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Do not forget that lynchings in America used to be entertainment events for white people. This same entertainment treatment is now being deployed at the prisons in El Salvador where Trump wants to send American citizens. These two forms of state violence are connected.

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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

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We all want our government to work efficiently. But cutting Social Security to give tax cuts to billionaires isn’t efficient - it’s wrong.

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Thank you for having me! It's time we say #YesToHomes!

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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.

submitted 23 days ago • 622 comments

Important 🧵on what’s happening inside the US federal government and how it will change the character of our country if we allow it to be implemented. Let’s exercise our freedom to resist and at the same time build a better world for all.

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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

submitted 27 days ago • 204 comments

VERY IMPORTANT to label this as what it is, The Police State Executive Order. it's not an exaggeration. This is the inner wiring of a police state.

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‘Prelude to privatization:’ Social Security confirms workforce reduction targets, continues to shutter offices www.govexec.com/workforce/20... via @GovExec

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The proposed Medicaid cuts are over 10 years, so about $90B per year, approximately 16% of the Medicaid budget (Medicaid/CHIPS was about $580B last year). The ACA Medicaid expansion is about 20% of the annual Medicaid budget. You can see where this is headed. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss....

submitted 50 days ago • 77 comments

Macron, with Trump scowling next to him, says "the aggressor is Russia"

submitted 52 days ago • 1195 comments

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

submitted 63 days ago • 791 comments

The richest man on earth, Elon Musk is trying to kill a department, USAID, that helps the poorest people on earth Because USAID has been investigating Musk and his Starlink company — and their ties to Vladimir Putin and Russia THAT is why Musk is attacking USAID

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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

submitted 69 days ago • 1502 comments

When a city boycotts Amazon, it's gotta hurt. #AmazonBoycott #tariffs cultmtl.com/2025/02/the-...

submitted 68 days ago • 750 comments

Instead of gutting government programs that make the world a safer place we should be cracking down on ubiquitous tax avoidance by our country’s biggest corporations.

submitted 68 days ago • 180 comments

This fact sheet on the White House website lists bullet point items of what it alleges are “waste and abuse” at USAID. I was curious what they came up with. Actually every link is to articles at Daily Mail, Breitbart and Washington examiner. www.whitehouse.gov/uncategorize...

submitted 71 days ago • 203 comments

Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...

submitted 71 days ago • 34 comments

Glad my US Senator is calling on Congress to act!

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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

submitted 71 days ago • 608 comments

The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.

submitted 72 days ago • 183 comments

Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they done yet but the level of …

submitted 75 days ago • 587 comments

Such an important point… “The country has been hardened by a nine-year deliberate campaign of dehumanization.” — @NicolleDWallace We didn’t get here overnight. This wasn’t a quick process.

submitted 77 days ago • 670 comments

Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to know why Catholic Charities helps migrants

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Undocumented immigrants pay close to $100 billion in taxes each year, while billionaires get to write off their yachts and private jets on their taxes. Just in case you thought it was undocumented immigrants taking advantage of taxpayers.

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If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 83 days ago • 772 comments

Costco shareholders just sent a clear message: DEI is here to stay. Attempts to roll back progress were crushed—because diversity isn’t a ‘risk,’ it’s a strength. 🔥 So, keep the $1.50 hotdogs coming 🌭

submitted 83 days ago • 358 comments

The past several days have proven without a shadow of a doubt that Project 2025 is real and underway. And those who warned America about it were right.

submitted 84 days ago • 1791 comments

I’m hearing from constituents whose jobs are at risk because they do agency outreach to minority communities. Consider what this means for public health, national security, agriculture and justice. The war on DEI has become a war on public service and government for all.

submitted 84 days ago • 1175 comments

It may be a good time to recall that almost 100 yrs ago wealthy businessmen hatched a scheme to weaken progressive Christianity because the social gospel wasn’t conducive to corporate profits. They poured $$$ into Chr orgs that preached a different tune: the gospel of free market capitalism.

submitted 85 days ago • 19 comments

After distancing himself from the corporate policy agenda during his campaign, President Donald Trump is issuing executive orders torn straight from its pages. www.levernews.com/trumps-first...

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Being taken advantage of by predatory landlords should NOT be a family tradition. Barbara Bennett, an ISAIAH leader from Ward 5, is excited for the St. Paul City Council to pass admin citations so we can enforce renters’ rights. 🏡 #StPaulForAll

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Movements cannot be or offer a no without a yes. Opposition without proposition feeds the understandable cynicism that there's no point to even trying. More insidiously, a no without a yes leaves movements vulnerable to absurd opposition claims about what they plan to do.

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