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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Strangely moving — just a guy and his Sharpie taking it upon himself to warn his neighbors
Today I passed a CPB/ICE checkpoint on the Clara Barton Parkway—an unwelcome reminder of the administration's authoritarian aspirations.
But I wasn't surprised. A minute prior, I drove by a young man. He held a simple sign. Sharpie on poster board, written in thin, neat letters: "ICE Ahead"
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But I wasn't surprised. A minute prior, I drove by a young man. He held a simple sign. Sharpie on poster board, written in thin, neat letters: "ICE Ahead"
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November 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Strangely moving — just a guy and his Sharpie taking it upon himself to warn his neighbors
"We have a 2000s housing bubble level of financial engineering on top of a 1920s level of private unregulated lending on top of something bigger than a 1990s internet (or 1870s railroad) level of technology and infrastructure build-out."
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"We have a 2000s housing bubble level of financial engineering on top of a 1920s level of private unregulated lending on top of something bigger than a 1990s internet (or 1870s railroad) level of technology and infrastructure build-out."
". . . doesn’t the 'right' to buy health insurance lose a bit of its luster if said insurance costs $3,700 a month for a family of four, as it will next year in Vermont, West Virginia, and Alaska for families of four with household incomes greater than $128,000?"
The Obamacare Boiler Room - The American Prospect
Perhaps no Florida health care scam has so concisely illustrated the burning need to rethink our broken health care system.
prospect.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
". . . doesn’t the 'right' to buy health insurance lose a bit of its luster if said insurance costs $3,700 a month for a family of four, as it will next year in Vermont, West Virginia, and Alaska for families of four with household incomes greater than $128,000?"
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I feel like even a small infant would listen, nod, and then go, “So, just to be clear though: The machines — they didn’t work?”
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I feel like even a small infant would listen, nod, and then go, “So, just to be clear though: The machines — they didn’t work?”
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“Older adults and people with disabilities will pay almost $203 per month in 2026 for their Medicare Part B premium, the Trump administration said late Friday. That’s about 10% higher than the $185 per month that Medicare beneficiaries pay this year. Rising health care costs are a major concern”
Medicare premiums to jump 10% heading into 2026
Most Medicare enrollees will face premiums that are 10% higher next year, creating budget anxiety for millions of seniors.
www.statnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“Older adults and people with disabilities will pay almost $203 per month in 2026 for their Medicare Part B premium, the Trump administration said late Friday. That’s about 10% higher than the $185 per month that Medicare beneficiaries pay this year. Rising health care costs are a major concern”
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
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Back in 2022, I was minding my own business, being pretty darn healthy, when all of a sudden I had to be rushed to the hospital for a very scary event (and is now a manageable condition). Here was ONE of my bills. I could not have afforded this under any circumstances without insurance.
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Back in 2022, I was minding my own business, being pretty darn healthy, when all of a sudden I had to be rushed to the hospital for a very scary event (and is now a manageable condition). Here was ONE of my bills. I could not have afforded this under any circumstances without insurance.
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Replacing the ACA with PaulRyanCare would be terrible on the merits and terrible politics. Any Democrat voting to replace ACA tax credits with temporary contributions to HSA accounts should face a primary challenge at the earliest possible opportunity www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/i-wa...
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky - Lawyers, Guns & Money
This proposal would be even worse than the no deal on extending ACA subsidies bill being floated earlier: Democrats and Republicans have been locked for more than a month in a standoff over healthcare...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Replacing the ACA with PaulRyanCare would be terrible on the merits and terrible politics. Any Democrat voting to replace ACA tax credits with temporary contributions to HSA accounts should face a primary challenge at the earliest possible opportunity www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/i-wa...
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BTW it is tempting to ignore these tweets
But Republican lawmakers take them seriously
So we're all out here trying to guess what Trump was thinking -- if he was thinking anything -- and then how various Rs will translate it
Great way to make policy!
But Republican lawmakers take them seriously
So we're all out here trying to guess what Trump was thinking -- if he was thinking anything -- and then how various Rs will translate it
Great way to make policy!
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
BTW it is tempting to ignore these tweets
But Republican lawmakers take them seriously
So we're all out here trying to guess what Trump was thinking -- if he was thinking anything -- and then how various Rs will translate it
Great way to make policy!
But Republican lawmakers take them seriously
So we're all out here trying to guess what Trump was thinking -- if he was thinking anything -- and then how various Rs will translate it
Great way to make policy!
At first glance this seemed purely deranged, but on a second read it seems like the kind of marker you'd want to plant if you anticipated (a) a loss in the tariff litigation followed by (b) a stock market crash.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
At first glance this seemed purely deranged, but on a second read it seems like the kind of marker you'd want to plant if you anticipated (a) a loss in the tariff litigation followed by (b) a stock market crash.
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Musk does not get 1/1000th of the grief he should over this absurd claim about 20 million dead people getting Social Security. Social Security is run far better than Tesla and provides a way more valuable service.
Imagine shareholders willing to give a trillion dollars to a guy who says there are 20 million dead people getting Social Security, but is too incompetent to find any of them.
With Tesla stock at a price-to-earnings ratio of almost 300 it doesn't look like anyone is buying what Elon Musk is selling, other than Tesla shareholders finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Musk does not get 1/1000th of the grief he should over this absurd claim about 20 million dead people getting Social Security. Social Security is run far better than Tesla and provides a way more valuable service.
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www.thebanner.com/community/ho... One of those articles that (a) has clearly been vetted very carefully by lawyers, (b) where a plausible story of what has going on is obvious if you read carefully, and (c) you worry both for people involved and because maybe indicative of _much_ bigger problems.
The housing hustle igniting a foreclosure crisis in Baltimore
The foreclosures could send neighborhoods spiraling and make Baltimore America’s next great housing crisis.
www.thebanner.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
www.thebanner.com/community/ho... One of those articles that (a) has clearly been vetted very carefully by lawyers, (b) where a plausible story of what has going on is obvious if you read carefully, and (c) you worry both for people involved and because maybe indicative of _much_ bigger problems.
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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finished the half of my book where it feels like everyone (almost) got reasonably stable with WPA jobs—Pauli Murray was broke and crashing with friends, then got a WPA job teaching English to the kids of Italian immigrants fleeing fascism, and in a few years would start law school at Howard
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
finished the half of my book where it feels like everyone (almost) got reasonably stable with WPA jobs—Pauli Murray was broke and crashing with friends, then got a WPA job teaching English to the kids of Italian immigrants fleeing fascism, and in a few years would start law school at Howard
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I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
"Until 2023, the cities of Austin and Dallas mandated water breaks every four hours for people who worked in the heat. But the Texas Legislature nullified those ordinances as part of a crackdown on local rule."
In the U.S., Heat-Exposed Workers Risk Chronic Kidney Disease
Some experts believe CKD is the first chronic illness directly linked to climate change. Prevention may be possible.
undark.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Until 2023, the cities of Austin and Dallas mandated water breaks every four hours for people who worked in the heat. But the Texas Legislature nullified those ordinances as part of a crackdown on local rule."
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tara goodzari and other parents of reyito del sol take the stage.
goodzari says she was helping the abducted teacher with her citizenship application.
“we are saddened, but we are also enraged,” she says, pointing out that the arrest happened by armed agents without out a warrant at a preschool.
goodzari says she was helping the abducted teacher with her citizenship application.
“we are saddened, but we are also enraged,” she says, pointing out that the arrest happened by armed agents without out a warrant at a preschool.
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
tara goodzari and other parents of reyito del sol take the stage.
goodzari says she was helping the abducted teacher with her citizenship application.
“we are saddened, but we are also enraged,” she says, pointing out that the arrest happened by armed agents without out a warrant at a preschool.
goodzari says she was helping the abducted teacher with her citizenship application.
“we are saddened, but we are also enraged,” she says, pointing out that the arrest happened by armed agents without out a warrant at a preschool.
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A recording of our event with @chiosse.bsky.social, @ceaweaver.bsky.social, and @jwmason.bsky.social about how Zohran Mamdani can deliver on his agenda as mayor is online now. Watch here:
www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/recordi...
www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/recordi...
[RECORDING] How Will Zohran Govern? - Dissent Magazine
A conversation with Chi Ossé, Cea Weaver, and J.W. Mason.
www.dissentmagazine.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A recording of our event with @chiosse.bsky.social, @ceaweaver.bsky.social, and @jwmason.bsky.social about how Zohran Mamdani can deliver on his agenda as mayor is online now. Watch here:
www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/recordi...
www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/recordi...
"Democrats didn’t center Trump’s galloping authoritarianism in the shutdown fight, and so they are unlikely to get meaningful safeguards that whatever deal they make will be followed. That leaves only the health care subsidies."
Trump Lost the Politics of the Shutdown - The American Prospect
On a political level, Democrats have succeeded in painting Republicans as mean and unfeeling stewards of American decline. But Trump may win on policy nonetheless, as a gang of Democrats prepares to s...
prospect.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
"Democrats didn’t center Trump’s galloping authoritarianism in the shutdown fight, and so they are unlikely to get meaningful safeguards that whatever deal they make will be followed. That leaves only the health care subsidies."
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Okay, so what if we did the mortgage-backed securities collapse again but this time the specious collateral was a business forecast of imaginary robots that plagiarize things instead of, like, houses.
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Okay, so what if we did the mortgage-backed securities collapse again but this time the specious collateral was a business forecast of imaginary robots that plagiarize things instead of, like, houses.
D.C. folks: Rally for Medicare for All tomorrow morning on Capitol Hill. Organized by the tireless folks at Physicians for a National Health Program, with help from People's Action, NNU, SEIU/CIR, and other allies.
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
D.C. folks: Rally for Medicare for All tomorrow morning on Capitol Hill. Organized by the tireless folks at Physicians for a National Health Program, with help from People's Action, NNU, SEIU/CIR, and other allies.
"From the elevators not working, to the HR services run by PAGNY or a private university, to the nurses being overworked and replaced with subcontractors or travel nurse services. The whole operation is a patchwork.”
In Poor Health | Jess McAllen
Affiliation in New York City hospitals was meant to improve care—and lower costs. But that hasn’t quite worked out.
thebaffler.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"From the elevators not working, to the HR services run by PAGNY or a private university, to the nurses being overworked and replaced with subcontractors or travel nurse services. The whole operation is a patchwork.”
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I try to avoid "real organizers vs. fake/keyboard organizers" framings for the most part but one thing you learn quickly from organizing is how difficult it is to get people to do anything at all, how much you're competing against sociologically. people are overworked and tired
October 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I try to avoid "real organizers vs. fake/keyboard organizers" framings for the most part but one thing you learn quickly from organizing is how difficult it is to get people to do anything at all, how much you're competing against sociologically. people are overworked and tired
This from @anamariecox.bsky.social is great, but I've got doubts about whether "collectives and worker-owned publications" solve the core problem she's describing. I love Flaming Hydra + Defector, but from the POV of the individual journalist, is that life really more sustainable than Substacking?
Patron-Supported Journalism Can’t Be the Future of News
Writing about the failure of patron-supported journalism is itself a kind of...
bit.ly
October 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This from @anamariecox.bsky.social is great, but I've got doubts about whether "collectives and worker-owned publications" solve the core problem she's describing. I love Flaming Hydra + Defector, but from the POV of the individual journalist, is that life really more sustainable than Substacking?