@dmcrane1.bsky.social
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Pre-Boomer, old but not dead yet. Raised in military family & married military. Was an Eisenhower Republican. I didn't change, the GOP changed. Politically active Democrat since the Iraq War. Separation of Church & State and Pro-choice.
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usnews.com
New Commentary: Veterans Protected Our Country. We Must Protect Their Right to Housing. https://bit.ly/471FxT3
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carbonbrief.org
Recommended read: On Substack, veteran climate campaigner and author @billmckibben.bsky.social considered the resilience of solar power amid modern warfare.
It's hard to drone a solar panel
The war in Ukraine may be adding resilience to the list of clean energy's virtues
buff.ly
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irishstar.com
President Donald Trump appeared to lose his focus while delivering a public statement Friday, suddenly interrupting his prepared comments as PGA golfer Keegan Bradley entered his line of sight.
Donald Trump interrupts White House speech to make Keegan Bradley statement
www.irishstar.com
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politico.eu
The EU will urge its G7 allies to use Russian frozen assets to issue their own reparation loans to Ukraine when the group’s finance ministers gather in Washington next week, according to the bloc's economy chief Valdis Dombrovskis.
EU pressures G7 countries to loan frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
Brussels wants other countries to follow the EU’s lead in issuing reparation loans to help war-torn country.
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chicago.suntimes.com
The University of Illinois, which established the world's first wheelchair racing program in 1948, has nine of its 15 team members competing in Sunday's Chicago Marathon, including six-time Paralympic medalist Susannah Scaroni.
University of Illinois wheelchair track produces perennial Chicago Marathon racers
Nine of the team’s 15 athletes are competing in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, some of whom are Paralympic medalists and racers in numerous marathons worldwide.
trib.al
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prospectmagazine.co.uk
Some rare good climate news: wind is vying to be the cheapest form of electricity generation there is, and solar adoption figures have surpassed all expectations, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.
The great 2025 solar boom
One massive thing is going really well, according to veteran climate campaigner Bill McKibben
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
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chicagotribune.com
A federal judge has ruled that a controversial security fence constructed around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburb’s right to access its own land and ordered its removal by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.
Judge orders controversial fence around ICE facility in Broadview to be removed
A federal judge ruled that a controversial security fence constructed around the ICE detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburb’s right to access its own land and ordered its remo…
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dmcrane1.bsky.social
We have bases in NATO Ally countries as part of the mutual Agreement of protection. We have no such agreement with Quatar....they did, however, buy the US President with a fancy old airplane with tacky glittering fixtures that suit trump's nouveau-riche idea of what rich looks like.
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thetyee.ca
“It seemed to me that some of America’s most famous tech execs and venture capitalists were moving — often quite vocally — to the political right.” #uspoli
How Silicon Valley Lost Its Way | The Tyee
Jacob Silverman’s new book exposes the rightward path for the tech leaders shaping how we live.
thetyee.ca
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pressfreedomtracker.us
Freelance reporter @leighgiangreco.bsky.social was on assignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social, covering Sept. 19 protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, when federal officers shot her with pepper balls.

The newsroom has since filed suit and won a temporary restraining order.
Freelancer struck by projectiles at Illinois anti-deportation protest
Freelance reporter Leigh Giangreco was shot with multiple pepper balls by federal officers while covering protests outside a U.S. Immigration …
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