Andrew Jurdan

I like the way the Scottish are greeting Trump. If only The NY Times would adopt this bluntness

25.07.2025 12:37 — 👍 342    🔁 65    💬 12    📌 5

My latest: Zelensky is being forced into an "extortionist" "neocolonial plundering" of Ukraine's riches, giving Trump and Putin unprecedented control of fossil fuels & minerals. Big Oil's big prize awaits: Russia's vast oil and gas fields. @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

08.03.2025 15:55 — 👍 177    🔁 84    💬 9    📌 7

Michelle & Mira take a picture with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley in the Congressional hearing room

Mira snoozes in her stroller wearing an MBTA onesie in the hallway of a federal building

Michelle nurses the baby from her witness seat in the hearing room before the hearing begins

Michelle holds a yawning baby Mira on the plane

It’s my honor to represent Boston, today & every day. So proud to stand with everyone who loves & fights for our city 👊

Mira & Mama are so happy to be coming home 💜

06.03.2025 02:53 — 👍 811    🔁 73    💬 48    📌 9

‘Give ‘em hell Michelle’: Mayor Wu stayed calm and combative during her first congressional hearing on immigration - The Boston Globe The Boston mayor usually doesn't seek the national spotlight, but she held her own when it shined on her Wednesday.

A very good write up of the day. In case you missed the Congressional fireworks. And enjoy some of the clips at @mayorwu.boston.gov.

06.03.2025 02:32 — 👍 182    🔁 23    💬 7    📌 4

December 3, 2024 For an astonishing six hours today, South Korea underwent an attempted self-coup by its unpopular president, Yoon Suk Yeol, only to see the South Korean people force him to back down as they reasserte...

"...Among other things, it illustrates that for all the claims that autocracy can react to events more quickly than democracy can, in fact autocrats are brittle. It is democracy that is determined and resilient."

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04.12.2024 14:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Military disability payments are well deserved. There is a massive glut at the moment because Burn Pit veterans are retiring, and the burn pits caused all kinds of issues, for me as well. And we have no idea what it WILL do to us when we are older. Cont…

03.12.2024 22:05 — 👍 27355    🔁 4361    💬 835    📌 137

The parts of Build Back Better blocked by the Senate were those which would have directly benefited working people:

- Paid + Family Leave
- Child Tax Credit
- Universal pre-K
- $15 minimum wage

Instead, Bidenomics was all indirect and through the market:

- CHIPS
- IRA
- Infrastructure

03.12.2024 21:31 — 👍 1456    🔁 410    💬 45    📌 34

Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false

"Trump won the crucial blue wall states... by 231,000 votes? So if just 116,000 voters across those three swing states – or 0.7% of the total – had switched from Trump to Harris, it is the vice-president who would have won the electoral college … and the presidency" - me for the Guardian:

03.12.2024 20:33 — 👍 6397    🔁 1611    💬 265    📌 87

Hello?

15.11.2024 19:01 — 👍 1116    🔁 275    💬 30    📌 9

Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29 | George Monbiot What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

15.11.2024 07:17 — 👍 4281    🔁 1252    💬 118    📌 93

Sad sane-washing from @npr.org
Do better

15.11.2024 23:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hanging off the Line Election polls were largely accurate. But the stories we tell about them are often distorting.

Election polls were largely accurate. But the stories we tell about them are often distorting, by Meghnad Bose. www.cjr.org/covering_the...

15.11.2024 22:22 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

(3/3)
- Limiting State Authority Under the Clean Water Act: Restricted states’ ability to block energy projects, reducing local water quality control.
- Relaxation of Lead and Copper Regulations: Slowed efforts to replace lead service lines, prolonging potential lead exposure.

15.11.2024 13:36 — 👍 554    🔁 67    💬 10    📌 1

(2/3)
- Repeal of Clean Water Rule (WOTUS): Removed protections for smaller streams and wetlands, increasing pollution risks.
- Overturning Stream Protection Rule: Allowed coal mining debris to pollute waterways by rolling back regulations.

15.11.2024 13:35 — 👍 354    🔁 52    💬 2    📌 1

A reminder from the past to ensure history doesn’t repeat itself: the Cuyahoga River caught fire over a dozen times, leading to change in 1969.

Here is an overview of Trump’s reduction in clean water protections during his last term: (1/2)

15.11.2024 13:35 — 👍 3744    🔁 763    💬 52    📌 43

How do you face fascism? I like Orwell's version: ground yourself in direct and immediate experience, trust your senses, find some joy, turn back to face the fascists and tell truths to combat the lies.

13.11.2024 19:36 — 👍 2808    🔁 753    💬 58    📌 38

#NexBenedict, we speak your name #TheTrevorProject #TransHotline

14.11.2024 03:44 — 👍 30    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

#NexBenedict, we speak your name #TheTrevorProject #TransHotline

14.11.2024 03:44 — 👍 52    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0