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The quote — "Capitalism is consistent with democracy only if democracy reduces the inequalities, insecurities, joblessness, and poverty that accompany unbridled profit-seeking" — captures a vital warning: that capitalism, left unchecked, can erode the very foundations of democracy, (1/8)

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President Deranged Loser spent the weekend throwing tantrums about tariffs, threatening the Supreme Court, and attacking ABC for telling the truth about his new bribe jet. Verily, he never stops crying like a wee baby.

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The death toll in the Gaza Strip since this morning has reached 160 Palestinians.

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I can study all my life: Denmark pays students $1,000 a month to go to universities, with no tuition fees

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Simply incredible satellite imagery of a dust storm hitting Chicago this evening.

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Lucy Parsons nailed this over a century ago.

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United Healthcare is imploding 💣 6 months ago Luigi took out their CEO. Since then... 👇 🟣 Yesterday their CEO quit 🟣 Announced they were ending financial guidance services 🟣 Today it's been announced United Healthcare is being investigated for Medicare fraud www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

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Trump loyalist Kristi Noem asked to resign for violating the constitution, the US Congress hasn't taken stronger steps towards policing Trump regime loyalists, due to GOP collaborators, but this is a start.

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500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.

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NEW: We're uncovering a new racist, classist pattern of eviction carried out by corporate landlords in places like Los Angeles — and we're fighting back. prospect.org/infrastructu...

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The weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is boosting the sea level along the New England coast on top of sea level rise from melting ice, adding to flooding

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A classic test of a molecule’s importance is to block it and see what breaks. A team of researchers are using this approach to sort out why some memories stick around for a lifetime.

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Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”

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Nature reports how the Trump administration’s anti-mRNA sentiment has sparked fears that this once-celebrated technology, widely seen as a major engine of next-generation vaccines and therapeutics, could soon find itself on the chopping block. #medsky 🧪

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A study in JAMA shows that living near golf courses increases Parkinson’s disease risk, possibly due to chronic pesticide exposure in the water. The highest risk was found in people who lived within 1 to 3 miles and risk declined with increasing distance from the course. buff.ly/PnUZjjF #medsky 🛟🧪

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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

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PUBLIC LAND BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE! The whole country is a money grab for Trump

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Houston says no to fascism and Trump's crimes against humanity. #3E #FiftyFiftyOne #EndImpunity #EndOligarcy #EndAutogenocide

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Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.

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To spell it out, the reason I hate democrats so much and criticize them more than I do republicans is because they take up all the space for opposition to republicans and use that space to give republicans whatever the fuck they want.

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Still true today

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this thread is like that scene in peter pan where you had to believe in fairies extra hard to save tinkerbell

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www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/08/i...

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Petition: Urgent International Military Protection for Palestinians secure.avaaz.org/community_pe...

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Thank you Illinois ❤️ 💥 Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but stolen by the federal government 20 years later www.independent.co.uk/news/illinoi...

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ONE OF THESE 2 CHARTS SHOWS WHAT A DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE. THE OTHER IS THE US CONGRESS

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"why does the left hate liberals so much" maybe it's because you spend 60 years throwing us under the bus in hopes that the right wing would stop calling you commies

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"...paramedic filming the video is heard saying in Arabic that there are Israelis present - & reciting a declaration of faith used before someone dies... before the clip cuts out. Hebrew voices are also heard in the background but it is not clear what they are saying." news.sky.com/story/video-...

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Americans will have to consider their choices, Civil Rights only advanced in the 60's because they broke the law, Women only got to vote because they broke the law, Slavery only ended because they had a war. The Law only allows you to do things that don't challenge power.

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apnews.com/article/trum... Trump’s out here swinging golf clubs while folks are in the streets fighting back. Voter suppression, wild tariffs, & straight-up disrespect for democracy—Folks are fed up, Trump & Elon. #HandsOff

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A photo from one of my favourite cities in the world, Amsterdam. It’s a place of enormous tolerance, diversity & culture blending religions, genders, sexuality & races in a can do spirit. We can all learn something from this tulip-decked golden city!

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I'd pass a law that states anyone who says something like, "Everyone else needs to work harder because they are lazy and useless" Has just earned one month working in the crappest, hardest, below minimum wage job. Because they are always the laziest and most useless people.

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Not much attention is paid to the economics of deep-sea mining. It’s taken for granted that, whatever the ecological harms may be, the business case is sound. Turns out that's not true. 🧪

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