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ecocentrically-minded; play & improv enthusiast; suchness practitioner; paradox aficionado
BOOM! An Anti-Monopolist Smashed the Democratic Establishment in Michigan Last Night open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
BOOM! An Anti-Monopolist Smashed the Democratic Establishment in Michigan Last Night
Populist Abdul El-Sayed shocked the Democratic Party establishment by beating an incumbent Congresswoman for a Senate nominating contest, despite being outspent nine to one. What comes now?
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Trump wanted the power to make arrests without providing a reason. That's beyond "scary." open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
Trump wanted the power to make arrests without providing a reason. That's beyond "scary."
The Trump White House seriously studied how to "cancel" habeas corpus, your right to know why the government has arrested you.
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Water is Life: Walking the Columbia River w/ Julie Lomboy celdf.substack.com/p/water-is-l...
Water is Life: Walking the Columbia River w/ Julie Lomboy
A prayer walk from Astoria to Hanford, the most contaminated site in North America
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📑 For a shorter break, check out our three new policy briefs: • Which Aspects of State Capacity Matter for Democratic Survival? PB No. 44 • Coalitions of Regime Supporters and Regime Survival. V-PB No. 45 • Mass Mobilization and Incumbent-led Regime Changes. PB No. 46 v-dem.net/pb.html 3(4)
Policy Briefs – V-Dem
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In the northern hemisphere, it’s time for a summer break. 🌞 Why not use the well-earned rest to catch up with your democracy reading list? Here are some tips of recent publications from the V-Dem community. Links to the latest books, policy briefs and journal articles in the thread 🧵👇 1(4)
Before leaving for August recess on Friday, the Senate could vote on a bill that would turbocharge Trump’s corruption. Senate Democrats can stop the CLARITY Act if they work together, but that’s not going to happen unless our senators hear from us. 👇
Stop Trump’s Crypto Corruption - No to CLARITY Act
The Senate will be considering the CLARITY ACT, a Trojan horse for deregulation that would only help Trump, billionaires, and foreign governments profit at our expense. We need senators to block them.
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Trump wanted the power to make arrests without providing a reason. That's beyond "scary." open.substack.com/pub/defiance...
Trump wanted the power to make arrests without providing a reason. That's beyond "scary."
The Trump White House seriously studied how to "cancel" habeas corpus, your right to know why the government has arrested you.
open.substack.com
He Lost the Ability to Walk. ICE Withheld the Medicine That Could Have Stopped It. open.substack.com/pub/anitakpa...
He Lost the Ability to Walk. ICE Withheld the Medicine That Could Have Stopped It.
I just spoke with Gabri, the daughter of Gabriel, who suffered a stroke in detention because lifesaving medications to prevent his stroke were withheld, he was shackled for no reason in a cell in a wa...
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U.S. Border Patrol wants a contractor to track down deported people abroad and collect their immigration fines open.substack.com/pub/projects... a lotta really unhappy people to go to these lengths
U.S. Border Patrol wants a contractor to track down deported people abroad and collect their immigration fines
The agency gave bidders three business days to compete for a first-of-its-kind contract to collect fines from people it has deported to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.
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And now, a little Vivaldi. Michel Tirabosco, a renowned pan flute player, collaborating with Raphaël Froissart. He is a professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Born with physical differences, he began playing the pan flute at 7 and has achieved international recognition for his skill. #streetmusic
They need to hammer down relentlessly on this. They can't become overconfident, like they did with Hillary in 2016.
It’s past time to BAN CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING! No member of Congress [or the White House] should be trading stocks. Period. The American people deserve to know their representatives are working for them, not corporations and stock portfolios. It’s time to ban Congressional stock trading.
Our Humane World for Animals India team deployed once again to help communities in Assam, a state in northeastern India, after massive, unprecedented floods there. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/anim...
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
The Ecology of Home: Creating Habitat That Works | Wild Ones wildones.org/the-ecology-...
The Ecology of Home: Creating Habitat That Works - Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes
Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant commu...
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