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Alan Farago

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Writer, environmental activist. Grandfather.

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Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · Jun 27

I was fortunate to sit next to Bill Moyers at a 1997 League of Conservation Voters dinner in Manhattan. Here is the text of the speech he gave that night. It is my privilege to share it now. 1/2 @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @chrislhayes.bsky.social

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Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · 12h

THIS.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Trump doesn’t like data. He wants investors, consumers, and everyone else to be in the dark, so he can lie without fear of factual contradiction. He can create even more of a fantasy world. He can pretend that he’s been wildly successful even when he’s been a terrible failure.

Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · 12h

Why is inflation so high?

Why is gold above $4,000/oz?

Why is Trump bailing out Argentina?

Why are rich US farmers getting socialist handouts?

Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · 12h

I rate this tweet: TRUE.

Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · 13h

Trump encouraged Netanyahu to destroy Gaza at the same time he is destroying democracy at home. Which one does he want the Nobel Prize for?

Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · 13h

Trump encouraged Netanyahu to destroy Gaza at the same time he is destroying democracy at home. Which one does he want the Nobel Prize for?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?

Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.

Be warned.

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Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · 14h

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This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

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Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · 14h

Trump encouraged Netanyahu to destroy Gaza at the same time he is destroying democracy at home. Which one does he want the Nobel Prize for?

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Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · 14h

Trump let Netanyahu destroy Gaza at the same time he is destroying democracy at home. Which one does he want the Nobel Prize for?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.

My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.

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Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · 15h

Trump let Netanyahu destroy Gaza at the same time he is destroying democracy at home. Which one does he want the Nobel Prize for?

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 20h

Just felt like sharing this today. No reason.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 19h

The No Kings rallies have been peaceful. But when was there ever a protest with violence in Washington, DC? I'm racking my brain on that one....Oh yeah, when YOUR people showed up to overturn an election, beat up cops, and threatened Dem. and Repub. legislators. Trump pardoned all those thugs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Alan Farago @alanfarago.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah. And the president wouldn’t have a free 747 jet from Qatar and Qatar, which is really Saudi Arabia, wouldn’t have an air base in the USA and gold wouldn’t be trading over $4,000/oz and a president wouldn’t be hiding inflation statistics from the American people.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h

"It is chilling to hear Attorney General John Mitchell tell Nixon, as Katharine Graham weighed whether to publish the Pentagon Papers, that 'if we ever convicted the Post or Katie Graham, she’d lose all of her television and radio licenses.'" And familiar.