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271,000 people have lost their jobs and federal spending has ctually increased. So people get less services, while we added debt paying for private jets for Kristi Noem, bulletproof cars for Kash Patel. This is what the rust belt voters demanded.
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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I don’t wanna wait
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“I had just let the whole thing wash over me. I marveled at what a good story the truth could make in the right hands,” the author Stephen King writes about seeing “Stand by Me,” Rob Reiner’s adaptation of King's novella “The Body.”
Opinion | Stephen King on Rob Reiner’s ‘Stand by Me’
In Rob’s hands, “Stand by Me,” my most autobiographical novel, rang true.
nyti.ms
December 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I know what it means when the one person who you need to be as competent as possible in such a situation isn't.
What do you call it when a foreign power’s agents target and damage your transportation infrastructure, drinking water and food safety?
December 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Those cheeks 😻

Altair is the cutest little orca cat
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Straight up murder!
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Extreme Loyalty
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Breaking News: Tom Stoppard, the playwright known for a witty, cerebral style who drew comparisons to Shakespeare and Shaw, has died at 88.
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
Drawing comparisons to the greatest of dramatists, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades on both sides of the Atlantic.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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JUST IN: Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
The Czech-born British playwright is known for Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia. Stoppard also wrote screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love.
n.pr
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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How to get rid of Citizens United?

We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.

There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way
robertreich.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Iraq/Afghanistan veteran here—My best friends are still on active duty, and we’ve been having conversations about this for months now. They know the right thing to do, but there are always those willing to say “yes sir” no matter what. I pray the number that say “no” is greater.
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Terrific
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM