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“[Trump/Elon] operate under the dangerous delusion of the ‘great man’ theory of innovation—the false belief that revolutionary changes come solely from lone geniuses, rather than from the complex interplay of open systems, diverse perspectives, and stable institutions that actually drives progress.”

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Tariff wars with Canada, Mexico and China will decimate our economy and send us careening into a deep recession. It will happen fast and it will hurt like hell. A painful lesson in humility and the price we will all have to pay for failing to safeguard our Republic against greed and fascism.

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The strategy has to be to feed Trump continued information about how weak and vulnerable Putin is. Only then will Trump stand up to Putin. He's only tough when he believes the other side is weak. He's the definition of a bully and a wimp.

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Picking fights with the leaders of destitute wartorn countries, trans people, and helpless immigrants. This is the tough and masculine America MAGA voted for. These guys both make Ariana Grande look like Sly Stallone. What total and complete wimps these two men are.

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BREAKING! Man who set institution on fire leaves due to “smoky smell.” Coward. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said he wouldn’t seek another term.

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For the visual learners...

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It's almost as if much of the U.S. tech industry and the supposedly brilliant venture capitalists behind it are just a sad bunch of money-wasting blowhards who love taking advantage of government programs and other people's money and are not the great visionaries and self-made men they claim to be.

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In this current political climate, if he wasn't 90 years old, Don Cherry would be dictator of Canada right now and he would've just declared war on the United States. #cdnpoli #canada

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New Banksy

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For all looking to avoid watching the inauguration crap today, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla is currently airing on MoxieMax. Definitely the better choice.

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In 2022, the AHA collected $1.3 Million in dues, gave $128,175 in prizes & fellowship, increased its endowment by $383,825, & paid its Executive Director $300,975. In 2022, the MLA collected $1.7 Million in dues, gave $136,326 in prizes, increased its endowment by $437,727, & paid its EC $328,186.

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"I have been prepared for evil, for greed, for cruelty, for injustice – but I did not anticipate that the people in power would also be such huge losers." 🤭 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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~#CallAnElectionSmith

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This 89-year-old Marxist needs to be elected chair of the DNC.

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While the GOP whines about "unqualified DEI hires" how do they explain this guy?

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This is what happens when a country creates an economy of monopolies and oligopolies. You don’t need to innovate or invest if the government sponsors your rent-seeking. Canada needs to dismantle its monopoly system #cdnpoli #canada thanks to Noah Smith and his substack for this graphic

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2500 words in six hours of writing. Brain is now mush.

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I may live in the US, but NYE will always mean a big WJC game. #canada #wjc #iihf

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Yes, the cashier at Target should be able to afford rent, groceries, and bills with their paycheck alone. That’s what jobs are for.

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There are more than 3 million Americans who lack access to affordable and reliable energy on the island of Puerto Rico. The notion that the US would prevent mass outages in Greenland is refuted by the mass outages it fails to prevent in Puerto Rico.

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There are some things that America just doesn't get... It's been nice to be home in Canada for the holidays. Pizza pops, good chocolate, beautiful scenery. Canada has a lot going for it.

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Library purchases are purchases. They pay the press. The press counts them towards advances and royalties. And (gasp) the book is in a library!! It’s wonderful and no one should ever feel bad about getting a book through a library instead of buying it.

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Rousseau: "The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty." This is what Elon and Thiel are working toward. This is the political fight of the next generation. We have to stop them from turning their wealth into right.

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Congratulations to Mike Johnson for trying to pressure the House Ethics Committee into burying a report that found the then-nominee for attorney general had engaged in sexual activity with a minor. Party of Family Values, am I right?

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Police are critical to stopping crime. Striking is a democratic right, not a crime, police must stand down unless they are intervening to prevent violence.

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It's hard to shuffle a deck that has poo all over it. #cdnpoli

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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

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Rand Paul was, not too long ago, seen as an "intellectual" in Republican Party circles. It's actually not that tough to see how we got here.

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Everyone interested in #cdnpoli should watch this. I despise Pierre Polievre; he works to engage Canadians' worst impulses and has, so far, shown himself to be nothing more than an opportunist. Trudeau is a joke that lacks any substance at all. He needs to go. Liberal MPs, turf him. Now.

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I'm not at all a fan of the Tories or Polievre to say the least, but if the Liberals don't turf Justin Trudeau after the horrific mismanagement of the last few days, they deserve the extinction level event that will befall them in the next election. #cdnpoli

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Nancy Pelosi is an 84 year old who is worth $240 million dollars. She didn't let falling down a marble staircase in Luxembourg get in the way of working to block a 35 year old working class Latina woman from becoming a committee chair. This is why we're fucked.

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Opinion - Chrystia Freeland’s years of loyalty culminates in a humiliating and tragic end: No minister performed her post-lobotomy tasks so confidently, so adeptly, so loyally, as did Freeland

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