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All about books and libraries, plus nature, gardening, museums, science, fiction, media literacy, lowcountry and SC stuff. Anti-authoritarian, anti-hate, pro-democracy. I like logical thinkers but also a bit of magic.
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I know we’re all tired and fed up but please keep contacting your legislators often. If I can email Lindsey Graham every week, you can email yours!
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#Pushback #CallCongress
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Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
www.texastribune.org
September 28, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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Russian disinformation campaign is actively using AI-generated deepfakes and voice-cloning to create fake videos of recognizable Hollywood celebrities attacking the Democratic Party.
www.ms.now/news/russia-...
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A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms
The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
www.ms.now
September 29, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Russian disinformation campaign is actively using AI-generated deepfakes and voice-cloning to create fake videos of recognizable Hollywood celebrities attacking the Democratic Party.
www.ms.now/news/russia-...
www.ms.now/news/russia-...
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Germany has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, aiming for 80% renewable energy by 2030 and a potential earlier coal exit date of 2035.
Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Germany has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, aiming for 80% renewable energy by 2030 and a potential earlier coal exit date of 2035.
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There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
www.statesman.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:28 AM
ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
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Steve Witkoff made nearly $107 million in 2025 from a holding company tied to Trump family crypto while serving as special envoy. Apparently public service now means pulling nine figures from the president's cronies while families struggle to pay bills.
#StopTrumpCorruption
#StopTrumpCorruption
September 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Steve Witkoff made nearly $107 million in 2025 from a holding company tied to Trump family crypto while serving as special envoy. Apparently public service now means pulling nine figures from the president's cronies while families struggle to pay bills.
#StopTrumpCorruption
#StopTrumpCorruption
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A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
September 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Trump is never going to give us $5000 each, but for several hours we have treated this nonsense as if it were a serious proposal, so in a sense he has accomplished his mission. Again. But his flop sweat is growing.
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump’s $5,000 Payout Promise Is Soaked in Flop Sweat
During the 2016 election, 8 million years ago, there was a big debate about whether we should take the many outrageous things President Donald Trump said seriously or literally, or both, or neither. S...
www.bloomberg.com
September 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Trump is never going to give us $5000 each, but for several hours we have treated this nonsense as if it were a serious proposal, so in a sense he has accomplished his mission. Again. But his flop sweat is growing.
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Media Matters reviewed Fox News' coverage from five of its evening "opinion" shows.
We found that their Iran coverage collapsed over the summer, while references to socialism, the WNBA, and Fauci soared. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/ira...
We found that their Iran coverage collapsed over the summer, while references to socialism, the WNBA, and Fauci soared. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/ira...
Iran coverage collapsed this summer on Fox News’ evening “opinion” shows
Six months into the war Donald Trump launched against Iran, the campaign “has deteriorated into a quagmire of the president’s own making with no clear goals, no obvious strategy and no end in sight” w...
www.mediamatters.org
September 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Media Matters reviewed Fox News' coverage from five of its evening "opinion" shows.
We found that their Iran coverage collapsed over the summer, while references to socialism, the WNBA, and Fauci soared. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/ira...
We found that their Iran coverage collapsed over the summer, while references to socialism, the WNBA, and Fauci soared. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/ira...
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Native-born labor force participation just hit its lowest August on record.
Despite the admin's claims, deportations are not freeing up jobs for Americans — 600,000 native-born workers have left the labor force in the past year.
Despite the admin's claims, deportations are not freeing up jobs for Americans — 600,000 native-born workers have left the labor force in the past year.
September 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Native-born labor force participation just hit its lowest August on record.
Despite the admin's claims, deportations are not freeing up jobs for Americans — 600,000 native-born workers have left the labor force in the past year.
Despite the admin's claims, deportations are not freeing up jobs for Americans — 600,000 native-born workers have left the labor force in the past year.
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The transfer follows calls from European politicians and lobbyists to repatriate gold reserves from the US, warning that an unreliable American government may otherwise seize them amid growing transatlantic tensions. ft.trib.al/a173Cyy
September 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The transfer follows calls from European politicians and lobbyists to repatriate gold reserves from the US, warning that an unreliable American government may otherwise seize them amid growing transatlantic tensions. ft.trib.al/a173Cyy
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Today, I started the day debate prepping with my team, then watched my daughter’s soccer game, went grocery shopping, watched my son’s football practice, and made us all dinner.
But yeah, I’m totally a “radical lunatic.”
But yeah, I’m totally a “radical lunatic.”
August 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Today, I started the day debate prepping with my team, then watched my daughter’s soccer game, went grocery shopping, watched my son’s football practice, and made us all dinner.
But yeah, I’m totally a “radical lunatic.”
But yeah, I’m totally a “radical lunatic.”
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The court will hear oral arguments as part of a dispute over whether fossil fuel companies can be held liable for their role in exacerbating climate change.
Samuel Alito Holds More Than $175,000 In Fossil Fuel Investments Ahead Of Hearing Exxon Case, Disclosure Shows
The court will hear oral arguments as part of a dispute over whether fossil fuel companies can be held liable for their role in exacerbating climate change.
www.forbes.com
August 31, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The court will hear oral arguments as part of a dispute over whether fossil fuel companies can be held liable for their role in exacerbating climate change.
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The Trump administration is pressuring the National Park Service to give a piece of Yosemite National Park to a private developer.
This isn't Trump's first attack on our beautiful national parks. Here's what you need to know.
This isn't Trump's first attack on our beautiful national parks. Here's what you need to know.
Donald Trump’s New Enemy? Our National Parks
Americans love their national parks.There’s a reason why they were once described as “America’s best idea.”So why are Tr
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August 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Trump administration is pressuring the National Park Service to give a piece of Yosemite National Park to a private developer.
This isn't Trump's first attack on our beautiful national parks. Here's what you need to know.
This isn't Trump's first attack on our beautiful national parks. Here's what you need to know.
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EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian government roles.
They include Rob Maness, Kurt Schlicter and Tom Anderson, better known as Cynical Publius.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
They include Rob Maness, Kurt Schlicter and Tom Anderson, better known as Cynical Publius.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian government roles.
They include Rob Maness, Kurt Schlicter and Tom Anderson, better known as Cynical Publius.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
They include Rob Maness, Kurt Schlicter and Tom Anderson, better known as Cynical Publius.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This is why Google’s capitulation is so embarrassing.
They think they work for his government
They think they work for his government
FWIW Trump can't rename geographical features. Only the U.S. Board on Geographic Names can do that; Trump can't go over their head.
What the executive order does is require all federal government agencies and employees to use an inaccurate place names. That, unfortunately, is a power he does have.
What the executive order does is require all federal government agencies and employees to use an inaccurate place names. That, unfortunately, is a power he does have.
Where does this madness with the renaming on Google end? Can Trump call the Atlantic Ocean the “Trump Ocean” and they’ll fall in line? Can he name Minnesota “Big Fat Loserville” and it goes on the map the next day?
August 30, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This is why Google’s capitulation is so embarrassing.
They think they work for his government
They think they work for his government
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Fun fact — and reminder: For all their focus on “officer safety” and arguments about aggressive tactics being necessary, no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty.
It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer.
It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer.
New: ICE plans to spend millions of dollars on Boston Dynamics dog robots. ICE says this is to improve "officer safety." The robots can open doors, pick up objects, have 360 cameras, infrared vision, etc. Boston Dynamics didn't respond to question on its stance on ICE www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots
ICE wants the robot dogs to improve “officer safety.”
www.404media.co
August 30, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Fun fact — and reminder: For all their focus on “officer safety” and arguments about aggressive tactics being necessary, no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty.
It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer.
It is more deadly in the US to be an elementary school student than an ICE officer.
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Third-country removals send deportees to nations other than their home country, often places they have no ties to and have never visited.
More than 20,000 believed to have been deported to third countries under Trump administration
The Trump administration's rising use of third-country deportations, as tracked by advocates, has seen over 22,000 people sent to unfamiliar nations.
www.9news.com
August 18, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Third-country removals send deportees to nations other than their home country, often places they have no ties to and have never visited.
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Legal filings revealed the Trump administration launched a sprawling surveillance campaign against Minnesotans as it sought to crack down on last winter’s anti-ICE protests.
The effort, which raises significant civil rights concerns, also continued months after DHS' immigration surge in the area.
The effort, which raises significant civil rights concerns, also continued months after DHS' immigration surge in the area.
Trump admin conducted major surveillance operation in Minnesota during protest crackdown, new filings show
The sprawling surveillance effort involved several undercover operations at churches across the U.S.
www.democracydocket.com
August 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Legal filings revealed the Trump administration launched a sprawling surveillance campaign against Minnesotans as it sought to crack down on last winter’s anti-ICE protests.
The effort, which raises significant civil rights concerns, also continued months after DHS' immigration surge in the area.
The effort, which raises significant civil rights concerns, also continued months after DHS' immigration surge in the area.
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1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year.
Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
August 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year.
Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
Good points from @americathepossible.bsky.social
in this essay. I do think the people elected are a massive problem but I think the two-party system and money in politics (which isn’t discussed) perpetuates the probability of electing bad people. We absolutely have to fix that asap.
in this essay. I do think the people elected are a massive problem but I think the two-party system and money in politics (which isn’t discussed) perpetuates the probability of electing bad people. We absolutely have to fix that asap.
We have to stop blaming the “System” for everything that’s gone wrong in America.
Making America better by making Americans smarter:
americathepossible.substack.com
August 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Good points from @americathepossible.bsky.social
in this essay. I do think the people elected are a massive problem but I think the two-party system and money in politics (which isn’t discussed) perpetuates the probability of electing bad people. We absolutely have to fix that asap.
in this essay. I do think the people elected are a massive problem but I think the two-party system and money in politics (which isn’t discussed) perpetuates the probability of electing bad people. We absolutely have to fix that asap.
Why do we let tech companies sell us products with features we don’t like or want? We’re a massive block of consumers. We have power. We should use our power for our own good.
August 13, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Why do we let tech companies sell us products with features we don’t like or want? We’re a massive block of consumers. We have power. We should use our power for our own good.
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JFC
AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
apnews.com
August 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
JFC