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holding a hardcover copy of Omar El Akkad’s book ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS

“one day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”

that was Omar El Akkad’s tweet. 2 years later, i’m preparing to discuss this with the senior center’s book club. 📚

When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.

YouTube video by Reagan Library President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.

Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).

*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”

youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

Decided that rather than put in a whole bunch of effort finding out if I ever had a measles vaccine, I’d just get it done. Easy peasy at the pharmacy, and fully funded too! If you have any doubts about your immunity at all, this is a great time to get yourself sorted.

On a deadly serious note, the President cannot rely on external, private sources to fund spending as an end-run around Congress’ constitutional power of the purse. If he can, we no longer have a republic.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute learned that the Government of Ontario, Canada, created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan delivering his "Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade," dated April 25, 1987. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter. We encourage you to watch President Reagan's unedited video on our YouTube channel.

The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.

The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy

Headline: "Avian flu invades flock of nearly 2 million Washington hens"

The newsletter from agricultural producer news site WATT Poultry is now a primary source of my anxiety. H5N1 is exploding in North American poultry. Every day, a headline like this.

But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.

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Uncle Pappy 🌴

America, America | Steven Beschloss | Substack Essays of alarm and hope, on politics and society, democracy and justice. With passion and urgency. Click to read America, America, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

I’m grateful for my community of followers here on Bluesky. I value the discourse.

But let me be blunt: It would mean a lot to me if you’d join my America, America community (free or paid), where I publish full essays and subscribers engage in thoughtful dialogue.

www.americaamerica.news

Trump administration blocks groups from voter registration at naturalization events Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.

Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced. n.pr/4g7YKqg

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

No electricity, no toilet, no running water – heaven! Celebrating 60 years of the Mountain Bothies Association They may be the most basic form of shelter imaginable, but for the author of The Book of the Bothy they embody the magic of staying in the wild, even on a wet weekend in the Lake District

No electricity, no toilet, no running water – heaven! Celebrating 60 years of the Mountain Bothies Association

Anyone who fails to see that we are careening toward fascism is not paying attention.

I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"

It is propaganda, pure and simple.

Mohawk Skywalkers: The History Stephen Miller Whitewashed The Kanien'kéhá:ka Haudenosaunee ironworkers were vital to building Miller's favorite monuments to modern America

Stephen Miller tried to claim only real "Americans" built the Empire State Building, but he left out the true stories of the Indigenous ironworkers who actually did. The Mohawk Skywalkers helped shape America's skylines—and shatter the lie behind Miller’s whitewashed nostalgia.

Dr. Brian Goldman-
My plea to the Canadian government: pick up the half a billion dollars in mRNA research defunded by RFK Jr. Make Canada a global player in mRNA vaccine research. #cdnpoli

Smart! A Raven doing Raven things.

We must insist the Supreme Court protect voting rights and democracy. In 2015-17, I litigated and won 4 redistricting cases in the Supreme Court. In the last few years my firm has litigated two others in the Court and won both.

Don't give in to the cynics. When we fight we can win!

The White House landscape now matches our national political one.

Today would be a good day to release the Epstein Files.

Unredacted.

In their entirety.

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears." Orwell, 1984

How Many Golden Calves Will We the People Tolerate? A Saturday Prompt

“How many false idols—gold, monuments and Trump himself—do Americans want to worship? Could this be the trigger for rising social unrest and mass protest? Is there a breaking point?”
open.substack.com/pub/america/...

"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief."
- Cicero

#BlueSkyArtshow #Gratitude

We Are Not the Generation That Lets This Die After 250 years of sacrifice, we won’t let apathy be our legacy.

Some generations were asked to storm beaches. Ours is being asked to stay engaged. That’s not too much to ask.

I wrote this piece not just as a veteran or former congressman but as a dad. We are not the generation that lets this flame die. Not on my watch

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/we-are-not...

transness has been one of the most incredible spiritual journeys of my life!

This is Oleksandr Kiriienko, a Ukrainian soldier who spent almost 3 years in russian captivity. The difference between these two photos says more than words ever could.

russia has to be punished for its crimes.