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Meanwhile, in Canada…

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New from Public Collectors: Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? This publication was prompted by an invitation from Mariame Kaba to join her in a discussion titled: Why Make Zines in 2025: Information Control Under Fascism. Short, sweet, tough and just $3.00 from: halfletterpress.com/why-self-pub...

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With nearly 40 years of legal practice, lawyer Abbe Lowell has represented many powerful people. Now he's starting a new law firm to represent those who have drawn the ire of President Trump. By @carriejohnson.bsky.social

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Casualties in World War II: Soviet Union: 26,600,000. United States: 407,316. And the Russians got to Berlin first. So, no, the United States did not do "more than any other Country, by far, in producing a victorious result 'on' World War II." That is just propaganda.

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Chutzpah is lying to dodge the draft and then asking the Army to celebrate your damn birthday.

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Greetings, Earthlings! Bandcamp Friday returns today, May 2. For 24 hours, Bandcamp is waiving its revenue share, meaning I get to keep all the profits from the sale of my new release! Download the whole thing for $5.00. What a deal: richardfox.bandcamp.com/album/bodega...

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Mohsen was just released by the federal judge in VT!!

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National Law Day of Action -- May 1st Lawyers, law firms, bar associations, the general public lawdayofaction.org

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"'For anybody who's doubting justice, this is a light of hope, a hope and faith in the justice system in America,' he said..." abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-c...

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here's today's post: "Lord Fuckwit’s 100th day just as batshit as the previous 99" — America staggers as Mad King turns the crazy up to eleven. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

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True facts are true

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Can I just say that Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin's poems are exquisite! Just got a copy of her collected poems, & each one is a gem! Run out & buy this as soon as you are able:

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i know it sucks and stuff, but it’s genuinely funny that he picked baseball as the sport autistic people couldn’t play. one of the more spectrum-friendly pastimes we have

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The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.

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Today's digital collage, titled "Mercury":

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In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books

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But if we find this appalling we are all antisemitic? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...

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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

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Today was Tax Day. Or, if you're Elon Musk, Donald Trump, or Jeff Bezos, Tuesday.

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here's today's post, in which I try to wade through the latest tariff incoherence — "these tariffs aren’t dead, they’re just resting." thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

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In fairness, China's pronouncers of state propaganda have a much better game then America's.

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Yesterday, Republicans passed a so-called “budget” resolution that would gut Medicaid, SNAP, veterans’ benefits, and free school lunches. Let me break down what that means for my people in TX-30: 🧵 (1/4)

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I’ll be at the @barrelhouse conference in DC this Saturday! I’ll be reading from my new hybrid memoir, Ethan Hawke & Me. www.barrelhousemag.com/books/ethan-...

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Tariffs? Out of control. Prices? Skyrocketing. Emergency powers? He’s abusing them. And yet… not a single question about whether he’s even fit to serve. The math ain’t mathing.

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from today's grand hunkin' post, in which I diss the markets, The New York Times, ICE, SCOTUS and the Space Nazi — thanks for reading it! link to the whole kit and kaboodle is here: bit.ly/3EpPoYo

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They are obviously slow learners

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Today's collage, titled "prayer before a crucifix":

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do I have this right? Donald Trump is just going to crash the world economy every three months — and then pretend to save it, over and over, while his cronies rake in untold billions on his shameless market manipulation, is that it? fucking hell

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pro tip: if your government claims to have no money for children's heathcare but will eagerly waste millions on a gaudy military parade to stroke the fragile ego of a broken-inside president, you just might live in a shithole country

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here's today's post: "Donny done fucked up so bad, even Fox admits we’re headed for recession" — more scenes from a shit-blizzard. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

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DOGE Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on reducing federal property. All they said was “fire sale” this, “fire sale” that. Meanwhile, they’re lighting all of this s**t on fire — while their incompetent leader wastes millions of taxpayer dollars golfing, all while steering us towards a recession.

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They have our business!

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here's today's post: "Susan Crawford, fuck yeah. Cory Booker, fuck yeah." — let’s celebrate some wins. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

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Disruption is all they seem to understand—so that’s exactly what they’re getting. For 14 hours, @booker.senate.gov has been on the Senate floor, speaking truth within the rules. This cannot be business as usual when our democracy’s on the line. Thank you, senator.

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If you are still on X, you are part of the problem. And please stop using AI, even for your “funny” Trump/Musk pictures.

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We in the U.S. could learn a thing or two.

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There is no bottom. On Election Day in Wisconsin and Florida, Trump, Musk, and their fans are not only lying about major cuts to Meals on Wheels, but are even lying on Twitter about what Musk's Grok says about the cuts. Read the truth for yourself, from a Grok answer just returned 60 seconds ago.

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