Audrey Hodges Burr

fuck your Gatsby party, you tone-deaf fuck who thought this would be a good idea?

what kind of tone-deaf Marie Antoinette shit is this, flaunting the obscene wealth of the ruling class while ordinary Americans are hurting?
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much easier to put a light in if you cut off the bottom!

I'm dying!! 🤣

Please Stop Listening to Steve Bannon He isn't worth the trouble.

I am begging folks to stop taking Steven Bannon seriously. It’s unnecessary and very bad for your mental health. It’s exactly what he wants.
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hey Mike, you're not 'working' either ..

Good Work If You Can Keep It Before Trump dismantled the bureaucracy, working for the government was an honorable job

For many years, American public servants were celebrated for their altruism. Non-military government jobs were a good living, a steady paycheck, and a chance to contribute, to be a part of a greater good. My, how far we’ve fallen.
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US sending troops to Israel to assist with Gaza ceasefire deal The U.S. is sending nearly 200 troops to Israel to help support the ceasefire introduced by the White House late last month.

none will enter Gaza
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Democracy Leads To Peace And my documentary is premiering in NYC!

“At a time when democracy and the rule of law are under threat globally, today’s prize is a tribute to all those working to safeguard civil and political rights around the world,” U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said.
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he's not promoting peace in the US ..

On June 14th, Millions of Us Said "No Kings." On October 18th, We're About to Break That Record. We believe this will be the largest peaceful protest in modern American history is nine days away. Over 2,100 events are already planned.

LET'S DO THIS! send a message to this regime
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there's "new legal analysis" he learned from a headline

Turkish Witness: Israeli Forces Dragged Greta Thunberg Across Deck, Forced Her to Kiss Israeli Flag. She's been detained TWICE in 4 months for delivering baby formula. 450 activists. $3.8B US funding. Here's what happened.

40-42 vessels carrying 450 activists from 44 countries.

Their goal was to break an 18-year naval blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to 2.3 million people in Gaza.

The cargo included baby formula, medical supplies, food, and water. open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...

The Treasury Department is considering a Trump $1 coin for 250th US birthday The Treasury Department announced the proposed $1 coins bearing Trump’s image as part of a campaign to commemorate America’s 250th birthday.

"To avoid the appearance of a monarchy, only feature portraits of deceased individuals on currency and coin. That tradition became law with an 1866 Act of Congress."

“No coin issued may bear the image of a living former or current President,” says the federal law www.yahoo.com/news/article...

oh SNAP!

For the Smallest Men in the World And a celebration of them.

the whole point of the event was a role-play session for undeserving straight, white guys who could never hack it and resent those who could.
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I'll be out there 10/18 .. NO KINGS!

’Oh, Pretty Woman’ A Reason To Smile

It has made all the lists: Grammy Hall of Fame, Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and the Library of Congress’s songs included in the National Recording Registry.

Regardless of the accolades, I bet you can’t stop singing it
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There's nothing subtle or confusing or complex about what's happening. The *outcome* is uncertain but the authoritarianism is right out in the open.

Oh, The Stories You Missed! While Trump was wined and dined by a king

Here is a rundown of what you might have missed.
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Mikie Sherrill never cheated but didn't get to walk at her Naval Academy graduation because she refused to rat on her classmates who did cheat. Meanwhile, her opponent Jack Ciattarelli and Trump broke the law by releasing private records in order to smear her character for political gain.

Either You Care About the First Amendment or You Don't It's that simple.

I leave you with the words of a man the FCC Chairman supposedly admired:

“Free speech is not just the freedom to say what you want to say, sometimes you might have to hear things you don’t want to hear.” (link)

That was Charlie Kirk.
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You Don't Get Half an Hour Trump's dangerous gamble on our national security.

To put it more bluntly: Trump is dangerously gambling our nuclear readiness in service to his greed and political pettiness.
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‘Workin’ For A Livin’’ A Reason To Smile

All hail the American worker. On Monday, we celebrate Labor Day, an excellent reminder to honor the people who make this country run
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Week 41 - The Return Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you'll remember.

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AI is making reading books feel obsolete – and students have a lot to lose Even before generative AI went mainstream, fewer people were reading books.

Whether you read for pleasure or you’re assigned reading for class, what does it mean when AI distills, compares and contrasts literature on your behalf? What will it do to your ability to formulate your own ideas about a text?
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Undaunted Fighter for Workers Sherrod Brown could deliver for Democrats

Throughout his career, Brown has championed blue-collar workers, supported unions, expanded access to healthcare, and bolstered Social Security—all in support of what he calls “the dignity of work.”
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Coming to America Trump invites a war criminal to a meeting on U.S. soil

Coming to America .. Trump invites a war criminal to a meeting on U.S. soil open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...

Trump Plans To Steal the Midterms Trump intends to undo the will of the voters in next year’s midterm elections. But there’s still time and a way to stop him.

If donOld learned anything from the 2020 presidential election, it was that our democracy is vulnerable and that elections can be undone. You just have to put the right plan and the right people in place. open.substack.com/pub/thinkbig...

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for powering long-term space missions.

As Hanlon puts it: “The future of the Moon won’t be determined by who plants the most flags. It will be determined by who builds what, and how. Nuclear power may be essential for that future.”
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