RFisher

RFisher

@rfisher044.bsky.social

Film editor, writer, former director & producer. Fierce advocate for democracy, freedom of religion, human rights, health care for all, voting rights, animal rights, and the environment.

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These are astute questions!

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

The leader of the Republican Party supports murderous anti-American war criminal Vladimir Putin. Will Republican candidates be repeatedly asked if they denounce Putin? The Republican Party's biggest donor also boosts a German Neo-Nazi party. Will Republican candidates be asked if they denounce AfD?

AI drafted Newsfeed item describing a loud explosion over SC that was heard and felt for 100 miles. From this, 47's "disabling chronic illness may have been the cause?

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The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

open.substack.comSelma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.

Thought about this today. The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoll'n with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw...

Daily devours apace, and nothing said, But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more. John Milton, Lycidas, Sonnets,

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1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

propublica.orgTwo CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti ShootingThe two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

This is a jaw dropping, heartbreaking statistic.

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.

A beautiful idea, thank you. But why stop with major cities when so many people in rural communities and Republican districts are suffering? State Governors could kickstart a nationwide coordinated plan with highly visible Democratic branded food drives and dinners and make it a national event.

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'47 releasing MLK FBI files, AG launching an investigation into HRC 's email, investigation into Adam Schiff's mortgage, referring a criminal complaint against Obama administration officials for the "Russia Hoax,"

As a veteran of many street protests, the measure of success is when a movement grows. The mark of successful protests around the world is when people coalesce around one idea or theme. Think the Anti-war, or No Nukes, Abortion rights protests in the US. We need more of a theme,

Join in!

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

Names and positions, please.

Jack Hopkins-The Original@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social

A reminder I will be providing at least once a month for all of the remaining years of my life: Months before the 2024 election, the Department of Justice announced that there were at least six hundred Russian assets inside the United States and that some...were SITTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

Tell your neighbor that you love him and that he was misled about the current administration's plans. And reassure him that millions of people are in a similar situation and millions are fighting to maintain social security and Medicare/Medicaid.

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

My 72-year-old neighbor in Florida — who voted for Trump enthusiastically — is whining to anyone who’ll listen that “they” better not come after his Medicare or Social Security. What should I say to him?

IMO, it can't be soon enough.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

Elon Musk confirms plans to ‘die on Mars’. In a Fox News interview, President Donald Trump implied that the tech billionaire may be touring the red planet soon. HOW SOON?

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Trump plans to withdraw troops from the Baltics and parts of Western Europe - a key Putin demand - making former Soviet nations a prime target for Russian attacks, the FT reports.