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Frank Amari
@frankamari.bsky.social
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Lapsed attorney and former public defender. Pro-Democracy, Anti-Trump. Loves dogs, nature, art and history. "As long as one lives, one can learn." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg 🌊💙🌊💙
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · Nov 9
A question I've yet to see be asked:
What part of the greatness of America WASN'T accomplished by immigrants or by their "proud to be American" descendants?
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 18m
"Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it."

-- Hannah Arendt, born #OTD 1906
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 24m
Hannah Arendt was born #OTD 1906.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 1h
Who will lose out when ACA health insurance subsidies expire?

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Who will lose out when ACA health insurance subsidies expire?
Here’s a look at who could be affected by the end of the Affordable Care Act credits and how much prices could change.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 1h
"Only Americans can hurt America."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, born #OTD 1890

MAGA movement | Meaning, Beliefs, Origins, Donald Trump, & Facts | Britannica share.google/FpKmWq8fLAfb...
MAGA movement | Meaning, Beliefs, Origins, Donald Trump, & Facts | Britannica
The MAGA movement is a nativist political movement that emerged in the United States during the 2016 presidential campaign of its putative leader, Donald Trump. Its name is derived from Trump’s 2016 c...
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h
"The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, born $OTD 1890

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Fact check: Debunking 100 Trump false claims from his first 100 days | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump filled his first 100 days back in office with the same relentless dishonesty that was a hallmark of his first presidency and his 2016 and 2024 presidential campaigns.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h
"Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, born #OTD 1890

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Trump's Claim: ‘I Alone Can Fix It’
Breaking with two centuries of political tradition, the presidential nominee didn’t ask Americans to place their trust in each other or in God, but rather, in him.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h
"Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, born #OTD 1890

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Donald Trump: 'What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening'
In a wide-ranging, free-flowing speech to a veterans association, the US president, Donald Trump, criticised the media for its reaction to his trade tariffs policy.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h
The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, born #OTD 1890

Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants are an Attack on us All | TIME share.google/9nGDnb2TB5AG...
Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants are an Attack on us All
Kica Matos warns that an assault on immigrants' rights may be the opening step toward dismantling everyone's rights.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, born #OTD 1890
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed..."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, born #OTD 1890
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h
On this date in 1964, Baptist minister and social activist Martin Luther King, Jr., was named the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace, cited for his work involving civil rights and social justice.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 2h
May 14:

WATCH: Health Secretary RFK Jr. says he doesn’t think people should take medical advice from him | PBS News share.google/NkFZ5Q1LSz0a...
WATCH: Health Secretary RFK Jr. says he doesn't think people should take medical advice from him
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that he doesn’t “think people should be taking advice — medical advice — from me.”
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 3h
Despite momentous ceasefire, the path for lasting peace and rebuilding in Gaza is precipitous

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Despite momentous ceasefire, the path for lasting peace and rebuilding in Gaza is precipitous
President Donald Trump is hailing the ceasefire deal he brokered between Israel and Hamas as the end of the war in Gaza and start of rebuilding the devastated territory.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 14h
Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them.

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Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them.
The biggest sources of microplastics have one thing in common: Heat.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 16h
Hamas has yet to agree to the other terms of a ceasefire.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 16h
Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

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Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline
The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 16h
The Atlantic:

America at 250

The Insurrection Problem

Violence has marred the American constitutional order since the founding. Is it inevitable?

By Jeffrey Rosen

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The Insurrection Problem
Violence has marred the American constitutional order since the founding. Is it inevitable?
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 16h
The Atlantic:

Why Did Benjamin Franklin’s Son Remain Loyal to the British?

One of the most influential and ardent Patriots couldn’t persuade his son to join the Revolution.

By Stacy Schiff
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Why Did Benjamin Franklin’s Son Remain Loyal to the British?
One of the most influential and ardent Patriots couldn’t persuade his son to join the Revolution.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 17h
Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

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Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline
The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 17h
The U.S. is providing a $20 billion currency swap line with Argentina’s central bank — essentially exchanging stable U.S. dollars with volatile pesos.

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The U.S. has stepped in with an extraordinary bailout of Argentina. Here's what it means
The Treasury Department has extended a financial lifeline to Argentina in apparent hopes of heading off an emerging market financial crisis.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 18h
Good afternoon, Whatifisaidit!
Thanks so much for including me in this wonderful list!
Truly appreciated!
Following all.
Have a great day!! 😊💙
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 21h
The Atlantic:

The American Experiment

At 250, the Revolution’s goals remain noble and indispensable.

By Jeffrey Goldberg

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The American Experiment
At 250, the Revolution’s goals remain noble and indispensable.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 21h
The Atlantic:

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution

The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

By Ned Blackhawk
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How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution
The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 21h
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 22h
ANTIFA, 1944:
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