D.M. Cooke
@dmcooke.bsky.social
Film. Music. Wine. Cheese. Chile Rellenos. Negronis. My Kids. Dark Chocolate. My wife. Mojitos. My Dogs. Chorizo & Eggs. Things I love. In no particular order.
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This is f’d up America. Mr. Garcia has not been charged with any crime. The Trump administration has admitted his detention in El Salvador is a mistake. And Bukele and Trump refuse to send him back to his family.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
President of El Salvador says he won't return mistakenly deported man to U.S.
President Nayib Bukele made the comments shortly after White House adviser Stephen Miller defended the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
www.nbcnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is f’d up America. Mr. Garcia has not been charged with any crime. The Trump administration has admitted his detention in El Salvador is a mistake. And Bukele and Trump refuse to send him back to his family.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Kill a white millionaire, get the death penalty. Kill two black protesters, get invited to CPAC to be celebrated.
April 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Kill a white millionaire, get the death penalty. Kill two black protesters, get invited to CPAC to be celebrated.
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
Looks like we are going back
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Looks like we are going back
WIRED might save us
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
WIRED might save us
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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@peters.senate.gov I’ve been calling your offices for two days and no one picks up in any of them. Are you avoiding talking to constituents, just like the GOP? Because you’re planning to sell out on cloture and the CR? What about you, @slotkin.senate.gov? Same? Michigan wants you to FIGHT!
March 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
@peters.senate.gov I’ve been calling your offices for two days and no one picks up in any of them. Are you avoiding talking to constituents, just like the GOP? Because you’re planning to sell out on cloture and the CR? What about you, @slotkin.senate.gov? Same? Michigan wants you to FIGHT!
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And show a little gratitude. Did X say thank you?
So if MAGA is correct and X is under massive attack from Ukraine. Then there's only one course of action. Musk must immediately cede half of X's assets to Ukraine. And apologize for allowing themselves to be attacked.
March 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
And show a little gratitude. Did X say thank you?
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Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.
March 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.
Hmmm. Austin or Chicago? Decisions decisions.
See ya out there. Tickets + everything else at suicidemachinesdetroit.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hmmm. Austin or Chicago? Decisions decisions.
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If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting.
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
March 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting.
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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There are hundreds of reports of Green Card holders not being allowed back into the US after visiting other countries.
Reminder: anyone who has a Green Card is here LEGALLY, yet their cards are being taken from them & they’re being denied entry.
Fascism is here.
Reminder: anyone who has a Green Card is here LEGALLY, yet their cards are being taken from them & they’re being denied entry.
Fascism is here.
February 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There are hundreds of reports of Green Card holders not being allowed back into the US after visiting other countries.
Reminder: anyone who has a Green Card is here LEGALLY, yet their cards are being taken from them & they’re being denied entry.
Fascism is here.
Reminder: anyone who has a Green Card is here LEGALLY, yet their cards are being taken from them & they’re being denied entry.
Fascism is here.
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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
February 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
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I don't think the Dems can stop the firings. But why aren't they proposing legislation that assures those that took the buyout get paid , and that all that are fired, get at least a year severance and health benefits? And any one with a health condition is covered the entire time they are sick?
February 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I don't think the Dems can stop the firings. But why aren't they proposing legislation that assures those that took the buyout get paid , and that all that are fired, get at least a year severance and health benefits? And any one with a health condition is covered the entire time they are sick?
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A team at the University of Oxford succeeded in getting two quantum processors to connect to each other and transmit the same information using particle entanglement.
A ‘Teleportation’ Breakthrough for Quantum Computing Is Here
A team at Oxford University succeeded in getting two quantum processors to connect to each other and work together with particle entanglement.
www.wired.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A team at the University of Oxford succeeded in getting two quantum processors to connect to each other and transmit the same information using particle entanglement.
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Trump is bad enough, but Michigan Democrats are selling out restaurant workers
For details see my new free Substack column today, and thank you for reading me!
For details see my new free Substack column today, and thank you for reading me!
February 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Trump is bad enough, but Michigan Democrats are selling out restaurant workers
For details see my new free Substack column today, and thank you for reading me!
For details see my new free Substack column today, and thank you for reading me!
FAFO
President Trump carried the majority Arab American city in the 2024 election, driven by widespread anger over the Biden administration's handling of the war in Gaza.
Trump's calls for U.S. to 'take over' Gaza spurs anger, frustration in Dearborn
President Trump carried the majority Arab American city in the 2024 election, driven by widespread anger over the Biden administration's handling of the war in Gaza.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
FAFO
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I can see it now. First you build hotels in Gaza. Then of course you go to the Ukraine. Find nothing but the best land and rebuild. ..
You can train the staff at Mar a Lago ....
You can train the staff at Mar a Lago ....
February 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I can see it now. First you build hotels in Gaza. Then of course you go to the Ukraine. Find nothing but the best land and rebuild. ..
You can train the staff at Mar a Lago ....
You can train the staff at Mar a Lago ....
Not great.
Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance
Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Not great.
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Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance
Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
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HE’S REPLACING NPR WITH BREITBART !?!?!?
February 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
HE’S REPLACING NPR WITH BREITBART !?!?!?