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CAL
@calfromla.bsky.social
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Family. Food. Travel. In that order./ I might have a political opinion or two./ Founded nonprofit that works to #endpoverty thru economic sustainability in #Africa/ #unbuntu/ #RacialJustice #ClimateCrisis #ProtectDemocracy NOT HERE TO MEET MEN
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This is so evil. I hate the people that did this so much. I hope the media will cover all the suffering & loss that will take place in the coming year and beyond, directly as a result of these cuts. Americans who support this should be forced to look at what they did. So ashamed of this country.
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"Just a week had remained before scientists in South Africa were to begin clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, and hopes were high for another step toward limiting one of history’s deadliest pandemics. Then the email arrived."
US aid cuts halt HIV vaccine research in South Africa, with global impact
South Africa has played a historic, global role in scientific research, from COVID-19 vaccines to HIV.
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"For the most expensive fiscal year, 2022, the American government spent over $2 billion for the entirety of the drought response. That means it cost the average household roughly $6/year in taxes to prevent about 1/2 as many deaths as occurred in the Holocaust."

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Opinion | I Worked at U.S.A.I.D. for Over 8 Years. This Is Our Biggest Failure.
www.nytimes.com
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🧵 1/2 US citizen tackled by ICE in downtown LA—for filming them harassing street vendors.

They pinned him face-down, punched him, & then left him seizing on the street.

When his family tried to intervene, they were shoved & threatened.
The man never touched an ICE thug.
Video in 2 parts
OH.MY.GOD. Who will make this stop?
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This is oligarchy. This is obscene.

While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.

End this oligarchy.
"Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does." George Orwell

#VeniceHeritageMuseum in Venice, CA
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DNI Tulsi Gabbard repeats Putin’s talking points today, releasing an unhinged video where she claims that “political elites” want a nuclear war with Russia because they have sophisticated bomb shelters that will help them survive it.
This is very very very bad.
I love that so much.
And the S. African president completely maintained his composure. I don't know how he did it. I hate him as much as I am capable of hating any person. I hate feeling hate!
"At one point reporters moved off topic and asked Trump about the plane Qatar gifted him, riling him. Ramaphosa cut in, saying, "I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you."

"I wish you did," Trump said, causing Ramaphosa to laugh. "I would take it.”
apple.news/AkyDbtz5LSu-...
Trump ambushes South Africa's president with false claims of 'white genocide' — NPR
The Oval Office meeting went off the rails when President Trump started playing videos and repeating discredited claims about a
apple.news
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This student has greater moral clarity than all the rich consultants telling Dems to sacrifice trans people for electoral gains.
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
"I think it's clear that private philanthropy is not going to be able to fill all the gaps," says Weiss. "But what we can do is staunch the bleeding, keep projects functioning so that it's possible for local organizations or local governments to take them over."

www.npr.org/sections/goa...
A matchmaking service with a twist: Connecting big givers to programs cut by USAID
A former USAID worker has a new mission. She's hoping to connect philanthropists with overseas programs that have lost — or are likely to lose — their U.S. funding.
www.npr.org
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Tonight, there is a major protest happening in Tuscaloosa after Trump forced his way into the Alabama commencement ceremony.

The event will be live streamed and you are going to need to watch @betoorourke.bsky.social and @dougjones.bsky.social.

It’s going to be historic.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump will address graduating students at the University of Alabama
President Donald Trump will travel to heavily Republican Alabama to speak to graduating students at the University of Alabama.
apnews.com
Welcome to Gilead!  I’m sure there will be tons of women that will be raising six children while fulfilling a Fulbright scholarship. That’s what we are. Breeders.