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Anjanette Baker
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Retired as the @theaga.bsky.social majordomo; conservation genetics enthusiast; ocean/river/all water devotee, social democrat.
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Speak up fur endangered species! Proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act would severely weaken our most powerful tool for saving wildlife.

Make your voice heard before the public comment deadline on Dec. 22
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Support the workers and tax the rich -- go, Santa Fe!

"Santa Fe also is counting on revenue from a so-called mansion tax, which targets home sales over $1 million, to fuel a trust fund for affordable housing projects."

@apnews.com

apnews.com/article/sant...
Santa Fe tackles rental rates with first-in-US minimum wage approach
Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Decorated Naval aviator, astronaut, Senator, and endlessly supportive husband following the assassination attempt on Gabby Gifford. A hero by anyone's reckoning. This is who the idiots want to court martial? It beggars belief.
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are not serious people. I won't let them stop me from holding this Administration accountable.
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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As the year comes to a close, we hope lawmakers in 2026 will take us at our word when we say we’d start being grateful if they taxed us MORE, not less, and undo the damage from the Republican budget bill: www.americanprogress.org/article/7-wa...
7 Ways the Big Beautiful Bill Cuts Taxes for the Rich
Overall, the Big Beautiful Bill will harm poor Americans and raise the incomes of rich Americans—driving gains for the rich through cuts to marginal tax rates and the estate tax, along with tax breaks...
www.americanprogress.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Next year, Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will hand $67 BILLION of YOUR taxpayer dollars over to corporations for a single tax break.

Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.

Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I think the phrase "the dangers of excessive wealth" should be widely disseminated on social media -- people need to realize how truly dangerous a social phenomenon it is.
November 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
@dwallacewells.bsky.social once again cogently explores how little we seem to learn from experience.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Opinion | When the Next Pandemic Comes, MAHA Says, You’re on Your Own
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A monstrous, illegal waste of taxpayer dollars.

Donald Trump must confirm if this estimate is true and disclose the full total he's burned through with his unlawful military deployment into our cities.

The American people deserve to know.
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Extreme wealth—and that includes obscene CEO payouts—is bad for society as a whole.

Because extreme wealth translates into extreme power that threatens the stability of our economy, our democracy, the freedom of the press and media, and our planet. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
Obscene CEO pay is bad for business and society
patrioticmillionaires.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Our President, Erica Payne, spoke with Fast Company, and shared our super simple message for the FAA during the shutdown:

“If you need a 10% reduction [in flights], you can get 100% of your reduction from the private planes.”
www.fastcompany.com/91437451/faa...
These millionaires have a suggestion for the FAA: Cancel all private jet flights during the shutdown
Private jets make up one in six flights handled by the FAA, and taxpayers already foot the bill for their 'jet setting,' says Patriotic Millionaires.
www.fastcompany.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard. "No credible evidence” that protests in the city had grown out of control before the president federalized the troops earlier this fall.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard
Karin Immergut said earlier she ‘found no credible evidence’ that protests in Oregon city were out of control
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
How Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne made history rowing the Pacific Ocean www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
How Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne made history rowing the Pacific Ocean
It took Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne six months, plenty of snacks and sleepless nights to row from Peru to Australia
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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To those experts who said a Democratic socialist could never be elected mayor of NYC, a reminder that one was elected president of the USA four times
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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“It’s become out of control, and I really hope that this shutdown is a wake-up call of how bad things have gotten.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Workers decry Trump officials as ‘out of control’ as longest shutdown drags on
Key figures accused of harassment, bullying and attacks as US employees work without pay to keep services running
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights.

And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports.

People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Forget vampires.🧛🧛🧛

The real monsters are the billionaires who drain the lifeblood from our democracy.

In this week’s Closer Look, we expose the terrifying truth: extreme wealth warps empathy and threatens the future of working people everywhere. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
Ghosts, witches, vampires...and broligarchs?!
patrioticmillionaires.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I am Ready for Your Apology www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Associated Press is considered to be one of the most unbiased news sources, which is probably why they were kicked out of the White House press corps.

@apnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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"NOAA has built a reputation for world-class research...For every dollar invested in NOAA, the country’s return is orders of magnitude greater in productivity, transportation, farming, fishing, business development, and savings to communities in insurance and public safety."
"We led NOAA — we expect Neil Jacobs to defend it"

A big challenge to the new NOAA Administrator by 3 of his predecessors. We can only hope that he rises to it, including empowering the stellar NOAA workforce & being true to his training as a scientist.

thehill.com/opinion/ener...
🌊 🦑 🧪 ⚒️
October 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM