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Now that the oligarchs are gutting the independence of media from WaPo to 60 Minutes and shuttering critical outlets like Colbert’s show and Teen Vogue entirely, The Onion may be one of the best remaining sources for progressive news and opinion in the US, even though it’s satire.
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Now that the oligarchs are gutting the independence of media from WaPo to 60 Minutes and shuttering critical outlets like Colbert’s show and Teen Vogue entirely, The Onion may be one of the best remaining sources for progressive news and opinion in the US, even though it’s satire.
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One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
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Key Findings: Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Key Findings: Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion.
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they are able to peel back the ACA because its a shitty half measure but if we had gotten real universal healthcare instead no one would dare touch it because literally everybody on all sides would flip out. one more reason why Democratic incrementalism and "pragmatism" is fucking stupid !!!!!
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
they are able to peel back the ACA because its a shitty half measure but if we had gotten real universal healthcare instead no one would dare touch it because literally everybody on all sides would flip out. one more reason why Democratic incrementalism and "pragmatism" is fucking stupid !!!!!
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I spent so much of my childhood having a terrible time with emotional regulation despite the best efforts of my parents (who really tried)
it sucked! I was miserable when everyone looked at me funny because I was melting down! help your kids!
it sucked! I was miserable when everyone looked at me funny because I was melting down! help your kids!
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I spent so much of my childhood having a terrible time with emotional regulation despite the best efforts of my parents (who really tried)
it sucked! I was miserable when everyone looked at me funny because I was melting down! help your kids!
it sucked! I was miserable when everyone looked at me funny because I was melting down! help your kids!
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I think this goes a great way towards explaining why some people read an article that's very clearly and intentionally "I want to make wholesome games and yet I feel some ick about them; why is that? Well, it's because toxic people infiltrate those spaces" as "I hate these games"
July 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I think this goes a great way towards explaining why some people read an article that's very clearly and intentionally "I want to make wholesome games and yet I feel some ick about them; why is that? Well, it's because toxic people infiltrate those spaces" as "I hate these games"
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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We are being pushed to nod and consume and shut up and give up.
Resist. PONDER. MAKE. ACT. SPEAK.
Art is living. Living is art. It is yours and you need to hold on to it.
Use it. Grow it. Let all you give the tech bros be the finger.
Resist. PONDER. MAKE. ACT. SPEAK.
Art is living. Living is art. It is yours and you need to hold on to it.
Use it. Grow it. Let all you give the tech bros be the finger.
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
We are being pushed to nod and consume and shut up and give up.
Resist. PONDER. MAKE. ACT. SPEAK.
Art is living. Living is art. It is yours and you need to hold on to it.
Use it. Grow it. Let all you give the tech bros be the finger.
Resist. PONDER. MAKE. ACT. SPEAK.
Art is living. Living is art. It is yours and you need to hold on to it.
Use it. Grow it. Let all you give the tech bros be the finger.
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I feel more like this with every passing year.
We need a party that is committed to preserving, protecting & improving life. We don’t need people intent on endlessly negotiating how much humanity we deserve or if we deserve any at all.
We don’t need a society built around manufactured scarcity.
We need a party that is committed to preserving, protecting & improving life. We don’t need people intent on endlessly negotiating how much humanity we deserve or if we deserve any at all.
We don’t need a society built around manufactured scarcity.
This pretty much sums up the entire ideological dispute between the two American political parties.
What they are arguing about, on almost all issues, is either methodology or magnitude. That is literally it.
The party of We Will Kill You vs the party of We Will Let You Die.
What they are arguing about, on almost all issues, is either methodology or magnitude. That is literally it.
The party of We Will Kill You vs the party of We Will Let You Die.
To be clear, Lindsey Graham, an American senator, has gone on the most popular Sunday morning current events show in the country and suggested that we drop nuclear bombs on Palestinians.
While they may differ in methodology, both parties agree that Palestinians should be eliminated.
While they may differ in methodology, both parties agree that Palestinians should be eliminated.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I feel more like this with every passing year.
We need a party that is committed to preserving, protecting & improving life. We don’t need people intent on endlessly negotiating how much humanity we deserve or if we deserve any at all.
We don’t need a society built around manufactured scarcity.
We need a party that is committed to preserving, protecting & improving life. We don’t need people intent on endlessly negotiating how much humanity we deserve or if we deserve any at all.
We don’t need a society built around manufactured scarcity.
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A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
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BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
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2. I do know this, though: backing away from the fight will backfire. The Democrats are now finally being rewarded for courage. Voters *like* courage. They *trust* fighters. Guess what happens when you stop before the fight is won?
You look weak.
Worse, you welcome contempt.
You look weak.
Worse, you welcome contempt.
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
2. I do know this, though: backing away from the fight will backfire. The Democrats are now finally being rewarded for courage. Voters *like* courage. They *trust* fighters. Guess what happens when you stop before the fight is won?
You look weak.
Worse, you welcome contempt.
You look weak.
Worse, you welcome contempt.
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The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough.
25/47
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This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Book puzzle - given how well-selected the rest of the titles on this bag are, the club and the four diamonds and “Tales” seems to me like it should add up to something - think it might be depicting a particular book - but…what?
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Book puzzle - given how well-selected the rest of the titles on this bag are, the club and the four diamonds and “Tales” seems to me like it should add up to something - think it might be depicting a particular book - but…what?
Appalling, heartbreaking, infuriating
Goddard spacecraft engineer: "I think it just kind of speaks to the atmosphere of the agency and the nation, where people are like, 'Well, laws don't matter for the people at the top anymore.'"
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Appalling, heartbreaking, infuriating
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Goddard spacecraft engineer: "I think it just kind of speaks to the atmosphere of the agency and the nation, where people are like, 'Well, laws don't matter for the people at the top anymore.'"
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Goddard spacecraft engineer: "I think it just kind of speaks to the atmosphere of the agency and the nation, where people are like, 'Well, laws don't matter for the people at the top anymore.'"
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The most corrupt administration in American history.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The most corrupt administration in American history.
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Ellis now saying that the balance of interests favors the public in issuing an injunction ensuring the government conducts itself fairly and abides by the constitution.
Requiring the government to do so, Ellis says, is "not a harm" to the government.
Requiring the government to do so, Ellis says, is "not a harm" to the government.
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ellis now saying that the balance of interests favors the public in issuing an injunction ensuring the government conducts itself fairly and abides by the constitution.
Requiring the government to do so, Ellis says, is "not a harm" to the government.
Requiring the government to do so, Ellis says, is "not a harm" to the government.
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It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds
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Teen Vogue changed my life and their politics team was doing incredible journalism comparable to very little other publications. I can't say I'm not disappointed with this decision. Sending y'all love❤️
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Teen Vogue changed my life and their politics team was doing incredible journalism comparable to very little other publications. I can't say I'm not disappointed with this decision. Sending y'all love❤️
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
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The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
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Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.