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@democracynow.org and @dropsitenews.com on-the-ground collaboration:

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Theres an argument that what Jeff Bezos did is actually good. Hear me out. For decades, the WaPo oped page has been a weapon for neolib/neocon left-punching under the veneer of establishment "centrism." Bezos now removed the veneer & the plausible deniability of ideology. In that way, it's honest.

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"The person who is normal in terms of being well adapted is often less healthy than the neurotic person in terms of human values. Often he is well adapted only at the expense of having given up his self in order to become more or less the person... 1/

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"The extravagant commitment to military domination leads to a denial of the reality that the U.S. cannot for long afford to be the single surviving superpower. Our most recent wars — Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan — have exhibited the limits of U.S. military capacity... 1/3

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I was promised the Epstein clients list and all I got was higher egg prices, tax cuts for billionaires, and an alliance with North Korea. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Hakeem Jeffries still refuses to condemn Eric Adams, saying: "Eric Adams has the responsibility to decisively convince the people of New York City that he is solely focused on their interests and not doing the bidding of Donald Trump and his administration."

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“Irma Brenman Pick has suggested that as psychoanalysts we need two hands: one to hold compassionately the needy, suffering part of the patient; the other, to hold firmly and grapple with the destructiveness, the perversion, the hatred of life and of thinking and feeling.” 1/

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Pope Francis (Father Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ)

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"It wasn’t until Émile Durkheim [1897/1951] opened the door to the sociological approach that interest arose in studying the phenomenon of suicide beyond biological processes. He was among the first to point out that macroeconomic changes could be determining factors... 1/3

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“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” Leviticus 19: 33-34 1/2

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Israeli captive and IDF soldier, being released, kisses the forehead of two Hamas members. Please, compare this with the Palestinian hostages being released by Israel. Compare it with the health and mental state of those released Palestinian hostages. And tell me why Israel isn't a genocidal state!

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"Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I'll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's." 1/2

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"...again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this." 1/2

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Luigi Mangione court appearance in New York today. I read a while ago, that fellow inmates are very supportive of him, even going so far as to cut his hair and give him the best treatment they can, while he shares his commissary with them, as donations for his commissary have been crazy high.

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President Trump has swiftly waged his war on the federal bureaucracy, defying norms and legal limits. He has terminated most of an estimated 200,000 government employees, and more layoffs are expected in the weeks ahead. These are the cuts and temporary removals we've confirmed. nyti.ms/4i6n9w4

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“Eric Adams is a traitor.” “Time for him to go.” “100% compromised.” Dozens of interviews suggested that the mayor is rapidly losing support among New Yorkers.

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the problem with this skeet isn't that i made it up, it's that it isn't immediately obvious that i made it up, which is not ultimately a problem with the skeet

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open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

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$205,000,000,000 USD

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Modern society has made the bank account the standard of values. When the bank account becomes the standard of values the banker has the power. When the banker has the power the technician has to supervise the making of profits...

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