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Happy Gramps Ros

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Grandfather, husband, lover of bikes, music, people, birds, the prairie and the woods. Working to save our climate and democracy. Following: thirdact.org www.thebulwark.com www.brennancenter.org heathercoxrichardson.subst

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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 8h
Help where you can. I'm helping to get climate change canidates elected. Here is how: app.oath.vote?ref=GNV9RWXY...
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 15h
Unfit to Serve open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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Unfit to Serve
People we’d like to see banned from government.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A lunatic putting all of us at risk. Words & Phrases: A Crazy Rant Isn’t a ‘Speech’ or an ‘Interview’ open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Words & Phrases: A Crazy Rant Isn’t a ‘Speech’ or an ‘Interview’
🚨 28 Days to the Midterms 🚨
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If not NOW then when? www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rva...
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Why Protest Is More Powerful Than You Think (ft. Annie Leonard)
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Data centers
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So it’s clear that crowding out by the AI boom is happening on a very large scale. And unlike the risks of technological unemployment or a burst bubble, this isn’t a hypothetical risk. It’s happening right now. AI Versus Everything Else paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-versus-...
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AI Versus Everything Else
The hyperscaler boom is crowding out other investment
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The same man who improperly published names of Epstein’s victims will oversee the nation’s spy network and artificial intelligence policy. www.levernews.com/he-botched-t...
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He Botched The Epstein Files. Now He’s Trump’s Intelligence And AI Lead.
The same man who improperly published names of Epstein’s potential victims will oversee the nation’s spy network and artificial intelligence policy.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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What to do if your vote is challenged: Practical advice for midterm elections
On Election Day, you go to vote – and you’re told you’re not registered or you’re not eligible to vote. A civil rights lawyer provides a guide so voters can know their rights to cast a ballot.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@SierraClub created an environmental issues guide to make it easy for everyone of us who cares about people and the planet to make our voices heard! share.sierraclub.org/s/faSWfRHy
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Check it out!
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With November fast approaching, I realized I had questions about how to make my voice heard! Fortunately, @SierraClub made a guide to voting and environmental issues! share.sierraclub.org/s/FWLKgij1
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Check it out!
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jack Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee anntelnaes.substack.com/p/jack-smith...
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Jack Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Republicans still turn a blind eye to the Jan 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Trump and Xi Jinping visit the National Archives
Trump explains to the Chinese president how he’s destroying democracy
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What a pig. Trump and sons are making lots of money anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
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Trump and sons are making lots of money
and the American people are paying for it
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A Bad Tuesday in Maine if Your Name is Susan Collins joycevance.substack.com/p/a-bad-tues...
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A Bad Tuesday in Maine if Your Name is Susan Collins
And a new order in Katie Phang’s Epstein Files case
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fox Glad White House Ban Only Applies to News Networks open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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Fox Glad White House Ban Only Applies to News Networks
"You're safe," Trump told Fox's top executive.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump bans CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-bans...
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Trump bans CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from White House
and continues his attacks on our Free Press
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why your electric rates are so high: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U98f...
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The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Report: Georgia ranks near the bottom of nation on worker’s rights • Georgia Recorder
A new ranking on state wages, worker protections and union laws lists Georgia behind other southern states like Florida, Louisiana and Texas.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Worth your time. www.lightworkersdoc.com
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Lightworkers | Documentary Film About Democracy, Hope & Civic Action
Watch Lightworkers, a documentary film about democracy, civic engagement, voting, activism, education, and social responsibility featuring artists, activists, educators, and community leaders.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Democrats Should Demagogue AI. Seriously. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Democrats Should Demagogue AI. Seriously.
The politics of data centers, Flock cameras, and runaway tech could hardly be clearer.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Shameful, stupid, corrupt. We must bring this to an end. September 14, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 14, 2026
This morning, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Joshua Kaplan, and Alex Mierjeski of ProPublica broke the news that Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, spent hundreds of thousands of...
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Why Is Trump Still Boosting AI?
Because it’s the only thing he has left
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump is using blackmail to get his name on the Kennedy Center anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-is-u...
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Trump is using blackmail to get his name on the Kennedy Center
“Officials at the John F.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The MAGA Plot(s) to Destroy Humanity paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-maga-p...
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The MAGA Plot(s) to Destroy Humanity
On AI and climate, it’s the same story of mass destruction
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I think the government and the public need to have a stake. And this is why we’ve supported regulation of the technology. Regulation allows the public and its elected representatives to have a say, and limits what the private companies can do. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 13, 2026
On Saturday, September 12, Dario Amodei, the chief executive officer of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, published a 3,800-word essay calling for AI companies to slow down their improvem...
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Getting Creative: A Menu of Data Center Policy
Podcast Episode · The Hum · September 8 · 31m
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
On Being an American joycevance.substack.com/p/on-being-a...
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On Being an American
I am not ashamed to be an American.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Until we wash them away we are forever at risk. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Election Deniers’ Long Game
Right-wing activists have slowly taken control of a significant part of America’s local election apparatus. The country isn’t prepared for what they might do.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In addition to greed, many people involved in national security warn that the U.S. cannot slow down its development of AI because China is on our tail. Isn’t a 10 percent threat of extinction too high? robertreich.substack.com/p/isnt-a-10-...
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Isn’t a 10 percent threat of extinction too high?
A time for action
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Mehdi Hasan: 9/11's Fallout 25 Years Later
Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Daily · September 11 · 1h 5m
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Lawrence Wright: 25 Years Later, Remembering 9/11
Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · September 11 · 1h 21m
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
To say this, as well as everything we are doing to immigrants is shameful, is a wild understatement. She’s Helping Dems Take Back Congress. Trump Is Forcing Her to Self-Deport. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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She’s Helping Dems Take Back Congress. Trump Is Forcing Her to Self-Deport.
Daysi Gonzalez has built a life here for 25 years, and a career as a formidable political operative. Now she is planning an exit she never chose.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/c...
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A.I. Data Center Pollution Poses Health Threat, Former E.P.A. Officials Warn (Gift Article)
Air pollution from gas-fired power plants to run data centers is expected to add at least $20 billion in annual health care costs by 2028, the group warns.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
El-Sayed is effectively arguing that transformation — not restoration — is necessary to break the Democratic doom loop of overpromising, underdelivering... www.levernews.com/how-status-q...
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How Status Quo Democrats Could Create Another Trump
A new study suggests Democrats’ broken promises won’t just cost them elections — they could fuel an even more dangerous MAGA backlash.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Oath | Your one-stop-shop for political giving
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/o...
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Opinion | Big Tech Fooled America Once. The Second Time’s Not Going So Well. (Gift Article)
We won’t get fooled again.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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How Would a Wealth Tax Really Work? (ft. Gabriel Zucman)
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our Orange Napoleon Wants a Big Arch open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Our Orange Napoleon Wants a Big Arch
It’s a lot of things, but it’s not “American.”
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Band together . Drive this man out. He is a danger to us all. September 8, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 8, 2026
On Sunday, Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (Alternativ für Deutschland, or AfD) party won 43.8% of the vote in a legislative election in the small state of Saxony-Anhalt, formerly part of ...
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Republicans gather in Dallas for a midterm convention anntelnaes.substack.com/p/republican...
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Republicans gather in Dallas for a midterm convention
and to stroke Trump’s ego
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Shameful, shameful, shameful Marco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s Sins open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Marco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s Sins
America gave Rubio’s family a second chance. He gave this family a cage.
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Simple fix. Make the rich pay for what they should. The Real Fix For Social Security robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-f...
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The Real Fix For Social Security
We may be on the brink of a bipartisan solution that’s fair
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Don’t be afraid to get involved. susanrogan.substack.com/p/how-to-hel...
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How to Help Win The Midterms
Our action page for getting engaged in November's key races
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Real Reason Republicans Are Afraid of “Socialism” robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-r...
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The Real Reason Republicans Are Afraid of “Socialism”
This week’s video
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Mike Johnson believes in the divine right of kings anntelnaes.substack.com/p/mike-johns...
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Mike Johnson believes in the divine right of kings
The Speaker serves only Trump
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
1776 - 2026 - I gues Liberty ends this year. Ingots We No Longer Trust paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ingots-we-...
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Ingots We No Longer Trust
America’s word is as good as gold — that is, unreliable
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This must be among the first things Democrats do post election. It is the most important way to stop the corruption coming from this court. Supreme Court Expansion Front and Center open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Clyburn Puts Supreme Court Expansion Front and Center
61 Days until the Midterms
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Happy Gramps Ros @happygrampsros.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pete Hegseth is the most incompetent person in the Trump regime — with the exception of Trump himself — and a clear and present danger to the security of the United States and the world. robertreich.substack.com/p/hegseth-mu...
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Hegseth Must Go
If Trump won’t fire him, Congress must impeach him
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