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Attorney, active in politics & public policy half a century starting with JFK & civil rights movement, Ex Publisher California Progress Report & Legal Counsel to Speaker of CA Assembly. Trying to enjoy life in difficult times with music, photography travel
Trust in American Elections Has Declined Since 2024,
Broad Concerns about ICE at Polling Places in 2026
from Yankelovich Center for Transparent and Trust Elections
UC San Diego
Read report and survey of 11,406 eligible American voters
This has to be something we have to deal with!
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Voter trust in elections drops amid Trump critiques, redistricting & fear of ICE
LA Times
Republican ballot fraud concerns & Dem fear of voter intimidation & ICE agents at polling places
Just 60% confident midterm votes will be counted fairly
Must deal with this to get our vote out
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With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
NYT Gift Article
The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation that is likely to make cars thirstier for gas and less competitive globally
And make our planet an unlivable hellhole
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Read the Judge's decision in City of Philadelphia v. Doug Burgum et. al. ordering the Trump administration to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House
A legal and literary masterpiece quoting from George Orwell's 1984, for good reason
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Judge orders restoration of Philadelphia slavery exhibits at home of George Washington
Politico
Cynthia Rufe, a George W. Bush appointee, compared the administration’s effort to remove the panels to Orwell’s “1984”
Happy Presidents Day
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Rubio to Europe: We Hit You Because We Love You
The Bulwark
Trump Shits on Europe. Rubio Applies Perfume.
Allies aren’t interested in abusive relationship
Politico Europe reports negotiations underway among Europe, Canada, Mexico and Indo-Pacific nations to form a new trade bloc
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The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
A carnival float depicting US President Donald Trump is seen during the Rosemonday Carnival Parade in Duesseldorf, Germany
There's more
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Page: Pam Bondi shows loyalty to her audience of one
By Clarence Page, columnist for the Chicago Tribune
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Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and ‘Godfather’ mainstay, dead at 95
AP
His passion for his craft was matched only by his deep love for characters, a great meal, and holding court. He gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented
RIP
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You are korrect!
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One of Big Sur’s most spectacular trails has finally reopened after years of repairs
SF Chron
Reconnecting hikers to peaks, waterfalls and swimming holes in the heart of the region’s rugged mountains
Laid down about 90 years ago by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Thanks to FDR
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I had a great hike around 8000 feet up near where the Olympics are taking place in Italy
I am grateful I had the opportunity and ability to do this in my 70's and gain inspiration from this photo
Rugged and beautiful
#Photography
Click on picture to see the hikers below who look like ants
The Year of the Pissed Off Voter
by Jim Acosta
Trump's trainwreck second term is Making Apathy Go Away... and that is a good thing
Look around, folks. The Great Voter Revolt of 2026 is on
Americans view Bad Bunny as somebody who “better represents America” than Trump
bit.ly/4alsajr
Anti-system voters are turning on Trump over Epstein
Vox
February 2026 may go down as the month the Epstein files cemented itself as a lasting political liability for Trump & Republicans
These voters skew politically moderate, independent, and young and get info from social media
bit.ly/4tFSCM8
Good morning. Happy President's Day.
After posting about the internet's nihilism--a serious problem, we need to look for how to approach this and what we can do
There are many good things happening and this is not how to start the day out here in the west coast where it is early morning.
This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters
Welcome to the internet’s nihilism crisis
Atlantic Gift Article
Social-media platforms—and especially X—have loosened moderation at the time AI tools have allowed for the easy proliferation of slop
Norms are disregarded
Pretty grim
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In First Public Comments Since Trump’s Racist Video, Obama Laments Lost Decorum
NYT Gift Article
In podcast interview President Obama didn't directly address the video posted by Mr. Trump but denounced a “clown show” on social media
I cried when I watched this on YouTube last night
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Crowd Counting Consortium
From the Harvard Kennedy School
Ash Center for Democratic Governance
A public interest and scholarly project to document protests and demonstrations in the United States
Take a dive into this collaborative effort by Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth
bit.ly/4kF0l9o
The backlash against Trump is showing up in hard data not just polls
by G. Elliott Morris
The pollster triangulates new data that shows the backlash against Trump being picked up in the polls isn’t a fluke
Anti-Trump protests are 4x the size they were in his first term and more
bit.ly/4aiLIFb
Trump, a Gulliverian Midget amongst Giants
from Better Living Through Beowulf
Trump's complaint that Americans are allowing ICE killings of Renee Good and Alex Petti to overshadow his magnificent accomplishments fits the character of Gulliver in Jonathan Swift’s satire
Nails it
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I Trusted Jeff Bezos. The Joke’s on Me.
by Lydia Polgreen
NYT Gift Article
From first hand experiences as a columnist meeting Bezos up close & personal when he stated & believed in the principles of journalism he knew EXACTLY what he was doing was wrong
Thoughtful
Very well written
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Bondi’s Incompetence Is the Latest Insult for Epstein’s Victims
NYT Editorial Board
Gift Article
The headline is incomplete as it describes more than incompetence
A powerful indictment of Bondi and the DOJ calling it "a weaponized document dump disguised as a reckoning"
Read it
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This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
by Elizabeth Bruenig
Atlantic Gift Article
Grueling story based on extensive reporting & interviews with physicians including those who care directly for patients with measles
RFK should read it
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How the House Judiciary GOP Misread Europe's €120 million X Decision
Tech Policy Press
The House Judiciary Republican official X account alleged the rationale for the EU Commission’s €120 million fine against X, was “weak and a pretext for censorship.”
Non polemical analysis refutes
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What the EU’s X Decision Reveals About How the DSA Is Enforced
Tech Policy Press
Europe's imposition of a €120 million fine on X has been roundly criticized by Trump and Republicans as anti-free speech
This explains the decision & the Digital Services Act & links to it
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‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump’s immigration raids
Politico
Construction executives in multiple meetings with White House and Congress to discuss immigration busts on job sites
Not a constructive policy or way to make homes affordable!
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally Trump admin continues detentions despite rulings
Reuters you can read
Over 20,000 lawsuits seeking their release threatens to clog the judicial system
700 DOJ attorneys overwhelmed Bo way to run a railroad! Contempt
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San Jose politicians back billionaire governor candidate, slam billionaire-supported mayor
The California Governor's race gets weird
This is an article from the SF Chron by the great political columnist Joe Garofoli
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Trump vows voter ID requirements for the midterms 'whether approved by Congress or not'
NBC
In social media post he said if Congress failed to approve legislation he would issue an executive order
Experts say this piles illegality on top of illegality and the Constitution
Read
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America the Fearful
Visions of Decline Are a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Foreign Affairs Gift Article
Stephen Miller offered a blunt justification for Trump's actions: that the world is governed by by power
To secure our security Trump can use force wherever and whenever he wants
Read
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