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Mostly rants about Az Coyotes & other sports. F1 nut. Weather nut. Cashews too. Certified old fart. Guitar player in the same way an NFL center is an ice skater.
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This is the key lesson: BROAD COALITIONS WORK. Israel's protesters kept it nonpartisan—framing it as defending democracy, not left vs. right. Unity against authoritarianism.
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Not gonna keep posting the whole thing but this feels like one of the core sicknesses of mainstream media that got us here: The refusal of journalists to assess claims on the merits. Yes, RFK Jr. "questions the system" like many on the left but he is also fucking wrong! That distinction matters!
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I only watched the series occasionally, but I do remember the final episode features the great Badfinger song Baby Blue.
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They say the agency is exempt from FOIA. That judges can’t enforce transparency. That accountability is optional. When a secretive agency is rewriting how government works, in the shadows, the public deserves answers.
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The Joint Committee on Taxation released its estimate for how much it will cost. $3.72 trillion Exploding the budget deficit while handing most of the tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans who don't need them—it's fiscally and morally indefensible.
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I end the piece by noting that Congress may not keep up with trends in economic research and not know this. But the bill is public and economists, advocates, researchers, stakeholders have been SHOUTING from the rooftops what's at stake and what our economy will lose from program cuts. 9/
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Every time I go somewhere that gets regular rain my 1st thought is always, "Who waters all this stuff?"
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There's got to be a middle ground between having no sports and letting billionaires hold us hostage so they don't have to spend a dime.
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Reminds me of the "numbers" stations on shortwave radio.