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Rick Pearce

@rickmpearce.bsky.social

Franciscan Grandfather retired social worker Buddhapalian biologist poet high intensity worrier

35 Followers  |  29 Following  |  59 Posts  |  Joined: 14.01.2025  |  1.6235

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Nina Jankowicz shared this advice for another moment & yet it works so well in 2025:

Disinformation provokes strong emotional reactions because when we're in heightened emotional states, we're reactive & easily manipulated.

One piece of advice: calm down first.

Ask for motives: second.

22.04.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
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AOC Suspects Some House Members May Have Been Insider Trading On Trump's Tariff Announcement Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has heard "murmurings" on the Floor that some members knew the tariff cave was coming and wonders which members of Congress have been trading stocks in the 24 hours prior.

www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/aoc-suspec...

10.04.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Adam Schiff Is Investigating Trump For Insider Trading Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is starting to investigate the Trump White House for stock market manipulation and insider trading.

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10.04.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ellen Mitchell on Substack Discover and discuss great writing with the world’s smartest readers on Substack.

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08.04.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Irish Politics Newsletter on Substack It was only a matter of time before someone did the Hitler downfall parody and Trump economics.

substack.com/@tullmcadoo/...

08.04.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr. Says Stock Market Crash Could be Reversed if Investors Drink Cod Liver Oil "Investors are in a bad mood is because they are not getting enough Omega-3 fatty acids,” he said.

www.borowitzreport.com/p/rfk-jr-say...

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April 2, 2025 (Wednesday) Just five months ago, on October 19, 2024, The Economist ran a special report on America’s economy.

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03.04.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tennessee Troopers Carry Brave 80 Year-Old Woman Out of Hearing For Protesting 80-year-old Lynne McFarland stood up for the rights of undocumented immigrants, refusing to leave a meeting over a controversial bill and so THP Troopers carried her out and arrested her.

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02.04.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Special Elections Demonstrate The Power of Protests The Democratic victory and overperformance in special elections belongs to the protesters and the power of protest.

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02.04.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump/Musk Blocked from 'Irreparable Harm' in Triumph for the People In a triumph for the people and for those who actually value sound financial governance, a Judge saved the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Musk/ Trump attack.

open.substack.com/pub/politicu...

29.03.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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American Kids in Germany Protest Trump's Cuts Hundreds of American students at multiple U.S. military bases in Germany are protesting the Trump administration's cuts to DEI.

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28.03.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Milo, my youngest grandson, got his library card today

17.03.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a mirrored fun house of confirmation bias a sermon on Psalm 27

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17.03.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Chaos is a 'Strategic Weapon of Mass Distraction' "It's a strategic weapon of mass distraction to get you to look over here as the Trump administration is planning to increase our deficit by $800 billion a year with tax cuts to the wealthy."

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13.03.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AOC Rips β€œTyrannical and Un-American” Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a serious warning about the ICE arrest of Palestinian activist (and U.S. green card holder) Mahmoud Khalil.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex condemned ICE’s detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, calling it a β€œtyrannical” move.

β€œIf the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."

10.03.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8463    πŸ” 2326    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 142
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Spring is coming

09.03.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As Republicans Hide, Bernie Sanders Fills Wisconsin Arena As Republicans hide from their angry constituents, Sen. Bernie Sanders led the way with a packed 3,500 crowd at a β€œFighting Oligarchy” rally in Kenosha, Wisconsin, with 500 people turned away.

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09.03.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The grift continues Trump is making money off the presidency...again

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08.03.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

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The Irish Politics Newsletter on Substack Outside the Russian embassy in London.

substack.com/@tullmcadoo/...

08.03.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The biggest Ponzi scheme in history Friends,

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06.03.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AOC Says Elon is Gutting Medicaid to Pay for His Federal Contracts β€œWe let a$$holes like Elon Musk gut Medicaid and gut Social Security in order for him to pay for A. his own tax cuts and B. his own billion dollars in private federal contracts," AOC explained.

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05.03.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A roll call of the human heart An Ash Weds Sermon for inside a women's prison

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This

05.03.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Called a Traitor After Attacking Zelenskyy The President of the U.S. has been called a traitor as his loyalty to the U.S. is questioned after he attacked Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy.

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02.03.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway. The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts...

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

01.03.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Called a Traitor After Attacking Zelenskyy The President of the U.S. has been called a traitor as his loyalty to the U.S. is questioned after he attacked Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy.

open.substack.com/pub/politicu...

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Trump Bans AP And Reuters But Invites Russian State Media To Zelenskyy Meeting The Trump White House barred the AP and Reuters from attending, but invited Russian state media to the Oval Office to cover his meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.

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28.02.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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10 more reasons for modest optimism Friends,

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