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Long time activist/researcher. Was an editor in days gone by. Focussed now on #environment, #climate, and #pandemic issues along with human rights, animal rights, and immigrant rights. https://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com Authored/co-authored three books on quality management, #innovation and organizational change. Worked in Democratic politics as researcher and #speechwriter for two #Democrat city council members. My father and grandfather emigrated from Oldham, England in 1912.

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Jmail — Jeffrey Epstein’s Emails [in gmail format]

Source: Jmail — Jeffrey Epstein's Emails

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2026/02/17/jmail-jeffrey-epsteins-emails-in-gmail-format/

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Yes, Donald. There is “a little something out there” saying you can't run again, it's called the Constitution.

Screenshot of a post from “Republicans against Trump” quoting Donald Trump saying he’s not sure if he’s allowed to run again but suggesting there could be a “constitutional movement,” with Trump speaking at a podium in front of American flags.
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@georgetakei Not happening

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ICE buys Romulus detention facility, projects 1,458 jobs as local officials push back – mlive.com

ICE buys Romulus detention facility, projects 1,458 jobs as local officials push back - mlive.com — Read on www.mlive.com/news/detroit/2026/02/ice-buys-romulus-detention-facility-projects-1458-jobs-as-local-officials-push-back.html

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2026/02/16/ice-buys-romulus-detention-facility-projects-1458-jobs-as-local-officials-push-back-mlive-com-2/

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116055885959504865

This is so funny: I shared a video where Nigel Farage wants to end working from home.

Then @dave replied to me with a link about the 9 job offers Farage's party has where the perk is…

Drum roll please 🥁

Working from home.

https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1917368/reform-fire-remote-job-listings-farage-vows-end-home-working-introduce-musk-style-efficiency-cuts

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@randahl @dave He does not live in district he represents, so is he working from home someplace else?

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House passes SAVE Act to require voters to show ID (Me; Designed to supress women voting) - UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/02/11/save-america-act/2221770861244/

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Alleged Epstein co-conspirators named on House floor as lawmaker overrides redactions – Raw Story

An animated Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) took to the House floor Tuesday to publicly reveal the names of six “powerful men” alleged to be co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein, reading their names as a matter of public record.“There were six wealthy, powerful men that the DOJ hid for no apparent reason!” said... — Read on www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epstein-2675255624/

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2026/02/10/alleged-epstein-co-conspirators-named-on-house-floor-as-lawmaker-overrides-redactions-raw-story/

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GOP: Clintons have noon deadline to clarify Epstein testimony terms - UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/02/03/Bill-Hillary-Clinton-Epstein/1461770135142/ House Speaker Mike Johnson said if the Clintons don't sign the terms by the noon deadline, Republicans will move forward with holding them in criminal contempt of Congress.

(Me: No word if Jim Jordan will be held in criminal contempt for never answering a similar Congressional request for testimony on his role in Jan. 6th attack on Congress)

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Snopes: Claim by Vance and Noem that ICE Agent Fired in Self-Defense Rated “Fake” | Diane Ravitch’s blog

SNOPES, the fact-checking site, reviewed claims that the ICE agent who killed Renee Good acted in self-defense because she was trying to run him over. SNOPES determined that the basis of this claim was an AI-generated video that contained multiple indicators of being a fake. It determined: Rating: Fake Source: Snopes: Claim by Vance and Noem that ICE Agent Fired in…

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2026/01/19/snopes-claim-by-vance-and-noem-that-ice-agent-fired-in-self-defense-rated-fake-diane-ravitchs-blog/

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CENSORED NEWS: Oglala Lakota President Refuses ICE Manipulation and Deal — as Three Lakota Remain Disappeared at Fort Snelling

Source: CENSORED NEWS: Oglala Lakota President Refuses ICE Manipulation and Deal -- as Three Lakota Remain Disappeared at Fort Snelling

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2026/01/15/censored-news-oglala-lakota-president-refuses-ice-manipulation-and-deal-as-three-lakota-remain-disappeared-at-fort-snelling/

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When Trees Become Art (9 Photos) – STREET ART UTOPIA

Nature has always been our greatest inspiration, but these artists are taking that connection to a whole new level. Instead of just walking past a trunk or a branch, they see a living canvas waiting for a story. From giant hands emerging from the forest floor to clever murals that use real leaves as hair, these nine photos show what happens when the human imagination meets the natural world.

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2026/01/03/when-trees-become-art-9-photos-street-art-utopia/

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Jack Smith testimony transcript

judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/2025-12/Smith-Depo-Transcript_Redacted-w-Errata.pdf

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2026/01/02/jack-smith-testimony-transcript/

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Those who do not remember history are doomed to be tried by it.

A tweet from Melanie D’Arrigo saying the Nuremberg Trials established that “just following orders” is not a legal defense and that the military must disobey unlawful orders. Below is a Fox News screenshot of two women being interviewed remotely about military conduct.
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@georgetakei inane and insane defense of genocide

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Trump has now set a deadline for Thursday next week, where he demands Ukraine signs an agreement to meet Putin’s demands:

— No NATO membership
— A reduction of its military to just 600,000 troops
— Accepting the loss of Donetsk, Luhansk, Crimea, and most of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia
— Forcing Ukrainian elections within 100 days

While Russia will
— Reenter the G8
— Have all sanctions lifted

This is not a peace agreement. This is capitulation.

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@randahl Trump treason to freedom and democracy. US House and Senate… it’s up to you to defend Ukraine, freedom and democracy!

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Equal Enough to Die – by Jermaine Fowler

Memorial panels honoring Black American soldiers at a military cemetery in the Netherlands are gone. Removed on orders from the Trump administration. Today is Veterans Day. That’s all it took. A complaint from the Heritage Foundation, the same organization that wrote Project 2025. The American Battle Monuments Commission removed them earlier this summer. Quietly. Dutch officials only learned about it last weekend.

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/11/11/equal-enough-to-die-by-jermaine-fowler/

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Impossible Foods CEO Says The Plant-Based Sector Became Too 'Woke And Partisan' (Me: just what the planet does not need... another right-wing CEO bending knee to Trumpists) https://plantbasednews.org/news/alternative-protein/impossible-foods-plant-based-too-woke/

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Food stamps: US government says it will stop paying for food aid next week (Me: Trump to 40 million Americans… ‘eat air!’ The GOP controlled House, Senate and Presidency does not care if you go hungry… the billionaires need their tax break!))

Food assistance used by more than 40 million Americans will not be distributed from November due to the ongoing US government shutdown, according to the US Department of Agriculture. "Bottom line, the well has run dry," the…

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/10/26/food-stamps-us-government-says-it-will-stop-paying-for-food-aid-next-week-me-trump-to-40-million-americans-eat-air-the-gop-controlled-house-senate-and-presidency-does-not-care-if-you-go-hu/

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Hey California, we need your help! Talk to your neighbors about passing Prop 50 to unrig the midterm maps. As Trump and his GOP allies try to grab permanent control of the House, California has a key role to play in leveling the playing field — and our tool makes it easy to talk to your neighbors: https://neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb61d56c-708a-41bb-b7d1-b7396de5339e/form

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@indivisibleteam non-voters need to be converted into voters!!!!

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White House’s Chicago “Chaos” Video Is Really From a Red State | The New Republic

The White House has been caught faking unrest in Chicago. — Read on newrepublic.com/post/201581/white-house-video-chicago-chaos-red-states

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/10/09/white-houses-chicago-chaos-video-is-really-from-a-red-state-the-new-republic/

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Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

This is the guy who donated £257m to Tony Blair's institute and wants to use all our UK data to train Oracle's AI. Digital ID cards are a step.on the way.

https://fortune.com/2024/09/17/oracle-larry-ellison-surveillance-state-police-ai/

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@junesim63 Fascist fan

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Ghislaine Maxwell pictured for first time since sex trafficker was moved to cushy jail – The Mirror

The image of the convicted sex trafficker swanning around Federal Prison Camp Bryan, Texas, has infuriated Maxwell's victims and those of her lover Jeffrey Epstein — Read on www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/ghislaine-maxwell-pictured-first-time-35934324

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/09/20/ghislaine-maxwell-pictured-for-first-time-since-sex-trafficker-was-moved-to-cushy-jail-the-mirror/

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Trump administration ends annual report on hunger in America | AP News

The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies.″ The decision comes two and a half months after President Donald Trump signed legislation sharply reducing food aid to the poor. — Read on apnews.com/article/trump-ending-america-hunger-report-snap-cuts-750f90757f50ab2d8bc97dfca5a917dd

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/09/20/trump-administration-ends-annual-report-on-hunger-in-america-ap-news/

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Nation’s largest RN union: Time for HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to go | National Nurses United

the wake of the latest scandal he has perpetuated, National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses union and professional organization, today called for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to be fired by President Donald Trump or to resign. — Read on www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nations-largest-rn-union-time-for-dhs-secretary-rfk-jr-to-go

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/08/31/nations-largest-rn-union-time-for-hhs-secretary-rfk-jr-to-go-national-nurses-united/

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I did not have "The US administration switches to communism" on my 2025 bingo card. But Trump is now taking over the means of production.

Trump posting: It is my Great Honor to report that the United States of America now fully owns and controls 10% of INTEL, a Great American Company that has an even more incredible future. I negotiated this Deal with Lip-Bu Tan, the Highly Respected Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The United States paid nothing for these Shares, and the Shares are now valued at approximately $11 Billion Dollars. This is a great Deal for America and, also, a great Deal for INTEL. Building leading edge Semiconductors and Chips, which is what INTEL does, is fundamental to the future of our Nation. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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@randahl (Me: China's Xi is proud of Trump copying him)

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Newsletter: The Trump administration cracks down on software to limit surveillance of crypto transactions, while celebrating a “deregulatory blitz” tailored for its billionaire benefactors

https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-90/

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@molly0xfff when this pops, and it will, it will crash harder than any precious ponzi bubble!

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Well played, sir.

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@georgetakei Toyota and Subaru as well as Nissan

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Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador

Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. “We have not heard from these people’s families, so I think perhaps even they don’t know," one lawyer said. — Read on www.404media.co/flight-manifests-reveal-dozens-of-previously-unknown-people-on-three-deportation-flights-to-el-salvador/

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2025/07/18/flight-manifests-reveal-dozens-of-previously-unknown-people-on-three-deportation-flights-to-el-salvador/

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Thanks to Trump's megabill, ICE will soon be supercharged and more dangerous than ever—but it’s also vulnerable. Dig into what to expect as Trump builds his very own Gestapo here: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/ice-trump-police-force

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@georgetakei Most of that money will go into the pockets of GEO and CoreCivic to house detainees. The big question is will the detainees actually be deported to their home countries or rented out as slave labor.

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In times of national sorrow, I find his words most comforting and assuring.

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@georgetakei the camp flooding and at risk children is a repeat - same type of event took place in 1986, same river

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Ten years ago today, the Supreme Court made it possible for couples like Brad and me to marry in every corner of this country. It was a moment we never thought we’d live to see and one we’ll never take for granted. Now, we must stay vigilant to ensure that right is never taken away. Love is love. Then, now, and always.

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@georgetakei next on GOP agenda, then allow banning inter-racial again too - MFers

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@georgetakei Umm... Obama got them to reduce nuclear program and Trump backed out of treaty and enabled Iran to expand again...

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Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos
Trump has supported use of asbestos and blamed the mob for its bad reputation.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/06/trumps-epa-to-reconsider-ban-on-cancer-causing-asbestos/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Lead paint will be their next target - Trump wants USA to be number one for cancer!

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Anti-vaccine advocate RFK Jr. fires entire CDC panel of vaccine advisors
CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has been wiped out.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/06/anti-vaccine-advocate-rfk-jr-fires-entire-cdc-panel-of-vaccine-advisors/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica die Americans die is new dictum for GOP and JFKJr

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Chaos leads nowhere good.

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@georgetakei making America garbage ahem

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

Adam Levitin on the GENIUS Act: “[I]n regard to cash deposits, the stablecoin investors will have priority over the claims of ma-and-pa for their bank deposits (and thus over the FDIC's subrogation claim when it pays ma-and-pa). Yes, you read that correctly: Congress is about to put the claims of stablecoin investors ahead of ma and pa's bank deposits. That's just stunning. Now ma-and-pa's deposits are FDIC insured, so they'll be alright, but it means the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund is footing the bill. In other words, the GENIUS Act is subsidizing stablecoin issuance on the back of bank deposits. By subordinating the FDIC's subrogation claim in a bank insolvency to the claims of stablecoin investors, the GENIUS Act is effectively letting FDIC insurance leak out to cover uninsured stablecoins, without any insurance premiums paid.”

https://www.creditslips.org/creditslips/2025/05/the-genius-acts-insolvency-provisions-crypto-investors-come-ahead-of-bank-depositors.html

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@molly0xfff Noooooooo!!!!!

@Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

The people who call climate change a “hoax” will be the same ones demanding FEMA relief when their golf course is under water.

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@Daojoan Shutting down FEMA ... so who you gonna call?

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Trump demands release of county clerk imprisoned for voting-system breach
Trump directs DOJ to help secure release of Peters from Colorado prison.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/trump-demands-release-of-county-clerk-imprisoned-for-voting-system-breach/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica No way Trump... you are no king!

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Trump admin. picks COVID critic to be top FDA vaccine regulator
Vinay Prasad is known for Twitter fights, comparing COVID responses to rise of Nazis.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/05/trump-admin-picks-covid-critic-to-be-top-fda-vaccine-regulator/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Sticking thumb in science's eye again.

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Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
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The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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@ProPublica Trump actually has no clue what people under him are doing and harm they are causing … and the people doing the cutting have no clue either… government by the sightless idiologues

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Nice try, Donald. The law expressly forbids the President from using the tax exemption grant as leverage.

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@georgetakei insane hatred of excellence just like Hitler!

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A military birthday parade?! What is he, five years old?

A tweet from Seung Min Kim (@seungmi ...) posted 7 hours ago reads: "WASHINGTON (AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians ..." The tweet includes an image of a large outdoor event with a crowd, a large backdrop of Trump and another person, and a caption: "Army plans for a potential parade on Trump’s birthday..." Kim’s profile image shows a person in a black jacket outdoors.
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@georgetakei Putin wannabe

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I will never understand the fear of “overreacting” to Nazism. You’re worried about being too alert to genocidal ideology? That’s like worrying the fire alarm is being rude to the flames.

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@Daojoan bend one knee and they will force you to lay down as they drive over you!

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"Trump administration texted college professors' personal phones to ask if they're Jewish."
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/23/trump-eeoc-barnard-columbia-texts-jewish/

As all academics know, you can't ask this question in a job interview.
https://www.eeoc.gov/pre-employment-inquiries-and-religious-affiliation-or-beliefs

But I guess it's OK when it's not a job interview, when it's the govt asking, and the govt includes a high-ranking official who gives salutes.

This happened at . Probably no accident that Barnard is affiliated with . Trump officials said they had a right to the personal contact info, and the school handed it over.


@academicchatter

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@petersuber academicchatter@a.gup.pe icon AcademicChatter group the college gave EEIC the contact info without telling staff or faculty - bad bending of knee

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    @kenSwinson leftist ideology according to Trump

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    , 3 Feb 1995, Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle on a mission when she took the helm of . She would go on to become the first woman to command a Shuttle.

    Eileen Collins in her official mission photo. She is a white woman with red hair, wearing her orange spaceflight suit and holding the helmet. A model of the space shuttle is on a desk behind her.
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    @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange avatar kevinrothrock , to random

    goodbye to birthright citizenship (and to the 14th amendment, apparently)

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    @kevinrothrock How many of Trump's children would now be illegal?

    @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

    As I wrote last week: "As other information sources fall, Wikipedia’s stubborn independence becomes more vital than ever. The attacks from [the right] aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled."

    https://forward.com/news/686797/heritage-foundation-wikipedia-antisemitism/

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    @molly0xfff kristalnacht 2.0