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Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders refrained from making public statements while their companies collectively lost trillions. Their silence was both deafening and strategic.
Where Were Big Tech’s CEOs on Tariffs?
Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders refrained from making public statements while their companies collectively lost trillions. Their silence was both deafening and strategic.
wrd.cm
April 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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In Trump’s fascist netherworld, there are a shockingly large number of people who seem incapable of understanding the moral implications of acquiescence in organized cruelty, writes @sashaabramsky.bsky.social. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
America Is Now One Giant Milgram Experiment
Stanley Milgram would have understood this morally cretinous moment all too well.
www.thenation.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Estonian authorities detained and boarded a ship in the Baltic Sea that belongs to Russia’s shadow fleet, Prime Minister Kristen Michal said today.
Estonia seizes Russian shadow tanker in Baltic Sea
The ghost vessel was “quite clearly” part of Moscow’s dark fleet, says one official.
ow.ly
April 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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🇳🇴 Norway officially joins Ukraine drone coalition
Norway officially joins Ukraine drone coalition
Norway has officially joined the Ukraine drone coalition led by the United Kingdom and Latvia.
www.pravda.com.ua
April 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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White House refuses to provide list of countries it claims reached out with tariff deal.

"They all want to negotiate. The only problem is ... you can only do so many at one time," Trump said.
White House refuses to provide list of countries it says reached out with tariff deal
‘They all want to negotiate. The only problem is ... you can only do so many at one time,’ president says
www.independent.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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BREAKING: The Pentagon has fired a space base commander in Greenland after she dared distance herself from the VP's comments.

She had written in an email: “The concerns of the US administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base."
Greenland Base Commander Fired After Email Slamming JD Vance
The Pentagon has fired a space base commander in Greenland after she dared criticize the vice president after his recent visit to the territory.
newrepublic.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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A federal judge said that she will prevent the Trump administration from ordering hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans with temporary legal status to leave the country later this month.
Judge will halt Trump administration from ending humanitarian parole for people from four countries | CNN Politics
A federal judge said Thursday that she will prevent the Trump administration from ordering hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans with temporary legal status to leave t...
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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⚡️ The Kremlin published a video of Vladimir Putin greeting Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff ahead of their meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.

Read more: www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/11/t...
April 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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The Founders were acutely aware of the destructive outcomes of intertwining religion and politics.
Opinion | Church and state must remain separate
The Founders were acutely aware of the destructive outcomes of intertwining religion and politics.
www.alreporter.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Trump himself said his tariffs and other policies were bringing back jobs for manly men, writes @joanwalsh.bsky.social. Men, apparently, require the curative power of factory labor to purge the estrogen created by "fake email jobs."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump’s Tariff Pause Sets Back the “Make Men Manly Again” Movement
Parts of the online “manosphere” welcomed Trump’s tariffs as a way to bring back men’s work.
www.thenation.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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A plane has crashed in Florida as it approached Boca Raton airport.
Plane crashes in Boca Raton, Florida
www.newsweek.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Accreditors expect to be among the next targets of the administration’s efforts to reshape higher education. chroni.cl/3XXlfGx
Accreditor Urges Academe to ‘Rage’ Against Challenges to Higher Ed. It’s Also Revising Its DEI Standards.
With President Trump expected to take aim at accreditation, one group pondered how to adapt at its annual meeting this week.
chroni.cl
April 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Trump's Tariffs Sent U.S. Airline Bookings Into A Tailspin, New Data Show
Trump's Tariffs Sent U.S. Airline Bookings Into A Tailspin, New Data Show
Airline bookings dropped immediately after Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs announcement.
on.forbes.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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NEW: "America is your enemy," I interviewed Jason Stanley for this week's newsletter & podcast. A Yale professor, who's a leading expert in fascism. We're normalizing what's happening & we urgently need to stop. Please read/listen/share. 🙏
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-united...
'The United States is Your Enemy'
A conversation about fascism as Europe faces the darkness in the west
broligarchy.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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The 👏 point 👏 of 👏 vaccination 👏 is 👏 that 👏 we 👏 don’t 👏 have 👏 to 👏 urgently 👏 treat 👏 severely 👏 ill 👏 children
RFK Jr on measles: "We need to do better at treating kids who have this disease, and not just saying the only answer is vaccination."
April 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Women shouldn't have to or opt to change their name during the marriage process, especially within the US where locking them out of essential documentation is a common practice and a form of repression. Refuse to change it.
April 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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RFK Jr. is an active danger to America's children. Fuck everyone who allowed this man to come to power.
RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."
April 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Oh good, we have troops deployed to take “back” the Panama Canal from the Chinese who don’t actually control the Panama Canal.

Because the Panamanians do.

Just another day of “winning” in the upside-fucking-down.
April 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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there is no “epidemic,” he is almost certainly going to say it is vaccines and, well, stay safe everyone.
RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."
April 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Make no mistake, the so-called “Save Act” is yet another attack in the never ending Republican war against women.
April 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Ohioans should know exactly who this out-of-state billionaire is - bankrolling extremist policies that undermine our democracy, one fat check at a time.

perfectunion.us/illinois-bil...
Illinois Billionaire Spends Millions to End Majority Rule in Ohio
Issue 1, which will come before voters in a special election on August 8, would increase the voter approval threshold for new constitutional amendments to 60 percent.
perfectunion.us
April 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Uline isn’t just selling packing tape—they’re bankrolling far-right politics with every shipment. When billionaires quietly pour their fortunes into hate and authoritarianism, it’s up to us to follow the money—and push back. Buy consciously. Resist loudly. #DefundExtremism #UlineFundsHate
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.

Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.

(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
propub.li
April 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM