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“We are the wounded healers walking each other home.” ~ Joe Brewer | Design School for Regenerating Earth
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"A fractal is a way of seeing infinity." ~Benoit Mandelbrot

Seeing infinity by seeing one shape, one design, one idea, replicated across the universe. Like all of our individual efforts to create a better world. Be a fractal. That is everything.
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“I did not put my life on the line for some tech bro billionaire from South Africa to come in here and try to destroy our country...”

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Veterans’ group unveils new ad targeting Musk and DOGE, raising 2026 stakes
“I did not put my life on the line for some tech bro billionaire from South Africa to come in here and try to destroy our country,” one U.S. veteran said.
www.msnbc.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Please educate yourself on the rise of the Network State (Trump’s Freedom Cities) which is part of a larger effort to dismantle democracy and replace it with private territories governed by technocrats. Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, and [F]elon Musk are driving this movement.

youtu.be/CCj_q8tw-mI
Trump's 'Freedom Cities'? A Tech Blueprint to Dismantle the USA
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
youtu.be
March 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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🚨 MAJOR BREAKING NEWS

Congressman Al Green has just brought Articles of Impeachment against Donald Trump for his suggestion for ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

Green said: "The movement to impeach the president has begun.”

Should Trump be impeached?
February 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
FOR THE RECORD: DECENT AMERICANS DO NOT SUPPORT AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

www.facebook.com/share/r/1MEd...
February 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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NEW: According to a source, the DoJ has sent out 14 memos in the last half hour including:

Reviving the death penalty
Sanctuary jurisdiction directives
Rescinding environmental justice directives

And restoring the integrity and credibility of the DoJ:
February 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
REPOST:

“Democracy Forward, on behalf of several Fed employee unions, filed lawsuit in MA District Court, seeking motion to vacate deferred resignation program and cancel Feb 6th deadline.

Fed employees should wait until late Thurs, in case Courts do act to enjoin gov from seeking resignations.”
February 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
“What happens in politics is shaped by social movements, and what happens in these movements is shaped by what happens on the ground, by our capacity to create living examples of what we want to see locally, in our bioregions, and beyond." ~ Otto Scharmer

medium.com/presencing-i...
An Emerging Third Option: Reclaiming Democracy from Dark Money & Dark Tech
Seven Observations On 2024 and What’s Next
medium.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:51 AM
January 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"The Trump Doctrine is based on the belief that American strength, wielded in unorthodox and opportunistic ways, is the key to peace and prosperity. When the use of power is untethered from values, the result could be chaos on a global scale." ~ Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief, The Economist
January 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Blackrock now the victim:

“BlackRock leaving enviro focused investor group under pressure from Repub politicians…”

“BlackRock sued by 11 Repub states who claim it violated fed antitrust law thru climate activism that reduced coal prod, increased energy costs.“

www.reuters.com/business/aer...
American Airlines' focus on ESG in retirement plan is illegal, US judge rules
The ruling appeared to be the first of its kind.
www.reuters.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“Nothing lasts forever and the U.S. is not the only part of the world that faces threats to democracy. America will survive the next four years if Democrats pick themselves up and start learning from the successes of opponents of autocracy across the globe.”

robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-will...
Trump will overplay his hand. Be ready for when he does.
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Shifting responsibility back to bad business instead of the consumer. Imagine if more legislators did this at scale. But note the pushback threat to punish consumers and rationale that harmful practices were both legal and essential for quality of life. WOW.

www.landmark.earth/p/climate-ch...
BREAKING: New York passes climate change Superfund law for greenhouse gas emissions
Landmark legislation allows the state to collect $75 billion from big oil and gas companies, to pay for projects to mitigate climate change impacts like flooding and extreme heat.
www.landmark.earth
December 30, 2024 at 4:11 PM
December 19, 2024 at 2:23 PM
This is an astonishing ad about deforestation and pension funds. Do you know where your investment portfolios are going?

m.youtube.com/watch?v=9KoK...
Benedict Lumberjack starring Benedict Cumberbatch
YouTube video by Make My Money Matter
m.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

-- Arthur C. Clarke, born
#OTD
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December 17, 2024 at 4:21 PM
This is how ideation of invasion and annexation begins. This is not amusing, it is terrifying. To all my Canadian friends, we are with you. Please stand with those of us trying to reclaim our country and restore sanity. 🇨🇦🕊️🇺🇸
December 18, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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"I am concerned this election will be my Joker origin story. But I keep pulling myself back from the brink—I think, in part, because I’ve seen how the nihilism infected my Republican friends." www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-let-d...
Don’t Let Donald Trump Take Your Soul, Too
We’ve seen it happen before.
www.thebulwark.com
December 8, 2024 at 7:00 PM
AOC on the rise.

“Democrats will face an important task: We must balance our focus on the incoming president’s corrosive actions and corruption with a tangible fight to make life easier for America’s working class.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/n...
AOC Seeks House Post That Would Make Her a Top Foil to Trump
After years of challenging her party from the left, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, announced a bid to join its leadership ranks in Congress.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:20 PM
I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn't pleasant; it tastes…like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves. ~Hermann Hesse
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December 6, 2024 at 2:25 PM
"A fractal is a way of seeing infinity." ~Benoit Mandelbrot

Seeing infinity by seeing one shape, one design, one idea, replicated across the universe. Like all of our individual efforts to create a better world. Be a fractal. That is everything.
December 6, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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"If Thanksgiving means anything, it is an opportunity to reflect on what’s most important in our lives. Sure—you’re angry. You feel betrayed. The rug has been pulled out from under you...Well—what better time than this to be grateful?"

New from Yevgeny Simkin: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-uses-o...
The Uses of Gratitude
A Thanksgiving prayer for a divided country.
www.thebulwark.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM

The f*ckery is underway. Buckle in, middle class. The price of eggs is about to defy gravity.

“Republicans are considering rejiggering the gov’s accounting so that extending tax cuts, which will create about $4T in deficits, shows up as not costing anything.”

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 25, 2024
Today, President Joe Biden laid out very clearly the argument behind the economic policies his administration has put into place.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Removing gov inefficiency (what you apparently signed up for) DOES NOT entitle you to remove gov regulations.

“We finally have a mandate to delete the mountain of choking regulations that do not serve the greater good.” ~ Elon Musk

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 25, 2024
Today, President Joe Biden laid out very clearly the argument behind the economic policies his administration has put into place.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
“If DOJ goes after Smith’s team, claiming prosecutions political, ensuing litigation would reveal full scope of investigation and evidence against Trump. Would call for full account of investigation and basis for decision to indict.”

open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Dismissed
I had plans to write about a number of things tonight, most importantly, the not-unexpected but still deeply disturbing dismissal of the federal criminal cases against Donald Trump.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:47 PM
How Venmo (and a porn star) will be remembered for saving democracy.
November 25, 2024 at 6:34 PM