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POV of a "recovering conservative" and former Turning Point employee...

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She's on BSKY at:
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"trying to suck up to an authoritarian administration..."

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Couple of recent AI wins 🤣

If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them:

—Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings
—More guns don't make us safer
—A majority of Americans want gun reform

We don't have to live like this.

'The bill has several more obstacles to clear in the House and Senate. “One thing stands out though, and that is that at this stage there are no signs of any serious deficit restraint,” said Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid. '

Source: Wall Street Jones

'Adding to investor nerves about America's debt trajectory, the House Budget Committee approved President Trump’s tax-and-spending bill late Sunday, a milestone for a proposal that is projected to add trillions of dollars to the deficit.'

The US is winning supes hard with our new responsible governance & stewardship...

'Late Friday, Moody’s stripped the U.S. of its last triple-A credit rating, citing large fiscal deficits and rising interest costs.'

Urge Congress: Save Public Media Save your local stations. Email your Members of Congress now!

Contact your lawmakers now & urge them to oppose efforts to claw back federal funding for public media – and to support full funding moving forward.

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Urge Congress: Save Public Media Save your local stations. Email your Members of Congress now!

Add your voice to protect public media...

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Sigh.... Thanks, Obama 👀

"...after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. ... Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts — and the person had the correct username and password..."

5 takeaways about NPR's reporting on the whistleblower report about DOGE at the NLRB Here's a summary of NPR's findings about the report that a whistleblower filed to Congress about how DOGE violated security protocols and could have removed sensitive labor data.

File under: 'DOGE antics expose sensitive US data to Russia'

#BerkeleyRep

In SF, venue to be announced shortly

International Tabletop Day 2025 Join the EGL for a day of board games on Sat June 7, 2025 in celebration of International Tabletop Day. We’re hosting a “Board Game Day” open house to foster in-person community b…

Save the Date SAT June 07 for International Tabletop Day

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RFK Jr.: If you eat doughnuts or smoke, should society pay for your health care? Kennedy went on to say that it is an American’s choice to “eat donuts all day” or drink sodas, and he promised not to take those choices away.

I mean, fuk this guy and his generally looney views ... but also, this one thing he makes sense on 🤔👀

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked whether society should pay for the health care of Americans who eat doughnuts or smoke when they know those habits can contribute to poor health outcomes."

A chilling analysis of Trump's tariff goals...

Worth a follow @aleszek.bsky.social & co #ResistList

From midnight tonight to midnight Friday night, please: No Amazon, no Walmart, no Best Buy, no Target, no Disney, no Google. Don’t spend on fast food, major retailers, or gas.

Avoid using credit or debit cards to make nonessential purchases.

Boycott tomorrow! Join in tomorrow’s economic blackout

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers — including Amazon — tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

What [the testifying pathologist] did not reveal during the meeting: The Washington state medical board had restricted his medical license the previous January after determining he had made “numerous demonstrably false” statements about the coronavirus vaccine, among other pandemic-related topics.'

In Idaho, a preview of RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptical America This Idaho health district banned public clinics from distributing the coronavirus vaccine as widespread fear during the pandemic fades from public memory.

Continuing our descent into Shithole country status...

'Nevertheless, the regional health board in Idaho voted 4-3 that October afternoon to prohibit the district’s four public health clinics from distributing the coronavirus vaccine...'

"Trump is currently planning to eliminate the Department of Education; the top six states that receive grants under the department—Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Nevada—all voted for Trump..."

February 5, 2025 Five years ago, on February 5, 2020, Republican senators acquitted then-president Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial.

Karma?
"[DOGE] cuts are poised to hurt Trump’s own rural voters ... about 400,000 people in rural areas receive healthcare from federally qualified health centers; half of these centers ... are stopping some services or closing.
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YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: U.S. will 'take over' Gaza, 'own it,' says Trump

Our POTUS appears to be an unmitigated POS 👀

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Missed that particular game, the fellas enjoyed it though

Mini-boardgame Tahoe-con with the boys @claudiofresneda.bsky.social @damocles100.bsky.social

"He wants the power to decide who can be considered a citizen, and he apparently wants to force the U.S. Supreme Court to give him that power."