Fight with Combined Economic Power...Not Guns
The FBI and Secret Service are currently looking into another apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, this time at his golf...
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Barrie Friedland
- Sep 10
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 1 min
Quote of the Day
Milan Kundera: 'The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.'
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Jacob Kravetz
- Jun 18
- 2 min
Elections for Sale
Buying an election megaphone. Since the 1970s, America has been walking a path where money and Free Speech are the same thing, and...
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Jacob Kravetz
- Jun 18
- 1 min
AWAKEN THE SLEEPING GIANT
We are not hopeless, however, we can awaken the sleeping giant of the poor and working class! Activating even a fraction of these 140...
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Barrie Friedland
- Jun 11
- 3 min
The Crime of Poverty
The late Leona Helmsley oft remarked that only the little people pay taxes. Well, Donald Trump originally ran on the fact that he also...
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Barrie Friedland
- Jun 4
- 3 min
The Lesson of the Dog
For those of you just waking up the Governor of South Dakota bragged in her recent autobiography that she shot a puppy because she (the...
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Jacob Kravetz
- May 28
- 3 min
A Memorial Day for What
Memorial Day is ostensibly a time when we reflect on the sacrifices it takes to protect and maintain a flourishing democracy, with...
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Barrie Friedland
- May 21
- 3 min
Foul Fast Fashion
Tragedy, low wages, miserable working conditions, and exploitation have always been linked to the clothing industry. From the Triangle...
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Jacob Kravetz
- May 14
- 3 min
Enough- Hold Companies Accountable for the Pollution and Harm They Cause
Pollution Can't Be the Cost of Doing Business Americans are, perhaps by design, removed from the conditions of food production in our...
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Jacob Kravetz
- May 7
- 2 min
Weed is um er oh A Weed/ Legalize It
Way Behind Schedule Last week we were treated to the news that the Biden Administration, through the Drug Enforcement Agency,...
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Barrie Friedland
- Apr 30
- 2 min
Democracy for Sale in Aisle 1 - 2/3/4/5 and 6
What do you buy when you have everything? Picture this, you are born into great wealth, and you did not create the fortune. What is an...
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Jacob Kravetz
- Apr 26
- 1 min
Float like a Butterfly...THEN FIGHT FOR THEM
Indiscriminately Pruning the Tree of Life Hello fellow political stonecutters, we've made it to another weekend! Join us as we discuss...
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Jacob Kravetz
- Apr 23
- 3 min
Every Day Must Be Earth Day
An Earth Worth Fighting For Monday was the 54th Earth Day, and while the current dire state of the Climate Crisis could engender a...
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Jacob Kravetz
- Apr 16
- 3 min
Total Eclipse of Priorities
Just over a week ago millions in the United States experienced an awe-inspiring total solar eclipse the Moon passed in front of the Sun...
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Jacob Kravetz
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Reclaim Our Government
The Very Real Costs of Non-Representative Government It is far too expensive Hello fellow political stonecutters! Join us for an...
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Barrie Friedland
- Apr 9
- 3 min
Bridges Falling Down
#DSOT was founded in Baltimore City. Now, as often reported, there are partners/allies and folks not shopping on Tuesday everywhere/ in...
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Barrie Friedland
- Apr 2
- 2 min
NUMBERS
There is a song from the soundtrack of Rent titled Seasons with the following lyrics: “Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred...
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Jacob Kravetz
- Mar 26
- 3 min
Work Until You Die/ and Bring Your Children
Americans work too hard. We are not exactly breaking new ground at DSOT with that statement, but even that ground-truth is questioned by...
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Barrie Friedland
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Quote of the Day
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. W.H. Auden British-American poet
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Barrie Friedland
- Mar 19
- 3 min
LEAD
Lead The metal, not the ability to inspire others to take important and courageous actions. Even Superman's x-ray vision is thwarted by...
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Barrie Friedland
- Mar 12
- 3 min
Let Them Eat Cereal
It has been debated whether or not Marie Antoinette actually uttered those words- en francais- “Let Them Eat Cake,” when millions of...
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Jacob Kravetz
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Imagine a World in Which Mitch McConnell Cared About Democracy and Humanity
What good news for democracy, Mitch McConnell is finally stepping down from leadership in the Republican Party (although he won't be gone...
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Barrie Friedland
- Feb 27
- 3 min
Stealing Childhoods for Profit
It is shocking that in the year 2024, one must stand up and speak out against children doing dangerous or complex jobs or engage in the...
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Jacob Kravetz
- Feb 20
- 3 min
How Can You Deny Housing and Healthcare ( and so much more.)
Poverty from Policy All February, in honor of our coalition partners at the Poor People's Campaign, we're focusing on the...
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Barrie Friedland
- Feb 13
- 3 min
March 2
Show up and don't stop supporting this amazing organization. This is too important to bury the lede: on March 2nd, in Washington DC, and...
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Barrie Friedland
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Please Be Kind and Don't Kill People
WWJD Everyone has some level of faith. In religion or philosophy or science. It can be just holding the belief that you can get out of...
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