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THESE are the times that try men's souls The summer soldier & the sunshine patriot will in THIS crisis shrink from the service of their country But he that stands it now deserves the love & thanks of man & woman https://brianmattys.substack.com/

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · Oct 11

The most tragic form of loss
isn't the loss of security.
It's the loss of the capacity
to imagine that things
could be different.
-Ernst Bloch
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Ernst Bloch and the Principle of Hope

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Alex Soros @alexsoros.bsky.social · 9h

In case you needed another reminder that these attacks have no basis in reality.

Even the conservative Capital Research Center — whose report was cited as reason to investigate us — admits it found no evidence of any crime.

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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 9h

Newsday.com/matt

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 7h

Musta been a damn good band🤯

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 10h

F these nazis.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h

Not only is this rude, inappropriate, partisan, costly, and illegal, it reveals the fundamentally anti-American idiocy of this administration’s policy of handing over to China the most important economic sector of the 21st century.

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 9d

Next move from OMB - canceling $8 billion in clean energy funds. You will note, all of the projects are in states led by Democrats

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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.bsky.social · 14h

US Army accepting roughly $1 million donation to bring senior leaders to DC conference as troops brace for missed paycheck
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US Army accepting roughly $1 million donation to bring senior leaders to DC conference as troops brace for missed paycheck | CNN Politics

The US Army is accepting a donation of roughly $1 million for the travel and lodging of senior leaders to a professional development conference in Washington, DC, next week, as active duty forces are ...

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 7h

Got that covered...

I Fall To Pieces

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 15h

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Open Society Foundations @open-society.bsky.social · 15h

The green transition can be a vital catalyst for greater equity and prosperity, while protecting the planet. But only if we change from an extractive model to one that provides shared prosperity. Our director @laurabdecarvalho.bsky.social explains: osf.to/46N1t5z

Forging New Paths to Green Development for the Global South

With climate disasters becoming more frequent and economic insecurity fueling unrest, the green transition can be a vital catalyst for countries to become more equal and prosperous, while protecting t...

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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 15h

Come out in support of a brave and principled AG who is now being politically targeted as retribution for her lawful duty of holding Donald Trump accountable to the law.

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 15h

How can anyone resist?🦪

𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 15h

𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 16h

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 20h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
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The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 1d

Again, Trump has crossed a Red Line no president has ever crossed: personally ordering the criminal prosecution of an American he doesn't like despite DOJ not finding evidence of any crime.

If Trump can do this to the powerful, he can do it to you. That's not freedom, and its not America.

New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 16h

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 1d

ICE shoots ministers. Pass it on.

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 1d

Only one political party is actually expressing any empathy and concern on the way this shutdown is immediately impacting tens of millions of patients nationwide.

The tragic irony is most of these patients live in states that support the current party in power. That party remains silent.

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

NEW: A professor at Rutgers University who wrote a book about “antifa” almost a decade ago is trying—and struggling—to flee the US for Europe after a weeks-long online campaign against him by far-right influencers was followed by death threats. www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

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Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC) @janeclimatepac.bsky.social · 17h

Pediatrician Mark Downey is bringing a vital medical perspective to VA's climate fight! Running for HD-69, he'll champion science-driven policy, clean energy, & healthy communities. Help JanePAC flip this district BLUE!

Help JanePAC Elect Climate Champion Mark Downey

Virginia Deserves Downey!

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