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Jacob Kravetz
2 days ago1 min read
Fascism in Pictures
See our chat with Stephen here. In just over ten days, Donald Trump will be inaugurated for the second time, bringing with him a turn...
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Jacob Kravetz
5 days ago3 min read
​2025, The Authoritarian Threat Grows, But So Does DSOT!
Happy New Year political stonecutters, and welcome to 2025, all signs point to big changes ahead, and, given the state of play left over...
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Barrie Friedland
Dec 31, 20243 min read
​Pardon Me? I mean Pardon Steven Donziger!
President Biden has commuted the death sentences of 37 federal prisoners to serving life without parole leaving three facing possible...
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Jacob Kravetz
Dec 24, 20242 min read
​Was There Something I Forgot? Oh Yes Governing!
This past week, Congress managed to barely avoid a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution hours before the funding...
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Barrie Friedland
Dec 17, 20243 min read
​Stop Being Afraid, Stand Up and Fight!
To be clear, Trump's concern about the elderly woman only buying 2 not 3 apples is gone if it ever existed. Watch grocery prices...
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Jacob Kravetz
Dec 12, 20241 min read
Leah Margulies
​ Organized People Making a Difference See our chat with Leah here. As a little holiday treat, #DSOT is bringing you a fantastic chat...
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Jacob Kravetz
Dec 10, 20243 min read
Killer Healthcare
Early on December 4th , Brian Thompson, billionaire, and United Healthcare CEO, was shot dead in New York City. Amazingly, in one of the...
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Barrie Friedland
Dec 3, 20244 min read
Yes We Have No Bananas
Derrière chaque fortune, il y a un crime. Behind every fortune. there is a crime.  Behind every great fortune, there is, in fact, often...
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Barrie Friedland
Nov 26, 20242 min read
​The Non-Profit "Death Penalty" Bill
Donald Trump is a serial offender when it comes to stealing money from charities and nonprofits. It is a long list, so let's just cite...
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Barrie Friedland
Nov 22, 20241 min read
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book. NOT US
See our chat with Kent from Unite Against Book Bans here #DSOT is thankful that we were able to chat with Kent Oliver. He is a Senior...
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Barrie Friedland
Nov 19, 20244 min read
Now You Are Just Mocking Us
It is one thing to have too many elected officials unable or unwilling to have government serve the people. Yes, together with corruption...
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Jacob Kravetz
Nov 12, 20243 min read
What To Do Now and Tomorrow
From the viewpoint of DSOT, the election results suggest that voters feel the Democratic party has abandoned them, no longer serving the...
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Jacob Kravetz
Nov 12, 20244 min read
What Just Happned ! or ?
It's been a week since the election, and at the national level things didn't shake out as I had thought , and certainly not as I’d hoped,...
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Jacob Kravetz
Nov 5, 20243 min read
Vote/ Take a Short Break/Continue to Fight
Somehow it's finally election day. We, and so many others , have made the case repeatedly against Trump and the Republican party in this...
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Jacob Kravetz
Oct 31, 20242 min read
The Scary Secrets of State Lobbyists
See our chat with James Browning of F-Minus here. What's spookier than Halloween? Lobbyists for the fossil fuel industry hiding in plain...
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Jacob Kravetz
Oct 29, 20243 min read
Time to Get Out and Get Active
I want to keep this relatively brief because we are just a week away from the election (11/5) and we should be spending our time getting...
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Jacob Kravetz
Oct 22, 20243 min read
Losing Democracy by Inches and Miles
Democracy is on the ballot and yet so many in this country don't seem to know, or care. Why is that? What drives this apathy or...
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Barrie Friedland
Oct 15, 20243 min read
Don't Use Your Privilege to Take Away the Right to Vote. Voting is a Right
Can you imagine having a business in which your employees conspired to steal your rights and hinder your input? It seems a bit absurd...
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Barrie Friedland
Oct 10, 20242 min read
Meet Ryan Dorsey
Local Politicians Who Serve the People: From Abel Wolman to Ryan Dorsey It’s Thursday and we’ve got a quick Civics Pop Quiz for you: Who...
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Jacob Kravetz
Oct 8, 20243 min read
Are We Brave Enough to Seek Peace
Yesterday marked the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack per capita in modern history , when Hamas invaded Israel, killed 1200...
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Barrie Friedland
Oct 6, 20242 min read
What You Can Do
​#DSOT Don't Shop on Tuesday was created to harness the power of people all over the country. It is designed to craft a growing and...
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Jacob Kravetz
Oct 4, 20241 min read
Hi/ Give us a Listen
Zoomside chats are quick informal conversations with activists about their causes/challenges and victories. We would love to talk with...
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Jacob Kravetz
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Dangerous/Deadly and Getting Worse
This past weekend hurricane Helene tore into the US mainland and ripped its way through multiple States including Florida, Georgia,...
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Jacob Kravetz
Sep 24, 20243 min read
If You Can't Beat 'em/ Don't Let 'em Vote
As we enter into the final weeks of campaigning prior to the elections for positions from Councilman to President there is coverage...
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Jacob Kravetz
Sep 17, 20242 min read
Fight with Combined Economic Power...Not Guns
The FBI and Secret Service are currently looking into another apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, thi​s time at his golf...
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Barrie Friedland
Sep 10, 20242 min read
Mass Shootings No Mas
With September here, the school year is underway across the nation. All the excitement and trepidation of a new year, new classes, new...
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Barrie Friedland
Sep 3, 20242 min read
Unions a Primer: Volume 1
To many, this past weekend meant that school started, the last Summer BBQ’s were held before the season slips away, and mattresses are on...
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Barrie Friedland
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Abingdon Woods: Victory and a Blueprint for Hope and Change
Recently there has been an unfamiliar feeling in the political air, hope. We’ve discussed over the last few weeks some of the changes...
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Jacob Kravetz
Aug 20, 20243 min read
Democratic Policies Thus Far
Go left young man ( et. al.) and align with the country. Monday was the start of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The...
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Jacob Kravetz
Aug 20, 20241 min read
Together/United/We Win
The mistake we cannot make as organizers, activists, and conscious, caring citizens is to not make our voices heard, both with raucous...
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Barrie Friedland
Aug 13, 20243 min read
A Real Reality Show
As written here before this election is unprecedented. Literally overnight the race transformed from the Deja Vu of the same two old...
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Jacob Kravetz
Aug 6, 20242 min read
Not Weird Walz
Since this email was sent out, Governor Tim Walz was selected to be the Democratic VP candidate. The next major moment in the Harris...
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Jacob Kravetz
Aug 6, 20242 min read
Weird
With Joe Biden stepping down from his re-election campaign and passing the torch this election has become one of the wildest and least...
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Barrie Friedland
Jul 30, 20243 min read
VEEP Sweeps
#DSOT is a rapidly growing coalition of people from all over the country fighting for a wide array of cogent policies and needed...
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Barrie Friedland
Jul 23, 20243 min read
Democracy Floats to the Surface
​ News Flash- people grow old. Yes, the adage says- aging is all in your mind, but that’s in fact the problem, it affects people's acuity...
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Barrie Friedland
Jul 16, 20242 min read
Please Put Your Gun Down
No government agency is taking them. In fact, it is nearly impossible to craft even the smallest protections in regard to gun sanity. If...
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Barrie Friedland
Jul 9, 20243 min read
Meet Chevron
​ If corporations are people my friend, then Chevron is the Devil. Beelzebub. Satan. Lucifer. Stand aside ExxonMobile- you are merely...
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Jacob Kravetz
Jul 2, 20243 min read
King Me/ But This is NOT a Game
There is no King of America It’s a little difficult to comprehend just how damaging to our country’s founding principles, and proper...
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Barrie Friedland
Jun 25, 20242 min read
VOTE
Power corrupts: absolute power corrupts absolutely.  Credited to Lord Acton. Power shared is power diluted, but it is the basis of a free...
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Barrie Friedland
Jun 18, 20241 min read
Quote of the Day
Milan Kundera: 'The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.'
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