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Cruel hoax: the political economy of anti-immigration - Asia Times
Deporting immigrants may deliver electoral wins to politicians if voters have been sufficiently cultivated by years of demonizing and scapegoating them.
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That “great” American past that MAGA celebrates comprised many decades of massive and successive waves of immigrants. Impressive US GDP growth in the 19th and 20th centuries owed more than a little to the subsidies provided by immigrants.
'Maybe It's Time to Pick a Fucking Side,' Says Murphy After Trump Calls for Execution of Lawmakers www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
'Maybe It's Time to Pick a Fucking Side,' Says Murphy After Trump Calls for Execution of Lawmakers | Common Dreams
"Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don't like what your political opponents say, execute them," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that's not w...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
'Maybe It's Time to Pick a Fucking Side,' Says Murphy After Trump Calls for Execution of Lawmakers www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
"there are more working families than billionaires. Democracy still works when leaders inspire and mobilize ordinary people"
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Other Victories for Working Families
When the Working Families Party was founded in 1998, the idea was to take advantage of the fusion law in New York that allows candidates to run on more than one ballot line. That way, the WFP could wo...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"there are more working families than billionaires. Democracy still works when leaders inspire and mobilize ordinary people"
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Skyrocketing rates, dropped policies, and unpaid claims. The home insurance market isn’t working for consumers, and it’s time for that to change. Sign CR’s petition urging insurers to adopt the Homeowners Insurance Bill of Rights.
Americans deserve affordable home insurance
Fed up with skyrocketing home insurance rates? Demand home insurance companies adopt basic protections for all policyholders. Take action by signing Consumer Reports’ petition today.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Skyrocketing rates, dropped policies, and unpaid claims. The home insurance market isn’t working for consumers, and it’s time for that to change. Sign CR’s petition urging insurers to adopt the Homeowners Insurance Bill of Rights.
Trump trashing female reporters was despicable. The other reporters not standing up to Trump was inexcusable
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Trump trashing female reporters was despicable. The other reporters not standing up to Trump was inexcusable
Corporate media failed us again
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November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Trump trashing female reporters was despicable. The other reporters not standing up to Trump was inexcusable
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I just signed a petition launched by the gender justice nonprofit UltraViolet demanding that SiriusXM drop Megyn Kelly. Kelly's comments minimizing Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of teen girls are reckless and irresponsible. Pedophile apologists should not have a national platform. app.sosha.ai/s/LLCkQtKF
Tell SiriusXM: Drop Megyn Kelly
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November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I just signed a petition launched by the gender justice nonprofit UltraViolet demanding that SiriusXM drop Megyn Kelly. Kelly's comments minimizing Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of teen girls are reckless and irresponsible. Pedophile apologists should not have a national platform. app.sosha.ai/s/LLCkQtKF
“Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE, We’re prepared for this to become the biggest and longest [unfair labor practices] strike in Starbucks history. DON’T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike!”
Starbucks Workers Have Launched a Nationwide Strike and Consumer Boycott of the Coffee Chain
As hundreds of Starbucks workers go on strike across the US to protest the company’s unfair labor practices, its union is telling customers to boycott the company in hopes of pressuring it to return t...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE, We’re prepared for this to become the biggest and longest [unfair labor practices] strike in Starbucks history. DON’T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike!”
The republican flip flop over the files has started
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The republican flip flop over the files has started
These folks will flip flop to fit whatever the president says as long as it protects him
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November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The republican flip flop over the files has started
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Tell tech companies: end all contracts with ICE and stop enabling Trump’s deportation machine action.eko.org/a/tech-compa...
Tech companies: stop enabling Trump’s deportation machine
Trump’s deportation machine is tearing children from their parents — and Big Tech is powering it. These companies are making millions while families are ripped apart, and they’ll keep doing it unless
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November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Tell tech companies: end all contracts with ICE and stop enabling Trump’s deportation machine action.eko.org/a/tech-compa...
The truth about socialism
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On The Words We Are Taught To Fear
Writer, songwriter, story teller, I write poems and songs and essays. I post them here and hope they find who they are supposed to find.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The truth about socialism
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An ICE auditor gets nailed in a sex trafficking sting for soliciting a 17-year-old, then boasts "I'm ICE, boys" to cops. They cuffed him anyway. Irony burns. #ICECorruption
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
An ICE auditor gets nailed in a sex trafficking sting for soliciting a 17-year-old, then boasts "I'm ICE, boys" to cops. They cuffed him anyway. Irony burns. #ICECorruption
17. Epstein is dead. Trump is 79. Vance is, well, Vance. Nick Fuentes? He's 27.
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17. Epstein is dead. Trump is 79. Vance is, well, Vance. Nick Fuentes? He's 27.
From Fuentes to Trump, Militant Masculinity is on the Rise
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November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
17. Epstein is dead. Trump is 79. Vance is, well, Vance. Nick Fuentes? He's 27.
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Trump & Epstein are the products of capitalism
It's Rotten All the Way Down: Epstein, Trump, and the Twilight of the Elites
What's being exposed is bigger than Jeffrey Epstein or Donald Trump. It's the failure of American institutions
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November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Trump & Epstein are the products of capitalism
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As House Vote Looms, State Lawmakers Challenge Trump to Release Epstein Files www.commondreams.org/news/donald-...
As House Vote Looms, State Lawmakers Challenge Trump to Release Epstein Files | Common Dreams
State legislators urged Trump to prove he is
serious about supporting the release of the Epstein files by not waiting for Congress to make public materials from the
federal case against his former f...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
As House Vote Looms, State Lawmakers Challenge Trump to Release Epstein Files www.commondreams.org/news/donald-...
How Big Should Your Tent Be?
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How Big Should Your Tent Be?
It's striking to me that a lot of people want politics to be about their personal feelings, in which case they're not engaged in politics, though they may be engaged in the sabotage of politics. This ...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
How Big Should Your Tent Be?
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Top camper van makers: Clean up your tropical wood supply chain -- no more deforestation on wheels! action.eko.org/a/no-more-de...
No more deforestation plywood for camper vans
Camper vans have become increasingly popular and a symbol for recreation in pristine nature – but the truth is, they are deforested orangutan habitats on wheels. A breaking report revealed that one ro
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November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Top camper van makers: Clean up your tropical wood supply chain -- no more deforestation on wheels! action.eko.org/a/no-more-de...
We need to know why Pam Bondi did not investigate Jeffrey Epstein when she was Florida’s AG from 2011 to 2019?!
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We need to know why Pam Bondi did not investigate Jeffrey Epstein when she was Florida’s AG from 2011 to 2019?!
Was Bondi protecting Trump?!
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November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We need to know why Pam Bondi did not investigate Jeffrey Epstein when she was Florida’s AG from 2011 to 2019?!
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Mamdani Backers Rally to 'Tax the Rich' as Transition Raises $1 Million in 10 Days From 12,000 Donors www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani...
Mamdani Backers Rally to 'Tax the Rich' as Transition Raises $1 Million in 10 Days From 12,000 Donors | Common Dreams
"None of this would have been possible without everyday New Yorkers willing to spare $5, $10, or $20 to help build a government that will deliver for working people," said the mayor-elect.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Mamdani Backers Rally to 'Tax the Rich' as Transition Raises $1 Million in 10 Days From 12,000 Donors www.commondreams.org/news/mamdani...
"Despite the frantic tone of mainstream media coverage (and the revolutionary overtones of the phrase “democratic socialist”) most of Mamdani’s agenda could be accomplished at minimal cost to the city"
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Zohran’s Proposals Are Surprisingly Affordable – I Wish All Revolutions Came This Cheap.
Here’s something for New York City residents to consider as they vote for Mayor, and for observers outside New York to consider as they watch the vote count: for the most part, Zohran Mamdani’s plans ...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"Despite the frantic tone of mainstream media coverage (and the revolutionary overtones of the phrase “democratic socialist”) most of Mamdani’s agenda could be accomplished at minimal cost to the city"
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Texts reveal Steve Bannon spent years coaching Jeffrey Epstein on dodging outrage over his sex crimes, lenient deals, and elite ties, plotting films and PR spins to "humanize the monster." #EpsteinFiles
November 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Texts reveal Steve Bannon spent years coaching Jeffrey Epstein on dodging outrage over his sex crimes, lenient deals, and elite ties, plotting films and PR spins to "humanize the monster." #EpsteinFiles
'Reckless and Irresponsible': Trump Plans Deep Housing Cuts That Could Leave 200,000 Homeless www.commondreams.org/news/trump-h...
'Reckless and Irresponsible': Trump Plans Deep Housing Cuts That Could Leave 200,000 Homeless | Common Dreams
"HUD's current path risks causing a dangerous spike in street homelessness," warned a group of Senate Democrats.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
'Reckless and Irresponsible': Trump Plans Deep Housing Cuts That Could Leave 200,000 Homeless www.commondreams.org/news/trump-h...
On What We Should Be Protecting
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On What We Should Be Protecting
There comes a point in every society when the mask slips and we are forced to reckon with the truth of who we are.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
On What We Should Be Protecting
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Epstein Files Reminder: USA has a child marriage epidemic—it's even worse than you think
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Epstein Files Reminder: USA has a child marriage epidemic—it's even worse than you think
Despite more than 300,000 documented child marriages since 2000, Republicans are fighting to keep it that way
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November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Epstein Files Reminder: USA has a child marriage epidemic—it's even worse than you think
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Volvo and Daimler: 100% electric trucks now action.eko.org/a/volvo-daim...
Volvo and Daimler: 100% electric trucks now
European truckmakers Volvo and Daimler are suing California to slow down the state's switch to zero-emissions trucks — effectively keeping more diesel trucks on the road and more pollution in the air.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Volvo and Daimler: 100% electric trucks now action.eko.org/a/volvo-daim...
Under Trump, Inflation Is Costing Average US Family $700 More Per Month www.commondreams.org/news/inflati...
Under Trump, Inflation Is Costing Average US Family $700 More Per Month | Common Dreams
"While President Trump claimed that he would bring down prices, the reality is that Americans have seen their costs soar even higher since he took office."
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November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Under Trump, Inflation Is Costing Average US Family $700 More Per Month www.commondreams.org/news/inflati...