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if you want to bring back the prosperity* and security of mid-century american life then you need high rates of unionization, a generous social insurance state, and widespread, freely available education. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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It is not worth the cost the rest of humanity is paying for this cruel circus, but seeing a nontrivial percentage of the billionaire class’ paper wealth evaporate into thin air is almost satisfying.

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Earnest questions for Christians: 1. Do super-wealthy Christians believe they can take their wealth into the afterlife? 2. If so, then will the general welfare situation in Heaven be as unevenly distributed as things are down here? 3. Are angels technically labor or management?

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“Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.” Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S. MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

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This is what the Israelis and their apologists call a targeted, anti-terror campaign. This is Rafah today.

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100 children. Killed or injured. Every day. #Gaza

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Friday Night Service- we all needed this. 🏆💙🫶🐧

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A 50% reciprocal trade tariff on Lesotho, the highest levy on President Donald Trump's long list of target economies, will kill the tiny Southern African kingdom that Trump ridiculed last month, an economic analyst there said reut.rs/4joDEVb

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Extremely worthwhile interview with Michael Lewis, editor of new book, Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbGq...

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Entire Staff Is Fired at Office That Helps Poorer Americans Pay for Heating www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/c...

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Murdering 15 medics. Outright slaughter. Then lying to cover it up. apnews.com/article/mide...

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The purpose of these tariffs is to be able to lift them to those who bow down to him and sacrifice their dignity. That is what he did to the GOP, the billionaires, and is doing now to Big Law. Those who stand up will be punished, those who bend a knee and humiliate themselves will be rewarded.

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Senator Jim Banks (R) isn’t sorry he told a fired federal worker “he probably deserved it”. He went on to say the worker was “complaining about losing a left-wing woke job in the federal government that should have never been a job to begin with”. The job was helping people with disabilities.

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In the ten days since Rümeysa Öztürk was detained by US ICE agents, her lawyers say their client has had three asthma attacks. During that time, ICE has not provided the detained student her inhaler, per her lawyers and three US Senators, or other medication required by law.

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“People tend to think, eh, democracy, rule of law…that’s all abstract stuff because it’s not affecting the price of eggs,” Obama said. “Well, you know what? It’s about to affect the price of eggs.” newrepublic.com/article/1936...

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Instead of attending a ceremony honoring 4 fallen American soldiers, Donald Trump chose to attend a LIV Golf dinner reception financed by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia.

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The person paid to vote recorded on film that she was paid to vote.

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‘I heard them take their last breath’: survivor recounts Gaza paramedic killings

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Dear Democratic Party leaders: If you want to reach the American people, please stop just publishing Op-Eds exclusively in the New York Times. 1) there's a paywall. 2) the paper increasingly sucks. 3) there are millions of American voters who choose not to pay for something that sucks.

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Maybe it's just me, but it seems like folks like Sen. Banks are the ones who should be protested every single day.....nonstop.

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Lee Dudek weaponizing Social Security registrations of children should be midterm election marketing fodder.

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JUST IN: Local shopkeepers reach deal with Don Corleone to avoid fire-related mishaps.

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The same people in DC who got us into this mess are not going to be the ones to get us out of it. Today I'm announcing my campaign for U.S. Senate. Because we don't have a minute to wait.

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Gonna keep saying this: In the 1840s, Southerners insisted that they could kidnap any person they alleged was a slave without any state or federal process. This turned even minimal process into resistance and raised the salience of the issue, which radicalized a bunch of people against slavery.

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A 55-year-old vegan just gave a 25-hour-speech on the floor of the US Senate, without sitting or taking a break. Among other amazing things Senator Booker has achieved, let us remark that no carnivore need ever again ask a plant-based human, “but where do you get your protein”.

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"US and European leaders are the authors of this latest atrocity by their Israeli colleagues in Gaza," writes Palestinian-American writer and Guardian contributor Ahmed Moor.

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Love. This. Right. Here. ❤️✨

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Loser.

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"ARRIVE Together is a no-brainer." This #SocialWorkMonth we are grateful to our ARRIVE Together social work partners, making New Jersey healthier and safer. See how the ARRIVE social work & law enforcement team in Morris County works TOGETHER to connect people to the help they need.

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“Forget the Signal Chat, What About the Yemen War Crimes Revealed in It?” Much of our media is missing the biggest story of all: US officials are not just breaking US and international law but confessing to it in writing. My latest for Zeteo, read/share/subscribe:

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When I was 17, I opened my first checking account w/a couple hundred bucks. I didn’t meet the min monthly deposit, so they kept charging fees until I owed them money. It stuck with me—I still won’t bank w/BofA. There’s no upside to this move for anyone who isn’t rich—just cruelty for cruelty’s sake

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Yep

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Rumeysa Ozturk must not be deported. You can't kidnap someone off the street for their political views — this isn't Moscow. She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.

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An old word for “woke” is the gd effing Enlightenment which, among other things, helped end nearly a millennium of Catholic inquisition goons terrorizing local communities, and whose BFF the Scientific Revolution made possible Space Karen's rockets and hair plugs.

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Vaccinate your kids, folks. A lot of people are going to get sick and die from preventable diseases because this is where America is right now - in freefall. RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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