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A world view of the USA, wake up people, join in this perfect union moment to celebrate an inflection of our norms. Breaking bad/good. Next steps are needing grace.

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Does anyone know the unemployment rate for Veterans ? If 30 percent of the federal workforce is Vets, the number could get ugly quickly. Any data out there ?

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He’s usually writing about fictional horror.

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Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.

submitted 9 days ago • 757 comments

Democrats need to be the party of ideas, not indignation. Our “Project 2028” series addresses critical issues facing America through a No Mercy / No Malice lens. Today, we shift from housing to wages.

submitted 10 days ago • 51 comments

In case you missed it with everything else going on: yesterday Senate Republicans voted to bring back overdraft fees. Everything Republicans do is to make corporations and banks richer at your expense.

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"We have allowed ourselves to normalize what is likely the biggest fraud in human history. Now we have a job to do: guard our common home against plunder and desecration. Contain the corruption." Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Nov, 2024

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So, the Apprentice Reboot is happening. Except now the Orange Asshat isn’t saying. “You’re FIRED!”

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Now that’s scary funny but possibly true.

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FUCK ALL ANTI VAXERS!!!!! 😡😡😡

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Commissioners Bedoya and Slaughter worked tirelessly to hold billionaires and massive corporations accountable, so it's no surprise they've been targeted by Trump and Musk. This is yet another gift from Trump to the rich and powerful that profit off of ripping off consumers.

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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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I’m going to watch The Seed of the Sacred Fig. #WomenLifeFreedom

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I like bsky, wags my tail!

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#factsmatter

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Sounds about right

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See, the thing is, Zelensky refused to tug his forelock to Trump. Or to grovel.

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How do we end Citizens United, this needs to happen now.

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I did an event in IN a few weeks ago where I said that on 1/6/21 Mike Pence saved the country (for now) by being one of very very few who stood by his principles under maximum threat.

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"the Department of Veterans Affairs announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees who had served for less than two years. That included researchers working on cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics and burn pit exposure, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, said Thursday."

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Yes. But they are missing that much of this has to be performative. That’s what Trump is great at and Dems are awful at. You can’t just tell voters , you have to know how to sell voters. Trump gives sales pitches, Dems show charts. One goes viral. The other is ignored and forgotten

submitted 53 days ago • 3251 comments

happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been! with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.

submitted 60 days ago • 3620 comments

www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-r...

submitted 61 days ago • 1563 comments

no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person

submitted 63 days ago • 612 comments