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Twenty years ago the Republican party stood for huge tax cuts for the rich and wars of choice in the middle east, but then Donald Trump totally remade the party and realigned American poltiics, and now the Republica party stands for...huge tax cuts for the rich and wars of choice in the middle east.

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Does ICE now meet the criteria to be considered a secret police force, like the Gestapo? Political science says yes. open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

submitted 7 days ago • 692 comments

Whatever you feel about Newsom, Dude is speaking truth.

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No country has ever been destroyed by migrants just wanting a better life for their family. Many though have been destroyed by authoritarianism and fascism.

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Today, 85 years ago: The peak of the "Miracle of Dunkirk," with ~ 70,000 British troops evacuated. The successful rescue at Dunkirk allows Britain to survive in 1940, which makes possible allied victory later. Lesson: You need to survive your Dunkirk before you can attack and win on your D-Day.

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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STORY: French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub it into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.

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The same kind of folks who spent years complaining about masks that slowed the spread of disease are now wearing masks to facilitate the spread of fascism

submitted 41 days ago • 56 comments

Jesus Lizard, H- Wood style. Rolled down for some family and friends. SF’s Fillmore for night 2. Secret handshake band - if you know, you know.

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Watch as a herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo protect their calves, Mkhaya and Zuli, during a 5.2-magnitude earthquake that shook Southern California. The animals repeated the behavior during an aftershock, but went back to their daily routines when the situation seemed safe. nyti.ms/3Eo2uW8

submitted 65 days ago • 149 comments

I don't think people realize that in important respects tariffs are now higher & more inflationary than what was announced on last Wednesday. Since then we've gone from 54% to 125% on China, our 3rd largest trading partner. That outweighs delaying the increases on 70+ others.

submitted 71 days ago • 96 comments

😕🇺🇸

submitted 72 days ago • 476 comments

If the Felon behind the fence believes it can hold us back, we'll show him otherwise.

submitted 73 days ago • 15 comments

The specter of reindustrialization has conservatives doing “my job on the commune will be poet” for factories

submitted 77 days ago • 9 comments

It's unfair to say that what Trump's doing is unprecedented. Ninety-five years ago, the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act helped turn a recession into the Great Depression.

submitted 77 days ago • 37 comments

RIP

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The erosion of democracy is a serious threat. The United States is not immune. Autocratization in this country has to be faced urgently and strategically...Here, I provide an overview of lessons learned from other countries: www.foreignaffairs.com/guatemala/ho...

submitted 80 days ago • 5 comments

Yep

submitted 83 days ago • 759 comments