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The death toll from the Trump Administration’s foreign aid cuts could total more than the number of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust, Ukrainians killed in the Holodomor, and Cambodians killed in the genocide by the Khmer Rouge, combined. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

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Yes, this nation has seen these horrors before.

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This is obscene.

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Democrats don’t need a wildly popular podcaster to win again, writes @rygraham.bsky.social. They need candidates who generate passion and stand fast for the values of equity and justice that the Democratic establishment espouses but abandons when elections don’t go their way.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

"Under investigation by the Justice Department, the university had a strong defense, if only it had the courage to assert it."

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No one — except everyone — could have seen this coming.

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What people mean when they say the greatest detriment to the Democratic party is its leadership.

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With Zohran Mamdani's upset win in New York's mayoral primary, voters sent a clear message. But the Democratic establishment still isn't listening. My latest @globeopinion.bsky.social column.

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About McConnell, Obama wrote, "What McConnell lacked in charisma or interest in policy, he more than made up for in discipline, shrewdness, and shamelessness — all of which he employed in the single-minded and dispassionate pursuit of power." And here we are.

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If they were ICE, they'd be masked.

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Never forget to blame Mitch McConnell for the dire state of the Supreme Court.

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Food for starving children worldwide is still sitting in a Rhode Island warehouse. It’s a case study in DOGE aftermath. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/28/n...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Lying. That's the word. He's lying.

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Sotomayor isn’t just writing dissents. She is charting the death of democracy, and the Court’s culpability in its demise.

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Which is why the police should never be allowed to police themselves.

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It goes without saying who didn't even bother to call.

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Do understand that there are lots of "good" people you know who quietly agree with what SCOTUS did today.

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SCOTUS conservatives turned this democracy into a fascist monarchy.

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Everyday is a blunt reminder that while the Civil War was ended, white supremacy never stopped fighting.

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6-3 is all one needs to see to recognize the Supreme Court’s unending complicity in destroying America.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I see the Republican anti-Mamdani racistpalooza is in full swing.

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New column + reporting from me: ‘Multiple teammates had gone to the athletic department’: New complaints about BU coach are bubbling up + in 2022, a psychologist heard “significant concerns” from members of the team: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/o...

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Phenomenal.

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Let's get these in every city and town nationwide.

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“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.

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The pro-death, anti-child party strikes again.

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Crawl back under your rock, loser.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

But we got to see exactly who they are. And it won't be forgotten.

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Ah New York, city of my birth, I'm loving you tonight.

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If you're a white man.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Also, CNN

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I interviewed this white mediocrity poster boy on his final day at the "Real World: Boston" house. Dumb as a box of rocks.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Blew up some stuff, no idea what stuff they blew up. Amplify that instead of their chest-thumping lies.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

America is well-versed in finding ways to harm targeted populations through deprivation of basic needs.

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Well now...

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