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Opinion | The Failed Ideas That Drive Elon Musk His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.

“Muskism isn’t the beginning of the future. It’s the end of a story that started more than a century ago, in the conflict between capital and labor and between autocracy and democracy.”

Opinion | There Is a Way for Democrats to Stop Trump and Save America The Democratic Party can’t stop America’s spiral into autocracy and oligarchy unless it casts off its stale talking points and reimagines what it stands for.

“When you want to fight them,” [Nika Kovac] said, “you have to build huge coalitions around one particular topic, when they are attacking something that really matters to people.” Looking at the United States, she volunteered health care as a place to start.

Opinion | How Democrats’ Bad Messaging Could Ensure Another Republican Win Donald Trump is already wreaking havoc — even on his own supporters. But don’t worry. Democrats have a winning strategy to beat him. Or not.

Let’s talk about our messaging.

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10 more reasons for modest optimism Friends,

10 more reasons for modest optimism
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Today is the day. No shopping. If necessary, support local small, local businesses.

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

The list is long. This doesn’t need to happen. People will die.

Please look up the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 to understand that the CDC not selecting strains for next year’s vaccines sets the stage for a public health calamity that will, without doubt and at bare minimum, catastrophically and directly impact people you know. This is a five alarm fire.

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

My Open Letter to Elon Musk From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.

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Add the Capitol Switchboard to your contacts & call them 3x/day.
Call Rep Panetta
Call Senator Schiff
Call Senator Padilla
Focus on one issue per call (so they can tally you accurately).
If their mailboxes are full, use the email option on their websites, but keep trying to get through by phone.

Signed ✔️

The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins

“As the Trump administration slashes and burns federal government, as his cronies take the helms of agencies designed to uphold the health and welfare of both humans and the animals we use for food, I’m preparing for a repeat of their COVID response.”

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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.

Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.

Say equity, which a just society should pursue.

Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

Trump was never going to lower the price of eggs, and here’s why we shouldn’t have expected it to begin with The price of eggs remains as high as ever, and while a lot of people have already started to call Trump out for not making good on his campaign promises to make groceries cheaper, this is possibly the...

“We are not living in an era where we can sit back and go along for a nice ride in the country. We are either going to take the wheel ourselves or be driven off a cliff.” @traceywinterglover.bsky.social

With this reality, how do we come together to protect our community’s most vulnerable individuals?

hey question, is this bad?

We Kneel to No Pope, and We Kneel to No King Yesterday, during a service at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, the Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde delivered a solemn message to President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. As she conclu…

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