths from HIV. This administration has done more to ensure more deaths as a result of HIV this year than the Reagan administration ever caused.
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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counseloroh.bsky.social
Fani Willis did nothing wrong. Once again the Trump Gulag created an issue where none existed & the MSM (ignorant journalists who insist they are experts on topics they know nothing about nor research) and gov officials & legal profs jump on the bandwagon. Our country is ruled by greed and dishonor.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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bloomberg.com
Vietnam has been pounded by deadly disasters and historic floods this year that have racked up at least $3 billion in losses and exposed the nation’s flimsy climate defenses
Deadly Storms, $3 Billion in Losses Test Vietnam’s Climate Defenses
Vietnam has been pounded by a series of deadly disasters and historic floods this year that have racked up at least $3 billion in losses and exposed the nation’s flimsy climate defenses, just as another storm bears down on the region.
bloom.bg
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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australia.theguardian.com
Temperatures to stay up to 8C above average for Queensland and northern NSW into next week after storms wreak havoc
Temperatures to stay up to 8C above average for Queensland and northern NSW into next week after storms wreak havoc
BoM advises people to stay indoors out of heatwave while Sydney recovers from severe storms that triggered thousands of SES calls * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Queensland is in for more hot days and warm nights, with weather officials warning cooler temperatures won’t arrive until early next week. The Bureau of Meteorology said on Thursday morning that parts of the state and northern New South Wales were expected to see temperatures two to eight degrees above the November average, continuing “multiple days in a row where we’ve seen such warm conditions”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM