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C. 1970-90s Growing up, there was a young man on the spectrum named Vinny who would stand on the corner of 86th and Bay Parkway w/ his guitar & sing everyday from 9-5, like it was his job. What an absolute hero his mother was to keep him at home, love him and encourage him to express his passion.

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My brother and I both got these payments when my father died at 39 years old after serving in the Marine Corps in Vietnam. Every month my mother say, "You know, these social security benefits used to be higher, then Regan."

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SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.

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Excellent live report from the Abrego Garcia hearing.

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“The labor movement has an opportunity to strengthen our organizations and show that we fight for all members,” said Ryan Haney of Teamsters Local 89. “If Trump can get away with coming after immigrants and federal workers, they’ll keep coming for more of us.” labornotes.org/2025/04/kent...

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Hello fellow New York City dwellers! I made a mayoral primary zine letting you know who to rank on your ballot, important dates, why ranked choice voting is good, and who NOT to rank. I posted a free download so you can print and assemble your own here: drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fo...

submitted 8 days ago • 16 comments

The single biggest spender in New York's election is ... AirBnb, which is heavily, heavily regulated in the city. gothamist.com/news/locked-...

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The House is meeting in 10 mins on the SAVE act (HR22). My face is going to be pressed so close to that TV looking for the absence of a congressional pin, substituted for this.

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Here's a little respite.

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Kurt Vonnegut man

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The gadgets we buy and regularly update are about to get more expensive. It's time to keep the stuff you already have running longer.

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

A five-way race in November?

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Under Fascism, the state makes sweeping changes (sold as an attack on waste, fraud, and abuse) in the name of efficiency…and “the trains will run on time!” Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.

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The proposed slate of directors for the downtown Asheville BID - the quasi-governmental fief city hall gave the chamber of commerce - is going to city council April 8. They include real salt of the earth types like hotel barons, for-profit healthcare barons and their real estate firms. 🧵 #avlnews

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Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company IG 3sixteen

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Congratu-BLEEPING-lations! It’s time we had a little talk about your use of expletive infixation. ‘Expletive infixation’ is the linguistic term for profanity inserted into a word for emphasis. (For this thread, we’ll use 'BLEEPING,' but feel free to substitute another word.)

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Never forget that Cuomo closed a safety net hospital in a community of color during the COVID-19 pandemic with his billionaire buddy Alexander Rovt Bonus: Myrie did not believe us, the staff, when we told him this was a closure. I had to read the federal definition to him bklyner.com/consolidatio...

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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Eric Adams Ditches Democratic Primary, Announces Independent Run www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/03/e...

submitted 11 days ago • 27 comments

You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.

submitted 11 days ago • 832 comments

AMA: I left AMA again with a whole new appreciation for both hospital systems and health insurance lol jk I hate them both even more than before

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I drive from Brooklyn to Atlanta often. The average travel time is 15 hours with gas/bathroom breaks. There is a tipping point where you are much closer to your destination then your origin and that is power. The Senator knows he is past his tipping point. Very far from origin. ~3hrs to go.

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