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There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
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Trump admin has its talons out to sue corporations over DEI “discrimination”
biztimes.com/former-emplo...
biztimes.com/former-emplo...
Former employee’s complaint spurs EEOC investigation into Northwestern Mutual’s DEI practices
The EEOC is investigating a claim that Northwestern Mutual’s DEI initiatives led to discrimination and denied promotions.
biztimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Trump admin has its talons out to sue corporations over DEI “discrimination”
biztimes.com/former-emplo...
biztimes.com/former-emplo...
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this is the world's most confusing day for centrist Democrats who just voted to condemn socialism and tried to sink Mamdani's campaign for months
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
this is the world's most confusing day for centrist Democrats who just voted to condemn socialism and tried to sink Mamdani's campaign for months
Conservative Jews helped usher in hate into the executive chambers. They are complicit. They thought they had a Jewish loophole. Ignorance and tribalism abound.
Shout out to the Republican Jewish Coalition, the ADL, and all their friends for sufficiently destroying what antisemitism means.
This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Conservative Jews helped usher in hate into the executive chambers. They are complicit. They thought they had a Jewish loophole. Ignorance and tribalism abound.
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Foreclosures are now up 20% from last year as Americans struggle to pay mortgages and rising costs.
Meanwhile… the U.S. now has a record $13.1 trillion in mortgages.
A wave of foreclosures and evictions approaching.
Here are the US States with the highest foreclosures. What do yo notice?
Meanwhile… the U.S. now has a record $13.1 trillion in mortgages.
A wave of foreclosures and evictions approaching.
Here are the US States with the highest foreclosures. What do yo notice?
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Foreclosures are now up 20% from last year as Americans struggle to pay mortgages and rising costs.
Meanwhile… the U.S. now has a record $13.1 trillion in mortgages.
A wave of foreclosures and evictions approaching.
Here are the US States with the highest foreclosures. What do yo notice?
Meanwhile… the U.S. now has a record $13.1 trillion in mortgages.
A wave of foreclosures and evictions approaching.
Here are the US States with the highest foreclosures. What do yo notice?
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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The DOT also reportedly plans to rescind requirements that airlines disclose junk fees. It's also planning to redefine what flight cancellations would require refunds for passengers.
Both Delta and United gave $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund.
Everything is for sale.
Both Delta and United gave $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund.
Everything is for sale.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is officially withdrawing a Biden-era plan to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when flight disruptions are caused by the airlines.
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The DOT also reportedly plans to rescind requirements that airlines disclose junk fees. It's also planning to redefine what flight cancellations would require refunds for passengers.
Both Delta and United gave $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund.
Everything is for sale.
Both Delta and United gave $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund.
Everything is for sale.
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Can everyone stop pretending that the new CBS is in the news business, and admit that it’s a post-truth propagandistic organization, now that they openly admit it?
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Can everyone stop pretending that the new CBS is in the news business, and admit that it’s a post-truth propagandistic organization, now that they openly admit it?
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Born enslaved in North Carolina, Anna Julia Cooper earned a master’s degree in mathematics from Oberlin in 1887 & a PhD from the Sorbonne. She observed, “The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.”
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Born enslaved in North Carolina, Anna Julia Cooper earned a master’s degree in mathematics from Oberlin in 1887 & a PhD from the Sorbonne. She observed, “The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.”
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feeling sorry for all the millionaires and billionaires who didn’t get to see this perfect NYC sunset because they fled the city forever today. 😞
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
feeling sorry for all the millionaires and billionaires who didn’t get to see this perfect NYC sunset because they fled the city forever today. 😞
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Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and…
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Changes to Oklahoma’s curriculum rules make it so teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists.
➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3WXTkFm
➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3WXTkFm
October 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Changes to Oklahoma’s curriculum rules make it so teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists.
➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3WXTkFm
➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3WXTkFm
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"UC warned that releasing the proposal would cause “irreparable harm” to its negotiations with Trump."
yes this is the fuckin problem
yes this is the fuckin problem
BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
UC must publicly release Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposal
The California Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from the University of California to block the release of a roughly $1.2-billion Trump UCLA settlement. UCLA is required to share the document...
www.latimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"UC warned that releasing the proposal would cause “irreparable harm” to its negotiations with Trump."
yes this is the fuckin problem
yes this is the fuckin problem
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How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
October 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”
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New Yorker cartoons nail it again.
October 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New Yorker cartoons nail it again.
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"Lie detector" tests are inadmissible as court evidence and they are not instruments of any sort of truth or determination of truth.
They are however, instruments of intimidation and chaos which is what this administration is all about.
They are however, instruments of intimidation and chaos which is what this administration is all about.
Exclusive: The Pentagon plans to require thousands of uniformed and civilian officials to sign nondisclosure agreements and take lie detector tests, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ramps up his war on leakers.
Pentagon plans widespread random polygraphs, NDAs to stanch leaks
The Pentagon is planning to require thousands of uniformed and civilian officials to sign nondisclosure agreements and submit to random polygraph testing.
wapo.st
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Lie detector" tests are inadmissible as court evidence and they are not instruments of any sort of truth or determination of truth.
They are however, instruments of intimidation and chaos which is what this administration is all about.
They are however, instruments of intimidation and chaos which is what this administration is all about.
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what does an "unconstitutional DEI principle" mean in the context of a tunnel project? what, a black person is going to use it?
OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
what does an "unconstitutional DEI principle" mean in the context of a tunnel project? what, a black person is going to use it?
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Trump and Hegseth are putting generals in an untenable position, and democratic values are going to be the loser either way.
Some thoughts about today's spectacle: joelmmathis.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Trump and Hegseth are putting generals in an untenable position, and democratic values are going to be the loser either way.
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George Brown holding John Teter Jr., son of one of Brown's employees at the Cleveland Marine Steam Railways. Brown, an entrepreneur & carpenter, purchased substantial property & established key businesses as a founder of Punta Gorda. He paid his employees according to their skill rather than color.
September 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
George Brown holding John Teter Jr., son of one of Brown's employees at the Cleveland Marine Steam Railways. Brown, an entrepreneur & carpenter, purchased substantial property & established key businesses as a founder of Punta Gorda. He paid his employees according to their skill rather than color.
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Did anyone pay attention to this? finance.yahoo.com/news/musk-gr...
Musk’s Grok AI Cleared for Use Across US Government Agencies
Federal agencies will be able to purchase Grok AI models for $0.42 per organization, effective Thursday through March 2027, according to GSA, which is the government’s central procurement arm. Meta P...
finance.yahoo.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Did anyone pay attention to this? finance.yahoo.com/news/musk-gr...
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When you talk about the value of social science, stats like these come to mind. We need this information.
In 2022, 32% of Black adults worried every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity. So did 21% of Asian adults & 14% of Hispanic adults. Many changed their daily schedules and routines because of these threats.
September 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
When you talk about the value of social science, stats like these come to mind. We need this information.
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“NYC can start from scratch”
September 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“NYC can start from scratch”
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I, for one, am surprised that the racist witch hunt concocted by serial liars was based lies.
The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I, for one, am surprised that the racist witch hunt concocted by serial liars was based lies.
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Kavanaugh doubles down on (& misapplies) the most shameful standing decision in the Court’s modern history, Los Angeles vs. Lyons (1983). In Lyons a Black man who was victim of a chokehold by LAPD sought to enjoin its use. SCOTUS said no standing b/c….how do you know it will happen to you again?
September 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Kavanaugh doubles down on (& misapplies) the most shameful standing decision in the Court’s modern history, Los Angeles vs. Lyons (1983). In Lyons a Black man who was victim of a chokehold by LAPD sought to enjoin its use. SCOTUS said no standing b/c….how do you know it will happen to you again?