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I've seen enough. "The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes". - Timothy Snyder‬

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“Cold, cruel, heartless.” op: repmcdonaldrivet

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This week’s episode covers two recent cases about DOGE, where the Court held that (1) DOGE gets unfettered access to your private data and (2) you can’t get access to theirs.

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Four Years and this is 23 of the total.

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How to make a profit off a citizenry - undereducated/trained - unhealthy - misinformed - unrepresented in good faith - underpaid - struggling to meet expenses - burdened by uncontrolled reproduction - repressed by overcontrolling laws - restricted from voting - saddled with the debts of the wealthy

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"We are seeing everything from unrelated footage from Pakistan, to recycled videos from the October 2024 strikes—some of which have amassed over 20 million views—as well as game clips and AI-generated content being passed off as real events,"

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Not My Country!

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As I was saying.

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The GOP budget bill borrows trillions from our kids to give billionaires a massive tax break. Anyone who votes for this can shut up about calling themselves a "fiscal conservative."

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In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, a “palantir” is a seeing stone that can be used to distort truth and present selective visions of reality. Palantir Technologies bears a striking similarity. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate

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Trump’s EPA is considering overturning a ban on cancer-causing asbestos. A top EPA official involved in the decision once lobbied for the American Chemistry Council – the group who sued to stop the ban. Trump is risking our health so corporations can line their pockets.

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The U.S. social safety net was constructed around ideas of "deservingness." For single moms, that often meant additional hoops to jump through. Analysis on how poor single moms rely on benefits programs, & what the reconciliation bill would mean for them: newrepublic.com/article/1970...

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The Social Security trust fund could be depleted by 2033, according to a new report from its trustees. There's a simple way to fix this: scrap the cap on the Social Security payroll tax. https://youtu.be/GfZuB7XSFys?si=p8Zw3o6MIfQi9xoo

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Yesterday, Donald Trump said that the U.S. has "too many non-working holidays." Our so-called "pro-worker president" thinks that workers should have fewer days off. Meanwhile, he's spending a huge chunk of his presidency (and taxpayer dollars) on the golf course. Hello?

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Many promising companies disappear this way.

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Schools. Parks. Libraries. Roads. Mail delivery... These are provided by our government. They're paid for by the public and are available to everyone. What happens to these public goods when you try to "run the government like a business"? Privatization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqn1uD_B70U

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