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John F Dooley
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Retired college prof, computer scientist, and writer

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John F Dooley @jfdooley.bsky.social · Jan 21
Just for grins you should go to www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... and then scroll down to (or just search for) Executive Order 14087, a Biden Executive Order from October 2022 titled "Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans". Trump has revoked it. Don't count on any more drug cost reductions
Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Dec 9
Under no circumstances should Pete Hegseth be entrusted with the U.S. military.

But will Senate Republicans do their duty?
Why under no circumstances should Pete Hegseth be entrusted with the U.S. military
But will Senate Republicans do their duty?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Dec 4
The world’s richest 1% have more wealth than the bottom 95% put together, according to Oxfam.

There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality.

It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
World’s top 1% own more wealth than 95% of humanity, as “the shadow of global oligarchy hangs over UN General Assembly,” says Oxfam | Oxfam International
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · Dec 4
If you see this post, can you please help spread this information?

#ASafeChoice is a referral network of physicians who provide medication abortion services ACROSS THE US.

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

Let’s spread word! ❤️✊
Click to Visit #ASafeChoice Network
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Dec 4
NEW: Jerry Nadler to step down from the race to be ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, endorses Jamie Raskin
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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · Dec 4
There is a stance I will call "Kavanaugh neutrality" that says the Constitution is "neutral" between vulnerable people and the power of the state and so we will watch and shrug while the vulnerable are beaten up in our presence. #Skrmetti
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Dec 4
sam alito doesn’t even pretend to be a judge anymore.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Dec 4
So instead of using the standard for a US Secretary of Defense nominee, one of the most important jobs on planet earth, we have lowered the bar on Trump nominees to whether they could successfully complete a season of Celebrity Rehab.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Dec 3
No matter how demoralized we are in today's America, I'll always have this selfie of me meeting Jane Goodall.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Dec 3
Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
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