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· Dec 14
"If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” - Whitney v. California, 274 U. S. 357 (1927) (Brandeis, J.) #freedomofspeech #freespeech #civilliberties
Remember that, two days from now, the right thing to do is go outside and be in nature and to avoid spending money in stores or online for any reason. "Black Friday" should be called that because it advances damage to nature by encouraging over-consumption. Boycott it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Remember that, two days from now, the right thing to do is go outside and be in nature and to avoid spending money in stores or online for any reason. "Black Friday" should be called that because it advances damage to nature by encouraging over-consumption. Boycott it.
I bet Leavitt was involved in deliberately and purposefully arranging the deportation of her former sister-in-law.
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
Woman With Ties To Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Family In ICE Custody
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I bet Leavitt was involved in deliberately and purposefully arranging the deportation of her former sister-in-law.
If my alma mater signs Trump's extortion document or cooperates with the fascist regime in DC, then it will prove only that its president and other leaders lack any commitment to actual education and free inquiry.
ASU is positioning itself as the anti-Harvard in Trump’s campaign to remake higher education.
Arizona State’s President Is Pulling Out All the Stops to Get on Trump’s Good Side
ASU is positioning itself as the anti-Harvard in Trump’s campaign to remake higher education.
on.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If my alma mater signs Trump's extortion document or cooperates with the fascist regime in DC, then it will prove only that its president and other leaders lack any commitment to actual education and free inquiry.
Smartphones, motor vehicles, TVs, computers, HVAC units, plumbing systems, electrical infrastructure, and other products involve technologies that have an adverse environmental impact. We should not boycott a technology. Better to lessen its environmental impact as much as we can via regulation.
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Smartphones, motor vehicles, TVs, computers, HVAC units, plumbing systems, electrical infrastructure, and other products involve technologies that have an adverse environmental impact. We should not boycott a technology. Better to lessen its environmental impact as much as we can via regulation.
Accurately stating the law cannot possibly be considered an example of "contemptuous words" and, even if they could, that provision of the UCMJ cannot constitutionally be understood to prevent an elected member of Congress from criticizing the president. That is, after all, part of their job.
I should have said UCMJ article. Art. 88 Contempt toward Officials (10 USC §888) prohibits commissioned officers from using contemptuous words against the Prez, Veep, MOC, SecDef, DHS Sec. gov. etc. (Uh oh).
They’re probably looking at Art. 94 (10 USC §894) Mutiny or sedition, which seems a stretch
They’re probably looking at Art. 94 (10 USC §894) Mutiny or sedition, which seems a stretch
894. ARTICLE 94. Mutiny or Sedition
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who– (1) with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his duty or create...
ucmj.us
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Accurately stating the law cannot possibly be considered an example of "contemptuous words" and, even if they could, that provision of the UCMJ cannot constitutionally be understood to prevent an elected member of Congress from criticizing the president. That is, after all, part of their job.
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Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
The full impact of the pandemic has been much greater than what is indicated by reported
deaths due to COVID-19 alone. Strengthening death registration systems around the
world, long understood to be ...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
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Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, an original San Diego Zoo resident, dies at 141
Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, an original San Diego Zoo resident, dies at 141
Gramma the tortoise, believed to be 141 years old and the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, was euthanized after suffering from progressive bone deterioration because of her age.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, an original San Diego Zoo resident, dies at 141
And, by the way: cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
And, by the way: cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...
This is the correct way to talk about Pete Hegseth. Except I would leave out the "sir" part.
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This is the correct way to talk about Pete Hegseth. Except I would leave out the "sir" part.
Mark Kelly for President. That's all.
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Mark Kelly for President. That's all.
The dismissal of the Comey indictment is without prejudice. That means the government can try again. But "good luck." I doubt the grand jury will indict again and, even if it does, the same flaws in the case will persist. Why bother?
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The dismissal of the Comey indictment is without prejudice. That means the government can try again. But "good luck." I doubt the grand jury will indict again and, even if it does, the same flaws in the case will persist. Why bother?
This may finally be, for me, the end of using any Meta platforms. I am a reluctant and generally occasional user anyway, but this is so damn appalling that it's getting to the point where one might need to put Meta in the same category as X.
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This may finally be, for me, the end of using any Meta platforms. I am a reluctant and generally occasional user anyway, but this is so damn appalling that it's getting to the point where one might need to put Meta in the same category as X.
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Delete all your Meta/Facebook accounts.
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Delete all your Meta/Facebook accounts.
More of this, Democrats.
#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
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David Clayton is running for congress in NC's District 5 against #FuckMAGA Republican Virginia Foxx — and this is how he introduced himself.👇
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David Clayton is running for congress in NC's District 5 against #FuckMAGA Republican Virginia Foxx — and this is how he introduced himself.👇
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
More of this, Democrats.
The Democratic candidate who promises that everyone - yes, everyone - who breaks the law will be held accountable to the law is the winning candidate.
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The Democratic candidate who promises that everyone - yes, everyone - who breaks the law will be held accountable to the law is the winning candidate.
The moment just before this nation changed forever. . . We are still living with the consequences of Oswald's evil deed. May John F. Kennedy's soul rest in peace forever.
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The moment just before this nation changed forever. . . We are still living with the consequences of Oswald's evil deed. May John F. Kennedy's soul rest in peace forever.
And Hakeem Jeffries and the rest of the idiots in the House Democratic leadership called these things "horrors" today.
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
And Hakeem Jeffries and the rest of the idiots in the House Democratic leadership called these things "horrors" today.
And here is Colorado's awful, horrible, terrible, no-good, really bad governor, Jared Polis, not saying "no" to Trump's plan to get election law violator Tina Peters out of state prison and into a club fed where can be given white glove treatment like Maxwell.
NEW: A written statement from Gov Jared Polis (D) says he is reviewing the Trump administration's request to release Tina Peters to federal custody.
Polis praised Colorado's bipartisan election clerks who are asking him not to release Peters from state custody but didn't commit.
Polis praised Colorado's bipartisan election clerks who are asking him not to release Peters from state custody but didn't commit.
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And here is Colorado's awful, horrible, terrible, no-good, really bad governor, Jared Polis, not saying "no" to Trump's plan to get election law violator Tina Peters out of state prison and into a club fed where can be given white glove treatment like Maxwell.
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We fucking warned Doug Burgum this would happen if he left national parks open during the shutdown.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Hundreds of Joshua trees were scorched during the shutdown
A firefighter with the National Park Service says a fire wiped out more than a thousand Joshua trees amid the government shutdown. Restoration could be limited by a depleted staff, they said.
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We fucking warned Doug Burgum this would happen if he left national parks open during the shutdown.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
The corporate consultants have to be paid and the soulless politicians and their idiotic campaign staff cannot resist BS like this.
Dear Dem Leadership,
Stop trying to fundraise off this shit.
Do something about it. Grandstand, make a scene, stall, object to Unanimous Consent. Take this shit seriously and make a goddamn big deal about it because its a goddamn big deal.
Stop trying to fundraise off this shit.
Do something about it. Grandstand, make a scene, stall, object to Unanimous Consent. Take this shit seriously and make a goddamn big deal about it because its a goddamn big deal.
Holy living fuck. How is this real life?
“Someone called for my execution! I will do nothing about this but please donate to my campaign!”
“Someone called for my execution! I will do nothing about this but please donate to my campaign!”
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The corporate consultants have to be paid and the soulless politicians and their idiotic campaign staff cannot resist BS like this.
In the U.S., politicians are basically never held accountable for their abuses and lawbreaking. I trace it back to the Hayes debacle in 1877. The deal to end Reconstruction sent the message that even treason and terrorism by politicians is fine. And Republicans have long taken that to heart.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In the U.S., politicians are basically never held accountable for their abuses and lawbreaking. I trace it back to the Hayes debacle in 1877. The deal to end Reconstruction sent the message that even treason and terrorism by politicians is fine. And Republicans have long taken that to heart.
And Li'l Marco Rubio has apparently abandoned or ignored his duty to advance American national interests as our chief diplomat, at least in this instance.
The White House has acknowledged Kirill Dmitriev, Vladimir Putin's envoy, wrote the proposal together with Donald Trump's special representative Steve Witkoff. The pair hammered out the text during a meeting in Miami.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
And Li'l Marco Rubio has apparently abandoned or ignored his duty to advance American national interests as our chief diplomat, at least in this instance.
If Trump gets his way on this, then you can count on Russia invading at least one of the Baltic states, if not all three, and threatening Moldova and Polan, too. This "peace deal" would virtually guarantee more war in Europe.
I feel sick. This is a betrayal of the brave people of Ukraine who are defending not only their own freedom but ours too. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
U.S. pushing Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thanksgiving or lose support
The U.S. is sending “signals” that everything could be off the table if Kyiv does not quickly sign a proposal, which was drawn up by special envoy Witkoff.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If Trump gets his way on this, then you can count on Russia invading at least one of the Baltic states, if not all three, and threatening Moldova and Polan, too. This "peace deal" would virtually guarantee more war in Europe.
Hakeem Jeffries and the rest of the House Democratic leadership voted to condemn "socialism." You mean, like Social Security, Medicare, collective bargaining rights, protecting the environment from corporate polluters, providing public education, and building some food security in the U.S.?
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hakeem Jeffries and the rest of the House Democratic leadership voted to condemn "socialism." You mean, like Social Security, Medicare, collective bargaining rights, protecting the environment from corporate polluters, providing public education, and building some food security in the U.S.?
Here's another Democratic governor who puts an actual commitment to deal with climate change below her desire to please the oil and gas industry.
Keep in mind NM Governor Lujan Grisham--who touts herself as a climate leader--has pushed this boondoggle since 2020, when she joined NM to the Western States & Tribal Nations Natural Gas Initiative.
All part of fossil fuel interests entrenching themselves & obstructing a just energy transition.
All part of fossil fuel interests entrenching themselves & obstructing a just energy transition.
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Here's another Democratic governor who puts an actual commitment to deal with climate change below her desire to please the oil and gas industry.