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I’m retired living in Cleveland, Ohio
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President Trump is famous for loving everything gold and other trappings connoting royalty. But in a post on Truth Social, he went a step further, likening himself to a king as he celebrated his administration’s move to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program.

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Nobody voted for this guy to run the country.

submitted 11 days ago • 735 comments

It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying.

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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

submitted 16 days ago • 1018 comments

do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right? it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC. i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde was nearing the end of her sermon for the inaugural prayer service on Tuesday when she took a breath and looked directly at President Trump. "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now," she said. Read more: nyti.ms/40slABn

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Meatpacking giants Perdue and JBS will pay a combined $8M penalty for employing migrant children as young as 13 to work in their slaughterhouses. These cases are part of a dangerous resurgence of child labor in America, fueled by corporate greed.

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For all you people who think education cost too much; on January 20 we are about to find out the price of ignorance.

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submitted 35 days ago • 644 comments

Guys..... Perdue Farms & JBS, two of America's largest meatpackers, will pay a total of $8 million for using migrant children in their slaughter houses for YEARS. Gift 🎁 Article Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

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Vivek Ramaswamy, the former presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur partnering with Elon Musk on a project to slash the size of the federal government, plans to announce a 2026 campaign for Ohio governor, according to a campaign operative familiar with his thinking.

submitted 35 days ago • 41 comments

“Sooner or later, a winter storm will hit L.A. The region is not ready for the deadly mudslides and debris flows likely to follow,” Conor Friedersdorf writes:

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Editor Commentary: The fear of being kicked out of their homes is why many LGBTQ+ teens stay in the closet. 20% of LGBTQ people who've experienced homelessness were under 18. They are double the risk as non-LGBTQ peers. Ohio's new outing law is heartless.

submitted 36 days ago • 4 comments

WE HAVE A WORD FOR THAT!

submitted 36 days ago • 161 comments

Ever since the disastrous Citizens United ruling, outside spending on federal elections has skyrocketed. Big money corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top.

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Weather in Washington, D.C., for Monday starting to look like a deep state conspiracy

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As a lifelong Buckeye, I’ve watched our state become hopelessly gerrymandered What if all Democrats and independents registered as Republicans? By doing so, we could disrupt the system from within and make gerrymandering obsolete.

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