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@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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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · Mar 16

Yes, this is very depressing, but PLEASE do not look away. PLEASE read this article.

An estimated 1,650,000 people could die within a year without American foreign aid for H.I.V. prevention and treatment...🧵
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

www.nytimes.com

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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · 10d

Despite his consistent assertion of #innocence, #Alabama plans to execute #AnthonyBoyd on 10/23/25 by #GasSuffocation. Sign/share the @DeathPenaltyAct petition to #StopExecutions - bit.ly/AnthonyBoyd @PHADP

Stop the Execution of Anthony Boyd

Anthony Boyd faces execution in Alabama on October 23, 2025. If carried out, it would be another execution by nitrogen gas, a method Alabama began using last year as an alternative to lethal injecti...

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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · Jul 17

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.

CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · Jul 14

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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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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · Jul 1

"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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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · Jun 25

🧵 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.
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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · Jun 25

OH.MY.GOD. Who will make this stop?

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Jun 24

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.

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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · Jun 13

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

#VeniceHeritageMuseum in Venice, CA

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Jun 10

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.

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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · Jun 7

This is very very very bad.

CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · May 24

I love that so much.

CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · May 24

Moronic babbling. This is so stupid that I can't believe it is real, yet...

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Trump Claims Some Foreign Students At Harvard Require 'Remedial Math'

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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NPR @npr.org · May 22

By @alejandrabee.bsky.social

The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.

Congress moves to loosen toxic air pollution rules

The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · May 22

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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · May 22

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!

CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · May 22

"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.”
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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

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · May 16

This student has greater moral clarity than all the rich consultants telling Dems to sacrifice trans people for electoral gains.

Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · May 16

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...

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

Anelise Feldman
Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth

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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · May 13

How do all the young men who voted for the monster feel about this?

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Bill to make pornography a federal crime introduced by GOP senator

Republican Mike Lee seeks to redefine ‘obscenity’ in order to empower prosecutors to punish those who make and distribute ‘extreme’ content online

www.independent.co.uk

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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · May 13

"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.

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David Yankovich @davidyankovich.bsky.social · May 1

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.
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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

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Apr 25

"While much of this is already in action before our eyes, leaving some 18,000 law enforcement agencies without federal oversight or limits places everyone in peril." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

Trump Administration Dismantles Protections Against Law Enforcement Abuses

Opinion | Leaving some 18,000 law enforcement agencies without federal oversight or limits places everyone in peril.

www.democracydocket.com

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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · Apr 25

trump's greed always comes before what is best for others or for the world, as a whole. If allowed, he will be the demise of the country and maybe even the planet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/c...

Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters (Gift Article)

A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral resources in shared waters.

www.nytimes.com

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CAL @calfromla.bsky.social · Apr 24

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.