@cizmad.bsky.social
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"Of course there are China hawks in this administration because those are the only people who are on the foreign policy teams of any president. They're anti-China, anti-Russia and pro U.S. hegemony."
One of my remarks in a discussion of U.S./China policy on CGTN.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qda0...
One of my remarks in a discussion of U.S./China policy on CGTN.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qda0...
Trump's return: What's next for China-U.S. relations?
YouTube video by CGTN
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Of course there are China hawks in this administration because those are the only people who are on the foreign policy teams of any president. They're anti-China, anti-Russia and pro U.S. hegemony."
One of my remarks in a discussion of U.S./China policy on CGTN.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qda0...
One of my remarks in a discussion of U.S./China policy on CGTN.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qda0...
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New from @propublica.org: At least 40 Native residents of Phoenix-area sober living homes and treatment facilities died between the spring of 2022 and summer of 2024, amid a Medicaid fraud crisis.
@maryhudetz.bsky.social @hannahbassett.bsky.social, photography by @adrianazehbrauskas.bsky.social
@maryhudetz.bsky.social @hannahbassett.bsky.social, photography by @adrianazehbrauskas.bsky.social
Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response
Arizona officials acknowledged that a fraud scheme targeting Indigenous people with addictions cost taxpayers $2.5 billion. But they haven’t accounted publicly for the number of deaths tied to the sch...
www.propublica.org
January 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New from @propublica.org: At least 40 Native residents of Phoenix-area sober living homes and treatment facilities died between the spring of 2022 and summer of 2024, amid a Medicaid fraud crisis.
@maryhudetz.bsky.social @hannahbassett.bsky.social, photography by @adrianazehbrauskas.bsky.social
@maryhudetz.bsky.social @hannahbassett.bsky.social, photography by @adrianazehbrauskas.bsky.social
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Photos from the funeral below:
January 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Photos from the funeral below:
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January 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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How did Kamala Harris lose to the most unpopular US president on record?
Winning wasn’t Harris’s primary concern; winning without the left and anti-war movement was.
www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-mo...
Winning wasn’t Harris’s primary concern; winning without the left and anti-war movement was.
www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-mo...
How the most unpopular US president got reelected
Polygraph | Newsletter n°288 | 24 Jan 2025
www.stephensemler.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
How did Kamala Harris lose to the most unpopular US president on record?
Winning wasn’t Harris’s primary concern; winning without the left and anti-war movement was.
www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-mo...
Winning wasn’t Harris’s primary concern; winning without the left and anti-war movement was.
www.stephensemler.com/p/how-the-mo...
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January 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The gag here is aside from the same independent journalists that you can follow on substack and X to find their content faster, the content on this platform so far is much lower quality, less insightful and less in depth than what TikTok offered. Also, jokes are funny.
Welcome, teens coming here from tiktok. I think you’ll find that through the magic of the written word I am able to craft sentences that are as vivid and compelling as any short-form video!
January 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The gag here is aside from the same independent journalists that you can follow on substack and X to find their content faster, the content on this platform so far is much lower quality, less insightful and less in depth than what TikTok offered. Also, jokes are funny.
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just a quick note that if you’re trying to assign blame for a law promoted, passed, and signed into law by Democrats to someone other than Democrats, you are not a savvy politics knower, you’re in denial and it’s embarrassing
January 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
just a quick note that if you’re trying to assign blame for a law promoted, passed, and signed into law by Democrats to someone other than Democrats, you are not a savvy politics knower, you’re in denial and it’s embarrassing
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The “Uber model” is coming for nursing, and it’s making healthcare worse for everyone—poor working conditions, low wages, and risks to patient care.
@katiejwells.bsky.social: “Failing to act poses risks to our healthcare system and the workers who power it.” popularresistance.org/the-uber-mod...
@katiejwells.bsky.social: “Failing to act poses risks to our healthcare system and the workers who power it.” popularresistance.org/the-uber-mod...
The ‘Uber Model’ Comes For Nursing - PopularResistance.Org
The “gig” model of labor popularized by Uber has found a new sector to upend: health care. On-demand nursing companies likeCareRev, Clipboard Health, ShiftKey, and ShiftMed promise understaffed hospit...
popularresistance.org
January 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The “Uber model” is coming for nursing, and it’s making healthcare worse for everyone—poor working conditions, low wages, and risks to patient care.
@katiejwells.bsky.social: “Failing to act poses risks to our healthcare system and the workers who power it.” popularresistance.org/the-uber-mod...
@katiejwells.bsky.social: “Failing to act poses risks to our healthcare system and the workers who power it.” popularresistance.org/the-uber-mod...
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Activists and insiders are on their final push in attempts to get the outgoing Biden Admin to #FreeLeonardPeltier. [Article from Dec. 27, 2024]
unicornriot.ninja/2024/after-b...
unicornriot.ninja/2024/after-b...
After Biden's Historic Grants of Clemency, Calls to Commute Leonard Peltier Reignite - UNICORN RIOT
Efforts to free Leonard Peltier have reignited after President Biden made the historic act of commuting the sentences of 1,499 Americans in a single day.
unicornriot.ninja
January 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Activists and insiders are on their final push in attempts to get the outgoing Biden Admin to #FreeLeonardPeltier. [Article from Dec. 27, 2024]
unicornriot.ninja/2024/after-b...
unicornriot.ninja/2024/after-b...
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🚨 Israel violates ceasefire start time; artillery shelling reported in central and northern Gaza.
January 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
🚨 Israel violates ceasefire start time; artillery shelling reported in central and northern Gaza.
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Heartbreaking to see TikTok creators I’ve followed for years post tearful goodbyes while explaining how the app changed their lives and became their full-time jobs. This is so fucked up. 💔
January 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Heartbreaking to see TikTok creators I’ve followed for years post tearful goodbyes while explaining how the app changed their lives and became their full-time jobs. This is so fucked up. 💔
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There should be a word for that.
So just to be clear these Paramount Executives are discussing paying money to the incoming president of the united states with the specific intention of influencing an official action of the government?
Holy cow. Executives at CBS’s parent company have discussed settling Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News/60 Minutes, because they need the Trump administration to sign off on a planned corporate merger. www.wsj.com/business/med...
January 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
There should be a word for that.
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Trump’s meme coin is a massive brazen scam of his own people. Incredibly dark indication of the times we live in. The already rich and powerful grab everything they can with zero shame or consequence.
January 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump’s meme coin is a massive brazen scam of his own people. Incredibly dark indication of the times we live in. The already rich and powerful grab everything they can with zero shame or consequence.
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As I said this is a FAKE ceasefire deal. If you’re Hamas why would you release the hostages if Israel is bragging about going right back to the genocide
January 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
As I said this is a FAKE ceasefire deal. If you’re Hamas why would you release the hostages if Israel is bragging about going right back to the genocide
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This is what explains Musk’s recent obsession with backing the far right in Europe and going on about making Europe great again. This and the racism.
Everything else is noise.
Everything else is noise.
EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation
Musk’s company has been accused of manipulating systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is what explains Musk’s recent obsession with backing the far right in Europe and going on about making Europe great again. This and the racism.
Everything else is noise.
Everything else is noise.
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If you expressed “negative sentiment” toward insurance companies on social media following the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last month, the government was watching:
Government Monitoring Those With "Negative" Views of Health Insurance Companies
New documents reveal flurry of intelligence activity following Luigi Mangione's arrest
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
If you expressed “negative sentiment” toward insurance companies on social media following the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last month, the government was watching:
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Letters reveal a decadeslong strategy — starting with targeted programs for needy kids then expanding benefits to all families — by politicians, church officials, and activists who all believe that the separation of church and state is illegitimate.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
The Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
Private letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest — successful in 12 states and counting — by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers…
propub.li
January 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Letters reveal a decadeslong strategy — starting with targeted programs for needy kids then expanding benefits to all families — by politicians, church officials, and activists who all believe that the separation of church and state is illegitimate.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
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The new report underscores the potential applications of the school’s research to Israel’s most recent military operations in Gaza. https://interc.pt/4anxSQ0
January 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The new report underscores the potential applications of the school’s research to Israel’s most recent military operations in Gaza. https://interc.pt/4anxSQ0
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Less than six months ago Trump was posting this about Gates:
January 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Less than six months ago Trump was posting this about Gates:
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What is one to conclude from the contrast between the AHA’s position on Ukraine and its position on Gaza other than it believes some people’s histories are worth more than others?
January 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
What is one to conclude from the contrast between the AHA’s position on Ukraine and its position on Gaza other than it believes some people’s histories are worth more than others?
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Smotrich says Netanyahu agreed, notwithstanding ceasefire, to continue war until Israel has complete control of entire Gaza Strip. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Smotrich says Netanyahu vowed Israel to pursue ‘gradual takeover’ of entire Gaza Strip
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www.timesofisrael.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Smotrich says Netanyahu agreed, notwithstanding ceasefire, to continue war until Israel has complete control of entire Gaza Strip. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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I can't believe america is becoming bad tomorrow night, for the first time
I’ve been flying an American flag at my house for years. It love our flag.
But tomorrow night I’m taking it down.
I don’t know if I’ll ever put it up again.
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But tomorrow night I’m taking it down.
I don’t know if I’ll ever put it up again.
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January 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I can't believe america is becoming bad tomorrow night, for the first time
Maybe it’s me, but shouldn’t the government be less concerned with policing our thoughts and more concerned with creating living conditions that make us think more highly of them?
Kristi Noem says Homeland Security needs to work more closely with the CIA to identify how U.S. citizens are becoming radicalized
January 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Maybe it’s me, but shouldn’t the government be less concerned with policing our thoughts and more concerned with creating living conditions that make us think more highly of them?