Ellen Fitzpatrick
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Ellen Fitzpatrick
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I'm a committed Fajita.
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Just discovered a new Wisconsin poet cited by my daughter in her latest blog post on sustainable habits for the new year!

“Popcorn-can cover

screwed to the wall

over a hole

so the cold

can’t mouse in”

– Lorine Niedecker

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Progress Over Perfection: Sustainable Habits for the New Year
As the winter holiday season comes to a close, my thoughts turn to New Year’s resolutions and the promise of new beginnings, a mix of inspiration and overwhelm. While big goals can be motivating, they...
greenlifetradingco.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Israel is expelling 37 aid groups – a likely death sentence for 100,000s of Palestinians. But the Times speaks only of 'new rules' in Gaza, and 'suspensions' for those who 'resist registration'.

Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/once-again...
Once again, the New York Times sells Israel's genocide in Gaza as law enforcement
Israel is expelling 37 aid groups – a likely death sentence for 100,000s of Palestinians. But the Times speaks only of 'new rules' in Gaza, and 'suspensions' for those who 'resist registration'
jonathancook.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Of course, there is no such country as "Somaliland."
Continued:

“These are the three Israeli demands that Somaliland has accepted.

If these three are implemented, what will happen in the future?

A Pandora’s box will be opened in the world.”
December 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud:

“Our intelligence indicates that 3 important steps have been agreed upon with Somaliland:

1st, resettlement of Palestinians in Somaliland.
2nd, provision of an Israeli military base on the Gulf of Aden coast.
3rd, Somaliland’s accession to Abraham Accords.”
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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OPINION by Ja’han Jones, MS NOW opinion blogger:

“The Trump administration is looking to tear down more historic buildings in Washington as the president, nearly a year into his final term, looks for ways to leave his mark on the District of Columbia.”

READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump’s DHS pushes for new ‘emergency’ demolitions of D.C. landmarks
The Trump administration is extending its wrecking ball to yet more historic buildings in Washington as the president’s pet projects — including his golden ballroom and triumphal arch — press forward.
www.ms.now
December 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Thank you 🙏
Best fans in the world 🥳
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Internal documents and former company executives revealed how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.

“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.

(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Over 1.3 million people still need urgent shelter while 740,000 face toxic flooding from collapsed sanitation systems due to Israel's bombardment. Winter rains and collapsing buildings from Israel's genocide have killed at least 20 Palestinians.

Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.
December 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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"The Columbiad" -- Cruelty Presiding Over the Prison Ship https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_AD_NPG.79.19.g
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The title of this episode has given me an ear worm for days now
🗣️🎼🎶And luuvin a music man ain’t always what it’s ‘sposed to be, ohhhhh girrrrrrl you stannnnnnnd byyyyy me🎵
December 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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My toy is bigger than me
December 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The Blue Tsunami continues!!! 🌊🌊🌊
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Just as speaking the truth about the Israeli military’s genocide of Palestinians, speaking up against ICE disappearing people in the US is an act of moral obligation. May we strengthen our resolve to defend life, dignity, and freedom wherever they are threatened.
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Rabbi Heschel wrote on the holy necessity of speaking the truth at any cost: “Above all, the prophets remind us of the moral state of a people: Few are guilty, but all are responsible.”
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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As Jews and as people of conscience, we are called to step up and protect those being taken by ICE. That’s why we remain united—if ICE and the Trump administration come for one of us, they have to face us all.
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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It begins with the targeting of the vulnerable, the criminalization of dissent, and the systematic erosion of human dignity.
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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The Shoah, the Holocaust carried out by the Nazis against Jews, Roma, disabled people, queer people, and other marginalized communities, teaches us that state violence does not begin with mass atrocity.
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Anne Frank’s life and words remind us where authoritarianism leads when it is met with silence rather than courage.
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Currently, the number of people in US immigration detention has reached an all-time high, with ICE data showing that more than 68,400 people were held as of 14 December 2025.
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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These haunting words could have been written today in the US but, in fact, this excerpt is from Anne Frank’s diary, written on January 13, 1943, now plastered on a wall in Pittsburgh and shared by @/@pittsburghgraffiti
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Wow. ❤️🙏🏽😳
Yoko Ono’s show, currently at MCA has audience participation creations. A ‘We The People’ type of show.
December 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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December 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.
December 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM