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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.

Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

Rachel Carson

For Women's History Month, may we all remember and summon the courage of Rachel Carson, who wrote Silent Spring to inform the world what DDT was doing to the songbirds, raptors,and by extension, us. While battling cancer, she stood her ground against savage attacks by the chemical industry...

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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

You would be mistaken to expect Trump will successfully become a dictator I said in my last piece (www.dailykos.com/...) that “the war for freedom would not be won in a decisive battle, but rather be a long grueling campaign of attrition.” This is not fatalistic, it is the ...

The 2024 Election was not the war for liberty and democracy - it was one battle. I am still standing, and so are you. So long as we stand together, Fascism shall never win the war.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

I’m telling everyone: Do not open the door or say a word unless you’re expecting someone and know exactly who it is.

Know your rights. Pass these around…

The Report That Musk, Zuck & Bezos DON'T Want You to See A scathing OXFAM report exposes how billionaires really "earn" their wealth.

5 trillionaires within a decade?!

WTF are we doing 😳

Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.

The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

Trump’s Offshore Wind Ban Is Coming, Congressman Says Though it might not be as comprehensive or as permanent as renewables advocates have feared, it’s also “just the beginning,” the congressman said.

President-elect Donald Trump’s team is drafting an executive order to “halt offshore wind turbine activities” along the East Coast, working with the office of Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, the congressman said in a press release from his office Monday afternoon.

POLITICO has a rough draft of how Trump & Republicans will cut health care, food stamps, investments in regular people… to clear the way for yet another tax cut for corporations and the rich. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

Manhattan smog: fog + pollutants. From 1971-77, the Documerica project captured 20,000 images of America’s environmental impact. Explore these through the National Archives. The photo below is from Documerica—join the movement! Let’s not forget our past, or we’re bound to repeat it.

In ‘Bribe, Inc.,’ a Searing Takedown of Corporate Corruption | The Tyee Bold and bracing, the exposé shows the high price of telling the truth.

“The experience of seeing a powerful documentary in a theatre and talking about it afterwards is still one of the most galvanizing things one can do in this moment of ongoing fracture.

“Which brings me to ‘Bribe, Inc.’”

Our girl scout troop went to the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, OR when I was about 12. First play we saw was Titus Andronicus. 🫣😬

Here’s something to think about as you kick off 2025: ✨We are all stardust.✨

Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born.

Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr

Seems there should be some kind of a recall at this point...

And when he doesn't, they will blame Biden and the Democrats. So predictable; they refuse to learn.

Done, thanks for the heads-up. 👍

And his followers who said there wouldn't be any wars with him as Prez will accept, demand and encourage this. Of course.

Who, I believe, was part of the spectacle. 😑

Anyone in this photo other than the two officers that are required to bring him in, are media whores. Shame on them.

You comment reminded me of the Bush ban of stem cell research and how far we fell behind in work towards understanding and potentially curing diseases like Parkinson's. Makes me wonder who we are going to next abandon.

I believe it was, but any effectiveness is now debated due to extra energy spent on cooling during the summer.

Absolutely! And the smoke and cinders that rise from the fire and drop back into the cauldron give it just that extra je ne sais quoi! 👨‍🍳💋

I'm following the same route. I just step back from the overwhelming emotions of anger, sadness and fear and focus on me and those in my care. Whether it's friends, family or immediate community; they are now my focus. While I can't save the country, I may be able to save myself.

This is fantastic news!

What bothers me most about the hagiographies tech journalists wrote about Elon Musk for 20+ years is that they universally framed him as an intelligent man.

He's not.

He's an undereducated, intemperate, incurious, prejudiced, unwise, narrowly skilled dolt who is willfully ignorant on most topics.

Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now, They Want Protection From Lawsuits. A company controlled by Goldman Sachs is helping to lead a lobbying effort by makers of fertilizer linked to “forever chemicals.”

Toxic fertilizer made from sewage is contaminating American farmland. Now its makers want Congress to shield them from lawsuits.

I'd consider that, but he was fully engaged other than with servers. He made eye contact with me, his daughter, fellow teachers and his students. I only noticed the disconnect in a restaurant.