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Michigander passionate about preserving our environment and our democracy.

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Back to School 2025
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project Back to School 2025

Get you #2 pencils while you can!

youtu.be/gsw0sPZ00gw?...

14.08.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Protect Local Public Media: Sign the Petition Show Congress that Americans value public media.

This is "How to be a Dictator 101"

Control the media
Control the message
Control the people

We, the people, will not be controlled.

Sign the petition!

Support your station.

protectmypublicmedia.org/protect-publ...

06.05.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let DOGE View Social Security Data (Gift Article) A federal judge in Maryland found that scrutiny of the agency’s sensitive information systems by Elon Musk’s team appeared to violate federal privacy laws.

Republicans, get ahold of this adminstration!

You will be held responsible for the damage.

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let DOGE View Social Security Data www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...

03.05.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Protect My Public Media Take a stand for the local stations and programs you love.

Take 2 minutes to ...

protectmypublicmedia.org

30.04.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kent Dems Presents: Festival of Hope & Freedom The Kent County Democratic Party proudly presents the Festival for Hope & Freedom on Sunday, May 4th, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM at Rosa Parks Circle. This event is a celebration of core Democratic valu...

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now

Join me at Kent Dems Presents: Festival of Hope & Freedom midems.controlshift.app/events/kent-...

22.04.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Top Producer of β€˜60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence (Gift Article) The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

We, the people, MUST protect and preserve the free press.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...

22.04.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

quick question: why was noem carrying $3,000 in cash? was she just out selling drugs or something?

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The climate crisis is real and denying it won’t make it go away.

21.04.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Kristi Noem’s Bag, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen (Gift Article) The homeland security secretary was dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.

C'mon, if she can't even secure herself...

Kristi Noem’s Bag, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

21.04.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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4 Senate Republicans warn against β€˜full-scale’ repeal of energy tax credits A group of four Senate Republicans warned against a β€œfull-scale” repeal of energy tax credits passed by Democrats in 2022. β€œWhile we support fiscal responsibility and prudent efforts to streamline …

Thank you to Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator John Curtis, Senator Thom Tillis, and Senator @jerrymoran.bsky.social! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

thehill.com/policy/energ...

21.04.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Knives Out
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project Knives Out

Oops.

youtu.be/I7Q2P4k8lCY

20.04.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Michigan Legislators Explain How Laws Are Made Β· Indivisible If you have you ever wondered how the Michigan Legislature really works, then join Michigan State Representative Phil Skaggs and State Senator Mallory McMorrow for a virtual workshop on Monday, April ...

THIS MONDAY! April 21 at 7:30 pm.

Sen. Mallory McMorrow and Rep. Phil Skaggs explain how laws are made in Michigan.

Virtual Town Hall

Sign up here:
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

19.04.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article) An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

Yet another example of stupid + evil.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

19.04.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From the current print issue of Lansing's City Pulse.

lansingcitypulse.com/eeditions/20...

19.04.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Michigan GOP amendment would require proof of citizenship to vote – Voters Not Politicians Michigan Republicans are pushing a constitutional amendment to put restrictions on non-citizen voting, a practice already made illegal by multiple state and federal laws. The proposal, known asΒ HJR B,...

Beware of false prophets.

votersnotpoliticians.com/michigan-gop...

19.04.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Planet is Worth Fighting For: Grand Rapids Earth Day Rally Β· Michigan LCV Environmental protections are under unprecedented attack from the federal government. Federal employees that do the important work of protecting our Great Lakes and addressing pollution and invasive s...

I'm attending Michigan LCV's event, β€œOur Planet is Worth Fighting For: Grand Rapids Earth Day Rally” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/michiganlcv/...

16.04.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Michigan Legislators Explain How Laws Are Made Β· Indivisible If you have you ever wondered how the Michigan Legislature really works, then join Michigan State Representative Phil Skaggs and State Senator Mallory McMorrow for a virtual workshop on Monday, April ...

mobilize.us/s/oOxDJ0

14.04.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

www.michigan.gov/ag/news/pres...

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Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge (Gift Article) The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.

First, standup.

Then, brace yourself.

After a Blowout Week, Wall Street Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...

06.04.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#HANDSOFF #NYC

05.04.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 68637    πŸ” 10594    πŸ’¬ 1018    πŸ“Œ 389
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Trump Assures Wall Street He’ll Go Back To Just Fucking Over Poor People Soon WASHINGTONβ€”In response to market panic about his new wide-ranging tariffs, President Donald Trump reportedly offered Wall Street assurance Friday that he would soon go back to just fucking over poor p...

Really, why must the rich sacrifice?
theonion.com/trump-assure...

05.04.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This asshole raised prices and ruined your retirement savings, and now he's out golfing for the rest of the weekend.

04.04.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 48120    πŸ” 14894    πŸ’¬ 5135    πŸ“Œ 1493
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Connect with a local group.

Trump is destroying the Department of Education. Here are three great tips from Red Wine & Blue on how we can fight this right now! social.redwine.blue/s/X3kwrwJv

03.04.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Golden Age
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project Golden Age

Golden, for who?
youtu.be/Gu9MoC_XJn4?...

03.04.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My favorite publications, either light or nonpolitical, all came in today.

At first glance, the cover of SA looked like it would be yet another expose of the administration. Relieved to see it's about dark matter; a much lighter topic.

25.03.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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56 years ago today.

25.03.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

"Conceivably, Waltz, by coordinating a national-security-related action over Signal, may have violated several provisions of the Espionage Act, which governs the handling of β€œnational defense” information, according to several national-security lawyers ..."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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March 23, 2025 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

β€œif you are driven by the core idea that we can improve the lives of this generation and the next, if you’re persistent ... willing to work through obstacles and criticism and continually improve, you can have an impact on millions of lives.”

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

24.03.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Influence Congress? Β· Indivisible Being able to influence your Congresspeople on issues that matter to you begins with an understanding of how the federal legislative process works. Join Charles Seigel and Indivisible Greater Grand R...

We the people ...
... have a voice.

Here's how we can use it with congress.

www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

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