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Gabriele Schafer
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Theater maker. Rebel. Animal and planet lover. Vegan for both.
intlculturelab.org
thievestheatre.org
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Yeeees. What happened to the anti-trust laws??
Remember when government used to protect us against monopolies? Those were good times!
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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It started with price gouging during the height of the Pandemic and shows no sign of stopping under a corrupt Regime.
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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“Trump has been a font of hatred writ large and a facilitator of vicious antisemites. With the White House imprimatur behind him he commands a vast audience. If there has been a normalization of antisemitism in America it comes in no small part from the very top.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/right-wing...
Right-Wing Critics of Antisemitism Keep Weirdly Mum About Trump
But this fish rots from the head.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.

For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.

The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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“People think that Medicaid is poor, lazy people skirting the system,” Jane, a Vermont resident, tells Rolling Stone.

“But it’s teachers, volunteer firefighters, police officers. It’s people that are part of the community”

Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Some good news for a change…
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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“The current administration is trying to scrub websites, datasets, and now signs in National Parks (and on other public lands) of words or ideas that they don't like. We're trying to preserve this content to help preserve our full history, not just a tidy whitewashed version.”

Listen now:
A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)
Podcast Episode · The 404 Media Podcast · 2025-11-10 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support
College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support
SNAP benefits for roughly 42 million people in the U.S. were cut off at the beginning of November due to the government shutdown.
dlvr.it
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
1/2 “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us…
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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“We have a president who’s deliberately making hunger worse for Americans.” In new speech, President Biden rips into Donald Trump.
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Not sure if these are the Page One headlines WH was going for.

@wsj.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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WOW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom gets a rock star welcome in Houston, Texas — greeted by cheering crowds lined up outside his rally today.
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
😂
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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100 calories of crops fed to animals =

🥛 17 calories of cows milk 🐮
or
🥚 17 calories of hens eggs 🐔
or
🍗 13 calories of chicken flesh 🐓
or
🥓 9 calories of pig flesh 🐷
or
🥩 3 calories of cow flesh 🐂

OR

We could all eat crops directly and end world hunger 🤷🏽‍♀️
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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With 64 books to her name, Margaret Atwood has been called the "prophet of doom" for her uncanny ability to write about catastrophes in her fiction before they happen in real life. This Sunday, she talks with Jon Wertheim about her dystopian classic, "The Handmaid’s Tale." 60Minutes.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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💜 “We’ve seen firsthand how IndieSpace shows up for artists.”

Each year, The Big Give celebrates the indie theater community - the people, spaces, and creativity.

If your company (or one you know!) might be interested in supporting The Big Give, learn more: indiespace.org/the-big-give-sponsorship
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Utterly outrageous, but then what isn’t these days…
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.

12 days of work in 107 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.

Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.

Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.

Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Excessive force. PERIOD!

They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.

📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM