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2023-07-05 FF Lobbyists Are Double Agents

“”You shouldn’t be funding the people who are poisoning you.”” It’s obvious that these lobbying firms are not loyal to one side or the other; they are strictly mercenaries: they’re only in it for the money. I don’t think I would want to be represented by someone who is not sincere about their loyalty. Who

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2023-06-29 Racial Quotas In Education Admissions

I thought about this in the past, and it made sense to me that when there are inequalities in a system affecting human rights, the system should be able to make modifications to reduce the inequalities. For instance, if the percentage of a race is over- or underrepresented in the higher education system, then it’s

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2022-03-15 Hawaii Big Oil Court Case Passes Major Milestone

This important article by a ‘guest contributor’ gives some very good links to information. The court has allowed Hawaii to go ahead to the discovery, where oil companies will have to reveal internal documents regarding fossil fuels causing climate change. Quote: << A growing movement Climate litigation such as the Hawaii case is designed to

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2022-03-05 California Solar Rights Act Protects Homeowners Also SASH

Laws prohibiting HOAs, etc. from restricting homeowners from installing solar equipment. Also other rights such as penalties for HOAs. https://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/detail/1253/california-solar-rights-act Also see California Single-family Affordable Solar Housing – SASH Program https://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/detail/3673/california-solar-initiative-single-family-affordable-solar-housing-sash-program

2022-02-28 Who Is Behind Qanon?

Who is behind Qanon? https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/who-is-behind-qanon-computer-scientists-identify-two-men-as-likely-authors-of-viral-conspiracy-movement/ar-AAU6Unv

2022-02-23 Economic Inequality: Kroger

A quote dated today about 1:30 PM from… Robert Reich 49 minutes ago << Kroger paid its CEO more than $22 million. The CEO-to-worker pay ratio at the company is 909-to-1. According to an Economic Roundtable survey of more than 10,000 Kroger workers, about 75% are food insecure and 14% have experienced homelessness. This is

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2022-02-17 Conspiracy In Online Wellness Communities

Conspiracy theories run rampant in online personal wellness communities. This PBS Newshour article (9 mins) shows how the Disinformation Dozen are corrupting the minds of the vaccine hesitant. There is hope: one of the women they interviewed was an antivaxxer but changed and got out of the cult. No more Qanon, no more conspiracy theories,

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2022-01-05 AG Garland Addresses Prosecuting Everyone Involved In The Jan 6 Uprising

In the last half of the video Attorney general Garland stated that

2021-09-24 NSA Lawsuit Dismissed: State Secrets

Wikipedia and the ACLU sued after snowden revealed how the NSA spies on telephone conversations. They may appeal. https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ap_news/business/court-rejects-lawsuit-against-nsa-on-state-secrets-grounds/article_89aeb38c-bfde-58a0-8799-59ffa248c68d.html

2021-08-27 Mayor ++ Gets Court To Stop Texas Anti-mask Mandate

The mayor of San Antonio and others have taken Gov. Abbot to court and received a decision that blocks the governor’s anti-mask mandate order. After the mandate went into effect some school districts went ahead and made masks mandatory and the governor threatened to take them to court. That goes against common sense – masks

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