Searching For Goodness

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”

Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!

Exactly!

USAID

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We updated TrumpGolfTrack.com to include the price of eggs and gas per your request. And a nice little home screen icon. More to come 🤣

US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents, CPS officials say The U.S. Secret Service told the I-Team they approached a South Side school Friday. Chicago Public Schools officials had initially said the agents were from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Increasingly a Necessity: A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism – BillMoyers.com It’s good to remember the very big, very frightening picture before us, how far we’ve already come, and to consider what recourse we have with complicit and corrupt forces standing in the way. Continu...

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Read this and commit it’s words to memory

Hold fast

DO NOT COMPLY

Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats' - BBC News Meta says it is working quickly to resolve the problem, which has prompted accusations of bias on social media.

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Democrats aren’t going to listen or take action because the NRA is standing in that open door.

Trump officials ask US health agencies to pause external communications, Washington Post reports The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a dozen current and former officials and sources.

NEW: Trump orders federal health agencies to STOP communicating health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites, and to stop making social media posts. I said previously I was worried about the lack of reporting. Here it is. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

The Constitution is no longer available on the White House website. That didn’t take long at all. I wonder if it is currently undergoing revisions.

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To The People I Know Who Voted for Him, To the people I know who voted for him,

There’s nothing I could say about him here that you don’t already know.

But as this next chapter of our nation begins, I just want you to know something I feel about you:

I am going to hold you responsible for what he does.

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Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025

Happy MLK Day.

What if we just didn’t go back to TikTok? The ghosting, the lack of care—it’s giving toxic. Trump “saving us”? Yikes. What if we stay here, chill on YouTube, and look for a platform that treats us right? Feels like time for a healthier digital relationship.

A chart that explains Autocracy ("rule by one"), oligarchy ("rule by the few"), plutocracy (rule by the rich) and democracy (rule by all).

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
– Louis D. Brandeis

The Contrarian Press Release January 13, 2025

Here is the press release announcing the launch of The Contrarian, including list of contributors.

As an ex prosecutor I’m most disturbed by Trump’s utilization of social media to intimidate witnesses against him. This should be yet another criminal charge of interference in a criminal investigation. This is the most troubling aspect of Jack Smith’s report. See attached.

Mother Jones: “How RFK Jr. Falsely Denied His Connection to a Deadly Measles Outbreak in Samoa” Los Angeles Times: “Robert Kennedy Jr. apologizes for likening vaccine effects to 'holocaust'” People: “RFK Jr. Slammed for Pushing 'Abhorrent' COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory About Jews and Chinese People” Rolling Stone: “RFK JR. DOESN'T DENY ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF BABYSITTER: I AM NOT A CHURCH BOY” Vanity Fair: “RFK Jr. Whale-Beheading Story Gives RFK Jr. Bear-Murder Story a Run for Its Money” ABC News: “RFK Jr. claims doctor said parasite 'ate' part of his brain”

Robert Kennedy Jr. is a notorious conspiracy theorist who has spent years spreading dangerous misinformation about vaccines and public health. Tell your senators that confirming RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary would endanger millions of Americans: act.indivisible.org/sign/oppose-...

~sigh~ It used to be great to be a Texan … now it’s one embarrassing moment after another. Tired of #seeingred
#blueberry
#dazedandbewildered

Trump will overplay his hand. Be ready for when he does. Friends,

A good reminder with a dash of hope.

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Mark Cuban Suggests Way To “Destabilize Musk, Zuck, Trump” Joseph Mackin

Cuban advised his nearly 900K followers on the social media app BlueSky to recruit others to the newer platform. Why?

“If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others,” Cuban writes, “you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.”

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The Cyber-Cleanse: Take Back Your Digital Footprint New Year, New Digital You! New Years are an opportunity for committing to resolutions, starting new habits, discarding what no…

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Watch The Great Hack | Netflix Official Site Explore how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

10 years ago, did you think this was a conversation we would be having in 2024?

Award-winning journalist, Carol Cadwalladr, made a compelling documentary about how we are being manipulated by the far-right

#CambridgeAnalytica

You need to watch
#TheGreatHack

www.netflix.com/title/80117542

Let’s recognize and applaud Costco for its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Despite facing threats of boycotts from Trump’s MAGA mob, Costco is standing firm, refusing to back down and dismantle their DEI policies.

Costco maintains their commitment to DEI is “rooted in…

Texas files first lawsuit against out-of-state abortion provider This case sets up a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s shield law that protects doctors from out-of-state prosecution.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident in violation of state law

The Cost of Knowing: How Staying Informed is Killing Our Mental Health Growing up, I was taught that knowledge was power.

“I don't want to know how bad it is anymore, but I do.
I don't want to grieve the horrible reality anymore, but I do.
I don't want to care anymore, but I do.”

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Good morning, just making sure you know the CEO of Meta, which owns Threads, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and more, just donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund. This after he went to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring.

Carry on…

I miss the feeling of hope and joy of the Harris campaign