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A black crow struts across a wooden deck

Head into next week with the confidence of a crow. 🪶

Building the Opposition From Marc | The success of our democracy rests on an effective opposition movement.

Given the events of the weekend, I am re-posting what I wrote about the importance of building a new opposition movement.

Please read, act and share.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/buil...

Please meet the two faces of Lindi Li—a donor and fundraiser for Kamala Harris.

Never to be trusted or listened to again, and I’ll leave it at that.

One of the worst things to happen to the Democratic Party are the fake Democrats like Manchin and Sinema who are only in it for themselves. This also includes influencers. We have to get better at sussing them out and giving them the boot.

Profile portrait of Toni Morrison in black and white. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

Toni Morrison's words from 2015, as timely as ever:

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”

#art #writing #courage #booksky

Meta Gives $1 Million To Trump’s Inaugural Fund After Zuckerberg’s Mar-a-Lago Dinner Meta did not donate to Trump’s first inaugural fund in 2017, or to President Joe Biden’s in 2021.

Following his bougie dinner at Mar-a-lago, Mark Zuckerberg follows through with his Trump appeasement and donates a million dollars to the inaugural fund to preemptively show he won’t be a problem. So gross. www.huffpost.com/entry/meta-d...

Thought for the day.

Thomas Jefferson and the Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad - Maydan Introduction The revelation that Thomas Jefferson had a Qur’an and that Islam had influenced the Founding Fathers of the United States was groundbreaking. Inspired by the findings published by Denise ...

I love pointing out to conservatives that many of Thomas Jefferson's ideas for the founding of the United States were influenced by the Quran.

The US was never designed to be a Christian nation.

themaydan.com/2020/01/thom...

The absolute stupidity is sickening. ✋🏻🍑🤡

Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false

"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie."

My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:

Ikr? 💙

Dr. Oz seeks to privatize Medicare as uninsured 'do not have right to health' The celebrity doctor was nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

“ #DrOz’ initiative [would’ve forced] millions of seniors off [ #Medicare] & into private health insurance plans . . .

He [previously] pushed the plan on his #tvshow . . . while generating massive profits for insurers, in which he holds a large financial stake.”
www.the-express.com/news/politic...

Dr. Oz is a ghoul.

YES! And he has WAY too many accomplices!

Thoughts?

He was the full Monty before.

Syria live: ‘The future is ours’ says Syrian rebel leader after Assad flees – latest updates Syrian rebels broadcast first news bulletin on state television after Moscow says Assad has left the country; Israeli airstrike on security complex, say regional security sources

Today is a good day against tyranny in the world. I’m happy for the Syrian people.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Protestors in South Korea essentially held one of the largest pro-democracy raves in modern history.

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Wealth of World's Richest Has Doubled Over Past Decade | Common Dreams The concentration of wealth among billionaires has more than doubled in the past decade, with the top 12 U.S. billionaires now controlling $2 trillion. How can we address this extreme inequality and e...

Billionaires aren’t people, they’re corporations.

www.commondreams.org/news/how-man...

Ukrainian world champion in karate among youth Maria Gnes refused to take a photo with Russian women on the podium

This happened at the stage of the Youth League in Venice (Italy), where Maria was supported by another Ukrainian athlete, Anna Vaschyshyn, who took third place.

The Arctic Ocean could see its first ice-free day as early as 2027, with a likely window within 9-20 years after 2023. This won’t bring dramatic change overnight, but it marks a fundamental shift in the Arctic’s natural environment—a stark warning about climate change. #ActOnClimate

We could learn from Romania.

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Oh good. That’s scary. I’m glad it was off the coast.