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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

submitted 10 days ago • 697 comments

Captured in music, writings, and art, are the voices of those who have gone before and those who are here observing, commentating, unveiling truths. Art can be beautiful. Art can be functional. Art can be protest.

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Mitch Easter’s never-before-released 1981 remix “Radio Free Dub” is available to stream now on the Radio Free Europe 2025 EP! You can also pre-order the limited 10″ orange pressing—proceeds to benefit RFE/RL’s free-press lifeline for global communities living under censorship. ffm.to/remrfe2025

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📡 Broadcasting a new signal On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes ffm.to/remrfe2025

submitted 17 days ago • 64 comments

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

submitted 20 days ago • 1342 comments

We must learn from our past. Every generation has to face the same fight. Much of what Tony Benn said in 2008 still rings true.

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The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.

submitted 21 days ago • 128 comments

Good on this library.

submitted 26 days ago • 216 comments

An open letter to law enforcement from my friend Mike Fanone; open.substack.com/pub/michaelf...

submitted 28 days ago • 131 comments

Homegrowns are next…

submitted 33 days ago • 46 comments

This is my hometown. Racism, segregation, redlining, lack of opportunities, defunding education, for-profit prisons, etc. This is the result of decades of policies that ignore or intentionally hurt communities and hurt people.

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A social media post is inadequate to convey my thoughts, observations and experiences. .....

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This is horrifying and should, in any reasonable world, lead to immediate impeachment. On a hot mic, before the media arrived, starting around 7:15 on the time index, Trump tells Bukele he is going to start sending "homegrown criminals" to El Salvadoran gulags. This is fascism.

submitted 34 days ago • 51 comments

The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches? Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%. See the problem?

submitted 36 days ago • 568 comments

The problem is sociopathic corporate greed. 🧐

submitted 40 days ago • 425 comments

Political cartoon from 1908 History just repeats itself.

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If Trump can disappear green card holders for protesting war, he can disappear you. If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you. If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you. We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.

submitted 49 days ago • 223 comments

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks… “The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government. 🧵

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I always appreciate Julian's musings on art, conservation, and the world....

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Decorating is a happy distraction. Especially when it involves vintage items or items I inherited from my grandma.

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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP. Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

submitted 65 days ago • 4150 comments

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

submitted 67 days ago • 647 comments

Grandma's broken cuckoo clock just might be the perfect metaphor for life and stuff. It is quite beautiful now that I have cleaned off decades of smoker's residue. It is missing pieces, imperfect, time worn... But holds so many memories. It just needs a little love and care.

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BREAKING: The United States is in multiple trade wars on multiple fronts, Ontario threatens to cut off electricity exports, Putin will help Trump negotiate with Iran, and Trump goes after protestors on campuses. All the news you missed: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

submitted 76 days ago • 42 comments

It's all an elaborate hoax.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Aaron is always spot on with updates, often before the main stream media. Support independent journalism and media with integrity. This kid is just one of many out there working his ass off to keep the people informed.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Dumpster fire was an understatement. Dumpster fire train wreck psycho-tylenol gelcap tic-toc crazy is coming clusterfuck shit show about sums it up.

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Everyone should have a shelf of vintage toys and keepsakes. The world is a dumpster fire. Find joy where you can.

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#EconomicBlackout

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No Gay, No Black, No Women. This is MAGA leadership, 2025. 😳 www.salon.com/2025/02/26/a...

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From United Humanists on FB

submitted 86 days ago • 869 comments

Idiocracy was a documentary

submitted 86 days ago • 590 comments

Owning The Libs Is All They Care About… MAGANuts Think This Is A Game! youtu.be/-7kuvu3CId0

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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

submitted 92 days ago • 523 comments

House Republicans released a draft budget that aims to cut $2 trillion in spending. The programs impacted could include Medicaid, SNAP, and education programs. Why the cuts? To finance another round of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It's reverse Robin Hood.

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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

submitted 93 days ago • 1072 comments

Trump is reportedly looking to shrink the FDIC and consolidate it into other govt agencies. The FDIC was created during the Depression to protect bank deposits. This would come after Trump and DOGE shuttered the CFPB, which protects us from financial fraud. See the pattern?

submitted 94 days ago • 236 comments

A pro-Hitler paid advertisement is being served to users of X, encouraging them to rethink their opinions of the genocidal Nazi leader.

submitted 95 days ago • 567 comments

Republicans are going to take away healthcare from 40 million American children to give the richest man in the world a tax break.

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When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE. Funny how that works, huh?

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Donald Trump’s dramatic and vile dismantling of USAID came as USAID’s inspector general was conducting an investigation involving Musk’s company, Starlink. In three steps, Trump’s administration killed the investigation that was sure to embarrass Elon’s company. www.thealtmedia.com/p/how-trump-...

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The Nazi Party was obsessed with controlling art, pushing ‘good old days’ nostalgia over modernism. They labeled modern art as ‘degenerate’ and promoted rigid, idealized images instead. Suppressing creativity was just another way they tried to control culture and thought.

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