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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
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AI holds an irresistible promise for capitalist elites: to be able to automatically direct most of the instructions that guide human activity, reducing the power of social classes other than the owners of the algorithms.
AI: The Algorithms of Collapse
Capitalism has elected AI as the next tool to distribute and dismantle labor, create a new power structure in the world, and repress social and political movements.
www.commondreams.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
AI holds an irresistible promise for capitalist elites: to be able to automatically direct most of the instructions that guide human activity, reducing the power of social classes other than the owners of the algorithms.
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Unless we act deliberately, economic and racial inequalities will become entrenched, resulting in generational loss.
The Trump Administration Should Listen to MLK's Wisdom
Instead of eradicating structures of inequality, our current leadership is implementing policies that destroy government jobs and dismantle agencies responsible for preventing predatory economic practices.
www.commondreams.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Unless we act deliberately, economic and racial inequalities will become entrenched, resulting in generational loss.
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But Gov Walz though ..
December 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
But Gov Walz though ..
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The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
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December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.
youtu.be/aMmrEZ9YsgM?... Latinos and Everyone Else (Farmers) For Trump Dominate Year of FAFO 2025 |
Latinos For Trump Dominate Year of FAFO
YouTube video by Reese Waters
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December 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
youtu.be/aMmrEZ9YsgM?... Latinos and Everyone Else (Farmers) For Trump Dominate Year of FAFO 2025 |
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The parody account, masquerading as the president’s press secretary, has invited people to the White House.
Trump Keeps Reposting Creepy Fake Karoline Leavitt Account
The parody account, masquerading as the president’s press secretary, has invited people to the White House.
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December 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The parody account, masquerading as the president’s press secretary, has invited people to the White House.
Trump’s Lax Approach to Antitrust Helps Spur Banner Year for Corporate Mergers. “ new antitrust enforcers have demonstrated a willingness to facilitate deal-making through an uptick in early terminations and settlements, " the American Economic Liberties Project. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-c...
Trump’s Lax Approach to Antitrust Helps Spur Banner Year for Corporate Mergers | Common Dreams
Global corporate mergers surged in 2025, driven by Trump's lax antitrust enforcement. $4 trillion in deals, including mega-mergers like Netflix-Warner Brothers Discovery.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Trump’s Lax Approach to Antitrust Helps Spur Banner Year for Corporate Mergers. “ new antitrust enforcers have demonstrated a willingness to facilitate deal-making through an uptick in early terminations and settlements, " the American Economic Liberties Project. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-c...
Bezos-Owned Newspaper Bashes Medicare for All in Christmas Day Editorial. The Washington Post editorial predictably ignores research showing that a single-payer system would save hundreds of billions of dollars—and tens of thousands of lives—each year. www.commondreams.org/news/washing...
Bezos-Owned Newspaper Bashes Medicare for All in Christmas Day Editorial | Common Dreams
The Washington Post editorial predictably ignores research showing that a single-payer system would save hundreds of billions of dollars—and tens of thousands of lives—each year.
www.commondreams.org
December 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Bezos-Owned Newspaper Bashes Medicare for All in Christmas Day Editorial. The Washington Post editorial predictably ignores research showing that a single-payer system would save hundreds of billions of dollars—and tens of thousands of lives—each year. www.commondreams.org/news/washing...
Trump Slashes US Humanitarian Aid Pledge as His Cuts Kill Hundreds of Thousands Globally. One tracker estimates that the Trump administration’s assault on foreign aid programs has killed more than 700,000 people so far—a majority of them children. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-h...
Trump Slashes US Humanitarian Aid Pledge as His Cuts Kill Hundreds of Thousands Globally | Common Dreams
One tracker estimates that the Trump administration's assault on foreign aid programs has killed more than 700,000 people so far—a majority of them children.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Trump Slashes US Humanitarian Aid Pledge as His Cuts Kill Hundreds of Thousands Globally. One tracker estimates that the Trump administration’s assault on foreign aid programs has killed more than 700,000 people so far—a majority of them children. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-h...
Whatever Happened to Trump’s 'Golden Age' for American Workers? Trump administration policies have lowered wages, reduced employment, and made work less. safe.https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-golden-age-workers
Whatever Happened to Trump’s 'Golden Age' for American Workers? | Common Dreams
Trump administration policies have lowered wages, reduced employment, and made work less safe.
www.commondreams.org
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Whatever Happened to Trump’s 'Golden Age' for American Workers? Trump administration policies have lowered wages, reduced employment, and made work less. safe.https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-golden-age-workers
Our Unequal Economy Means the US Can't Quit War. The unprecedented concentration of wealth in the hands of a group of oligarchs pushes the United States toward a military economy. www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-e...
Our Unequal Economy Means the US Can't Quit War | Common Dreams
The unprecedented concentration of wealth in the hands of a group of oligarchs pushes the United States toward a military economy.
www.commondreams.org
December 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Our Unequal Economy Means the US Can't Quit War. The unprecedented concentration of wealth in the hands of a group of oligarchs pushes the United States toward a military economy. www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-e...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-b... ‘Trump’s Economic Policies Did This’: US Business Bankruptcies Surge to 15-Year High. At least 717 US companies filed for bankruptcy through November 2025—the highest figure recorded since the aftermath of the Great Recession.
'Trump's Economic Policies Did This': US Business Bankruptcies Surge to 15-Year High | Common Dreams
Businesses in the United States have filed for bankruptcy this year at a level not seen since 2010 as President Donald Trump's tariff regime has jacked up costs for companies in manufacturing and othe...
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December 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-b... ‘Trump’s Economic Policies Did This’: US Business Bankruptcies Surge to 15-Year High. At least 717 US companies filed for bankruptcy through November 2025—the highest figure recorded since the aftermath of the Great Recession.
'Trump's Economic Policies Did This': US Business Bankruptcies Surge to 15-Year High. At least 717 US companies filed for bankruptcy through November 2025—the highest figure recorded since the aftermath of the Great Recession. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-b...
'Trump's Economic Policies Did This': US Business Bankruptcies Surge to 15-Year High | Common Dreams
Businesses in the United States have filed for bankruptcy this year at a level not seen since 2010 as President Donald Trump's tariff regime has jacked up costs for companies in manufacturing and othe...
www.commondreams.org
December 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
'Trump's Economic Policies Did This': US Business Bankruptcies Surge to 15-Year High. At least 717 US companies filed for bankruptcy through November 2025—the highest figure recorded since the aftermath of the Great Recession. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-b...
youtu.be/kMuSthQNuEI?... Ohio Republicans CAUGHT RED HANDED Rigging Elections For MAGA | The Kyle Kulinski Show |
Ohio Republicans CAUGHT RED HANDED Rigging Elections For MAGA | The Kyle Kulinski Show
YouTube video by Secular Talk
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December 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
youtu.be/kMuSthQNuEI?... Ohio Republicans CAUGHT RED HANDED Rigging Elections For MAGA | The Kyle Kulinski Show |
youtu.be/SMvUYfUAcrA?... Georgia MAGA Voters REGRET Everything After Trump ICE Raids Backfire |
Georgia MAGA Voters REGRET Everything After Trump ICE Raids Backfire
YouTube video by Mind Mirror
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December 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
youtu.be/SMvUYfUAcrA?... Georgia MAGA Voters REGRET Everything After Trump ICE Raids Backfire |
youtu.be/r8AulCA1aOQ?... I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal #Fraud #MinnesotaNice #Somali #Somalian
I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal
YouTube video by Nick Shirley
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December 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
youtu.be/r8AulCA1aOQ?... I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal #Fraud #MinnesotaNice #Somali #Somalian
youtube.com/shorts/ruQLG... Erika (Kirk) PAID Nicki (Minaj) to Be There… |
Erika PAID Nicki to Be There… 🤔
YouTube video by Political Punk
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December 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
youtube.com/shorts/ruQLG... Erika (Kirk) PAID Nicki (Minaj) to Be There… |
youtu.be/FAEQEYQtEM4?... 30 Christmas Foods Black (African American) Ancestors STOCKPILED That Never Expired! #BlackSky
30 Christmas Foods Black Ancestors STOCKPILED That Never Expired!
YouTube video by The Hungry Historian
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December 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
youtu.be/FAEQEYQtEM4?... 30 Christmas Foods Black (African American) Ancestors STOCKPILED That Never Expired! #BlackSky
youtu.be/9EaCERqZLk4?... Vivek Ramaswamy Dragged In MAGA Holiday Tradition |
Vivek Ramaswamy Dragged In Maga Holiday Tradition
YouTube video by Reese Waters
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December 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
youtu.be/9EaCERqZLk4?... Vivek Ramaswamy Dragged In MAGA Holiday Tradition |
youtu.be/MBm-LM4E2fk?... Breakfast At Patti LaBelle's For Christmas Eve With The Breakfast Club |
Breakfast At Patti LaBelle's For Christmas Eve With The Breakfast Club
YouTube video by Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM
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December 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
youtu.be/MBm-LM4E2fk?... Breakfast At Patti LaBelle's For Christmas Eve With The Breakfast Club |
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“Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame”
Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame
The world must stop treating the word “ceasefire” as a guarantee of safety when Gaza’s residents remain under fire, under siege, and under conditions that guarantee more suffering and heartbreak.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame”
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A memo sent earlier this month by Pete Hegseth reverses a policy banning the US from using antipersonnel landmines around the globe. These weapons killed or injured over 6,000 people last year, according to a recent report, 90% of whom were civilians.
'Devastating': Amnesty Rips Hegseth Memo Reversing Limits on Landmines
“Antipersonnel landmines are inherently indiscriminate weapons that take a disproportionate toll on civilian lives, oftentimes long after conflicts end," said the group's director for Europe and Central Asia.
www.commondreams.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A memo sent earlier this month by Pete Hegseth reverses a policy banning the US from using antipersonnel landmines around the globe. These weapons killed or injured over 6,000 people last year, according to a recent report, 90% of whom were civilians.
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No one is more motivated to understand health care costs than a 26-year-old journalist with a marketplace plan.
My health care costs are going up. So I made a video series figuring out why and who's to blame.
No one is more motivated to understand this topic than a 26-year-old journalist with a marketplace plan.
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
No one is more motivated to understand health care costs than a 26-year-old journalist with a marketplace plan.
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Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...