Beth Holtzman
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There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
September 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
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Big Oil spent nearly half a BILLION dollars in last year’s election cycle.
Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...
Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...
The Secret Behind High Gas Prices
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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September 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Big Oil spent nearly half a BILLION dollars in last year’s election cycle.
Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...
Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
September 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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Yesterday, protestors heckled Trump and called him "the Hitler of our time."
Whether you agree with that or not, it's clear that Donald Trump is already following a dictator's playbook just months into his second term. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSxJRIiCNs8
Whether you agree with that or not, it's clear that Donald Trump is already following a dictator's playbook just months into his second term. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSxJRIiCNs8
How Trump is Following Hitler's Playbook | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Yesterday, protestors heckled Trump and called him "the Hitler of our time."
Whether you agree with that or not, it's clear that Donald Trump is already following a dictator's playbook just months into his second term. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSxJRIiCNs8
Whether you agree with that or not, it's clear that Donald Trump is already following a dictator's playbook just months into his second term. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSxJRIiCNs8
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Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's blowing up the economy. He hasn't done squat to help the working class. The Epstein scandal haunts him.
He is a weak and failing president with his back against the wall.
Keep up the pressure.
He is a weak and failing president with his back against the wall.
Keep up the pressure.
September 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's blowing up the economy. He hasn't done squat to help the working class. The Epstein scandal haunts him.
He is a weak and failing president with his back against the wall.
Keep up the pressure.
He is a weak and failing president with his back against the wall.
Keep up the pressure.
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When Trump said "I am your voice," this is who he was talking to.
September 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
When Trump said "I am your voice," this is who he was talking to.
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After heavy corporate lobbying, RFK Jr.'s new MAHA report takes a hands-off approach to Big Ag and "forever chemicals" — despite their connection to rising cancer rates and drinking water contamination.
Tell me how this is supposed to make America healthy again?
Tell me how this is supposed to make America healthy again?
September 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
After heavy corporate lobbying, RFK Jr.'s new MAHA report takes a hands-off approach to Big Ag and "forever chemicals" — despite their connection to rising cancer rates and drinking water contamination.
Tell me how this is supposed to make America healthy again?
Tell me how this is supposed to make America healthy again?
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Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
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Candidates are facing some of the toughest job-hunting conditions since the 2008 financial crisis due to a blend of forces — low unemployment and job quits, slowly rising layoffs, and sluggish hiring.
Pessimism among job seekers is the worst in a decade
Workers feel awful about their chances of finding new jobs. Recent data from the New York Federal Reserve highlights the reality for those out of work amid the most stagnant labor market in years.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Candidates are facing some of the toughest job-hunting conditions since the 2008 financial crisis due to a blend of forces — low unemployment and job quits, slowly rising layoffs, and sluggish hiring.
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Adrian Klenz, who works with deafblind adults in Wisconsin, said he was told the grant was apparently flagged bc of the words "transition" (as in, transitioning from childhood to adulthood) and "privilege" (one parent said it was a privilege to work with the program's staff).
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BREAKING: Trump’s Education Dept. cancels grants that help students who are both deaf and blind.
“How low can you go?” said one person who works with DeafBlind students and their families.
W/ @jsmithrichards.bsky.social for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“How low can you go?” said one person who works with DeafBlind students and their families.
W/ @jsmithrichards.bsky.social for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Adrian Klenz, who works with deafblind adults in Wisconsin, said he was told the grant was apparently flagged bc of the words "transition" (as in, transitioning from childhood to adulthood) and "privilege" (one parent said it was a privilege to work with the program's staff).
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Inflation heated up in August at a 2.9 percent annual rate — a faster pace than in June and July — as trade policy continues to filter into consumers’ wallets.
Inflation grew hotter in August, as tariffs hit consumer prices
New inflation data due Thursday showed prices ticking higher again, offering fresh evidence that tariffs are filtering into consumers’ wallets.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Inflation heated up in August at a 2.9 percent annual rate — a faster pace than in June and July — as trade policy continues to filter into consumers’ wallets.
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A six year investigation by NYT reporters found the nation’s largest bank enabled Epstein for years.
🎁 article
🎁 article
How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A six year investigation by NYT reporters found the nation’s largest bank enabled Epstein for years.
🎁 article
🎁 article
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Jim Jordan in 2010: "Within a couple years we'll be paying a billion dollars a day just to service the debt...America understands the budget path we're on is unsustainable."
We're now spending $2.6 billion a day to service our debt and Jim Jordan added $4.1 TRILLION to the debt.
We're now spending $2.6 billion a day to service our debt and Jim Jordan added $4.1 TRILLION to the debt.
July 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Jim Jordan in 2010: "Within a couple years we'll be paying a billion dollars a day just to service the debt...America understands the budget path we're on is unsustainable."
We're now spending $2.6 billion a day to service our debt and Jim Jordan added $4.1 TRILLION to the debt.
We're now spending $2.6 billion a day to service our debt and Jim Jordan added $4.1 TRILLION to the debt.
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Fake emergencies to justify crackdowns-not very original
June 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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NEW: When Trump took office, the administration set up a tip line for employees to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
Not one of the EPA’s more than 15,000 employees used it.
Not one of the EPA’s more than 15,000 employees used it.
Trump Asked EPA Employees to Snitch on Colleagues Working on DEI Initiatives. They Declined.
EPA staff didn’t use a tip line set up by the Trump administration to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
www.propublica.org
May 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: When Trump took office, the administration set up a tip line for employees to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
Not one of the EPA’s more than 15,000 employees used it.
Not one of the EPA’s more than 15,000 employees used it.
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Big companies might be able to get exemptions from the tariffs. Small ones will just go bankrupt
May 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Big companies might be able to get exemptions from the tariffs. Small ones will just go bankrupt
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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
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We’ve been warning about this on @pivotpod.bsky.social for 6 months now.
If there’s one thing I’ve taken away from reporting on the current DOGE collection of govt data, it is that the people who’ve previously spent their careers carefully handling this information believe there is almost no limit to how it could be abused (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
www.theatlantic.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We’ve been warning about this on @pivotpod.bsky.social for 6 months now.
If you’re concerned about the proposed removal of navigational markers along the Northeast coast, the Coast Guard is accepting public comment through June 13. Email: DPWPublicComments@uscg.mil
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USCG District 1 Navigation Beacon Removal Interactive Map
Explore an interactive map of proposed U.S. Coast Guard navigational marker removals for District 1. View approximate locations, learn about the changes, and find out how to submit public comments. No...
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April 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you’re concerned about the proposed removal of navigational markers along the Northeast coast, the Coast Guard is accepting public comment through June 13. Email: DPWPublicComments@uscg.mil
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Three children who are US citizens were deported to Honduras with their mothers last week, including a 4-year-old receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, according to the families’ attorneys and civil rights and immigration advocacy organizations.
3 children who are US citizens — including one with cancer — deported with their mothers to Honduras, lawyers and advocacy groups say | CNN
Three US citizen children were deported to Honduras with their mothers last week, including a 4-year-old receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, according to the families’ attorneys and civil right...
www.cnn.com
April 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Three children who are US citizens were deported to Honduras with their mothers last week, including a 4-year-old receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, according to the families’ attorneys and civil rights and immigration advocacy organizations.
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April 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Signalgate 2.0
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Signalgate 2.0
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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“‘Even assuming the Administration now wishes to take back its litany of breathtakingly intrusive demands,’ the university said in its statement, ‘it appears to have doubled down on those demands through its deeds in recent days.
‘Actions speak louder than words.’”
‘Actions speak louder than words.’”
Harvard pushes back on claim that Trump team mistakenly sent demand letter
Harvard on Saturday balked at claims that the letter was sent in error, pointing out that the Trump administration had “doubled down” on its threats.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“‘Even assuming the Administration now wishes to take back its litany of breathtakingly intrusive demands,’ the university said in its statement, ‘it appears to have doubled down on those demands through its deeds in recent days.
‘Actions speak louder than words.’”
‘Actions speak louder than words.’”