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"Militia," "informal groups," "football hooligans," "private security," "criminal gangs, "death squads," are names for thugs used by dictators to enforce obedience without any accountability. I never thought the US govt would use these methods. Then I remembered KKK, Texas Rangers, lynch mobs...

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Also, Epstein kept videos to keep his customers from leaking his crimes. That's why he got that sweetheart deal. Being rich wasn't enough given the depth of his depravity. He needed protection.

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The entire trump regime embodies the poisonous legacy of Roy Cohn: lie & attack, never admit the truth.

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Uncooked pasta & rice for people w/o access to fuel or clean water? Real relief agencies know what to give. They had 400 distribution sites. This is propaganda to make Palestinians look out of control when they're under Israeli control.

submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

There is NOTHING in this detailed, factual article that could be interpreted as blood libel. Either IDF or GHF are probably guilty of most or all of the killings at these sites. They are a fig leaf, not real relief. @jpodhoertz is a cynical propagandist www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/w...

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These f’rs at ICE & the Trump regime generally are deliberately flaunting their lawlessness to scare us all. This is how fascism gets going

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There actually IS one political party whose positions 80% of the American people support. Unfortunately, the liars on the other side, supported by the corporate media, make it impossible for Americans to know this.

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Since the DOGEs got access to every f'ing bit of confidential data on the rest of us, I'd guess they also got TACO's history as well

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A gov't that enforces labor standards would destroy employers' incentives to replace legal workers w undocumented ones - or even those on temporary work visas. You'd barely need immigration enforcement, as the workers who'd still come would all be needed. Currently evil exploiters get a benefit.

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The House Republican budget bill gives Trump $185 billion to carry out his extreme mass deportation agenda—while providing NO new funding for federal agencies that protect workers. Immigration enforcement would have 🚨80x🚨more money than labor standards enforcement: www.epi.org/blog/house-r...

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We need details on this.

submitted 2 days ago • 2967 comments

As LBJ said 60 years ago, freedom is not just opening the gates of opportunity. True freedom is ensuring everyone has the ability to walk through them.

submitted 2 days ago • 118 comments

Delilah, you have nailed it! Hoʻomaikaʻi a mahalo!

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Remember that if we didn't vote in Carney, our only other option would have been far right Poilievre. NDP wasn't going to get in. I would like Carney to be more left but I can tolerate his centrist ways more than alt right extremism. There will never be a PM that gives each of us everything we want.

submitted 3 days ago • 23 comments

This is a chance for bipartisanship: Democrats should propose a bill to investigate EVERY contract stolen by any of Elon's companies (and throw in Trump companies as well!) got full compliance with federal contracting requirements. Include Claw-back provisions for abusive profits.

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“One Big Beautiful Bill”? Try one big, bold-faced lie. They swore this mess wouldn’t add to the deficit…but the nonpartisan budget office says otherwise. $2.4 TRILLION added to the deficit—and for what? Tax cuts for the rich.

submitted 3 days ago • 548 comments

One of these photos depicts the arrest of a violent racially motivated domestic terrorist that killed 9 people. The other is an immigrant raid.

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The Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase the minimum wage from $24.10 to $24.94 an hour could have the unintended consequence of providing workers with the necessary money to buy food and water, business leaders have cautioned.

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

@nancypelosi.bsky.social, as one of your constituents and long-time supporters, I want to know that you are committed to backing Rep. Crockett for ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. You've given great leadership; now we need you to lead into the future! No more old Wall St suckups pls

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Dear Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Picture this: you are having a pregnancy crisis. Maybe you’re miscarrying, maybe your wife is septic & dying. You no longer will be allowed to get emergency help because Donald Trump would prefer that you DIE. Nice, huh? #ProudBlue #OneV1

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

This country already carries out the demands of billionaires 90% of the time. Now they want 100%? F*** no!

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Total mentions on Maria Bartiromo's show this morning: Medicaid: 5 Biden: 69

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Total mentions on Fox & Friends this morning: Medicaid: 2 Biden: 27

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Also, just before the big crash, almost all pundits, media, etc - the whole Wall St-DC Blob - excoriated the @Economist.com for showing how likely a downturn was. Groupthink times hysteria equals probably wrong

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Gov't guidance on healthcare is not supposed to be based on the ideology or whims of the gov't of the day. It's supposed to be based on & backed by medical science. This is the MAGA death cult moving one more step forward. Women will die as a direct result of this action.

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Gangs in El Salvador persecute LGBTQ people. Locking Andry up with thousands of gang bangers is - if not a death sentence, an extremely dangerous thing.

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Mullin: What were we ranked nationally in math and reading in 1979? McMahon: We were very low on the totem pole. Mullin: We were number one in 1979

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Amazing that when they get in courtrooms, all the big claims they make outside the courthouse to the media suddenly go away.

submitted 4 days ago • 585 comments

Great point! The "DC Blob" (corporate journalists, pundits, political consultants, & politicians) got Obama to let banksters off the hook & didn't push for a faster recovery (which Rs demanded - then denounced Obama for). He threw away the progressive energy that made us campaign for him! AOC rocks!

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Trump’s pardons now have now cost crime victims and tax payers over 1.3 Billion dollars. Yes, that’s over a BILLION. This is NOT normal. President Biden never did this.

submitted 5 days ago • 46 comments

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submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

My memory is that early on, both in NY and UK, elderly patients were sent from hospitals to nursing homes without any effective quarantine, accelerating the spread and killing many needlessly. Cuomo & BoJo were guilty. Do I remember correctly?

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Civics 101: presidents are not kings…

submitted 8 days ago • 370 comments

The repression of free speech is ratcheting up. If the tariff BS keeps f'ing the economy we'll have a recession, then they may go for martial law. We'll see.

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