Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponents

Some tech bros seem to lack basic cooperative ideas about society. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

April 29, 2025 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt popularized the idea that the first 100 days of a presidency established an administration’s direction.

April 29, 2025

My mother, the racist She spent her life in northern France doing exhausting, back-breaking work – and yet she turned her anger against people who had done no wrongs to her. But as much as I couldn’t stand her rants, I was...

Interesting article from France. Why some people latch onto
hate eve if it’s against their own self interest. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

New Deal | Definition, History, Programs, Summary, & Facts | Britannica New Deal, domestic program of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1939, which took action to bring about immediate economic relief from the Great Depression as well as reforms in ind...

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According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, "perhaps the greatest achievement of the New Deal was to restore faith in American democracy at a time when many people believed that the only choice left was between communism and fascism".

"The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success." E Hemingway, Cannery Row

February 20, 2025 On Monday, James Marriott of The Times, published in London, noted that the very stability and comfort of the post–World War II liberal order has permitted the seeds of its own destruction to flourish...

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February 6, 2025 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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February 6, 2025 The U.S.

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Currently they are disobedient toddlers, testing how far they can go without backlash or punishment. They believe “freedom” is no government, no guardrails, & no accountability. Keep calm, carry on, resist.

Elon Musk—an unelected billionaire with a long list of conflicts of interest and deep ties to China—is hijacking our nation's checkbook so he can block funds that help the American people.

It's corrupt—and it's putting our economy & the most at-risk communities in jeopardy.

it really is appropriate to view this as potentially the biggest privacy and cybersecurity scandal in American history

I see more criticism here of Democrats in Congress than I do condemnation of Republicans.

And yet it is the GOP who are enabling Trump.

It tells me a lot when I see you regularly bash our side but say nothing, ever, about the other.

Reflect on your choices. You may be helping the fascists.

pushback works, part infinity:

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February 3, 2025 I’m going to start tonight by stating the obvious: the Republicans control both chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

February 3, 2025

Heather C R. Sunday updates.

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I do wish Bluesky let us post a couple dozen more
characters than it does.

Many people don’t understand how beneficial Medicaid is. It does more than cover health care for our most vulnerable. Seniors receive beneficial programs through Medicaid (meals on wheels, senior health initiatives, transportation, long term care) You can be comfortable and still need Medicaid.

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Great legit site to follow health and disease news in this era of ignorance and denial.

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January 26, 2025 On January 27, 1838, Abraham Lincoln rose before the Young Men’s Lyceum in Springfield, Illinois, to make a speech.

HCR summary of Lincoln’s Lyceum speech on substack. Totally worth the read.

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Ms. Cox Richardson and Lincoln’s Lyceum address. Resonates now as ever. m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

A portion of 17 graceful deer grazing in a nearby corn field. So calm and peaceful.

Wisconsinites, work on developing name recognition for Judge Crawford this spring’s election.
www.crawfordforwi.com

Support your local investigative journalist. Their work is essential to democracy.

Remember compassion can be strength and not to obey in advance. 🌅

Nope. Average people not paying any attention to politics as they are too exhausted from it all. I understand the need to rest, but if you don’t get back to paying attention, we all lose. It’s been over two months. Vacation is over. 😥

Winter sunsets can be so beautiful.

News literacy is imperative! The news literacy project and checkology service should get more attention than they do. Both students and adults may find their projects of value checkology.org

In some ways we could
see this coming. The pandemic showed us the best in some, but the worst in many others. Hoarding, greed, lack of empathy. Vaccination and masking for the common good was seen as an infringement on their freedom. No human is an island, meh.