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Like. A. Boss.

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Even before latest thing I've been telling people for months Joni Ernst is way more vulnerable next year than people think. Dems should be investing a lot right now laying the ground work in the state.

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Plantir, owned by GOP mega donor Peter Thiel, is collecting sensitive personal and financial data on American citizens to create detailed profiles for the government. Thiel once wrote "freedom and democracy may not be compatible," and "capitalism and authoritarianism" are. Do you get it yet?

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Just your friendly neighborhood English teacher turned librarian here to remind you that literacy has always been political.

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A joyous Quafftide to all who celebrate!

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Good political communications strategy in 2025 is about making everyone who likes your opponent stomp their feet and swear incoherently like Yosemite Sam

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My LA friends may be interested in this.

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Y'ALL. This. Thread!

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Trump: 👉Deports innocent people 👉Pardons criminals 👉Accepts money for favors 👉Kills vaccines 👉Wants to increase the debt Exhausting to keep up

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It would really be great if, when journalists are interviewing Stephen Miller, who goes off a tirade on courts curbing executive power, could ask, What article of the Constitituon grants the power to: 1. Control immigration 2. Regulate international commerce 3. Suspend habeas

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Social mobility has been declining for decades but that's fine, we don't need the talents of 340 million people as long as we have the several dozen children of our stupidest oligarchs

submitted 9 hours ago • 19 comments

Why, yes. Yes, it is. Paging Jake Tapper to the white courtesy phone.

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#RepublicansWantYouDead. It's the only alternative they can see to either Universal Basic Income or riots in the streets and Republicans' heads on pikes.

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The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy. Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M

submitted 13 hours ago • 188 comments

There’s your empty shelf. US goods imports drop 19.8% in April — largest on record

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the chief of staff of the president of the united states claiming her phone was hacked does not seem like a really great situation tbh

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my favourite genre of virtue scolding is when I get emails saying "I'd love to read your new book but I don't support Amazon, will there be any other way to get it?" it's funny but when I would love to read a book, I generally look on my preferred non-Amazon platform before contacting the author.

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Here’s the truth.

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It's possible she may be guilty of this crime, but it's unreasonable for her to pay too high a price for 20 seconds of action. Think of her future! Girls will be girls.

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"Christian Nationalists" are neither. Their actions and speech are the exact opposite of the Christianity derived from the New Testament of the Bible, and the only part of our nation they give a damn about is the deluded portion supporting their insanity.

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I hope other universities are watching.

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This is a very big deal.👇 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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NEW REPORT from Rutgers: As of May 2025, the total number of federal wage theft investigators -- 611 -- has reached its lowest level since 1973. The authors estimate that minimum wage workers lose more each year from wage theft than all Americans lose from property theft.

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Phang: If you see claims that those convictions have been overturned on appeal — it’s bullshit. They have not been overturned on appeal. I have no idea—strike that—I have every idea where that comes from. It comes from stupid, far-right people who don’t know how to read and don’t know the law.

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"To understand who is in control, observe who you are not allowed to criticize." -Voltaire

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Story idea, free to steal: Design and perform a rigorous cost-benefit analysis on high-speed law-enforcement chases. @propublica.org, y'all interested?

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Harvard is offering FREE online classes on American government, politics and public policy and w/ the predicament we're in and the way some of y'all sit in so much ignorance... I need y'all to go check out them classes.

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an achievable short-term goal for police reform, I think, would be the passing of state laws that say that if you're canned from one law enforcement body for misconduct you can't be hired at another law enforcement body.

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IRS’s Direct File wasn't open source while it was being developed. But somebody just made it public!

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*Some assembly required.

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My senator is promoting his tour of N.C. in the rear view mirror. He doesn’t announce where he’ll be because he doesn’t really want to meet with constituents.

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Cambodian cops are feloniously assaulting and manslaughtering Nike workers and their unborn children and Nike is sounding like Susan Collins about it rather than, you know, doing something.

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Musk damaged or destroyed all the regulatory agencies his companies interact with, plus more, and he built himself a massive master database about Americans that he can use himself or sell to the highest bidder. I believe the word you're looking for is "wreckage."

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If someone isn’t parking a TACO food truck outside the White House, what are we even doing with this stupid timeline!?

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Your brain lies and they aren't perfect in there, it just glosses over the rough parts. Never expect the version that comes out of your fingers to be the same as the one in your brain. But one that comes out of your fingers can be differently great. Work on it.

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Happy Rite of Spring debut anniversary! Today you should riot if you hear any weird dissonant music or see any dancing that resembles "ugly earthbound lurching and stomping." Let's observe this holiday properly!

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I ... have no problem with this.

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"Because everyone deserves an education to have a fighting chance against those who would take advantage of them. Because every person deserves the critical thinking skills that naturally follow reading and writing. Every person deserves an education." jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-real-a...

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