“Look me in the eyes and say it” Medusa Art work by Unknown Artist.
Josey Wales fella
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Supporter of freedom, democracy, truth, cooperation, and integrity. Renewable Energy is a Strategic Imperative! #NAFO 'til I Die Slava Ukraine!!! If you DM me and you and I do not know each other, expect to be blocked. Because you will be.
I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress, DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚
You may or may not be aware of just *how much* surveillance is out there. You also may or may not be aware of *how much* it is misused. Once again, John Oliver lays it all out quite well. 📺
Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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The economy can grow while workers get a smaller slice of the pie. Today, workers receive about 54 cents of every dollar of national income—the lowest share on record. The economy is getting bigger. The question is who gets the gains. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/no-the-k-s...
The Great Shift From Workers to Owners
For decades, workers got a remarkably stable share of America’s income. Then something changed. Here’s where the money went.
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UN: Five years after the Taliban seized power, women and girls in Afghanistan have been systematically stripped of their rights. De facto authorities have issued more than 100 decrees curbing education, work and freedom of movement – restrictions now compounded by deep cuts to aid on the ground.
PPI for final demand unchanged in July; services advance 0.2%, goods fall 0.7% #BLSData www.bls.gov/news.release...
The US birth rate has been on a steady decline, with significant long-term economic implications. But why? This episode of the Economy Matters podcast discusses Atlanta Fed research into the constellation of issues surrounding the question: atlfed.org/4qcrOSD.
The Atlanta Fed's sticky-price consumer price index (CPI)—a weighted basket of items that change price relatively slowly—rose 3.5% (on an annualized basis) in July, following a 0.8% increase in June. On a year-over-year basis, the series is up 2.8%. atlfed.org/3TQmurX
Is this trump's D4 chess fox 'news' talks about?
PINO FOTUS@pino-fotus.bsky.social · 2d ago“Iran’s message is clear: the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until the U.S. ends the war and blockade, releases Iran’s frozen assets, and agrees to a region-wide ceasefire, including in Lebanon and Gaza. Until all conditions are met, the Strait will remain closed.”
This has been obvious to anyone paying close attention. Unfortunately most of Canada's political leaders (Smith, Moe, Kinew, Ford, Eby, Carney, Poilievre) were asleep during class. They've yet to learn the road to fossil fuels is a dead end #EnergyTransition #CleanTech www.bbc.com/news/science...
World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says
The world is shifting rapidly to clean energy but still investing too much in fossil fuels, the IEA says.
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Trump will be impeached by the House for a third time. If Voters want Trump removed from office then We Must Vote for Democratic Senators. Pass this on because We are Tired 🥱 of Trump. 🗳️🗳️🧢🧢🧢🌊🇺🇸😎
Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 12, 2026 ~ Hopium-soaked "The worst El Niño in recorded history is unfolding in the Pacific, affecting weather and water around the world. Violence over water is worsening, with more water-related conflicts than at any time in recorded history."
Drought, water rationing and dry rivers: our water crisis is here | Peter Gleick
It doesn’t have to be this way. We know what needs to be done
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump signaled Tuesday he’s willing to declare a national security emergency in an attempt to take over American elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump signals openness to unconstitutional plot to take over elections
"Stranger things have happened,” Trump said after a far-right media host implored him to declare a national security emergency on elections.
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Last month, the head of Belgium's diamond industry presented Trump with a gift: a specially-made 18-karat gold ring worth an estimated $25,000 that celebrated Trump's two terms. Four weeks later, his admin approved a tariff exemption worth billions of dollars to Belgium's diamond industry.
Democrats want answers about 18-karat gold ring given to Trump
Weeks after Belgium’s diamond industry gave Trump a ring with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies, it was exempted from paying a U.S. tariff.
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Trump's hiding in the caterer cart and leaving staff and press corps to the wolves is a metaphor. Perhaps foreshadowing.
Which brings me back to El-Sayed. In supporting Medicare for All, he’s basically calling for an end to the partial, parasitic privatization of a healthcare system that is already hugely dependent on public funding. When one looks at it that way, it’s not at all a radical proposal.
PLS WATCH: North Korea is becoming part of Russia’s war machine youtu.be/X5o5zFww6mM?...
NORTH KOREA IS BECOMING PART OF RUSSIA'S WAR MACHINE
YouTube video by Onest.
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Food and art baked into a yummy package. 🫓 A stunning, traditional Uzbek bread known as Patir - a dense and celebratory flatbread. The bread is meticulously decorated by hand with detailed patterns stamped into the center and a sculpted, flower-like border. It is then baked in a tandoor oven.
@gilduran.com I heard you on Fresh Air today. Congratulations on your book. You introduced me to the Nerd Reich and Network States some years ago. I relayed the info to others and myself was looked at as a kook. I enjoy your current success as a validation for myself. Thanks for all you do.
How can you improve trust in the outcome of America's elections? 🤔 U.S. elections are decentralized, so fighting to verify the vote is local! 🔍Ask your state and local officials about how to become an independent election observer.
Proportional representation and multiple parties coming soon? www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...
Voters are sick of the 2-party system. A new poll shows they're open to big changes
A new poll shows support for moving the U.S. toward proportional representation, a system that elects multiple representatives in a single district in rough proportion to a party's vote share.
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