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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 15h

And I'm not a poetry guy but...

“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;..."

A quote from If

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowan...

www.goodreads.com

Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 15h

No idea what compelled me to read this (or why Substack served it up to me). But I enjoyed it and agreed with a lot of it. I thought it was well thought out.

"THE SURVIVOR BLUEPRINT: 20 Laws for Staying Unbreakable in an Unraveling America"

THE SURVIVOR BLUEPRINT: 20 Laws for Staying Unbreakable in an Unraveling America

If you can keep your head while everything around you is cracking, you don’t just survive...you win.

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 16h

Okay, I admit it. I laughed. Sorry.

I appreciate law enforcement. I can only imagine how hard it is. The hours, the stress of handling people at their worst or on the worst day of their lives (for victims).

But ICE has crossed the line. It's agents should resign and seek other employment.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 16h

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 19h

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 16h

More of this, please.

Kudos to @froomkin.bsky.social. You should read every word.

The dictatorship is here. You can end it with non-violence now or you can sit back and wait for the inevitable.

We have become an authoritarian state, and our top newsrooms are in denial | Press Watch

The frog in the proverbial pot is dead.

presswatchers.org

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 19h

Surely you're not surprised.

Donald J. Trump is a dictator and he has control of the United States of America. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you can work up the courage to do something about it.

Oh yeah: Hunter Biden. Hypocrite much?

Forbes @forbes.com · 6d

Trump’s youngest son taught his dad a thing or two about crypto. Now the NYU sophomore is making a fortune before he even turns 20.

How 19-Year-Old Barron Trump Is Worth $150 Million

Trump’s youngest son taught his dad a thing or two about crypto. Now the NYU sophomore is making a fortune before he even turns 20.

www.forbes.com

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PANDA @panda-news.bsky.social · 20h

This makes me wonder if Adolf Hitler was still alive, would Donald be best friends with him?

Donald Trump posting a huge thank you to dictator Putin

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 20h

Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 20h

The deportation of pro-democracy dissidents to their home countries is a major reversal of years of U.S. policymaking on a topic that had bipartisan support.

Trump Is Supporting Transnational Repression

Instead of sheltering pro-democracy dissidents, America is now returning them for arrest.

foreignpolicy.com

Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 20h

Today's sunrise was pretty much a carbon copy of yesterday's. But if I’m going to post a copy of anything, it will be a copy of Alaska.

Sunrise on September 28th again, south of Juneau.

Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 20h

I will be at the one in #Huntsville. Will you be at one near you?

Numbers matter. The last protest was estimated at 5 million people. This time, let's make it 10. Or 15 million. And yes, I will be taking pictures.

Let's show the world that Americans will not tolerate a dictator. #NOKINGS

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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RK @rekesk.bsky.social · 1d

Few are seeing what China is doing. They are positioning themselves such that even if their population declines, the world still runs thru them at our expense.

Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.bsky.social · 1d

“I think China is using it in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s ... regression back into a petrostate... “China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.”

The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate - on.ft.com/473JgPQ via @FT

The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate

The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

In all the mornings I've spent at the overlook on Monte Sano, it's the first time I've even spotted an airplane flying into Moontown Airport (3M5). (Maybe a Luscombe?)

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

In case you ever wonder why I talk about a Photography Park on occasion? That's because folks at regular parks don't understand the significance of opening *before* sunrise. Or keep the trees trimmed at the overlook. Or protecting the "viewshed". (Like protecting a watershed from pollution.)

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the quote, Don.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

""I'm done being afraid of them," Gorman says. She believes many others are too. "They say the best organizer is a bad boss, and we all have the same bad boss.""

That's true too. Reagan firing controllers is fading from memory but few ever realized we started a new union before Reagan left office.

Shut down but not silenced: Federal workers find their voice

After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.

www.npr.org

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

""It's not organized in any way, shape or form. I represent a proud group of professionals that show up to do their job each and every day. Anybody that went out and did something nefarious would be acting on their own, not because of this union," he said.""

This is true. #NATCA #ATC

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Understaffing at air traffic control towers has affected flights this week. But the The National Air Traffic Controllers Association president says worker shortages are nothing new.

Shutdown strains already short-staffed air traffic controllers, union president says

Understaffing at air traffic control towers has affected flights this week. But the The National Air Traffic Controllers Association president says worker shortages are nothing new.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

So, America, what are *you* going to do about it? I don't think doing nothing is a solution, do you?

Debbie Brockman of WGN Chicago was arrested by masked Border Patrol (in Chicago???) agents and stuffed in an unmarked van with another, unknown, individual.

Free Press? First Amendment?

wgntv.com

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

The Sun is still stuck behind the Golan Heights. But pretty clouds are pretty clouds no matter where the Sun rises.

From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, AL.

Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
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I Should’ve Been a Cowgirl @seizeday.bsky.social · Aug 10

It’s time to repost this. This right here 👇🏼 #nofascism

I Should’ve Been a Cowgirl @seizeday.bsky.social · Jun 21

I can’t get enough of this energy!
This is the level of immediacy we need from everyone.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

I really don't think the Administration understands. (I know the Public doesn't.)

If 10% of the controllers decide to quit giving their "A game" and play their "B game" instead...it'll be a long month. No work action. No conspiracy. They just quit trying harder because they were treated poorly.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

...highly motivated and taking pride in what they do. How much they value being able to run airplanes with minimum separation and still keep it all orderly and safe. But they know.

And the second they stop giving that extra effort you need, you'll know. Because delays will go through the roof.

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Don Brown @gettheflick.bsky.social · 1d

..whatever scenario would fit the type of work their facility does. Again: It's SAFE, orderly and expeditious. In that order. And the first one to be dropped when controllers have to prioritize is "expeditious".

Maybe you truly don't understand how much the system depends on controllers being...

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