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• Post #4437023

  Democracy requires transparency in order to survive. There must be a free and honest exchange of information to facilitate collective decision-making. Yet, Trump and his people flout laws regarding record keeping by tearing up and flushing memos, channeling information via Signal and its disappearing message, and sanctioning/expelling the journalists who dare to question the admin or report on events truthfully. And, of course, the heaps and heaps of LIES. Poison in the water.

• Post #4383143

  Two days on the newly completed Adirondack Rail Trail. 34 mile car free stretch from Lake Tupper to Lake Placid. We hit rain on the way back, but a quiet, misty ride through the lakes and pines was lovely, and we practically had the trail to ourselves. Packed cinder with a short paved sector west of Lake Saranac. #cycling #biketooter

• Post #4207490

  Soviet style show trial being conducted in the U.S. Senate today. These calls for self-flagellation were also seen during China’s Cultural Revolution. https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/bernie-moreno-goes-off-on-fauci-during-senate-covid-hearing/

• Post #4139267

  MAGA is an unreality machine. Mainstream journalism aids and abets by soft-pedaling the lies and obfuscation. “Unusual new accounting system.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/us/politics/pentagon-casualties-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

• Post #4079491

  Why does MAGA undermine science? Deny and erase history? Poison the information ecosystem? 1. Because authoritarians must be the only source of truth. 2. Because disoriented subjects depend on the regime for security. 3. Because nihilism is an effective way to divide and rule. MAGA wants us mind-fucked and swindled. No facts. No truth. No democracy.

• Post #4074235

  American capitalism has reached the “what’s the least we can offer to suppress/defuse your rage” stage. Would a $300 stimulus check and a $1000 investment account for your kid be enough to persuade you to put down the pitchfork?

• Post #4070915

  The MAGA/MAHA attack on science and vetted knowledge will have grave consequences long after Trump and Co. have exited the stage.

• Post #4048778

  RE: https://www.threads.com/@bulwarkonline/post/DbJm7svDYwE Sorry, no. Big tent means making space for friends on the left and taking seriously their concerns. The party of Chuck Schumer isn’t big enough, young enough, or diverse enough to win back all the seats we need to begin repairing the damage. #uspol #democracy

• Post #3977278

  They’re not accountable to you. You’re beneath them. You don’t deserve the truth because you don’t give them your slavish obedience. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/us/politics/troops-injured-jordan-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

• Post #3942503

  Wind is starting to rip in Central NY. Halfway home on my 45 km #cycling route where I always make a pit stop. Best to prepare for all possible outcomes.

• Post #3914090

  Pogačar looking uneasy? Playing defense? Keeping his powder dry? #tourdefrance

• Post #3884325

  Guy who invited Russia to drop oppo on Hillary Clinton and begged Ukraine to smear Biden(s) now says he needs full control of election process to ensure secure outcomes. https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-putin-no-relationship-226282

• Post #3867259

  Trump continues to lie and push misinformation regarding election fraud. He’s poisoning our democracy by sowing distrust. Here are the facts re: election integrity in the U.S. Anyone parroting Trump or simply feeling unsure of where things stand should review the data. This is from the American Bar Association, which is strictly non-partisan. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/election_law/american-democracy/our-work/speaker-discussion-guides/understanding-american-electi...

• Post #3806762

  Stephen Miller and JD Vance are dangerously deluded outliers. “Nearly eight in ten Americans (77%) say they would prefer the U.S. to be a nation made up of people from all over the world, while just 20% say they would prefer the U.S. to be a nation primarily made up of people of Western European heritage.” Source: https://prri.org/research/competing-visions-of-america-politics-religion-and-american-identity/

• Post #3804914

  Weekend outing w younger spawn.

• Post #3804913

  Reposting every Monday until, for some reason, I can’t. Not shocked Not awed. Not caving. Not scared. Not blinking. Not packing it in. Not coming to heel. Not building bridges. Not extending grace. Not asking permission. Not accepting the lies. Not quitting. Ever. #RMOL

• Post #3804912

  RE: https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/116914967841374800 “Drove his/her vehicle in the direction of an agent/officer” is the 21st C. version of “shot while attempting to escape.” That was a Nazi refrain in the lead-up to the dictatorship.

• Post #3804911

  This is really important. Neuroscience starting to better understand the intellectual/cognitive costs of instantaneous answers and AI's erosion of the brain's curiosity state. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/opinion/ai-google-gemini-search-questions.html?searchResultPosition=1

• Post #3744276

  First they get you to despise independent media and then they launch their assault. “The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects,” said David McCraw, The Times’s top newsroom lawyer, in a statement on Friday evening. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/business/media/new-york-times-trump-subpoenas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

• Post #3715069

  Impossible to do collective problem solving without a clear, accurate picture of reality. In a nation that’s misinformed and, therefore, impotent, only THE LEADER can “fix” it. No facts. No truth. No democracy. https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/07/trump-administration-public-record-data-holes/687867/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

• Post #3611002

  Inverse relationship between Trump’s policy accomplishments and his history/culture shenanigans. The more he fails in governance, the more he ratchets up his pathetic culture war. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/arts/design/white-house-smithsonian-american-history-museum.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

• Post #3603310

  July 4, 2026. Washington, DC. Amerikka. Forgot to credit: Cheney Orr/Reuters

• Post #3602936

  Impossible to embrace or take deep pride in a country where masked Nazis ride the Metro in the Capital. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/us/white-nationalists-march-in-washington-amid-250th-anniversary-celebrations.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

• Post #3565163

  Quiet, rainy moment in Flåm churchyard. #Norway

• Post #3535413

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116849161839776000 It takes no small amount of courage and sacrifice to live in truth. Watch the speech (10 mins.) as we head into the Independence Day observance. #JasonWatson #uspol #democracy #resistance

• Post #3474676

  “How much organized deceit can a democracy endure before it ceases to function?”

• Post #3473954

  “Evil begins with the human capacity to talk oneself into. Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature. Cruelty is the result of talking oneself into the infliction of pain or into the conscious ignoring of pain already inflicted. The wolf doesn't talk itself into anything.” —John Berger (1989)

• Post #3335805

  RE: https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/news-i8koidj5z/-/a-g72jaWdNT82DyrHcJIHCTA%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0 Instead of “Is this fascism?” we should be asking “What stage of fascism is this?”

• Post #2832487

  Some people are saying…

• Post #2832486

  Doesn’t matter what the costs are or what the price tag means for the future. The point is, the era of big government spending is over, so quit whining about food and gas and go pull yourselves up by your bootstraps, while we deplete Amarica’s arsenal and help ourselves to whatever slush fund we see fit. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/30/25bn-or-1-trillion-how-much-has-iran-war-really-cost-the-us