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Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (Gift Article)
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
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January 2, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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Over the past 50 years the lyrics of popular songs in the US have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis in Scientific Reports. The authors suggest that their findings reflect the complex ways people use music to navigate stress. 🧪
Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports
This study examines diachronic trends in stress-related language, sentiment, and lyrical complexity in popular music’s lyrics from 1973 to 2023, exploring how major societal shocks influenced people’s music preferences and offering insights into collective mood management through music. Over 20,000 lyrics of songs in the US Top 100 charts during this period were analyzed using Natural Language Processing techniques, with stress-related language assessed using a dictionary-based approach (LIWC), sentiment estimated via a rule-based sentiment analysis tool (VADER), and complexity via the LZ77 compression algorithm. Our analysis reveals a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity over five decades. Surprisingly, societal shocks like COVID-19 coincided with attenuations rather than amplifications of these trends, indicating a preference for emotion-incongruent music, which may serve as a form of emotion regulation, such as escapism. When controlling for long-term trends, we found no significant relationship between income growth and stress or sentiment in lyrics. In contrast, periods of high-stress language corresponded with increased lyrical complexity. These results support the notion that music plays a dual role in collective mood management, functioning as mood management and regulation, depending on the context and intensity of societal emotions.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Over the past 50 years the lyrics of popular songs in the US have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis in Scientific Reports. The authors suggest that their findings reflect the complex ways people use music to navigate stress. 🧪
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A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
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Protest at the Apple Store for removing the ICEBlock app and being complicit with fascism. BOYCOTT AND PROTEST COOK AND APPLE!
December 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Protest at the Apple Store for removing the ICEBlock app and being complicit with fascism. BOYCOTT AND PROTEST COOK AND APPLE!
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Time to stop writing, & reporting a "possibility". The people need to see charges. Consequences. Done with threatening this without actually doing it. No such latitude for immigrants. Legitimate allowances offering protection asylum seekers, denied
Source: TAG24
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Source: TAG24
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Judge considers holding Kristi Noem in contempt of court over El Salvador deportations - NewsBreak
Washington DC - A federal judge has launched in inquiry that could result in potential contempt charges against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Ba
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November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Time to stop writing, & reporting a "possibility". The people need to see charges. Consequences. Done with threatening this without actually doing it. No such latitude for immigrants. Legitimate allowances offering protection asylum seekers, denied
Source: TAG24
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L'automne est une promesse de renouveau 🍂 bon mardi !💋🍂🍁🍂💋
November 4, 2025 at 5:53 AM
L'automne est une promesse de renouveau 🍂 bon mardi !💋🍂🍁🍂💋
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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The little perv can't keep up with his lies #EpsteinFiles
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The little perv can't keep up with his lies #EpsteinFiles
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It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
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Due Process - Bring Them Back! (Every Monday) · Indivisible
This a local Indivisible event!
Demonstrate your opposition to Trump's illegal abduction and deportation of individuals who have been deprived of their Constitutional right of due process of law and t...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Oh goody. Imagine what the world can look forward to now.
Pete Hegseth Promises the U.S. Military Will Now Embrace ‘Maximum Lethality, Not Tepid Legality’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the U.S. military will now embrace "maximum lethality, not tepid legality," as President Donald Trump signed an executive order reverting the name of th...
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September 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Oh goody. Imagine what the world can look forward to now.
ADD YOUR NAME: Christians are committed to protecting marriage equality -- The court will decide whether to hear the case to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges this fall, but we cannot wait until then to take action. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/lgbt-pl...
ADD YOUR NAME: Christians are committed to protecting marriage equality
SCOTUS just received a formal request to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, which could strip away marriage protection for LGBTQ couples overnight. The court will decide whether to hear the case this fall...
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August 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
ADD YOUR NAME: Christians are committed to protecting marriage equality -- The court will decide whether to hear the case to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges this fall, but we cannot wait until then to take action. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/lgbt-pl...
With friends like this who needs an enemy party?
May 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
With friends like this who needs an enemy party?
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House Republicans’ tax bill would grant the Treasury Secretary the ability to accuse any nonprofit of being a “terrorist supporting organization” without basic due process. No president should have the power this bill provides to punish their political opponents.
Over 200 Organizations: House Tax Bill Threatens Tax Status for Charities, Churches, and Nonprofits — Stop Government Censorship
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 CONTACT Caitlin Legacki press@stopgovernmentcensorship.org “No President should have the power this bill provides to punish their politic...
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May 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
House Republicans’ tax bill would grant the Treasury Secretary the ability to accuse any nonprofit of being a “terrorist supporting organization” without basic due process. No president should have the power this bill provides to punish their political opponents.
Christian nationalism opposes public assistance to the poor, unless the money passes through church coffers, favors people of color being submissive to white people, favors use of physical punishment of kids, & favors minimal workers rights.
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May 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Christian nationalism opposes public assistance to the poor, unless the money passes through church coffers, favors people of color being submissive to white people, favors use of physical punishment of kids, & favors minimal workers rights.
Say "NO"! app.sosha.ai/s/8r7kpoAE
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Christian nationalism is backed by radical right wing think tanks, media, gun makers, etc. -- a web of money & extreme ideas connecting Christian nationalists to those behind the scenes, such as disgraced former Trump nat'l security adviser Mike Flynn. app.sosha.ai/s/lnAqnufw
Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists
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May 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Christian nationalism is backed by radical right wing think tanks, media, gun makers, etc. -- a web of money & extreme ideas connecting Christian nationalists to those behind the scenes, such as disgraced former Trump nat'l security adviser Mike Flynn. app.sosha.ai/s/lnAqnufw
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Was that why all of those hypocrites was touching him in that mass prayer photo op...
April 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Was that why all of those hypocrites was touching him in that mass prayer photo op...
Don't like to read American history? Think again!
March 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Don't like to read American history? Think again!
Zelensky flew to Washington, but he walked into the Kremlin.
March 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Zelensky flew to Washington, but he walked into the Kremlin.
Members of Congress must rally and take a strong public stand against any government contracts awarded to Musk’s companies!
February 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Members of Congress must rally and take a strong public stand against any government contracts awarded to Musk’s companies!
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This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com.
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com.
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...