The key to democracy is showing up in large numbers

Jeff Bezos is worth $220 billion.

After building that fortune from overworking and exploiting his own workers, Bezos is now developing a fund to acquire manufacturing companies and automate them.

Why do we always hear about immigrants taking jobs when the oligarchs are actually to blame?

So much to #protest:
Unlawful #ICE actions
#EpsteinFiles
Ignoring court orders
And…⬇️

Is it a coincidence that Operation Epic Fury has the same initials as Epstein Files?
#trump #EpsteinFiles

Apologize and Skip Trump's State of the Union! The U.S. men's hockey team must apologize to the U.S. women's hockey team and show solidarity by refusing to attend Trump's State of the Union address!

The U.S. men's hockey team must apologize to the U.S. women's hockey team and show solidarity by refusing to attend Trump's State of the Union address! sign.moveon.org/petitions/ho...

This is the America we end up with when we become a nation with less critical thinking abilities.

Trump said he loves the uneducated and it appears that’s certainly one margin ov voters that voted him in.

We can only hope that they now realize this isn’t the America they voted for.

Comment from Steve Kerr, coach of the Golden State Warriors:

“Immigration is a problem that needs to be addressed, but it needs to be addressed by Congress, legislatively, not by military force in the streets, pulling people from their homes.”

70% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.

Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”

As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.

@arimelber.bsky.social
I’d like to submit this song for consideration to last evening’s show requesting our favorite protest song…it has a healing element to it:

“Freedom for Change”
By Gizmo Varillas

…They’ve done this at the behest of the oil industry, so that billionaires can rake in even more money while polluting our planet and endangering people in America and around the world.”
#environment #Trump #Authoritarianism

From Al Gore: Trump has been turning his back on the climate crisis since day one, removing the United States from the Paris Agreement, dismantling America’s scientific infrastructure, curbing access to greenhouse gas emissions data, & ending essential investments in the clean energy transition…

We need more people paying attention, ignoring the spin, and embracing the truth.

Hard to view CBS as a legit news source at the moment

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on GOPers letting ACA tax credits expire:

"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."

A multiple line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Views of Donald Trump by age in his second term." The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people? [Donald Trump] (% with a very or somewhat favorable opinion minus the % with a very or somewhat unfavorable opinion)." The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown."

NEW Economist/YouGov
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among U.S. adult citizens by age
18-29: +5 | -39
30-44: -6 | -14
45-64: +12 | -10
65+: -4 | -10
today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Full list of Donald Trump pardons during his second term President Donald Trump has issued a sweeping series of second-term pardons as part of his ongoing campaign against what he calls a politicized justice system.

Full List of Donald Trump Pardons During His Second Term
www.newsweek.com/full-list-do...

Another lie takes hold makes me think of a recent Anderson Cooper quote:

“There are many forms of patriotism and telling the truth is one of them.”

“There are many forms of patriotism and telling the truth is one of them.”
Anderson Cooper

Hoping this notion can gain some momentum as so many lies make their way through social media platforms

Sport has something all of our other leisure activities don’t, and it’s that you just never know what’s going to happen - The Boston Globe Each sport has a personal history, an aesthetic pleasure, and a drama. We are thrilled watching great athletes, or even not so great athletes, make plays.

A good perspective and enjoyable read

Weaponizing the Murder of Charlie Kirk The Right's cancel culture on steroids

The fringe is now the mainstream, and we can watch in real time, as the rhetoric moves from social media bleats into Trump’s inner circle, then into the Oval Office itself, and finally into official policies.
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How about them #apples. A recent tease of fall weather called me to #CiderHill in #Amesbury #Massachusetts to pick some fresh #Macs. #beautifulday

Yes! So interesting that the pro life anti abortion crowd does little to protect life following birth

RFK the Anti Health and Human Trafficking Secretary

Anti Health and Human Trafficking Secretary Robert F Kennedy #RFK #RFKjr is single handily destroying the #USA health system

If only enough people considered #factsoverpolitics

An analysis by #Axios found that 13 of the top 20 cities with the highest #homicide rates were located in states with #Republican governors. At the state level, eight of the top 10 states with the highest murder rates are #redstates.

My recent column in the Newburyport Daily News:
#environment #renewableenergy
#economy
#fossilfuels
#sustainability

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Environmental Policy…Our Race to the Bottom | GARY TIRONE When federal and state/local policies align and remain consistent, positive results can emerge over time. This can be clearly seen through a visit to the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. Concerning envir...

When federal &local policies align, good results emerge over time. As seen through my visit to the Cologne Germany, It appears some nations have made progress to a better environment since the Paris Climate Agreement. Others are in a race to the bottom. #environment

garytirone.com?p=719&previe...

Good advice that I think all teachers of writing can use to simplify a writing process for students

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
Arthur Ashe

From #DavidBrooks’ article, “Why Do SoMany People Think Trump Is Good” in @theatlantic.com :

Recovering from the moral scourge of Trumpism means restoring the vocabulary that people can use to talk coherently about their moral lives, and distinguish a person with character from a person without it.

“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
— LAO TZU