Merv Turner
turniptop.bsky.social
Merv Turner
@turniptop.bsky.social
Grandad activist fearing for the future
@onenj7.bsky.social

Call Tom Kean’s office and protest that Musk associate Tom Krause is an unqualified partisan with no background in government operations or in financial markets who has been ceded enormous responsibilities to manage the Nation’s finances. TAKE BACK THE TREASURY!
February 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Musk must be stopped at all costs!
Efficiency − or empire? How Elon Musk’s hostile takeover could end government as we know it
theconversation.com/efficiency-o...
Efficiency − or empire? How Elon Musk’s hostile takeover could end government as we know it
Granting tech leaders direct control over government functions fundamentally alters the relationship between private power and public governance.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
vimeo.com/1052680025

Rumor has it that Musk is spending $40 million on a SuperBowl add denouncing USAID as a cesspit of corruption. Get out in front of the issue by reposting this piece early and often!
Save USAID: The Greatest Agency You Never Knew
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was created by President Kennedy in 1961 in a spirit of optimism and global collaboration and as a…
vimeo.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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That time arrived a long while ago. The question now is whether Democratic leaders fully understand and will act accordingly.
January 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The disinformation coming out about the horrendous fires in LA is exhausting - and designed to remove any focus on the topic no Republican dare mention. Climate change.
January 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Musk won the election.
January 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Remember January 6!
January 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Ann Telnaes quit WaPo after the Post declined to publish her cartoon. It should be distributed far and wide
January 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Worsening income and wealth inequality is behind the populist rage and anger of the working class and others left behind that serve as fuel for Trumpism and authoritarian faux-populism.
January 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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In a world of modern-day Neville Chamberlains, be a Judge Juan Merchan www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/n...
Judge Denies Trump’s Bid to Throw Out Conviction Over Immunity Ruling
Justice Juan M. Merchan thwarted one of several attempts by Donald J. Trump to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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1. Here's the thing about Trump and that lawsuit against the Des Moines Register. All his legal actions before now have been against the giants like '60 Minutes' or ABC, which might have had journalists in the next tiers down thinking, 'They won't ever get to us.'
December 17, 2024 at 8:44 PM
December 5, 2024 at 7:54 PM
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If you see this post, can you please help spread this information?

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People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women!

Let’s spread word! ❤️✊
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social.demcast.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Urgent, super-important warning from @sulliview.bsky.social to the leaders of America's top newsrooms: Kash Patel is a break-glass moment for the future of journalism margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/my-plea-to...
My plea to newsroom leaders at this dangerous moment
We need you to have a strong spine, to state the truth without euphemism, and to communicate a clear sense of public mission.
margaretsullivan.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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MSNBC has its flaws, but can you imagine TV news with no liberal voices at all? If you lived through the Iraq War, 2002-3, you can...and it was bad for America

Is Comcast's MSNBC spinoff a prelude for an oligarch (Musk?) takeover, like Orban's Hungary? My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Elon Musk, Hungary, and the future of MSNBC | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, why a GOP war against college sociology courses matters.
www.inquirer.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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Terrorism (Leon's Version)
Revolting mob rule, Stalinist, Maoist, fascist, call it what you want, it is disgusting, with the power of the state and social media to mobilize the US version of China's Red Guard to target civil servants, professionals doing their job.
Gift article. Please repost.

www.wsj.com/tech/musk-un...
Musk Unleashes Online Army on Federal Workers. ‘A Tough Way to Find Out She’s Losing Her Job.’
As Trump efficiency czar, the billionaire is targeting employees by name on X—sparking pushback.
www.wsj.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Stunned by “Orbital,” still absorbing its poetry about the earth circling beneath the astronauts feet, and their thoughts as they spin their 16 orbits. Beautifully written, a contemplative work, because nothing really happens! It was a great release from our current earthly travails.
November 24, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Kean’s "Yea" for the "Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act,” is alarming. The bill grants sweeping, unchecked powers to the Treasury Secretary, a Presidential appointee, risking abuse and endangering free speech. It is another step on the slippery slope to autocracy.
November 23, 2024 at 1:31 PM