Bruce
TV Lighting Designer (retired), Photographer, Technology Columnist.
I believe that diversity, inclusion, and equity are good, that science trumps superstition every time, and that truth matters.
- Reposted by Bruce“In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration,” Bruce Springsteen said at the start of the show in Manchester.
- By turning hate into a game, boys and young men are being radicalized against women and minorities.
- America For Sale It's not transparency, just because the grift is in the open. doesn't open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
- This should be concerning to everyone. “Absent evidence to justify the firings, the workforce can only conclude that their jobs are contingent on producing analysis that is aligned with the President’s agenda, rather than truthful and apolitical.” www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
- Reposted by BruceI know that we’ve had a month worth of further constitutional crises but Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still in custody in El Salvador and that central crisis is a continuing fact.
- Reposted by BruceI just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
- All it took for DOGE to wreck havoc on government agencies was Trump setting them loose and Republicans who refused to do their Constitutional duty. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/im-k...
- Reposted by BruceNothing triggers MAGA like a Pope who follows the teachings of Christ.
- "They're decimating CDC. They're decimating public health in the states." "It's a five alarm fire. The kinds of changes that are happening are going to take decades to recover from, and many people will die because of these interruptions." www.kuow.org/stories/form...
- When the economic promises of the Trump regime are incoherent, contradictory, and based on wishes instead of fact, be prepared for disappointment. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
- Reposted by Brucestaffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org
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- Reposted by BruceImagine a situation in which the threat of fascism is so pressing that you consider sending your children to another country. That’s what happened decades ago for the family of @julianborger.bsky.social, the world affairs editor of the Guardian. Read @davidcorn.bsky.social's interview with him.
- Reposted by BruceAbout sums it up, yes.
- Each of these aircraft cost $67.4 million. They've lost two in eight days. What a waste. bbc.com/news/article...
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- Ask yourself why this regime is hurriedly eliminating military leadership. What’s he planning to do with this force that the current leadership might not go along with? Hegseth directs 20% cut to top military leadership positions www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
- What will become of the cutting edge US scientists that have had their research programs cut? Europe will be happy to have them. Think this brain-drain will help make America great? www.reuters.com/science/eus-...
- Remember when you could look to the CDC for public health information and guidance? Those were good times. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
- "Thank God for Mississippi" Oh, Texas. I feel sorry for political satirists when the truth is already so ridiculous. Click the link( for the entertaining and informative column by Jim Bob Moore.) open.substack.com/pub/jamesmoo...
- It's gonna' be real interesting at the nation's airports on Wednesday when Real ID laws for air travel go into effect. Prepare for pandemonium, laced with the stress of missing flights. ‘No Appointments Here’: A Mad Dash to Get a Real ID Ahead of the Deadline www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...
- Reposted by BruceTrump poses as the Pope in full holy garments and gets a pass. Obama puts on a tan suit and they lose their frigging minds. See how that works?
- This is self-harm on a national scale. If the US were a person, there would already have been an intervention.
- We are choosing ignorance and poverty www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by BrucePresident Trump says he can bring a Marylander home to his family—but won't. Sounds like he has contempt for the law and the court. "Where law ends, tyranny begins."
- State-sponsored religious indoctrination using public school funds? It looks like the majority on the Supreme Court is just fine with that. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- See how the bribes are done? The deal could generate hundreds of millions of dollars for the Trump family, highlighting ethical conflicts surrounding President Trump’s crypto firm.At a Dubai Conference, Trump’s Conflicts Take Center Stage www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
- Reposted by BruceThe markets know the difference.
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- There's likely to be a bump in consumer and business spending, fueled by the higher prices that are coming from the Trump tariffs. He'll probably take credit for this "bump", but watch for sales to drop at next quarter. People are just stocking up, and then they're done.
