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More questions than answers. Yale ‘79, Mandarin speaker, 30+ years involvement w/China: business, government, NGOs. Lifelong feminist. Resister. Late to quilting but now obsessive. She/her I block all Onlyfans or similar. #WeAreNotGoingBack

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And the consequences for unregulated AI make lack of social media regulation trivial.

07.03.2026 01:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why the Pentagon Wants to Destroy Anthropic Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · March 6 · 1h 10m

To understand where we stand now listen to this: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t.... Between ALPR’s, commodification of our digital footprints and the legal definition of “surveillance” the government can legally surveil us already. The only reason they haven’t is lack of manpower. AI fixes that.

07.03.2026 01:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dem Reps. Henry Cuellar (TX)…Jared Golden (ME)…Greg Landsman (OH)…Juan Vargas (CA)

“Everyone who opposed the resolution owns this war…Along with rising
casualties, gas and regional chaos…
If Dems stuck with their caucus…It would’ve passed.”

Leader Jeffries failed…Check their stock portfolios.

07.03.2026 00:54 — 👍 20    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 0
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We can throw another $500,000,000,000 at the Pentagon this year and spend $1,000,000,000/day on a wholly useless war, but we can't afford to hire doctors and nurses to take care of our veterans? The United States is such an irresponsible, messed up country right now.

06.03.2026 22:33 — 👍 10051    🔁 3956    💬 456    📌 190

Trump is Neville Chamberlaining his way in Ukraine. We can’t stand up and fight for democracy there, but we can start a war with no plan in Iran. And havoc continues on every front at home.

07.03.2026 00:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.

This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.

06.03.2026 13:40 — 👍 20196    🔁 7884    💬 1084    📌 508

DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

06.03.2026 19:45 — 👍 16326    🔁 7352    💬 528    📌 380

Not only are they buying warehouses, they are installing "BIOWASTE INCINERATORS" in them.....

10.02.2026 01:31 — 👍 63    🔁 14    💬 3    📌 0

@nytimes.com attn The Daily podcast. Why is the @washingtopost.com failing? Simple reasons: MAGA’s don’t read. Bezos helped elect Trump by sticking his nose into editorial. That’s when I dropped my years long subscription, along with many other readers. Sorry that reporters didn’t leave too.

05.02.2026 17:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@nytimes.com attn The Daily podcast. Why is the @washingtopost.com failing? Simple reasons: MAGA’s don’t read. Bezos helped elect Trump by sticking his nose into editorial. That’s when I dropped my years long subscription, along with many other readers. Sorry that reporters didn’t leave too.

05.02.2026 17:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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@amnanawaz.bsky.social @pbsnews.org PLEASE Don’t have Abernathy on again. His statement that ICE is just doing their job and citizens should stay out of the way is DISGRACEFUL. I come to PBS for intelligent viewpoints. Giving an apologist for murdering thugs a platform is NOT what I come to PBS for

01.02.2026 02:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This administration is now 40 days past the deadline to release the full Epstein files. The lawlessness in our streets goes all the way to the top.

28.01.2026 16:00 — 👍 3125    🔁 1117    💬 116    📌 40
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Say their names
SAY ALL OF THEIR NAMES
​The names on this list are not just statistics; they were parents, nurses, neighbors, and human beings whose lives were cut short by an agency operating with escalating force and diminishing accountability. From the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex

28.01.2026 12:12 — 👍 936    🔁 408    💬 38    📌 14

This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.

These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.

26.01.2026 23:04 — 👍 26686    🔁 8851    💬 1063    📌 452
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No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

21.01.2026 14:49 — 👍 30279    🔁 8053    💬 838    📌 540
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Wow. #NoKings #Davos2026

21.01.2026 16:09 — 👍 17462    🔁 4803    💬 297    📌 221

Old lady in WA here. He thinks he’s gotten Iran to stop killing protesters… While he’s still killing Americans and immigrants who don’t deserve any of this. 😢

15.01.2026 02:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Weeping for Minnesota. 🧊 is despicable. We will need a truth and reconciliation process when this is over. Or Nuremberg like trials.

15.01.2026 02:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hopefully our current administration will leave some science to report on. Sincerely, thanks for all you report on!

14.01.2026 16:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

OMG @pbsnews.org how can you ditch the weekend team?!?! They will be sorely missed, and I lay it at the feet of the horrendous Trump administration. Thank you @johnyangtv.bsky.social and your whole team!

10.01.2026 03:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot of a post on X by Neil Stone (@DrNeilStone) quoting the phrase “Only very sick kids should die from measles,” then responding: “No, Secretary Kennedy. NO child should die from measles. Because there’s a vaccine to prevent it.” Below the text is a Fox News video still showing two men in suits speaking in a newsroom-like setting. A banner reads “MEASLES OUTBREAK” with a subheading “KENNEDY EXPLAINS RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS FOR UNVACCINATED,” alongside Fox News branding and the word “EXCLUSIVE.”

Screenshot of a post on X by Neil Stone (@DrNeilStone) quoting the phrase “Only very sick kids should die from measles,” then responding: “No, Secretary Kennedy. NO child should die from measles. Because there’s a vaccine to prevent it.” Below the text is a Fox News video still showing two men in suits speaking in a newsroom-like setting. A banner reads “MEASLES OUTBREAK” with a subheading “KENNEDY EXPLAINS RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS FOR UNVACCINATED,” alongside Fox News branding and the word “EXCLUSIVE.”

This is what RFK thinks about vulnerable children.

08.01.2026 20:15 — 👍 7119    🔁 2079    💬 323    📌 126
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Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.

BREAKING: ICE shooter identified as Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

08.01.2026 19:12 — 👍 11798    🔁 5764    💬 1450    📌 642

Sad that you say “if it goes to court”… as someone in another feed said, “we struggle to keep up with even condemning the atrocities" says so much about our current times.

09.01.2026 00:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Masked government agents are killing people in the streets, abducting people from their homes in the middle of the night, and arresting those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

08.01.2026 17:45 — 👍 12887    🔁 4012    💬 841    📌 212
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The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly Good lord, has this man done a lot.

My friend @charlotteclymer.bsky.social has written about Mark Kelly’s distinguished military career. This is not to be missed. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

06.01.2026 02:25 — 👍 15090    🔁 5484    💬 333    📌 211
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10 Crucial Things You Can Do in 2026 Your activism will be even more important this year

Your activism will be even more important this year.

Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026

04.01.2026 21:01 — 👍 4722    🔁 2282    💬 140    📌 117

Yeah. It would violate the international rules based order…and I’d be dancing in the street. Take Vance and Johnson too please.

05.01.2026 04:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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'Wicked' composer Stephen Schwartz says he won't appear at Kennedy Center The Broadway icon, who grew up in Nassau County, had been scheduled for a Washington National Opera event in May.

Stephen Schwartz, the composer of 'Wicked,' says he'll no longer host a gala at the Kennedy Center.

"It no longer represents the apolitical place for free artistic expression it was founded to be,l Schwartz said. "There's no way I would set foot in it now."

03.01.2026 00:10 — 👍 13910    🔁 2736    💬 252    📌 114