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W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.

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General CQ Brown is a patriot and hero. Firing him makes America less safe, but it will help bring about a Golden Age. For Putin.

submitted 4 hours ago • 997 comments

Says the guy who won't even respond to the mothers of his own children

submitted 3 hours ago • 1814 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 19 hours ago • 556 comments

DOGE's "savings" is like saying, "I've saved hundreds of dollars by never changing the oil or replacing the brakes in my old car."

submitted 8 hours ago • 22 comments

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_If... I miss Gwen Ifill That’s it

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WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 10 hours ago • 1057 comments

the fact that this is just a straightforward retelling of yesterday's events without hyperbole

submitted 1 day ago • 84 comments

From United Humanists on FB

submitted 16 hours ago • 730 comments

200 million dollars of waste.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1129 comments

I’m sure this is fine

submitted 6 hours ago • 10 comments

Raskin: "It's becoming obvious to the American people that Elon Musk and Donald Trump are not opponents of corruption, they are agents of corruption."

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State-by-State Impact if USAID Cuts www.usaidstopwork.com/usaid-state-...

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If there was any lingering question i believe it was just resolved

submitted 21 hours ago • 19 comments

This is like opposing a joint resolution declaring that the Sun sets in the West America doesn’t just look like an idiot here, we look like goddamn Flat Earthers

submitted 2 days ago • 1070 comments

The senior military officer purges will put our troops in danger. Trump put a part-time airmen incharge of the military, jumping a slew of 3 and 4-stars with 30-40 years of military experience. Our enemy couldn’t be happier.

submitted 22 hours ago • 76 comments

The cars keep lurching to the far right.

submitted 1 day ago • 74 comments

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

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Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

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This brief exchange perfectly sums up the current state of the post-truth online information space.

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Jessica Tarlov: They are hearing from the American public that what is going on from the Oval Office … is not what the American people wanted. They wanted someone to come in to get the economy back on track — that hasn’t been happening.

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looking back everything went to shit when Schoolhouse Rock stopped airing

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Holy crap. At his town hall last night, Rep. Rich McCormick compared *his own constituents* who asked him tough and fair questions to January 6 insurrectionists

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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DID YOU KNOW: As Trump/Musk fire anyone in the fed government that participated in diversity, equity & inclusion, he just nominated Kimberly Richey for Asst Sec Office of Civil Rights at the Dept of Education. During Trump's 1st term, she ESTABLISHED the DEI office people are now being fired from.

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Markets like stability We have something close to anarchy

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