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Ruben
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Underemployed media person, native plant enthusiast, misanthrope.
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Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
April 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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You have to see this.

PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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March 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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See that big pine? You own that tree, and billions of other trees on public lands. The trump kleptocracy will overharvest, mismanage, and steal our forests. Our land needs care from highly trained people, but they are being fired. We have to stop them. We need to force congress to act on our behalf.
March 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Whitest Kids U Know: It's illegal to say...
YouTube video by Kamatzu
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February 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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February 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
February 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Nothing could please America’s enemies more than the ongoing destruction of the federal government.
February 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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January 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Never forget.
January 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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If you’re feeling lost after the last US election, confused by the results and actions on both sides, I highly recommend this video from @adamconover.net.

It perfectly captures how I’m feeling and offers a solid explanation for why things might be this way.
The Secret Reason the Dems Keep Losing
YouTube video by Adam Conover
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January 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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😃👍
December 30, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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Next time someone tries arguing that it’s “social engineering” (cue ominous music) to give people CHOICES to walk, bike & take public transit in their city, tell them that designing our current car DEPENDENCY has been the largest and most damaging social engineering experiment in human history.
December 28, 2024 at 1:42 AM
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Rewild the West

And do it using the money today wasted on its subsidized destruction.
December 20, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky.

Help us gain our following back
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Join the park side
@altyellonatpark.org
December 20, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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Just a reminder 💚
December 15, 2024 at 4:09 PM