Amy

Is Piggy referring to his attempted coup on January 6th?

What can be done?

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Trump’s Global Tariffs Curtailed Trade, Data Shows

"Trump’s Global Tariffs Curtailed Trade, Data Shows

"The steep tariffs President Trump issued in August led to a significant contraction in imports and the trade deficit"

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

Trump's continued attacks on clean water.
"E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
The proposal could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, some of which feed drinking water systems."
nytimes.com/2025…
E.P.A. Drastically Limits Protections for Wetlands (Gift Article)

Video: Reveal of Russian A.I. Humanoid Robot Goes Awry AIDOL, Russia’s first artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robot, collapsed onstage moments after it was revealed at a technology event in Moscow on Tuesday.

I hope people can see this. I couldn’t find the gift link.

www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Horrible

‘A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends’

“A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies

“Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Anthony Hopkins’s Beckettian Memoir The actor recalls his life, from provincial Wales to Hollywood, in stop-start rhythms with curt, unflinching reckonings.

Anthony Hopkins’ memoir is well worth reading. What an interesting man. I found it insightful and moving.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Cleaning Woman Killed Through Door After Arriving at Wrong Home, Police Say

Cowards shot this poor woman. I'm so sick of cowards with guns over-reacting like little baby snowflakes to every slight paranoid threat. This poor woman's life was stolen by cowards.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Blumenthal: We’re going to continue finding more of the ballroom donors who evidently didn’t want their names revealed. And let me name them: BlackRock, Susquehanna International, Nvidia, OpenAI, Vantive, and Extremity Care.

And so, we will use every possible resource to expose this corruption to

Maine Voters Approve ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law

Finally. Some common sense.

“Maine Voters Approve ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law
The law is set to take effect in January, allowing families to directly seek a judge’s order removing weapons from a relative shown to be dangerous”.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

Election Updates: California Approves Redistricting Plan as Democrats Rack Up Key Wins

A beautiful headline to wake up to.

Gift article.

“California Approves Redistricting Plan as Democrats Rack Up Key Wins

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law

This is good news. Gift article.

“Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap

"Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year"

tinyurl.com/2tc8xv54

What If You Spent Every Waking Moment Taking On Elon Musk?

“His Life Is Taking on Elon Musk

“Onetime Millionaire’s Crusade Against Tech’s Biggest Moguls”

Gift article

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution

“First Thing: US to limit refugee numbers to 7,500 with priority for white South Africans”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Sadly, this seems to be true. This new version of fake Christianity is very self-centered. It seems the main goal is gaining eternal life. These people you reference seem to believe that faith alone is enough, and following all the inconvenient teachings is an option.

Samhain: Marking the End of the Harvest Season & Origins of Halloween The ancient Celtic celebration of Samhain that marked the end of the harvest season and gave roots for the modern day celebration of Halloween

Happy Halloween … a little detour from some of the true frightening things happening.

www.norsegarde.com/blogs/lore-a...

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Navy admiral from bin Laden raid slams Trump in dramatic fashion Retired Adm. William McRaven, the former commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, sees Trump as "a disturbed 15-year-old boy."

Not new but the first time I’ve heard it:
From Retired Admiral McRaven:

“McRaven also wrote that Trump had "embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."

share.google/aebDd6f3XLIf...

Hope Spot Champion Grantee Highlight: Conserving Coral and Building Community in the Conflict Islands Hope Spot - Mission Blue Header Image: The Conflict Islands. Credit – Conflict Islands Conservation Initiative (CICI). A tiny and remote atoll off Papua New Guinea holds an extraordinary secret: it is home to more than 400 sp...

"Join us in celebrating the Abrolhos Hope Spot, a region that harbors Brazil’s largest coral reef system, vast mangroves, deep and shallow reefs, and the world’s largest continuous rhodolith beds!"

missionblue.org/2025/08/hope...

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

amy_r_fries

"First Thing: Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital"
tinyurl.com/y7yd6523

YouTube video by ABKCOVEVO The Rolling Stones - No Expectations (Official Lyric Video)

“Take me to the station
And put me on the train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again”

youtu.be/URyqGD99Owg

They are up to something sinister by not convening Congress

Measles: Vaccine-Preventable Disease Returns | The Saturday Evening Post The measles outbreak of 2025 is a wake-up call. We cannot take the victories of public health for granted.

Even the Saturday Evening Post is doing better than some legacy media.

www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/meas...

Outrageous.

GOP Sen. Rand Paul: I support America First. I support the idea that when we're $2T in the haul, we shouldn't be sending $20B to Argentina. We don't have it. It's borrowed. That's not America First. That's Argentina First.