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A visual tribute to Jim Lovell, who passed away Thursday.
Inducted into NASA as part of the "New Nine" in Sept 1962, of which there are sadly no more. He flew Gemini VII and XII, Apollo 8, and as seen here as Commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13. 1/6

As of this week, there is nobody left on Earth who witnessed this moment live.

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.

This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

After months of cowardly capitulation to this Administration, Paramount finally got what it wanted.

Now it's time for companies, journalists, and citizens alike to stand up and speak out, because unchecked and unquestioned power has no rightful place in America.

I dissent. 🧵

I enjoyed chatting with Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show."

My thoughts on how we save our democracy are the same today as when we last spoke on "The Colbert Report" in 2010.

We must get big money out of politics.

Two things that shouldn’t be for profit: prisons and healthcare, because the incentive for harm is too great.

Keep ’em sick.
Keep ’em locked up.
keep the checks coming.

very salty… and adorbs.

The Last Class Film

After 17 years as a UC Berkeley professor and having taught more than 40,000 students, Robert Reich gives his final goodbyes in his last lecture, captured in the documentary “The Last Class.” It marks the culmination of his remarkable four-decade teaching career. www.thelastclassfilm.com

Thank you Molly, you’re a brilliant writer. What sums up our now in five words? “My grandfather’s Cold War nightmare”. Just wow.

Here’s the gift link

Corporations aren’t people, money isn’t free speech, and we need to End Citizens United.

Repost if you agree.

Hope Is a Discipline This hateful regime wants to exhaust us and convince us that victory will be theirs. We have the individual and collective power to prove them wrong.

“Part of our task right now is to recognize that hope is a discipline, a way of grasping what’s at stake. This requires looking back and envisioning the future to strengthen our capacity to manage the present.”

www.americaamerica.news/p/hope-is-a-...

Citizens United.

From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.

Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.

From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.

Thank you Senator Van Hollen, for reminding every one of your colleagues what a profile in courage looks like.

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