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Economic Order, Corporate Power, and the Public Interest: Freedom & Prosperity Framework pt. 4 Democracy must ensure that corporate power serves the public interest

#Democracy must prevent excessive economic concentration and ensure that corporate power serves the #publicinterest rather than undermining it.

#Antitrust
#Monopolies
#EconomicJustice
#CorporateAccountability
#Economy
#CitizensUnited
#Competition
#WealthInequality
#StructuralReform

Makes me wish I lived in Chicago.

Makes me wish I lived in Chicago.

they look like robins from this angle, but they're eastern bluebirds.

Eastern bluebird landing at a backyard feeder with wings fully spread, golden afternoon light, suburban lawn and trees in background

Sometimes the #bird camera triggers at wonderful moments. #easternbluebird #bluebird #photography #birdphotography

Fundamental Rights, Responsibilities, and Freedoms of the People: Freedom & Prosperity Framework pt. 3 Democracy must be grounded in transparency, public trust, and limits on private influence.

#Democracy must protect fundamental rights, personal liberty, equal protection, and human dignity from both public and corporate power.

#HumanRights
#CivilLiberties
#FreeSpeech
#FreedomOfThePress
#EqualProtection
#Privacy
#DueProcess
#SecularGovernment
#FreedomOfReligion
#Labor
#RightToOrganize

Governmental Ethics, Transparency, and Public Responsibility: Freedom & Prosperity Framework pt. 2 Democracy must be grounded in transparency, public trust, and limits on private influence.

A working #democracy must be grounded in #transparency, public trust, and clear limits on private influence over public power.

#PublicTrust
#Accountability
#OpenGovernment
#Ethics
#Lobbying
#ConflictOfInterest
#RegulatoryCapture
#Corruption
#PublicInterest
#DemocraticReform

I wrote the Times off in 2005. They've done nothing since to convince me to come back.

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Electoral System, Democratic Integrity, Federal Authority: Freedom & Prosperity Framework pt. 1 A democratic government should ensure fair representation, equal voting power, accountability, and rule of law.

A democratic government should ensure fair representation, equal voting power, accountability, and rule of law.

#Democracy
#ElectoralReform
#ProportionalRepresentation
#ParliamentaryDemocracy
#VotingRights
#Federalism
#StatesRights
#JudicialReform
#CampaignFinanceReform
#ConstitutionalReform

Why Does the U.S. Need a New Constitution? Let’s be clear about something: Trump has done what he’s done within the system.

We're broken. But we can do better. Pt 1 in a series.

#Democracy
#Constitution
#ConstitutionalReform
#Freedom
#Prosperity
#ElectoralReform
#Accountability
#ElectoralCollege
#JudicialReform
#ProportionalRepresentation
#TwoPartySystem
#StructuralDemocracy

Image of a hungry woman with her child during the dust bowl. The image is a comedy by the following quote: “​There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And the children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill the certificates - died of malnutrition - because the food must rot, must be forced to rot.” —John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath

Soft-focus close-up of iced pale blue flowers against a cool blue background, with white text reading ‘Imbolc 2026’ and ‘Warmth, peace, and a return to the light.’

#imbolc

The lie detector is a lie, the polygraph is my bitch, and Americans should stop acting like slack-jawed yokels Of course I’ve overpoured a drink, dumbass. Every bartender has overpoured a drink.

#polygraph #liedetector

been watching this discussion for a while, so I might as well say: I have a humanities degree from one of the world's top engineering schools, I got a terrific education in writing *and* STEM, and it has made me a better UX strategist all around, absolutely zero regrets

Everyone asks where you’re from. Nobody asks where you’re to.

#zen

Bill Belichick is a Cheating Girlfriend I try and think of a song that captures how I feel about the coming year.

#BillBelichick was a known #cheater. This matters.

#integrity #NewEnglandPatriots #NFLHallOfFame #Spygate

Tulips in shadow and light

May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out - J.R.R. Tolkien

#tulips #flowers #nature #photography #stilllife #light #shadows

When you climb the mountain, the ocean does not cease to exist

#zen

Yes, you did. Most Americans saw it coming (some were mortified and the rest were happy about it). If you honestly didn't see it coming, you're too fucking stupid to be outside off-leash.

May you reap what you have sown. #republican #gop #fascist

Words never sit still

#zen #language

The sun rises in the east, even if there is a funeral.

#zen #death

WHAT YESTERDAY'S DAVOS SPEECH WAS: A pointed indictment of Trump and a signal that global leaders are planning for a future less dependent on the US. WHAT IT WASN’T: A call to save the US. This was capitalist system preservation, not a resistance town hall. Remember: The lesser evil is still evil.

WHAT YESTERDAY'S #DAVOS SPEECH WAS: A pointed indictment of Trump & a signal that global leaders are planning for a future less dependent on the US.

WHAT IT WASN’T: A call to save the US. This was capitalist system preservation, not a resistance town hall.

REMEMBER: The lesser evil is still evil.

If there’s no hope of victory, there’s no need to strive.

#zen

Greg Sankey proposes new college football playoff format

#Collegefootball #cfp #playoff #SEC #gregsankey #espn

USA flag logo in the German SS waffe font

#fascism #SS

Dahlia flower Close up

Open at the touch
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#flower #dahlia #macro #nature #photography

Enlightenment is the emptiness between universes.

#zen #quantumzen #quantum

Shit like this cheapens the prestigious FIFA Peace Prize.

Which is PROOF the Constitution is obsolete.