Notices by Georgiann Baldino (obtener@mastodon.world)

#Netanyahu #USPolitics

#Meta employees criticize company's new speech policy [to end third-party fact checking], board additions

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/07/meta-employees-criticize-companys-new-speech-policy-board-additions.html?__source=androidappshare

Meta policy conflates truth with "free speech"

#Tesla #ConsumerProtection

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

#SchoolShootings

"the messages [Charles] Dickens intended to impart [in "A Christmas Carol"] to his readers [include] ...the deleterious effects of ignorance and want, the necessity for charity, the benefits of goodwill, family unity, and the need for celebration of the life force, including the pleasures of good food and drink, and good company."

JSTOR https://daily.jstor.org/annotations-a-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens/

#BookBan #USPolitics

#FAA head Michael Whitaker to step down before Trump takes office

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/12/federal-aviation-administration-head-michael-whitaker-to-step-down-jan-20.html?__source=androidappshare

The new administration faces significant challenges, including shortage of air traffic controllers.

#SocialSecurity vs #PrivateInsurance
#uspolitics

"With [NC Gov.] Stein’s veto power strengthened though, Republicans in the Legislature quickly moved to mitigate the impact of the election. In a special session ...the #GOP introduced a series of measures designed to strip power from the incoming Democrats. And in case the cynicism wasn’t already obvious to everyone, they wrapped the power grab into a disaster relief package [for victims desperate for relief]." https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/north-carolina-republicans-helene-relief-bill-josh-stein-rcna183202 #USPolitics

#Project2025 #WomensHealth #immigrants

"Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum [said]...in response to #Trump’s claim that he’ll address this country’s fentanyl problem by putting a #tariff on Mexican imports. 'Mexico does not produce weapons. We do not consume synthetic drugs,' Sheinbaum...'what we do have is the people who are being killed by the crime that is responding to the demand in your country.”

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-mexico-president-claudia-sheinbaum-fentanyl-response-rcna182496 #USPolitics

Fact Check on the sources of criticism of #TrumpAppointments

#HistoryMatters
#TrumpFascist

#Rfk_jr #healthpolicy #uspolitics

"at the center [#Trump’s Mexico tariffs] is a lie...the underlying suggestion that Mexico is not doing anything to stop migrants...Mexico has developed a comprehensive policy to assist migrants from different parts of the world ...As a result, and according to data from your country’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP), encounters at the Mexico-United States border have decreased by 75% between December 2023 and November 2024. from coming" The New Republic https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexican-president-harsh-takedown-trump-110000526.html #uspolitics

#ShopLocal

"See 12 Stunning Portraits of World War II #Veterans" Smithsonian Magazine Online, Photographer Zach Coco has spent the past five years documenting more than 100 men and women’s stories.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/see-twelve-stunning-portraits-world-war-ii-veterans-180975638/

#MAGA #racists #misogyny
A friend of mine posted these images. I have not verified the timing, but I trust her/his/their accuracy.

What #Trump mass #deportation plan would mean for immigrant workers and economy

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/10/trumps-mass-deportation-plan-immigrant-workers-and-economy.html?__source=androidappshare

GDP could shrink by up to 1.7 trillion $