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And naturally, the Biden Administration is the cause, y'know ?
*facepalm*

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Immigration courts thrown into chaos as Trump administration purges dozens of judges (Politico)
NEW YORK — A massive purge of judges has le...
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December 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Gianni Infantino 2025
Sepp Blatter 2015

JMO but, FIFA is a cancer on a global political scale; it has been and will be evidently
December 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
While at a rally in 2023, Trump said he regretted not having “taken [Venezuela] over” during his first term. “We would have gotten to all that oil; it would have been right next door,” he said.

Venezuela's siren song for the oil-y murican oligarchy ... Petroleum
December 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Otroverts discover very early in life that they feel like outsiders in any group. This is despite the fact that they are often popular and welcome in groups.

Hhmmm...

i think i agree
December 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i've had conversations with folks just recently arguing this very thesis; is the hoarding of wealth any different than filling a house with random clutter obsessively?
#ThomHartmann

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MAGA isn't the biggest threat to America (AlterNet)
"As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Reagan had great speech writers, and he could certainly deliver a line ...
Check this quote from '88

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Reagan understood something fundamental about the US that Trump doesn’t have a clue about (AlterNet)
This week’s shooting of two National Guard members by a gunman identified by the authorities as an Afghan national was horrific. But Trump’s response has bee...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The politics of organized religions --
Figure, 500 years ago, religion was more outwardly demonstrative of political control than it claims to be in 2025 This history is my turn-on; talkin' antiquity, gang

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Pope Leo breaks with 50-year tradition after historic 1,500-year-old church converted into Mosque (GB News)
Pope Leo XIV has made a telling alteration from over 50 years of papal tradition during his current visit to Turkey. The pontiff's official itinerary notably...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Sadly I must agree
The SCotUS is a hand-puppet and Roberts is the thumb
For them that cow tow, I offer: *finger*

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Inside the 'corrupt bargain' between Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts (AlterNet)
Mother Jones writers Pema Levy and Ari Berman say that President Donald Trump "owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man" — Supreme Court Chief Justice J...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The sheer history is mind stretching ... then add that history meeting theology, which meets archeology, meets anthropology, meets sociology .... Cool

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Pope Leo prays for unity at historic Nicaea site (NPR)
IZNIK, Turkey -On the second day of his inaugural foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the site where early Christian leaders met 1,700 years ago for the First...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
States rights came first, long before any "federal" identity was known or accepted here in the U.S. In irony, the cry of "violation of states rights" used to come from conservatives. Now? It might help restore some healthy liberalism.
#RobertReich

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This grassroots rebellion can decapitate Supreme Court's catastrophic mistake | Opinion (Raw Story)
Several of you have told me that the first step out of the mess we’re in is to get rid of the Supreme Court’s bonkers Citizens United v. Federal Election Com...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Some cool ol history, from back when a POTUS was recognized as a human rather than a cult

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Disbelief, shock and tears over JFK assassination: From the Asbury Park Press archives (Asbury Park Press)
Saturday, November 23, 1963 ― 62 Years Ago The Shore awoke on this morning to an America irrevocably altered. P...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
#SophieGilbert
Wow ! She hit every nail !!
This ought to be required reading, especially for "Media" majors in college

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The Pig Is in the White House (The Atlantic)
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The roughly six months that have made up November this year have—it...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Tribe That Has Lived Deep Within The Grand Canyon For Over 1,000 Years (IFLScience)
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November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Echos from the (recent?) past resound, and the orange orangutan morphs back into it's fascist gluttonous inertia

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The Trump Steamroller Is Broken (The Atlantic)
President Donald Trump’sadministration has been embroiled in scandal and sloppiness. His own party has defied his political pressure. His senior staff has be...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Indeed
and Shut The Front Door fatz
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Mater Populi Fidelis

Ok
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Cool
Here's a different take on what's going on with this squad
It'll be fun to reread this piece again come January

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Eagles drama: Derrick Gunn says “a lot of people in that organization are frustrated with the quarterback situation right now” (Bleeding Green Nation | SB Nation)
The Philadelphia Eagles are 8-2 with seven games to play. They’re in a good position to get the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoff picture, which would give them ...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM