jbird
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Rights of due process don't depend on our personal opinions of the accused. For example, I regard the January 6, 2021, criminals as insurrectionists and traitors - yet I am still glad that each and every one of them got a proper trial before they were convicted and sentenced.
April 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Rights of due process don't depend on our personal opinions of the accused. For example, I regard the January 6, 2021, criminals as insurrectionists and traitors - yet I am still glad that each and every one of them got a proper trial before they were convicted and sentenced.
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If you are a Republican wanting a photo-op you get a VIP visit to the prisons. If you are a Dem asking about someone wrongly jailed, you are turned away.
April 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you are a Republican wanting a photo-op you get a VIP visit to the prisons. If you are a Dem asking about someone wrongly jailed, you are turned away.
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If they’re arguing that Harvard hasn’t done enough “in the public interest” to deserve tax exempt status, wait until they get a look at evangelical megachurches!
The IRS is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, CNN reports
IRS making plans to rescind Harvard’s tax-exempt status | CNN Politics
The Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, according to two sources familiar with the matter, which would be an extraordinary step of retaliat...
www.cnn.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If they’re arguing that Harvard hasn’t done enough “in the public interest” to deserve tax exempt status, wait until they get a look at evangelical megachurches!
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We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
April 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
Trump’s message to Americans: “hang tough”. While he plays golf. Again.
April 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Trump’s message to Americans: “hang tough”. While he plays golf. Again.
Energized by the 25,000+ Americans I rallied with today. Keep up the momentum and keep speaking out! And to this destructive administration: HANDS OFF!
April 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Energized by the 25,000+ Americans I rallied with today. Keep up the momentum and keep speaking out! And to this destructive administration: HANDS OFF!
Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls to its lowest-ever position
March 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls to its lowest-ever position
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The Pentagon is apparently going to share its most sensitive war plans for China
with Elon Musk
I’m not sure that people have even noticed this
So I will repeat it
THE PENTAGON IS APPARENTLY GOING TO SHARE ITS MOST SENSITIVE WAR PLANS FOR CHINA WITH ELON MUSK
Worried yet?
with Elon Musk
I’m not sure that people have even noticed this
So I will repeat it
THE PENTAGON IS APPARENTLY GOING TO SHARE ITS MOST SENSITIVE WAR PLANS FOR CHINA WITH ELON MUSK
Worried yet?
March 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The Pentagon is apparently going to share its most sensitive war plans for China
with Elon Musk
I’m not sure that people have even noticed this
So I will repeat it
THE PENTAGON IS APPARENTLY GOING TO SHARE ITS MOST SENSITIVE WAR PLANS FOR CHINA WITH ELON MUSK
Worried yet?
with Elon Musk
I’m not sure that people have even noticed this
So I will repeat it
THE PENTAGON IS APPARENTLY GOING TO SHARE ITS MOST SENSITIVE WAR PLANS FOR CHINA WITH ELON MUSK
Worried yet?
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I just realized that this video has over 2,500,000 views. It is an assiduously patient explanation to anti-LGBTQ right-wing "Christians" about what a "bible-based" marriage *really* is. Glory!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFke...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFke...
Betty Bowers Explains Traditional Marriage to Everyone Else
YouTube video by Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian
www.youtube.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I just realized that this video has over 2,500,000 views. It is an assiduously patient explanation to anti-LGBTQ right-wing "Christians" about what a "bible-based" marriage *really* is. Glory!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFke...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFke...
March 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Something we can do. I’m in.
www.cbsnews.com/news/economi...
www.cbsnews.com/news/economi...
Talk of a "Feb 28 Economic Blackout" is spreading on social media. What is it?
A grassroots effort is asking American consumers to refrain from making purchases at major retailers for one day in February.
www.cbsnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Something we can do. I’m in.
www.cbsnews.com/news/economi...
www.cbsnews.com/news/economi...
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Finding this helpful. Maybe you will too. Good ideas for what we can do. robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-wh...
What you can do
Revised and expanded
robertreich.substack.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Finding this helpful. Maybe you will too. Good ideas for what we can do. robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-wh...