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Non-profit marcom professional: retired but still involved and always looking for interesting and/or meaningful projects. I love the ocean, science, art, the Oxford comma, and anything that makes me laugh.
The incredible stupidity was announced awhile back, so it's good to see it back in the headlines. On every front, this administration is making Americans less safe.
Trump admin wants to keep Americans blind to the future
Meanwhile, the current administration plans to shut down multiple active and future U.S. climate and environmental satellite missions. 🧪🛰️🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.science.org/content/arti...
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The incredible stupidity was announced awhile back, so it's good to see it back in the headlines. On every front, this administration is making Americans less safe.
Excellent point.
If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Excellent point.
Laser focused on the most important things. Again.
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Laser focused on the most important things. Again.
Where's the "thank you for your attention to this matter" -- did he run out of energy?
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Where's the "thank you for your attention to this matter" -- did he run out of energy?
Banned in Europe, widely used in the US.
Atrazine probably causes cancer in humans, WHO cancer agency says
The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency has classified the herbicide atrazine as “probably carcinogenic to humans.”
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November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Banned in Europe, widely used in the US.
Wow ... No words.
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Wow ... No words.
Under this administration, "P" in EPA no longer stands for "Protection" -- what do you think: "Pollution", "Poison"? Or maybe, EPA now stands for Exploit the Planet Agency.
WaPo - EPA abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more American deaths. wapo.st/49zm7rA
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Under this administration, "P" in EPA no longer stands for "Protection" -- what do you think: "Pollution", "Poison"? Or maybe, EPA now stands for Exploit the Planet Agency.
ICE in the Streets, Fire in Our Eyes
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
ICE in the Streets, Fire in Our Eyes
A first-hand account from the Bro-Tex raid, Saint Paul
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ICE in the Streets, Fire in Our Eyes
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
Wait, what indeed. It's as if Hegseth doesn't feel sufficiently loathsome.
Wait, what?
Oh, this drunk embarrassment has to go. For fucks sake! 🤦🏻♀️
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Wait, what indeed. It's as if Hegseth doesn't feel sufficiently loathsome.
Surprising nobody (but angering many):
See you in court. The US Dept of Interior skips NEPA review for its 5 year plan to expand offshore drilling, breaking with prior precedent. 1/ www.eenews.net/articles/int...
Interior skips NEPA analysis for offshore drilling expansion
All prior five-year drilling plans — dating back to 1980 — reference National Environmental Policy Act analyses.
www.eenews.net
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Surprising nobody (but angering many):
Exactly!
Both the threats against Senator Kelly et. al. and the attempt to impose a pro-Russian peace on Ukraine are huge scandals, and they're just what these people have done *this week*
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Exactly!
How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away
YouTube video by Dan Hicks - Topic
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Watched this last night and wondered how much traction it would get with everything else going on. This is a start.
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Watched this last night and wondered how much traction it would get with everything else going on. This is a start.
Jared f*ing Kushner... Again ... Makes me think of the Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks song, "How Can I miss You if You Won't Go Away"
Is Jared looking for another big payday?
Or did someone already blow through the $2 billion they got from the Saudis?
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
Or did someone already blow through the $2 billion they got from the Saudis?
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
Jared and Witkoff are Kremlin stooges .. and utter ignoramuses www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Jared f*ing Kushner... Again ... Makes me think of the Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks song, "How Can I miss You if You Won't Go Away"
Because it is really the only appropriate response for what Secdrunk is doing.
Senator Ruben Gallego didn't mince words. Read the full daily bulletin: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Because it is really the only appropriate response for what Secdrunk is doing.
Rick Wilson nailing it with his usual passionate intensity
MAGA Is A Foreign Influence Op
Trump Isn't Vladimir Putin's Only American Sucker
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Rick Wilson nailing it with his usual passionate intensity
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Just when we thing Pete Hegseth couldn't be any more loathsome, this:
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just when we thing Pete Hegseth couldn't be any more loathsome, this:
Moving speech by Harry Dunn.
Listen to these powerful speeches and truth tellers who are telling the truth about the danger and trauma Americans are facing because of the Trump fascist regime! Remove the regime!
“F* the Supreme Court", Former Capitol Officer Leads Fiery Call to Impeach and Remove Trump | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Moving speech by Harry Dunn.
this about sums it all up
Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
this about sums it all up
Kara Swisher never wastes a word as she absolutely nails it.
Howard Lutnick is a moronic toady but what’s Maria Bartiromo’s excuse? Oh, wait, same.
Lutnick: "The president wants the American people to understand how great tariffs are for them"
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Kara Swisher never wastes a word as she absolutely nails it.
In a story that surprise nobody but disgust us all ...
HOUSTON: A church employee pretended to be ICE to extort a masseuse for money who is in the country legally with a temporary visa
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In a story that surprise nobody but disgust us all ...
George who?
i feel like if you understand what the ending of the show was trying to say there's no point in having any content set after it.
no new age of the world, westeros is trapped in doomed to be trapped in hellish medieval stasis for eternity. the wheel spins on forever
no new age of the world, westeros is trapped in doomed to be trapped in hellish medieval stasis for eternity. the wheel spins on forever
George R.R. Martin teases the 'Game of Thrones' universe will finally get to the world after the OG show's divisive finale.
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
George who?
And just this morning I was saying to a friend that I didn't like her more, but disliked her a bit less. The complete picture feels more on brand--the one I disliked a LOT.
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
And just this morning I was saying to a friend that I didn't like her more, but disliked her a bit less. The complete picture feels more on brand--the one I disliked a LOT.