Karl Trautman

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IDF ordered to stop Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg Israeli defence minister tells military to ‘take all necessary measures’ to block humanitarian flotilla

"...the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity."

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Instead of saving 20 hostages, Netanyahu went back to war – and lost 20 soldiers ***

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Statement from Democratic Governors on Donald Trump's Use of California's National Guard DGA Chair Governor Laura Kelly, DGA Vice Chair Governor Andy Beshear, Governor Tony Evers, Governor Bob Ferguson, Governor Josh Green, Governor Maura Healey, Governor Katie Hobbs, Governor Kathy Hochul, Governor Tina Kotek, Governor Ned Lamont, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor Dan McKee, Governor Matt Meyer, Governor Janet Mills, Governor Wes Moore, Governor Phil Murphy, Governor Jared Polis, Governor JB Pritzker, Governor Josh Shapiro, Governor Josh Stein, Governor Tim Walz, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement: "President Trump's move to deploy California's National Guard is an alarming abuse of power. Governors are the Commanders in Chief of their National Guard and the federal government activating them in their own borders without consulting or working with a state's governor is ineffective and dangerous. "Further, threatening to send the U.S. Marines into American neighborhoods undermines the mission of our service members, erodes public trust, and shows the Trump administration does not trust local law enforcement. "It's important we respect the executive authority of our country's governors to manage their National Guards - and we stand with Governor Newsom who has made it clear that violence is unacceptable and that local authorities should be able to do their jobs without the chaos of this federal interference and intimidation." ###

Statement from all Democratic governors.

How extreme is the June 7 Memorandum on federalizing the National Guard?

One of several issues: It has NO geographic limit. None. No mention of California or any other state. It's open-ended.

Now this from President Trump: "Well, we're going to have troops everywhere."⬇️

Legacy Author Karl G. Trautman- Losing My Religion Genre: F/Literary/Drama

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Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act: Notes on Preserving the American Republic A short time ago, former U.S. Attorney Barb McQuade posted this passage...

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Donald Trump has become master of the US Senate | Sidney Blumenthal By voting in favor of nominees they knew should never be approved, Republican senators became Trump’s subjects

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Stephen Junius Brutus, A Defense of Liberty against Tyrants: "Must it not then necessarily come to pass, that if the king...be infected with lunacy, either continually, or by intervals, that the whole state fall inevitably to ruin?" #americandemocracy #ruleoflaw #separationofpowers
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Crossing a line Borders between one kind of life and another

"I am on a night train from Kyiv, bound for Zaporizhzhia, a city in the southeast of Ukraine which is about twenty miles from the front... As I get ready to go to sleep, I find myself thinking that Americans are also speeding towards a line."
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YouTube video by The Audacity: Creative Action Together in Maine In Rockland Maine, Resistance Singers Learn "Till The Whole World Sings" (2/8/25) - The Audacity

On 2/8/25, Mainers met in Rockland to sing songs of love and resistance, publicly repudiating of the poisonous and dangerous direction taken by our country. 35 of us learned, then sang, "Till The Whole World Sings," written by Scott Johnson and Chad Warren for World Singing Day. youtu.be/3orQCA8nLhk

Travel back to the late 1980s and early 1990s with Losing My Religion. Follow Manny in Hawaii as he dives into postmodernism in graduate school. He moves back to the mainland and eventually becomes a professor. What is the place of truth in politics? #fiction #indiebookauthor #amreading

Experience the late 1980s with Road To Nowhere. Manny returns to Boston for graduate school, tests boundaries, begins a romance, travels out west again, politically acts and pursues a doctorate in fits and starts. Yet Jimmy Carter's loss still haunts him. #fiction #amreading #indieauthor

Transport back to the early 1980s for a mix of political passion, failed romances and travel! Follow the adventures of Manfred Schmidt at a small New Hampshire college and beyond in Sweet Dreams Are Made of This. How will he balance his desire with his ambition? #amreading #indieauthor #fiction

The majestic Na’Pali Cost of Kauai by bhishman www.reddit.com/u/bhishman/s... #photography #Hawaii #landscape #mountains #Ocean #nature

Did Washington Gas Convince a TV Station to Bury a Story on the Dangers of Gas Appliances? Washington Gas appears to have pressured a D.C. TV station to bury a story on a report detailing the health risks of gas appliances.

Ironically I need to make a correction on this tweet — it’s NOT a scoop — Washington City Paper scooped me! I apologize I didn’t see! washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7540...

D.C. news station quietly scrubs stories on gas stove health dangers Advocates say Washington Gas, a WUSA9 sponsor, pressured the station to take down the stories. "News is absolutely being suppressed," one advocate said.

SCOOP: One of D.C.'s leading news stations, WUSA9, quietly took down two stories about the health impact of gas stoves to allow one of their advertisers, Washington Gas, to comment.

One of the stories remained down for 6 days. The other is still down.

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Don’t cancel Aristotle – we need his ideas to hone ours | Aeon Essays The endless battle over his legacy testifies to his great authority – and the power of his thought to make the world better

Who can claim Aristotle? | By @edithmayhall.bsky.social

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Sunset in Otaru, Japan.

Hokkaido Sunset
Otaru, Japan
#japan #photography #travel #hokkaido #travelphotography #landscape #asia #sunset

Part of Three Wise Monkeys.

How I feel some days hearing the news. #ThreeWiseMonkeys

There are two types of writers: Planners and Pantsers. Planners outline in some way; pantsers work out the story as they go.

Both methods take about the same amount of time as planners spend more time upfront and often less time rewriting, whereas pantsers tend to spend more time editing afterward.

A quick list of good Maine news sources and journalists, please add others: @bangordailynews.bsky.social; @mainepublic.org; @mainemonitor.bsky.social; @terrystackhouse.bsky.social; @pressherald.bsky.social; @stevecollinsyji.bsky.social; @shankman.bsky.social; @downeastmagazine.bsky.social #maine

Picture of Carter, a window, American flags and a bed.

Introducing my four book series about Manfred Schmidt! Set in the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, Deacon Blues is the first in the series. It is a coming of age story about idealism, adventure, naivete, hope and the power of dreaming. shorturl.at/1oCBs #JimmyCarter #Democrats #literaryfiction 😀