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Vietnam veteran 1965-66 588th Combat Engineers 25th Inf. Division CuChi. Retired Stationary Engineer University of Arizona

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tuckertym.bsky.social @tuckertym.bsky.social · May 26

I lost 2 uncles in Normandy. Major John Edmund Tucker killed during the battle for Carentan France. Pvt.Billy E. Tucker killed during landing on Omaha Beach. They both died in June 1944, 3 weeks apart.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 7d

Poll of the people who voted for Biden in 2020 and stayed home in 2024.

(Credit Chris Murphy for sharing on X)

Bernie would have absolutely destroyed Trump if he were the nominee.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

How do we speed buses up? There are plenty of tools already in the city's toolbox.

Just look at the 14th St busway.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 11

The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.

So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 11

The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.

So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

37 states have passed legislation specifically granting sales tax exemptions for data centers.

Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

At a time when we should be guaranteeing health care to all Americans as a human right, President Trump and his Republican colleagues are threatening to make our broken system even worse by doubling premiums for more than 20 million Americans.

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NYS Senator Kristen Gonzalez @sengonzalezny.bsky.social · 2d

There is no #EqualPayNY without #LatinaEqualPay. We need stronger laws and substantial investment in:

✅ Expanding Pay Transparency Laws
✅ Bringing women into higher paying roles
✅ Fair Pay for Care workers
✅ Making child care accessible to all
✅ Expanding Paid leave

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7d

BREAKING: The First Circuit rejects the Trump administration's request to greenlight his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, stressing that the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment leaves no room for Trump's interpretation.

First Circuit Rebukes Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order as Unconstitutional

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Cyndi @savannahpeace.bsky.social · 7d

Better reason for prosecuting these Fraudsters taking $$$$.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 7d

Is everyone appreciating how utterly sick this is

Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 8d

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza.

Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military.

They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 3: Earl Manigault

When he stepped onto the court, the world watched. No one dunked harder or jumped higher. But the GOAT never made it pro.

There are countless NYC stories like his. Brilliant talents lost to drugs or crime. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 7d

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 7d

Same guy who declared bankruptcy 6 times shut down the U.S. government 4 times in 5 years of being President. They wanted him to run the government like his businesses and that’s exactly what he’s doing.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 7d

I’m also very much of the view of the prime minister that the relationship with the United States has fundamentally changed, and it will not magically go back to what it may have been a year ago or 25 years ago,” Minister LeBlanc said. #Canada

globalnews.ca/news/1146109...

Trade war ‘resolvable’ but U.S. ties have ‘fundamentally’ changed: LeBlanc - National | Globalnews.ca

'The United States has fundamentally changed, and it will not magically go back to what it may have been a year ago or 25 years ago,' Dominic LeBlanc said.

globalnews.ca

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

www.kff.org/quick-take/m...

More Than 3 in 4 ACA Marketplace Enrollees Live in States Won by President Trump in 2024

As Democrats push for an extension of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits, new data from KFF show the extent to which states won by Trump in 2024 have come to rely on the ACA Marketplaces and the t...

www.kff.org

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 7d

I went to the protest this morning at ICE facility in Broadview. Some photos if you wanna follow along. My guess is that at its height there were 300-400 people there, all protesting the inhumane treatment & illegal kidnapping of our neighbors. #broadview #iceprotest #abolishice #broadviewprotest

A protest with several hundred people at the ice facility in Broadview Illinois.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

KEILAR: A Post poll shows more Americans are blaming Republicans for the shutdown. Does that give you pause?

MARSHALL: I discount that poll altogether

K: Why?

M: There are so many other polls that say the opposite

K: Which one?

M: I don't have them at my fingertips. That's a very biased poll

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans.

Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now is meant to distract you from this.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 7d

Two-thirds of our ocean has had no legal protection — until now. The High Seas Treaty finally creates a path to safeguard life in international waters.

The High Seas Treaty Represents a Turning Point for the Ocean - Truthdig

With more than 60 countries on board, the new international law will soon enter into force, ushering in the world’s first framework to conserve biodiversity across two-thirds of the ocean.

www.truthdig.com

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