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Making people more poor makes them unable to afford rent, makes them homeless, and makes for a ton more societal problems as a result. If you understand this super simple concept you realize what complete sociopaths all billionaires are

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This is the only story any news outlets should be running on AI

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Producing articles like this is at the heart of the conservative project. They've had most of the political and economic power in this country for some time. But not being validated by liberal institutions has been intolerable. They want to be seen as interesting and desirable more than anything.

submitted 13 hours ago • 29 comments

this is quite the photo and caption www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

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Sharing this in honor of my polio survivor dad ❤️

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“I’ve been disappeared because a rainforest killing plagiarism machine picked me out of a hat”, coming to a dystopia near you

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Humanity is getting a very quick refresher course in how evil, dangerous psychopaths can simultaneously be utterly pathetic losers. There is no contradiction!

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“Khalil has not been charged with a crime. Instead, the Trump administration alleged that his presence poses adverse “foreign policy consequences.” BREAKING: @delaneynolan.bsky.social reports on the possible deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a detained student arrested for pro-Palestine activism.

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Don't really feel like people have quite grasped that these are agreements to do fascism pro bono. This was the deal.

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Sorry is this reporter just three Donald Trumps in a trench coat

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Signs of spring, ranked.

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Loved this book!

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Literally everyone deserves to go out for dinner, buy coffees, wear quality clothing and have fun experiences whilst also being able to afford rent, groceries, bills & have a little left over for savings no matter what job they do. Why is that so absurd to some people?

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The haunting echo of every fascist regime ever.

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Trump straight up did an illegal pump and dump. He even posted about it. What will happen? Nothing. Rich get richer. Rinse repeat. newrepublic.com/post/193823/...

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yeah man, please make my 85 year old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past

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It's not echo of 1940. It's literal return to 1930s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and...

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It finally happened. The first documented case of a public school teacher being fired for referring to a student by their chosen name, instead of their dead name, as required by a law signed by Ron DeSantis in 2023: www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

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Do we think that they are purposely putting targets on Jewish students' backs or no?

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Yup. And aside from the obvious horror of what’s being done to people, this very implication is something that really scares me.

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Whatever fraud there is in Medicaid is largely on the provider side, not beneficiaries. It's health insurance, its not cash. "Fraud" here means going to a doctor if you are unemployed.

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A worker has died at an Amazon warehouse. The tragic death took place at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, home of the first Amazon union in the country. Amazon Labor and the whole Teamsters union are mourning and demanding Amazon take steps to protect workers on the job.

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I am apoplectic about this. The first thing you say about Ted Bundy is that he killed women, and then if you really feel like it you can talk about how charming he was or whatever. The first thing you say about RFK is that he’s pro-measles.

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Radio royalty 1950 — Phil Harris and Alice Faye alongside Mary Livingstone and Jack Benny

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Louise as Thymian is enjoying her evening at the brothel’s party until she discovers that her father (Josef Rovenský), out for an evening with his wife, has recognized her. One of the best scenes from G.W. Pabst’s Diary of a Lost Girl (1929).

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Rep. AOC is accusing Trump of manipulating the market to insiders' benefit. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has called for an investigation into Trump’s volatile change of course and Sen. Adam Schiff warned against the "dangerous opportunities for insider trading.”

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A second kid just died of measles.

submitted 2 days ago • 137 comments

It’s amazing that things like cutting FDA funding are never framed as, “I think private companies should be able to profit from having you literally eat shit and you shouldn’t be able to do anything about it”

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"Elevated" The normal levels are fine but this is out of control

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After a massive public outcry, Elon Musk's DOGE is backing away from cuts to phone service that would have forced millions of Americans into overcrowded field offices. Your voice matters!