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"Civic republicanism ... [is] in part as a collective struggle toward a political body that is dedicated to the betterment of all citizens.... we can be the masters of our destinies wherein all citizens are owed the dignity of equality and liberty."

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In town meetings, on the streets, pressuring Congress: the people meeting the moment. Beleaguered gov workers starting to resist. Judges standing strong. Media dropping "isn't this interesting" stance. Some pols - AOC, Bernie, Chris Murphy - fighting back. Trump et al will be losers in the end.

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One of my tools as a critic had been a Twitter list called, "Top Journalism Linkers." Designed so that I could survey the space. It was the first thing I read in the morning. When I left it had 6.8K users. Over the weekend I rebuilt it for Bluesky. You can subscribe. bsky.app/profile/jayr...

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Can the party that created the opportunity for Trump become the party to stop him?

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Fred Mertz to be next German chancellor?

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

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Always an honor, and a treat, to talk to @anandwrites.bsky.social about how to fabulously fight fascism: the.ink/p/watch-an-a...

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A Times analysis shows that half the homes destroyed in Pacific Palisades and Altadena were rentals, raising questions about the future of affordable housing in the communities.

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I don't think the Dems can stop the firings. But why aren't they proposing legislation that assures those that took the buyout get paid , and that all that are fired, get at least a year severance and health benefits? And any one with a health condition is covered the entire time they are sick?

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Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’

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cool as hell

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You cannot make this up

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Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better. The car traffic got BETTER.

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Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

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Questlove’s probing new film looks at the incredible life and works of the one-of-a-kind talent while also taking a broader look at the specific difficulties faced by Black artists.

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THIS TUESDAY 2/18: FIIIREEEEE ELLLLLONNNNNN MMMUUUUSKKKKK Join us for a PHONEBANK. We're telling Congress the cuts Elon and Trump want to make to Medicare and our kids schools? It's gonna be a nO from us: wfpus.org/FireMusk

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We're up to six people at both SDNY and Main Justice who have resigned rather than carry out Bove's illegal order, plus all of the line prosecutors working on the case put on leave, and apparently they still haven't found anybody willing to put their name on that motion and file it.

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Good idea! But, really, anybody but Schumer.

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The AP seems to holding strong. But...

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A coalition of immigrant activists calling itself 'the Community Self-Defense Coalition' says it will alert the community to ICE agents.

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The US has never embraced the International Criminal Court as it should have, but this is ridiculous.

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Since we wildly out spend Russia and China, we could demonstrate leadership and goodwill by making the first cuts.

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1 Name new minority leader (Murphy, Booker, Baldwin, Schatz, Whitehouse, Duckworth, Schiff) 2 Use every parliamentary tool: bring Congress to a halt 3 Enlist media-savvy Ds (AOC, Buttigieg, Khanna, Crockett, Turner, Reich, Newsom, Cuban, Pritzker, Jayapal, Casar) in a vigilant, active shadow cabinet

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Good advice ⬇️

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"We have to acknowledge what we spectacularly failed to recognize in the last election — that the status quo is broken and Americans are feeling a righteous anger about the real damage that the governing class has done to their lives over the past few decades."

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Absorb Canada? Ten states née provinces - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan - add up to 20 new Senators, most of them left of the Democrats. Let's do this.

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This is theft on a colossal scale. Can it really be true that there are NO Republican Representatives willing to defend the constitutional powers of Congress and protect the American people?

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“When the tide turned against American workers, the professional managerial class preferred to fight culture wars against the classes below, while currying the favor of capitalists it once despised. The culture war was always a proxy economic war..."

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"If you are not inciting yourself or others to act, your political rhetoric will not eclipse Trump’s chaos."

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TV On The Radio play "Wolf Like Me" on Letterman (2006)

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At least $trump has found something to keep himself busy now that Musk is running the government.

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Many people buy SUVs or pickup trucks for the safety of them and their passengers. But big vehicles put drivers in smaller cars, pedestrians and cyclists at risk.

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"The bigger ... picture is the long arc of ten years of failure to confront inequality after the Piketty moment in 2014. Across 4 key policy areas—taxation, labor standards, welfare state, & antitrust—[Dems] could have pursued a comprehensive program for combating plutocracy & empowering workers."

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This is a really remarkable achievement: Cambridge, Massachusetts now allows midrise multifamily housing citywide.

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Hilarious and sad at the same time.

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An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.

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A hazardous clean-up "in a densely-populated, traffic-choked metropolis" will be exponentially more dangerous if it's rushed.

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Trump and Musk are taking advantage of a broken system. It will need to be replaced with something new.

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Federal Workers, Stay in Your Jobs and Help Resist the Trump-Musk Takeover www.commondreams.org/opinion/fede... Thanks to @commondreams.org for publishing this, from my How We Rise blog.

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Can’t wait to be able to use bookshop.org instead of Amazon on my Kindle #booksky

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