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Back for 2 shows, one in Lincoln Coty and one in Nay City!! Doc will be a guest!

Social Justice Actions - Kathleen Dreier Photography 2025 We have entered a new era of fighting for peoples' rights. This ongoing album is a collection of social justice actions Kathleen has documented since the inauguration on 01/20/25. The images will...

Several more rally/march events have been added to my ongoing and ever-growing viewing album. There were two actions in Tucson on March 4th. Images are in reverse chronological order.

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Standing with you and staying loud!

Thank you Senator Ron Wyden! Don't back down.

cc: @Gavin Newsome It’s time to build a CDC & NIH in California with the folks who were fired from the feds. In fact, I think each blue state governor needs to scoop up these scientists, healthcare workers and laboratory workers asap. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

February 7, 2025 Maya Miller of the New York Times reported today that the congressional phone system has been jammed with tens of millions of calls from outraged constituents contacting their representatives to deman...

One of Maine’s Senators is trying to protect the Constitution. The other may or may not be concerned. Thank you, Senator King.

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YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show

From @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social. "If you’re always consumed by the next outrage, you can’t look closely at the last one. The impression of Trump’s power remains; the fact that he keeps stepping on rakes is missed. The projection of strength obscures the reality of weakness. Don’t believe him."

"And then we'll have a white guy with a shaved head wearing a brown shirt block the way..."

"Come on, Bob, no one will believe that part of the script. Dial it down."

Lost my CDC contract after a visit from DOGE. I feel like I’m in the dirt (or TBH eating a pint of ice cream on a couch crying). But here’s the thing: Pushing people down—especially those with heart, purpose, and love for public service—doesn’t mean they stay down. It’s literally against their DNA.

February 5, 2025 Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial.

February 5, 2025:

Senator Schiff (as Dems filibuster the nomination of Project 2025 author Russ Vought): “The moment you say it’s ok to violate the law to shut down USAID you have said it is ok to violate the law and shut down anything.”

Robert Reich: This is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans It’s a coup. As Trump talks about taking over Gaza (“beautiful shoreline”), Greenland (“great minerals”), Panama (“very strategic”), and making Canada the 51st state, the media has gone ape-shite wild. Meanwhile, Trump’s goons are taking over the…

Robert Reich: This is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans: It’s a coup.

As Trump talks about taking over Gaza (“beautiful shoreline”), Greenland (“great minerals”), Panama (“very strategic”), and making Canada the 51st state, the media has gone ape-shite wild.

Meanwhile, Trump’s goons…

The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.

I’ve got the morning shift. This guy is dangerous and unfit to serve and I’m about to explain why. Tune in: www.senate.gov/legislative/...

‘They’re hurting our children, our babies’: US schools on high alert amid Trump immigration raids Educators have been rushing to keep students safe and support anxious parents, as fear of deportation ramps up As immigration officers moved in on Chicago following Donald Trump’s inauguration, carrying out the president’s plans for “mass deportations”,…

‘They’re hurting our children, our babies’: US schools on high alert amid Trump immigration raids

The White House has directed the C.I.A. to send an unclassified email listing employees hired within the past two years, as part of an Elon Musk-led initiative to drastically reduce the federal workforce.

Treasury Sought to Freeze Foreign Aid Payments, Emails Show (Gift Article) Trump administration appointees and allies of Elon Musk wanted to use the Treasury’s sensitive payment system to block payments.

As a prosecutor, we investigated cases where bad actors left themselves a back door in govt systems. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse suggests Musk’s team could “manipulate data, steal data, and leave back doors. Your privacy gone.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...

Musk’s DOGE agents access sensitive personnel data, alarming security officials Elon Musk’s DOGE team has accessed highly restricted data maintained by the Office of Personnel Management, including personally identifiable information for millions of federal employees.

Musk’s band of boys has “sweeping authority to install and modify software on government-supplied equipment and, according to two OPM officials, to alter internal documentation of their own activities.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...

I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...

Wyden: Trump Tariffs Will Make Everything More Expensive, Solve Zero Problems and Harm American Farmers and Small Businesses | The United States Senate Committee on Finance Wyden: Trump Tariffs Will Make Everything More Expensive, Solve Zero Problems and Harm American Farmers and Small Businesses

Wyden: Trump Tariffs Will Make Everything More Expensive, Solve Zero Problems and Harm American Farmers and Small Businesses

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System

NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System

Stay on the case. We appreciate your work to protect and defend our rights.

Thank you Senator Ron Wyden for taking actions to protect our democracy.

Trump’s Actions Are Not Just Lawless; They Defy Our Deepest Values Leaders of all faiths publicly implore a man who hawks Bibles to show some human decency in the name of God

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This is the face of a pissed off pygmy owl who wants to get back to eating the starling he caught. #owls #wildlife #birds #nature

On Meeting the Autocratic Moment Why Jen Rubin and I launched The Contrarian, Why we need it now, and Who will be joining us for this thrilling new venture

#news #democracy #freepress #journalism #climate #politics #science #criticalthinking #resist #engage
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Tiny Oregon community works to protect wildlife and water along Cape Meares — the ‘land that walks’ A mixture of landslides, volunteerism and fundraising may help Cape Meares residents surround themselves with a wildlife sanctuary and protect their water supply.

So proud of the Cape Meares Community. #watershed #conservation #wildlife #forests #Oregon
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