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Republicans Are Cheating. Again. But Now It’s Worse Than Ever. newrepublic.com/article/1873... via @newrepublic.com Why don't folk know about the ongoing 'reality' of Repubs gaming the vote? Cuz they're good at messaging, KNOWING we won't research cuz we're easy to distract, wake-up

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Trump Is Dismantling the System That Guards Against Government Malfeasance www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/o... Trump's reckless approach threatens safeguards 4 healthy oversight of govt. And he's lost a huge amt of political capital, tell-tell sign of what's to come in 2626 mid-terms ...he's in a mess

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'Raking in billions': Report shows drug middlemen jack up prices by nearly 8,000% www.alternet.org/big-pharma-p... Sadly, more insight on the vast corruption of 'Big Pharma' whose middlemen mark up prices by hundreds to thousands of a percent. They're way out of control and we're getting short end

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Inside the GOP plan that destroyed American jobs www.rawstory.com/raw-investig... Great analysis easily explains the history of how GOP destroyed the 'American Dream' of home ownership & good income jobs, all started w/the Reagan admin. Showing how we've become a nation run by oligarchs

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A stern and well deserved rebuke from Colombia’s leader.

submitted 61 days ago • 137 comments

You know, I think a lot of people don't quite get the full point of A Christmas Carol. Christmas isn't the actual POINT of the story. It's the VEHICLE through which Dickens tries to reach people and ask them to be COMPASSIONATE and CHARITABLE.

submitted 62 days ago • 33 comments

Solstice vigil, remembering the 283 people who died unsheltered on the streets in Seattle/KC this year. We read their names and we remember their lives. #unhoused #harmreduction

submitted 62 days ago • 11 comments

Still one of the best “About the Author” segments I’ve read. As a side note, my son once told me Dav Pilkey was his favorite author ever…later adding that I was pretty good too, but only his second-favorite. 🙂 #itsanhonorjusttobenominated

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It's going to be a rough four years.

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"Is it not strange that men are so keen to fight for religion and so unkeen to live according to its precepts?"

submitted 63 days ago • 32 comments

"Celebration of ignorance."

submitted 63 days ago • 26 comments

Empathy is at the core of enduringly successful caregiving in which quality of life for the both care partners thrives. #quote #Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth

submitted 63 days ago • 17 comments

Mitt Romney makes a startling admission about Republican policies & the working class www.alternet.org/romney-trump... One of the 'old guard' flim-flam men of the 'old party', gets ready to retire with/a few parting words, long past his days of 'corp-raiding' that was exposed by the movie "Wall St"

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This is how oligarchy destroys democracy www.alternet.org/spending-bill/ This article easily explains the history of oligarchy in the US and how it's remerged, threatening once again the very foundations of our democracy....

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Jared Holt: Republicans have disinformation researchers in their crosshairs www.rawstory.com/raw-investig... Insightful article about a high-school dropout and their thoughts about the election with its ramifications for years to come sprinkled with a variety of 'hard truths'

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