Al Link

Simple Natural Happiness

Love the one(s) you are with. Family, friends and strangers.

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.

It doesn't have to be this way.

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A Confederacy of Toddlers -
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
By Tom Nichols/ The Atlantic

“ Toddler Trump” and his tantrums

Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump’s Attacks on Independence Independence is "fundamental to the health of any democracy—and it has been systematically dismantled in Hungary."

“Independence is a concept fundamental to the health of any democracy—and it has been systematically dismantled in Hungary…What’s left is a poor country subsumed with politics, propaganda, and polarization; a state that stomps out independence while feigning conservatism.”

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Turkiye issues arrest warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu over Gaza genocide Turkiye accuses Israeli officials of 'genocide and crimes against humanity' over Israel's war on Gaza.

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'He could have been remarkable': The tragic murder of forgotten US President James Garfield In the late 19th Century, James Garfield promised progress and reform – but four months after his inauguration he was shot. New series Death by Lightning explores his life and legacy.

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⚠️ It should make every American sick that the Supreme Court is siding with a man fighting to not feed hungry children.

The GOP is petrified of Zohran Mamdani because they know once democratic socialism works here, as it has in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, they will never be elected again.

Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be “no more prayer” in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility…”

Is there any part of the First Amendment the Trump administration isn’t happy to violate?

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Judge permanently bars Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland in response to immigration protests Oregon officials have been embroiled in a legal battle with the administration since late September, when the Trump administration mobilized hundreds of troops.

It’s a start. Now ban iCE!

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This morning, I spoke at the SOMOS Labor Breakfast.

"We are not looking to remake New York City in my image. We are looking to remake it in the image of struggling workers across the five boroughs."

I really think what’s needed here is more gold.

Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco/Bay Area - here are some restaurants helping with food if you’re struggling with loss of SNAP benefits.

Please share!

SNAP benefits are under attack during this government shutdown and food banks are picking up the slack.

But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:

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A glimmer of hope for our planet: the projected rise in global temperatures has slowed.

But this progress hides a warning: emissions haven’t fallen enough, and we’re off target.

The good news? We can still get back on track.

#EmissionsGap

Let Them Eat AI-Generated Cake Elon Musk and the coming twilight of the elites.

"The current state of American capitalism isn’t sustainable. It doesn’t deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of “eat the rich” is to fix the current “let them eat cake” distortion of capitalism into which we’ve fallen."

www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...

Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’

The foundation of a stable, mature, compassionate society is

Universal Unconditional
Basic Income
Education
Health Care

If your elected officials aren't advocating for those, demand to know why they think people deserve to live in poverty, sickness and ignorance.

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?

Front page with that headline

Financial consultants Deloitte conclude: the environmental damage done by Dutch agriculture (€18.6 billion/year) exceeds its total economic added value (€13.3 billion/year).
Emissions of greenhouse gases, nitrogen deposition, and
biodiversity loss due to agricultural activities dominate the damage.

so true 💥

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