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Richard P. Hayes

@dayamati.bsky.social
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Retired academic with speciality in Buddhism. Webpage: www.dayamati.org Author of modestly priced digital books: payhip.com/Dayamati

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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
October 18 reminded the Commander-in-Cruelty, his cabinet of yobs, and his cowardly confederates in the Congress that we prefer an admittedly messy democracy to a shambolic autocracy.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Because this administration thinks everyone believes the rules only matter when it helps “your side” (like they do), they are counting on Comey’s unpopularity to normalize this. Don’t let it. Whatever you think of him or his actions in the past, etc. this indictment is dangerous and an outrage.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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‘No Kings’ protests nationwide to push back on Trump’s ‘overreach’
On the same day as the president’s military parade in D.C., thousands of people are expected to protest what they call his dangerous brand of authoritarianism.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Aber resigned as United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia on January 20, 2025. Did some other event on that date have anything to do with her resignation?
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
What’s next? Repealing the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Trump’s extortion and interference in Columbia University is disgusting. Columbia’s concession to Trump’s demands is disappointing.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 17/03/2025
Opinion: Could Trump’s bullying make Canada the new Cuba? www.theglobe...
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Opinion: Could Trump’s bullying make Canada the new Cuba?
As the President speaks in the language of economic warfare, tariffs threaten to morph into an embargo against Canada
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FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Tribal leaders sound alarm as Trump’s federal cuts threaten Indigenous communities
From securing funding for Indian Health Services and ongoing water settlements to increasing investments in infrastructure, education and law enforcement, many Indigenous leaders and organizations are raising the alarm about the devastation that federal…
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I wonder what names Putin will give to his American lapdogs in the White Doghouse. I wonder whether any country will ever trust the Russian States of America again.
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Alpheus Williams @alphwilliams.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
This treasonous piece of shit needs to be shut down.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Musk and DOGE are closing local Social Security offices, making it hard for people with disabilities to access help. Frank Bisignano, former FISERV CEO, is Trump’s nominee for commissioner of Social Security. He is likely to expand this. www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be signific...
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Really? Or is this satire?
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The first thought I had when I read the news of the tragic accident at DCA was that Trump will find a way to blame Biden for it. A couple of hours later Trump was on TV—blaming Biden and Pete Buttigieg and DEI for the accident. The vindictive POTUS can’t stop himself from making a fool of himself.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hamas has been fighting with water balloons?
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Failure to comply with an illegal mandate can have serious consequences in Trumpsylvania.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has rescinded a memo that had temporarily paused federal funding.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
President's Emergency Plan For AIDS relief on Trump's chopping block. Shame!
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FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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Ex-GOP columnist: How a German political theorist explains Trump party’s 'terrible political morality'
New York Times columnist and former Republican, David French, in an op-ed published Sunday points to one German political expert to make sense of President Donald Trump supporters' unwavering loyalty. "Over the last decade, I’ve watched many of my…
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
VP JD can deliver logical fallacies, distortions, and utter nonsense even more rapidly than his mendacious boss. What an ass-et
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
With the exception of Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, the Republican Senators are living up to the descriptor GOP: Gutless Obsequious Pissants.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
The bureaucracy in Washington DC has become encumbered with too many job titles and descriptions. It is way past time to streamline them. Beginning at noon on January 20, 2025 there will be only one job title for a government worker: Running Dog Lackey to a Narcissistic Felon.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
These days it feels as though almost everything I care about is about to be rent asunder by recklessly greedy plutocrats. I try to keep a positive mentality, but there are moments in which I descend into unattractive ill will.
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FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
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Trump Officials Plan Immigration Raids in Chicago Next Week
The size of the planned operation is unclear, but it would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Coming soon to a Boy Scout troop near you.
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I Miss Molly Ivins @meepmeepboxer.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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Canada’s election is about to have an Elon Musk problem with Trudeau’s exit
The world’s richest man looks to move Canada to the right as the beleaguered prime minister prepares to depart
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20minutos @20minutos.es · 14/01/2025
Cientos de presos arriesgan sus vidas en la batalla contra los incendios de Los Ángeles en condiciones de "semiesclavitud" ver.20m.es/6mkit2
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Cientos de presos arriesgan sus vidas en la batalla contra los incendios de Los Ángeles en condiciones de "semiesclavitud"
Su salario oscila entre 5,80 y 10,24 dólares al día, dependiendo de la tarea y por debajo del SMI (16 dólares/hora).
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
" … what defines a system as 'democratic' is only that its center doesn't have unlimited authority and that the sysyem possesses robust mechanisms to correct the center's mistake. Democratic networks assume that everone is fallible, and that includes even the winners of elections…"—Yuval Noah Harari
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
www.msnbc.com/inside-with-...
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‘51st state? Not going to happen’: Trudeau slams Trump annexation threat
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joins Jen Psaki for a wide-ranging conversation on Trump's proposal to enact a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods, Trump's call to make Canada the "51st state,"...
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👑 ✝️ℹ️Ⓜ️🅾️✝️♓⚧️ 👑 @thamemeweaver.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Neither is the U.S silly...didn't you see the SOLD sign on the front lawn?? If ya missed it it's at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.👎🏻😱😡🤬
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Trump Bemoans the Injustice of No Consequences
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 10/01/2025
The Editorial Board: Canada is so much more than ‘Not The United States’ www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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Globe editorial: Canada is so much more than ‘Not The United States’
Donald Trump is wrong to pretend that Canada’s history and the values that have evolved from it can be dismissed with the wave of his hand
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I reckon Google admins were afraid the coronation would not take place unless they helped pay for the gilded carriage.
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Google donates $1 million to Trump's inauguration, more than triple what it gave in 2017
Google donated $285,000 to Trump's first inauguration in 2017.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I’m not sure what a snowball’s chances in hell are, but here on earth a snowball faces increasingly severe challenges. subscriptions.cbc.ca/newsletter_s...
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Evening Headlines from CBC News
Today's evening headlines from CBC News - 2025-01-08
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Watching the memorial service for President Carter reminded me of two things: how much integrity and truthfulness Carter had; and how much lying and deceit we will have to endure for the next four years.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
For most of my life I have been concerned about the human population explosion. I therefore generally applaud the declining birth rate in North America. This article, however, shows an unfortunate consequence of that decline. For those of us who still value education, it’s a sobering read.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 09/01/2025
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Beijing says it’s willing to deepen economic ties with Canada as Trump brings trade chaos
Comments from Chinese embassy come as Ottawa prepares for possibility of 25-per-cent tariffs from U.S.
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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
"The history of print and witch-hunting indicates that an unregulated information market doesn't necessarily lead people to identify and correct their errors, because it may well prioritize outrage over truth."—Yuval Noah Harari, *Nexus*, p. 117. Are you listening, Mr Zuckerberg?
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
"Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance, what Buddha called 'the greatest evil in the world.' "—Никола Тесла, Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943)
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I have come to admire those who feel no need to go anywhere, and those who do little but sit on their front porch and play the banjo.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/01/2025
REUTERS: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, The Globe and Mail reported on Sunday, citing three sources.
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Canada PM Trudeau to announce resignation as early as Monday, Globe and Mail reports
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, The Globe and Mail reported on Sunday, citing three sources.
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
"A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others."—James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024)
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
It was reported a few months ago that President Carter hoped to stay alive long enough to cast a vote for Kamala. I suspect he also hoped not to live long enough to witness the inauguration of realDonald.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 29/12/2024
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One Sunday in Plains, Georgia
I went to one of Jimmy Carter’s Sunday School teachings and got a lesson in how to live
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Sad to learn that President Jimmy Carter has died. He may not have been the greatest US President, but I regard him as the greatest man to be POTUS during my lifetime (now in its 80th year).
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
If you are curious about how Buddhism looks through a philosophical lens, consider my ebook *Questions to Ask a Buddhist.* Price: US$5 (or more if you feel so inclined).
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Questions to Ask a Buddhist
Tentative answers are given to twelve questions that a reasonable modern person might ask about Buddhist doctrine and practice. Among the questions explored are: Can there be a single source of all beings? How can there be personal continuity through...
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Richard P. Hayes @dayamati.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
I can’t remember a time in my life when one man’s stupidity has been so dangerous.
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