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A short-eared owl gracefully soaring through the sky with wings fully extended, staring directly at the camera with bright yellow eyes

You just locked eyes with the silent ruler of the sky. No sound. No warning. Just grace and power in motion. Photo© turnipian

Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.

20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.

A better world is possible.

Yesterday domestic terrorists attempted to intimidate me and Michael Fanone (imagine that 🙄)
Longer video coming soon. Heading back out to go inspire and get in good trouble. 🫶🏽✌🏽

National Park Service rangers deploying a massive American flag upside down in the traditional sign of distress or extreme emergencies.

Trump and Elon Musk are floating 'DOGE dividends.' Low-income Americans might not benefit. The president recently touted the idea, which came to a 30-year-old investor in a dream and caught the attention of Elon Musk on X.

Trump and Elon Musk are floating 'DOGE dividends.' Low-income Americans might not get the benefits. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

We need to call out the blatant lie being pushed by the Trump administration—that Elon’s staffers have only “read-only” access. It has been confirmed across departments that they have “administrative” access to computer systems.

SpaceX, which holds billions of dollars in government contracts, was penalized by the FAA for ignoring regulations. In response, Musk pushed for the resignation of the agency’s chairman.

Holy fucking shit. I feel sick

Elon Musk has infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Office to identify ways to cut off funding for various projects, prompting the abrupt retirement of the Treasury official responsible for overseeing the government’s vast payment system.

Big win! President Biden will designate two new national monuments in CA: the 644,000-acre Chuckwalla near Joshua Tree and the 200,000-acre Sáttítla near the Oregon border, protecting tribal lands and vital ecosystems. #Conservation #PublicLands

While we’re banning books…

Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.

Be. Like. Finland.

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
George Orwell, 1984

Facts 💯

Why Musk Doesn’t Have Access to SpaceX’s Biggest Government Secrets The rocket company’s executives haven’t sought a higher security clearance for its CEO to avoid questions about his drug use and contact with foreign officials. The answers might no longer matter.

"Musk isn’t allowed to enter most SpaceX facilities where classified work is done and discussed..."
www.wsj.com/tech/musk-sp...

Why do so many Fox co-workers say Pete Hegseth had a problem with drinking on the job? I can’t imagine.

Trump’s Pick as Mideast Adviser, Massad Boulos, Is a Truck Salesman The lore around Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, is that he is a billionaire dealmaker. Records show otherwise.

"The confusion over Mr. Boulos’s background — and his failure for years to clear up misunderstandings until questioned this week by The Times — raises questions about how thoroughly Mr. Trump’s team vetted his nominees. "
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...

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True story

Financed by the Saudis.

NEW on RFK Jr: In audio we uncovered from his radio show he read and praised a description of Trump and his supporters as "belligerent idiots," "outright Nazis," and "cowards" and "bootlickers."

He also compared Trump to Adolf Hitler.

www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/p...

Looks like a great place for a nap

If civil war breaks out, meet me at the library.