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Gerald Friedman
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Professor Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate of Columbia (BA) and Harvard (PhD). Author of numerous works in labor history, heterodox economic theory, and Medicare for All. Most recent book is The Case for Medicare for All .. more

Gerald Carl Friedman is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He became nationally prominent during the 2016 U.S. presidential election after writing an analysis of Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders campaign's policies in which Friedman concluded that these policies would produce significant economic growth in the United States if they were enacted. Friedman also received strong backlash for these remarks, from editorial pundits and fellow academics. .. more

Political science 35%
Sociology 19%
During a congressional visit, Congressman Joaquin Castro discovered that babies as young as two months old are being held at the Dilley, Texas Family Concentration Camp. (February 10, 2026)
How many more times will we have to read the words, “It’s way worse than you think?”
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How many more times will we have to read the words, “It’s way worse than you think?”
That phrase was uttered this time by, of all people, Marjorie Taylor Greene after she had visited the ultra-secure room in the Department of Justice where members of Congress can read, but not copy, t...
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The USA now has CONCENTRATION CAMPS

The USA is torturing, starving, and killing adults and CHILDREN in these CONCENTRATION CAMPS

Sick
Disgusting
Abhorrent

WHAT HAPPENED TO NEVER AGAIN

Ring data goes to ICE
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The Very Dystopian Dog Super Bowl Ad
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I've officially added @analiliafornj.bsky.social to my Special Elections fundraising page.

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As I said a few days ago, 2 things can be true at once:

1. Many people *are* using (((AIPAC))) as a dog whistle for antisemitism.

2. AIPAC *HAS* completely destroyed any credibility they had with their heavy-handed & nonsensical tactics.

Anyway, Mazel Tov to @analiliafornj.bsky.social.

“If all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.”

Works for me.
“If all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.”

Works for me.
Textbook. If you are surprised, it is because this shit usually, at least not in the last 150 years, does not happen in the US. And the past is mild in comparison
It isn't an empty gesture, it may not do anything now, but it's a signal to history, and to the world and to ourselves, that this is not ok.

"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE

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Anyone still contending that ICE has any interest in stopping illegal activity is still either ignorant, lying, or a sociopath.

This is about racism, fear mongering, and political tribalism.

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The Trump regime is moving to hand over Minnesota’s pristine Boundary Waters to a Chilean-owned mining giant.

See the plan to save the wilderness: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/what-raski...

I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.

Masterpiece, fridge magnet, phone case … opera: how Hokusai’s The Great Wave hit the stage
Masterpiece, fridge magnet, phone case … opera: how Hokusai’s The Great Wave hit the stage
He survived a stroke, a lightning strike, a fire – and created one of the world’s most recognisable images. Now the Japanese artist’s ‘wild, fascinating’ life has inspired an opera
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SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?

LYONS: None

SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?

LYONS: None

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Why did convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein pay Ohio State University’s head of gynecology quarterly payments of thousands of dollars??? 😡😡
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Trump will use deficit reduction to justify further tax cuts for the rich.
Paid for by higher prices for all of us
It is funny to me how invested a lot of people are in the idea that "we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem" but the second Trump Administration's most important new fiscal policy is a (poorly conceived) giant revenue increase.

In case you wonder about holes in our safety net
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Why Your Boss Can Block Your Unemployment Benefits
And what it means for worker wellbeing and access to the safety net
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It is funny to me how invested a lot of people are in the idea that "we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem" but the second Trump Administration's most important new fiscal policy is a (poorly conceived) giant revenue increase.

Go for it.
Also, we have a pedophile protecting president all over the files.
Khanna: "Here we have a sitting cabinet member, Lutnick, who's all over the files as having a business relationship allegedly and personal relationship alleged after Epstein was convicted. He's allegedly lied about his relationship. And there's no consequence. We need to get real in this country."

A great man.
In full:

I mostly am interested in how governments add administrative burdens on citizens. This is a case where the government allows private actors to add burdens. It comes from a sensible idea: "experience ratings." But an incentive to discourage layoffs has become an incentive to contest payments.