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Raised in Boston, seasoned in California. Public health, social justice, the Appalachian Trail & other nature spots are my favorite hangouts.
Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.
Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic deserves high praise for his courage in revealing this scandalous breach of national security by Hegseth and Vance. I'm not a subscriber to The Atlantic but am strongly considering it.
2) You should be calling and emailing your senators and representative as often as daily. Subscribe to their email lists, and if they're not sending out updates regularly about what DOGE is doing, keep asking them why. Whether your electeds are Dems or GOP, they need to be hearing from you that what's happening is not OK and you expect them to put a stop to it. 5 Calls <https://5calls.org/> is a great tool to help with this. So is ResistBot <https://resist.bot/>.
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5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

5 Calls
This article is for people who are still not convinced that the situation is dire: "DOD Will No Longer Prohibit Contractors from Running Segregated Facilities" <https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dod-will-no-longer-prohibit-contractors-from-running-segregated-facilities>. The current ruling party in the U.S. is OK with segregation returning to the workplace. If you were one of those people who thought some of us were overreacting when we were warning you about what was going to happen if Trump was reelected, now would be a good time to rethink that.
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DOD Will No Longer Prohibit Contractors from Running Segregated Facilities

Just found out that a new memorandum from the Office of the...

TPM - Talking Points Memo
Trump didn't launch this coup; Putin did. Mueller should have made explicit that Congress could impeach for collusion. Garland should have indicated at least a year earlier. It's not too late if Democratic leaders develop more backbone & a few Republicans cross over. #UndoTheCoup #IndictAndRemove

A lot of folks don't realize how racist a company Tesla is. The Nation magazine did a feature story on it last year.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tesla-racism-sexual-harassment/

The Toxic Culture at Tesla

The factory floors at America’s top seller of electric vehicles are rife with racial harassment, sexual abuse, and injuries on the job.

The Nation
Let's dust off the JFK speeches

People ask what they can do, given what we’re experiencing in America.

The Warning with Steve Schmidt
I don't think "widow of Laurence Olivier" belongs in the headline. In the article, sure, but she was famous & accomplished on her own.
Sad to learn of the passing of the esteemed Professor Charles Ogletree at age 70 after several years of dealing with Alzheimer's. A brilliant and widely loved man, he generously keynoted a breakfast event spotlighting a project I co-founded and was the director of, the City-Wide Dialogues on Boston's Ethnic & Racial Diversity. He's in the photo here.

Words escape me.

"Members from each group opened fire."

Boy killed by stray bullet; grandfather wounded while trying to shield child https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boy-shot-dead-tampa-florida-jet-ski-dispute-grandfather-wounded/

Boy, 7, shot and killed during Florida jet ski dispute; grandfather wounded while shielding child

An argument over jet skies ended with a 7-year-old boy dead and his grandfather injured in Tampa, Florida.

CBS News