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John F Dooley

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Retired college prof, computer scientist, and writer

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Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions โ€“ The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, itย isย hereby ordered as

Just for grins you should go to www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... and then scroll down to (or just search for) Executive Order 14087, a Biden Executive Order from October 2022 titled "Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans". Trump has revoked it. Don't count on any more drug cost reductions

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Why under no circumstances should Pete Hegseth be entrusted with the U.S. military But will Senate Republicans do their duty?

Under no circumstances should Pete Hegseth be entrusted with the U.S. military.

But will Senate Republicans do their duty?

09.12.2024 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2530    ๐Ÿ” 414    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 164    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

i think this is right and i will observe that this is essentially the position the court took in plessy v. ferguson, which held that the constitution has no bearing on inequalities of social power

04.12.2024 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4456    ๐Ÿ” 761    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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So instead of using the standard for a US Secretary of Defense nominee, one of the most important jobs on planet earth, we have lowered the bar on Trump nominees to whether they could successfully complete a season of Celebrity Rehab.

04.12.2024 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2748    ๐Ÿ” 515    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 221    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43

sam alito doesnโ€™t even pretend to be a judge anymore.

04.12.2024 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21296    ๐Ÿ” 2275    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 475    ๐Ÿ“Œ 74
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No matter how demoralized we are in today's America, I'll always have this selfie of me meeting Jane Goodall.

03.12.2024 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 81979    ๐Ÿ” 4277    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2173    ๐Ÿ“Œ 235
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Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.

03.12.2024 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53126    ๐Ÿ” 10680    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 900    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1732
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NEW: Jerry Nadler to step down from the race to be ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, endorses Jamie Raskin

04.12.2024 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31144    ๐Ÿ” 4741    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1152    ๐Ÿ“Œ 452
Worldโ€™s top 1% own more wealth than 95% of humanity, as โ€œthe shadow of global oligarchy hangs over UN General Assembly,โ€ says Oxfam | Oxfam International

The worldโ€™s richest 1% have more wealth than the bottom 95% put together, according to Oxfam.

There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality.

It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.

04.12.2024 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6378    ๐Ÿ” 2079    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 237    ๐Ÿ“Œ 133
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Click to Visit #ASafeChoice Network

If you see this post, can you please help spread this information?

#ASafeChoice is a referral network of physicians who provide medication abortion services ACROSS THE US.

People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women!

Letโ€™s spread word! โค๏ธโœŠ

04.12.2024 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30638    ๐Ÿ” 20760    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 662    ๐Ÿ“Œ 751
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