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Anglophile counting down the days
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Refugees fleeing the civil war in Sudan’s Darfur region are finding little help, in part due to the Trump administration’s devastating cuts to foreign aid. Lynsey Addario’s photographs capture the first humanitarian crisis of the post-American world:
The Crisis of American Leadership Reaches an Empty Desert
Photographs from the humanitarian disaster in Sudan and Chad
bit.ly
May 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Refugees fleeing the civil war in Sudan’s Darfur region are finding little help, in part due to the Trump administration’s devastating cuts to foreign aid. Lynsey Addario’s photographs capture the first humanitarian crisis of the post-American world:
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wait...a wat
Hesgeth used his personal phone to log into a 4th-tier sports betting site -- and to relay real-time information about U.S. airstrikes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities, Analysts Say
The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
wait...a wat
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
April 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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This is what a rigged economy looks like:
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
April 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is what a rigged economy looks like:
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
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Eight year old: Who is the pope?
Me: Begins to explain…
Eight year old, interrupting: “It turns out I don’t care about that.”
Me: Begins to explain…
Eight year old, interrupting: “It turns out I don’t care about that.”
April 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Eight year old: Who is the pope?
Me: Begins to explain…
Eight year old, interrupting: “It turns out I don’t care about that.”
Me: Begins to explain…
Eight year old, interrupting: “It turns out I don’t care about that.”
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What happens when the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes like everyone else?
We can invest in a stronger, fairer America — where every kid has a quality education and families aren’t bankrupted by one medical diagnosis.
We can invest in a stronger, fairer America — where every kid has a quality education and families aren’t bankrupted by one medical diagnosis.
April 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What happens when the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes like everyone else?
We can invest in a stronger, fairer America — where every kid has a quality education and families aren’t bankrupted by one medical diagnosis.
We can invest in a stronger, fairer America — where every kid has a quality education and families aren’t bankrupted by one medical diagnosis.
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NEW: Abrego Garcia is getting a lot of attention, but many people are asking about the rest of the men being unlawfully held in CECOT. Here's what's going on with them. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/so-what-ab...
So What About Everyone Else at CECOT?
Many have been asking about all the other people unlawfully disappeared to El Salvador, and who is fighting for them.
www.muellershewrote.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NEW: Abrego Garcia is getting a lot of attention, but many people are asking about the rest of the men being unlawfully held in CECOT. Here's what's going on with them. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/so-what-ab...
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Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
March 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
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My maternal grandmother died in the 1918 flu pandemic.
RFK Jr can go fuck himself.
RFK Jr can go fuck himself.
March 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My maternal grandmother died in the 1918 flu pandemic.
RFK Jr can go fuck himself.
RFK Jr can go fuck himself.
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Pete Hegseth lost a court battle over Trump’s ban on transgender troops—so he mocked Judge Ana Reyes, who ruled it “unabashedly demeaning.” Instead of filing an appeal, he threw a tantrum on social media. That’s not leadership. That’s a meltdown. And no, blaming the booze doesn’t help.
March 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Pete Hegseth lost a court battle over Trump’s ban on transgender troops—so he mocked Judge Ana Reyes, who ruled it “unabashedly demeaning.” Instead of filing an appeal, he threw a tantrum on social media. That’s not leadership. That’s a meltdown. And no, blaming the booze doesn’t help.
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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AOC: In every single stop that Bernie and I have had in the past couple of days… every single stop has completely blown out all attendance projections.
March 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
AOC: In every single stop that Bernie and I have had in the past couple of days… every single stop has completely blown out all attendance projections.
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Something special is happening, people. Ignore it or downplay it at your own peril…
March 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Something special is happening, people. Ignore it or downplay it at your own peril…
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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“I take him at his word,” Trump’s envoy says of Putin.
Was there ever a more dangerously naive statement?
Was there ever a more dangerously naive statement?
Witkoff on Ukraine: "There's a view within the country of Russia that these are Russian territories, that there are referendums within these territories that justify these actions ... I just don't see that [Putin] wants to take all of Europe ... I take him as his word."
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“I take him at his word,” Trump’s envoy says of Putin.
Was there ever a more dangerously naive statement?
Was there ever a more dangerously naive statement?
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Musk and Trump wanted to start with what they saw as the weakest, wokest government agency, to slaughter it and hang it on a pike as a warning not to disobey the king.
Elon Musk, apartheid, and America's new boycott movement
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
www.motherjones.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Musk and Trump wanted to start with what they saw as the weakest, wokest government agency, to slaughter it and hang it on a pike as a warning not to disobey the king.
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
theonion.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
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