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Small business person, Irish trad musician, Hoo, car-less cyclist and runner, veggie and fruit gardener, American living in EU. Prefer solutions to politics but willing to discuss*, though I'd rather share a tune :-) *once we return to democracy
Whitehouse is always connecting the dots and Russia/Putin has long been the beneficiary of Trump's actions. It won't be long (if not already) until the U.S. is seen as the terrorist state.
I wonder if statistics on ICE field officers are similar...
The Bill of Rights is burning and you're negotiating with the arsonists. Stop. They're building death camps with our money. Stop. You're negotiating with rapists and pedophiles or those who protect them. Stop.
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Noticed that they discontinued the CIA World Factbook which was a great educational resource. I wonder which word triggered them... Fact, Book or World. Definitely something the MAGA faithful would need to banish. Thank you, Heather for your wonderful historical framing of today's issues.
This story should be retitled. The US is actually funding pro-Putin think tanks, ones that want to end European democracy.
Lets be honest about this.
Fabulous resource. Not as important as the CDC or NPS, but all good things must die under Agent Orange.
Quite true. But I would also bet it will be the first state where they will try election shenanigans. Oh yeah, Ken is quite the piece of... work.
Boy it would be awful
if foreign governments did their own investigation;
and didn't protect wealthy child rapists,
while not protecting the privacy of victims,
like some other governments I could mention.
If elections are held fairly in Texas in November, I think gerrymandering will backfire on Republicans because they have spread their advantage too thinly across districts. I'm sure they'll trot out the usual suspects which will narrow the margin, but Texas may not be so red come November.
You know Putin is enjoying every moment of our Winter of Discontent. The fact that none of these insane actions and pieces of evidence is turning the tables on the White House and the powers that be is so deeply disturbing. Thank you, Heather.
Another wonderful historical message of hope. Thank you, Heather. I feel compelled to highlight that what ultimately changed Woolworth's policy was not a change of heart, but economics. Seems appropriate to mention right about now.
Hi Rocky - Should have said American living in the Czech Republic. It's a mixed feeling over here. People are mainly concerned and discouraged and have a tough time understanding why the country voted for him. Europe is struggling as well. Babis is a Trump lite.
Czech Republic here, and I'm almost always awake before she posts :-) Her posts are usually what ties everything together after I've sifted through standard media. The difference in focus is often illuminating (and love the tie-ins with history like today).
Looking forward to @aptera.us and true solar powered vehicles for meeting most driving needs.
Please stop inviting Abernathy on the show. Maybe there is a reason to have someone repeating the same MAGA bs and whataboutisms now and then, but you'll lose this long-time viewer.
But his true believers will believe anything that comes out of it. You can be sure the (fake) results from this will come out before the Epstein files.
Clear example of that liberal type that graduates from Harvard. Gambling executive. Isn't he the guy who also put forward the Greenland Annexation act?
Was happy to see some Republican pushback on Rubio yesterday, but the Georgia raid is unbelievably unconstitutional and dangerous. With every overstep, they should lose credibility. On the other hand 39% indicates we're in real trouble with truth and values in the USA. Go BRUCE!
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
“To you this is murder?”
“Yes. I know it is. — People are feeling like there’s nobody here to help us. What can we do? The constitution doesn’t seem to matter.”
She witnessed the killing of Alex Pretti, now she is bravely coming forward.
Stella is the best of us. 🇺🇸
Re: Steven Miller. Translation, I'm 100% behind him remaining the key puppeteer.
It's clear that they have no intention of publicly releasing the names of the ICE agents involved with the murder of Pretti. I thought to myself that war is where the enemy is similarly faceless and unknown. It was not a good realization.
Thank you, Heather. This letter is more difficult than most for me. Somehow the evil intent of the administration is showing more in their strategy in the aftermath of the recent killings.
Lots of talk about body cameras. How will that help when we have plenty of clear evidence that is completely ignored by the DoJ and guess who will have physical control of the body cameras? I'm seeing some Republicans trotting this out like it is some kind of solution.
I think it is more about demonstration of power than the actual deed. Once the wall breaks it is hard to build again. Which is why you can't negotiate with them. Speaking of which, what happened to States Rights? So hard to keep up with their theories...
