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i will say that we have never experienced anything like an administration trying to essentially freeze the activities of the entire federal government while making a series of illegal power grabs. genuinely unclear to me what kind of response, if any, these guys are generating against them
January 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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BREAKING:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just announced she is considering running for the top Democratic position on the Oversight Committee if Rep. Jamie Raskin succeeds in replacing Jerry Nadler as the head of the Judiciary Committee.
December 4, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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ATTN: #BookSky Banned Book Club!

The January 2025 book is The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The February 2025 book is The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

Discussion logistics forthcoming. (I'll also get with coordinators before January)

Please share.

#ReadBannedBooks.
December 2, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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I get the vibescession debate is over: the people have spoken! But economic data isn't just some intellectual exercise, it's a way we have to measure whether people are getting poorer or richer and this kind of thing doesn't happen when people are getting worse off YoY

www.npr.org/2024/12/01/g...
Most Black Friday shoppers bagged their deals online this year, with record spending
As many opted to surf the web instead of face the crowds the day after Thanksgiving, shoppers spent a record $10.8 billion in online purchases. Cyber Monday is set to smash another spending record.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2024 at 7:12 PM