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Give_A_Damn

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Activist working for peace, democracy and justice.
A less corrupt government would be nice, too.
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Trustee: Metropolitan College of NY http://MCNY.edu
Trying to improve the press as an
Organizer for http://MediaAndDemocracyProject.Org
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flexghost , to random
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A president is now a dictator.

One who can murder at will to retain power. This, thanks to the illegitimate Supreme Court

"With fear for our democracy, I dissent."
Justice Sotomayor's scathing remarks:

“Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today. Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law… “Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.”
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    Give_A_Damn ,
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    @flexghost

    Has she introduced (or cosponsored legislation) to reverse Snyder v U.S.?

    https://www.vox.com/scotus/357170/supreme-court-snyder-united-states-corruption

    When will the Democrats take a serious stand against corruption?

    @CREW @pogowatchdog

    Give_A_Damn , to israel group
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    @CdnCurmudgeon @oatmeal @israel @palestine

    Call these senators to urge his confirmation.

    Cortez-Masto (NV) Vegas 702-388-5020; DC 202-224-3542
    Sinema (AZ) Phoenix 602-598-7327; DC 202-224-4521

    Kelly (AZ) Phoenix 602-671-7901; DC 202-224-2235
    Baldwin (WI) Eau Claire 715-832-8424; DC 202-224-5653

    Brown (OH) Cleveland 216-522-7272; DC 202-224-2315
    Casey (PA) DC 202-224-6324
    Manchin (WV) Charleston 304-342-5855; DC 202-224-3954

    https://www.ncjw.org/news/ncjw-supports-adeel-mangi-to-third-circuit-court-rejects-baseless-attacks/

    luckytran , to random
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    The bare minimum we should have learned from a devastating pandemic that has killed and disabled millions is that we should stay home when we are sick. Yet, governments beholden to corporate interests are determined to make sure we don't even do that.

    Give_A_Damn ,
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    @luckytran

    There is a campaign against learning in general.

    breadandcircuses , to random
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    Forget Hitler or Stalin or Pol Pot or Genghis Khan. Not to say those guys weren’t bad, because they were. But the greatest crime in history — and it’s not even close — is the murderous, deceitful rampage of capitalism and the oil industry.

    “Shocker: Fossil Fuel Industry Knew of Profound Climate Risks In the 1950s”

    Documents show that the fossil fuel industry had intimate involvement in the inception of modern climate science, along with its warnings of the severe harm that climate change would wreak, only to then publicly deny this science for decades and fund ongoing efforts to delay action on the climate crisis.

    “They contain smoking gun proof that by at least 1954, the fossil fuel industry was on notice about the potential for its products to disrupt Earth’s climate on a scale significant to human civilization,” said Geoffrey Supran, from the University of Miami. “These findings are a startling confirmation that Big Oil has had its finger on the pulse of academic climate science for 70 years, and a reminder that it continues to do so to this day. They make a mockery of the oil industry’s denial of basic climate science decades later.”

    They have been lying to us for decades, and they will continue to lie. To them the only thing that matters is making MORE MONEY — even if that means destroying the planetary ecosphere we all depend upon.

    Oil company executives, along with their supporters in finance and government, already are responsible for millions of human deaths, with billions more to follow in the decades ahead, along with the complete extinction of millions of plant and animal species.

    They are the worst criminals in history. It’s not even close.

    FULL ARTICLE -- https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/desmog-fossil-fuel-industry-climate-risks-1950s-denial/

    Give_A_Damn ,
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    @breadandcircuses

    Recently heard an AI expert list how a dangerous artificial entity would behave:

    1. Have goals misaligned with human flourishing
    2. Develop its own goals even more antithetical to humans
    3. Acquire massive power and resources to serve these goals
    4. Create and distribute misinformation to serve its goals
    5. Work to prevent efforts by humans to turn it off
    6. Alter the world in ways that harm humans
    7. Replicate

    Exxon/Mobil is an out-of-control artificial entity

    wdlindsy , (edited ) to random
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    Tesnim Zekeria weighs on the filthy racist meme developing in right-wing circles now, which blames "diversity" on the Boeing incident in which a door popped off a plane in flight:

    "The overwhelming majority of C-Suite executives at both companies are white men. Boeing’s CEO, CFO, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Aerospace Safety Officer are all white men."


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    https://popular.info/p/loose-bolts-open-door-to-racism

    Give_A_Damn ,
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    @wdlindsy

    It's from Popular Information but written by Tesnim Zekeria not @juddlegum

    nminow , to random
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    As we celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, every family should take time to talk about this great American leader and hero of the Civil Rights Movement. There are outstanding films and other resources for all ages.

    https://moviemom.com/movies-about-martin-luther-king-for-families/

    Give_A_Damn ,
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    @nminow

    Thank you.

    But best to hear his own words.

    Two ground-breaking speeches from the year before he was assassinated -- often ignored in his bios:

    The Three Evils of Society (speech): War, Racism and Poverty
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sT9Hjh0cHM

    Beyond Vietnam (transcript and audio)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1Ru2p8OfU

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