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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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The Constitution is not self-enforcing.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Constitution is not self-enforcing.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
The only thing holding our Republic together are our norms.
And the only thing that enforces those norms is The People.
No one is coming to save us.
It's entirely up to us.
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Thanks, New Yorker
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks, New Yorker
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This.
July 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This.
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I wrote about the administration bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia home just to prosecute him, the strength of the case, and the Democrats' moral and political capitulation.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Homecoming
Trump brings Abrego Garcia home, but only in an effort to make his punishment official
stringinamaze.net
June 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I wrote about the administration bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia home just to prosecute him, the strength of the case, and the Democrats' moral and political capitulation.
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“People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
April 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
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How the fuck are you supposed to find a missing trans kid without using the name they would be using for themselves?
New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.
February 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
How the fuck are you supposed to find a missing trans kid without using the name they would be using for themselves?
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They have been publishing articles like this for two decades: "Gee willikers, what Republicans do with power doesn't match their rhetoric at all!"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
February 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
They have been publishing articles like this for two decades: "Gee willikers, what Republicans do with power doesn't match their rhetoric at all!"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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Blumenthal: "It would be one thing if we had some disinterested, impartial business person -- highly successful -- looking at ways to make our govt more efficient and save money. That's not what's happening here. Elon Musk is doing a power grab & information heist, the biggest in American history"
February 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Blumenthal: "It would be one thing if we had some disinterested, impartial business person -- highly successful -- looking at ways to make our govt more efficient and save money. That's not what's happening here. Elon Musk is doing a power grab & information heist, the biggest in American history"
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Elon, deciding when his work as a non-elected government employee conflicts with his role as leader of for-profit businesses? Ok... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Elon, deciding when his work as a non-elected government employee conflicts with his role as leader of for-profit businesses? Ok... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The White House has said that any of Elon Musk's conflicts of interest regarding his work with DOGE will be monitored and addressed by....Elon Musk.
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
White House Says Musk Will Police His Own Conflicts of Interest
The White House said Elon Musk, the billionaire leading President Donald Trump’s government cost-cutting efforts, will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal s...
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The White House has said that any of Elon Musk's conflicts of interest regarding his work with DOGE will be monitored and addressed by....Elon Musk.
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
He's determining which government contracts are "fraud" while he himself has billions in government contracts.
Hello?
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Big Tech is already propping up Trump through major donations and policy changes in the hopes for deregulation and rewards. Meanwhile, Trump is reaping the benefits of their biggest asset: our attention. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump wants your attention — and the world's richest men can help him
Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos and other tech titans Trump is bringing into the fold control something of huge interest and strategic importance to the president: America's attention.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Big Tech is already propping up Trump through major donations and policy changes in the hopes for deregulation and rewards. Meanwhile, Trump is reaping the benefits of their biggest asset: our attention. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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if the president’s lackeys can functionally seize control of treasury funds and dismantle a congressionally-created agency without consequence, it’s not that it’s a constitutional crisis as much as it means the constitution is vapor.
February 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
if the president’s lackeys can functionally seize control of treasury funds and dismantle a congressionally-created agency without consequence, it’s not that it’s a constitutional crisis as much as it means the constitution is vapor.
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An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
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I know we can’t run around on fire every time Trump says something but he appears to have just announced the new US policy on Gaza which is to take ownership of it, ethnically cleanse it of the 1.8 million Palestinians there and maintain a long term ownership stake as it’s “developed.”
February 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I know we can’t run around on fire every time Trump says something but he appears to have just announced the new US policy on Gaza which is to take ownership of it, ethnically cleanse it of the 1.8 million Palestinians there and maintain a long term ownership stake as it’s “developed.”
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The right has long hated Head Start because they think it helps women work outside of the home.
My staff is hearing reports from Head Start programs in Oregon that they're still locked out of federal funds. My office is doing everything it can to get more info and get funds flowing before providers have to start closing their doors.
February 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The right has long hated Head Start because they think it helps women work outside of the home.
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So that’s a federal subsidy for the media platform owned by the president’s biggest donor, which he’s made a gathering place for nazis
There it is. NTSB only sending info out via X now. Expect the same from CDC FDA etc. soon.
February 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
So that’s a federal subsidy for the media platform owned by the president’s biggest donor, which he’s made a gathering place for nazis
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a coup against the law and constitution
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
February 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
a coup against the law and constitution
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Big Tech CEOs seated front row at Trump's inauguration have a combined net worth of nearly $1 trillion.
January 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Big Tech CEOs seated front row at Trump's inauguration have a combined net worth of nearly $1 trillion.
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Even if he does it is worth resisting! I find all the talk of whether Trump’s power is legitimate baffling, honestly. He’s a straightforward authoritarian! The main reason to push back is all of the stuff he is going to do, not how his vote total stacks up to previous presidents.
Trump does not have a mandate.
History has consistently demonstrated that direct support for authoritarianism is relatively narrow. It thrives through surrender and acquiescence by elite institutions.
January 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Even if he does it is worth resisting! I find all the talk of whether Trump’s power is legitimate baffling, honestly. He’s a straightforward authoritarian! The main reason to push back is all of the stuff he is going to do, not how his vote total stacks up to previous presidents.
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Special counsel Jack Smith said in a report released Tuesday that he stands behind his decision to bring criminal charges against Donald Trump and believes the Republican would have been convicted had he not won the 2024 presidential election.
Read the full special counsel report on Trump's Jan. 6 actions
Smith says he stands behind his decision to bring criminal charges against Trump and believes the Republican would've been convicted had he not won the 2024 election.
buff.ly
January 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Special counsel Jack Smith said in a report released Tuesday that he stands behind his decision to bring criminal charges against Donald Trump and believes the Republican would have been convicted had he not won the 2024 presidential election.