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Progressive Oregonian, LGBTQ++, conservation volunteer, Indivisible, BLM, Retired teacher
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· Feb 5
Netanyahu can't even keep a straight face as his pal announces we are taking Gaza.
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Not just isolated cases: Ukrainian children deported to Russia are held in at least 210 facilities. From indoctrination to military training, Yale investigators reveal a vast system that may amount to war crimes.
Yale Investigation: Deported Ukrainian Children Taken to Over 210 Facilities in Russia - Profolus
Yale researchers identified and verified 210 sites in Russia holding Ukrainian deported children.
www.profolus.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Not just isolated cases: Ukrainian children deported to Russia are held in at least 210 facilities. From indoctrination to military training, Yale investigators reveal a vast system that may amount to war crimes.
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Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions
September 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Japan broke it's All-time NATIONAL heat record for the 2nd time in... checks notes... less than a week!
It's not coincidence. It's climate change.
Japan is surrounded by the most anomalously hot water on the planet right now. The city of Isesaki hit 107 - it's in a valley NW of Tokyo. 1/
It's not coincidence. It's climate change.
Japan is surrounded by the most anomalously hot water on the planet right now. The city of Isesaki hit 107 - it's in a valley NW of Tokyo. 1/
August 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Japan broke it's All-time NATIONAL heat record for the 2nd time in... checks notes... less than a week!
It's not coincidence. It's climate change.
Japan is surrounded by the most anomalously hot water on the planet right now. The city of Isesaki hit 107 - it's in a valley NW of Tokyo. 1/
It's not coincidence. It's climate change.
Japan is surrounded by the most anomalously hot water on the planet right now. The city of Isesaki hit 107 - it's in a valley NW of Tokyo. 1/
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The President of the United States went on CNBC today and said: He won the 2020 election (he didn’t). He has a 71% approval rating (he doesn’t). The jobs numbers were rigged (they weren’t).
I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.
I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.
August 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The President of the United States went on CNBC today and said: He won the 2020 election (he didn’t). He has a 71% approval rating (he doesn’t). The jobs numbers were rigged (they weren’t).
I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.
I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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*25K* Special Remark: Thank you for being here all along.
I created this to remind myself, and it has helped me stay on this path. I hope it inspires you too. If you're on this path, let's connect and be friends for life. #FreePalestine
More info in the YouTube description.
youtu.be/UYXSaFyx8jo
I created this to remind myself, and it has helped me stay on this path. I hope it inspires you too. If you're on this path, let's connect and be friends for life. #FreePalestine
More info in the YouTube description.
youtu.be/UYXSaFyx8jo
Pay For Nothing | A Song About Sacrifice and Hope | PAY::FOR::NONE #freepalestine
YouTube video by payfornone
youtu.be
May 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
*25K* Special Remark: Thank you for being here all along.
I created this to remind myself, and it has helped me stay on this path. I hope it inspires you too. If you're on this path, let's connect and be friends for life. #FreePalestine
More info in the YouTube description.
youtu.be/UYXSaFyx8jo
I created this to remind myself, and it has helped me stay on this path. I hope it inspires you too. If you're on this path, let's connect and be friends for life. #FreePalestine
More info in the YouTube description.
youtu.be/UYXSaFyx8jo
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BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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Here’s the thing about a strike: we can’t call one until we’re ready. If we do, the government will know to just wait us out. We won’t be able to last as long as we need to to be successful.
And this doesn’t just mean everyone needs to sign a strike card. There’s so much more.
And this doesn’t just mean everyone needs to sign a strike card. There’s so much more.
April 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Here’s the thing about a strike: we can’t call one until we’re ready. If we do, the government will know to just wait us out. We won’t be able to last as long as we need to to be successful.
And this doesn’t just mean everyone needs to sign a strike card. There’s so much more.
And this doesn’t just mean everyone needs to sign a strike card. There’s so much more.
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Delighted by this great coverage in the Oregonian about SB 686 the Oregon Journalism Protection Act, which will provide a lifeline for local news organizations that keep our communities informed. Via Carlos Fuentes of @oregonian.com: loom.ly/wEx1qMM
Oregon lawmakers to decide whether big tech should pay to support local journalism
Companies including Google and Meta could be required to pay millions to online Oregon news outlets.
loom.ly
April 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Delighted by this great coverage in the Oregonian about SB 686 the Oregon Journalism Protection Act, which will provide a lifeline for local news organizations that keep our communities informed. Via Carlos Fuentes of @oregonian.com: loom.ly/wEx1qMM
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This is accurate. Millions globally and across every single state. 1,300 community protests. From hundreds to hundreds of thousands. We want MAGAs to gets their grubby hands off our democracy. And we want Dems to find their spines. And we're just getting started (again).
Millions of people took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across all 50 states and globally on Saturday: cnn.it/4hYKFL3
April 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is accurate. Millions globally and across every single state. 1,300 community protests. From hundreds to hundreds of thousands. We want MAGAs to gets their grubby hands off our democracy. And we want Dems to find their spines. And we're just getting started (again).
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if you were looking for signs that Jeff Bezos's obeisance to Trump has bled over into newsroom coverage it would probably look something like this article getting top billing over the story of 3-5 million people marching yesterday www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
She marched against Trump in 2017. Now, she says, ‘just let it all burn.’
Democrats are struggling to match the massive “resistance” movement that sprang up in Trump’s first term — and battling cynicism among their own voters.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
if you were looking for signs that Jeff Bezos's obeisance to Trump has bled over into newsroom coverage it would probably look something like this article getting top billing over the story of 3-5 million people marching yesterday www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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This is funny. And the serious problem with the NYT is it misinforms about reality. Not with inaccuracy so much as emphasis, perspective, and framing. That makes it a bad news source. Go to the Guardian, or Wired, or others/ independent sources. You don't need the NYT or LA Times, or WaPo.
Three million Americans marched today. Here’s why we wrote about one American who didn’t.
April 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is funny. And the serious problem with the NYT is it misinforms about reality. Not with inaccuracy so much as emphasis, perspective, and framing. That makes it a bad news source. Go to the Guardian, or Wired, or others/ independent sources. You don't need the NYT or LA Times, or WaPo.
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance newrepublic.com/article/1931... via @newrepublic.com
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
Ordinary people have more power than they know.
newrepublic.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance newrepublic.com/article/1931... via @newrepublic.com
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An “empty chair” townhall for my missing Congressman. He hasn’t held a townhall since 2012.
March 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
An “empty chair” townhall for my missing Congressman. He hasn’t held a townhall since 2012.
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Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 57 is out!
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
More insanity and dangerous chaos
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
More insanity and dangerous chaos
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 57
March 17, 2025
trumptyrannytracker.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 57 is out!
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
More insanity and dangerous chaos
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
More insanity and dangerous chaos
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This is important.
I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
March 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is important.
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We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
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He couldn’t even run a charity without breaking the law—Now he believes he’s in charge of the Supreme Court, Congress, our rights, and the U.S. justice system. Who’s going to stop him?!
March 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
He couldn’t even run a charity without breaking the law—Now he believes he’s in charge of the Supreme Court, Congress, our rights, and the U.S. justice system. Who’s going to stop him?!
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The hypocrisy is off the charts.
March 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The hypocrisy is off the charts.
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Happy #internationalwomensday !!! Don't let the patriarchy get you down. We outchea!
March 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Happy #internationalwomensday !!! Don't let the patriarchy get you down. We outchea!