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Why are people drawn to RFK's false promises? Why do they have so little trust in medical institutions and why are they willing, even eager, to see them dismantled? We've enforced desperation on millions of now very manipulable people––and we're all now paying for it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CxG...

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"I never could have imagined, none of us could, that the government of the United States of America would openly ally itself with a fascist political party. In the heart of Europe. In Germany, for God’s sake."

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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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Until there’s an alternative to Neoliberalism that takes the fight to the wealth class authoritarians are going to continue taking over liberal democracies. That’s it. That’s the reality of it. And it’s up to liberals to decide if they’re willing to risk the privilege granted by these awful systems

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Newsletter: A major crypto scandal tarnishes the reputation of Solana bigwigs, crypto influencers, and Argentine President Javier Milei. “This is FTX type of shit,” said a crypto founder confronting Meteora’s Ben Chow over alleged insider trading. www.citationneeded.news/issue-77/

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World Wonders What Trump Has On United States That’s Forcing Nation To Keep Him In Power theonion.com/world-w...

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Due to legal technicalities, Luigi Mangione is now the mayor of new york city

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On Wednesday I was the first to report Leland Dudek was on the verge of losing his job at the Social Security Administration when he was suddenly promoted to acting commissioner by Elon Musk. Thursday I published a story with more details. I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:

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AOC: “Elon Musk is not going after efficiency — he is trying to gut everything good in 🇺🇸 for his own private profit… America is not for sale.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGXObpu...

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“I feel so stupid, guilty, regretful—embarrassed is a huge one. I am absolutely embarrassed that I voted for Trump,” she said.

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JEFFRIES: “we have no leverage” SCHUMER: pulls out a lime and limply waves it around BERNIE:

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He wants Elon to hurt more people, even as his poll numbers are down not up: www.instagram.com/reel/DGTS6V4... There’s a book about leaders counting on the truth not reaching their supporters. It’s called ‘1984’ — forget “Truth Social”, it’s “Ministry of Truth Social”

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#teslatakedown I made some protest art.

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From @stephaniekelton.bsky.social : “PARTISAN DISHONESTY” of Trump & Musk’s “Doge Dividend Checks” plan stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/stimulus-c... sending people checks is only inflationary when Dems do it?🤷🏻👇🏽 — They pretend to care about the debt, a political game to set up tax cuts for the rich

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Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

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We are already at the ‘purging the generals and replace them with loyalists’ part of the Trump second term, just five weeks in. Totally normal. Not dangerous at all

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Yep

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It’s a cult.

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"Meta and X gave the green light to AI-generated ads that called for the gassing of immigrants in concentration camps and the burning of synagogues ahead of Germany’s federal elections on Feb. 23, according to new research from corporate accountability group Ekō." www.adweek.com/media/meta-a...

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This is how it’s done.

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Update: The White House is already backing down on this. Keep calling your reps. Keep pressuring them. Along with your reps, the white house phone number is (202) 456-1111. Use 5calls.org to get all your reps in one place along with a guide. www.nysun.com/article/whit...

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this is a sign wokeness isn’t truly dead

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Something to note. The Proud Boys are at the Capitol today and Trump wore a yellow tie. Black and yellow are proud boy colors. It's very clear that he views them as his personal militia that will mete out political violence. "stand back and stand by."

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The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the US. It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world. The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy. The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.

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Idiocracy was a documentary

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Here it is! Our full 25 minute interview with former NFL punter Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social about his decision to tell off his MAGA city council - mic drop after mic dop - and then get arrested following an an act of civil disobedience. youtu.be/Pprrm6TYmZU

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ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU. ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO TO INCREASE SHAREHOLDER VALUE. #CAPITALISM #ACAB

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FASCISM IS KNOCKING. DON’T LET IT IN. #fucktrump #fuckice #antifascist

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"Crack-Up Capitalism": Historian @quinnslobodian.com on Trump, Musk & the Movement to "Shatter" the State

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"Grand Theft Government": Federal Workers Send SOS over Musk-Led Mass Firings, Service Cuts

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Some strains of the MAGA movement hope to return to “what they see as a more natural world, where men are in charge, white people are in charge,” says @quinnslobodian.com, commenting on the role of masculinity in "right-wing accelerationism."

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"They're trying to immiserate the working class and they're doing it through the federal workforce,” says federal worker Chris Dols.

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“We are the checks and balances,” says federal worker Chris Dols, who is organizing protests against mass government layoffs. Dols calls on the broader labor movement to get involved in opposition to DOGE’s power grab.

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Jocelynn Rojo Carranza was mourned Wednesday in Gainesville, Texas. The 11-year-old girl died by suicide after classmates bullied her and threatened to call ICE to deport her parents. Jocelynn was in the sixth grade. She loved playing the French horn, making TikTok videos and swimming.

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"Erasing History" from the U.S. to Germany: "Wars Are Won by Teachers," Says Yale Prof. Jason Stanley

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trump wants to be able to tell the USPS not to deliver ballots to blue states www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Nobody wants a psychopath who doesn’t give a shit about HIS OWN kids to make decisions that impact ALL our kids

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A sitting congressman calling Elon Musk a dick is now considered a threat by the DOJ and are now starting a criminal investigation. This is the death of free speech in the United States.

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We're back to J Edgar Hoover levels of strange

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We have to curb our endless spending on the military—and put that money back into our real needs, like creating jobs, educating students, protecting our planet, and much more. www.commondreams.org/opinion/pent...

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Perhaps one of the differences between the midcentury right and MAGA is that the earlier conservatism seemed to have a world it sought to preserve—as hierarchical as it may have been—whereas today, the right seems bent on destruction, compelled only by fantasy and rage.

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Amid tax season…. Over 6,000 IRS employees expected to be terminated by end of week www.cbsnews.com/news/over-35...

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Imagine preaching appeasement in the face of fascism and thinking you’re smart

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It’s emigration, not immigration, that should worry Americans because people wanting to leave, even if a relatively small number actually do it, is a sign that this country is losing its capacity to address even its most pressing problems. newrepublic.com/article/1914...

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