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We refuse to let the oligarchs win and control us, and I feel a sea change (link to full video in reply)
February 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We refuse to let the oligarchs win and control us, and I feel a sea change (link to full video in reply)
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Real shocker here. The 25 year old rooting around in the code of the US government's payment system likes to post things like "Normalize Indian hate."
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
Exclusive | DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, whose access to Treasury payment systems was approved by a judge, has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism a...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Real shocker here. The 25 year old rooting around in the code of the US government's payment system likes to post things like "Normalize Indian hate."
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
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Wow. All this fuss and cruelty over “fewer than 10 transgender athletes” of a total of “510,000 competing at schools across all three divisions."
"In December, NCAA president Charlie Baker said during a congressional hearing in Washington that he believed there were fewer than 10 transgender athletes among the 510,000 competing at schools across all three divisions." www.nytimes.com/athletic/611...
Donald Trump signs executive order to block transgender athletes from women’s sports
"With this executive order, the war on women's sports is over," Trump said from the East Room of the White House.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Wow. All this fuss and cruelty over “fewer than 10 transgender athletes” of a total of “510,000 competing at schools across all three divisions."
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The artist, David Cohen is an Asheville-based artist/musician and resident of over forty years. His cartoon work spans various subjects ranging from local issues based in Asheville to more national political events and even to one-off, word-play-oriented jokes. ❤️ Give credit to artists when you can.
January 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The artist, David Cohen is an Asheville-based artist/musician and resident of over forty years. His cartoon work spans various subjects ranging from local issues based in Asheville to more national political events and even to one-off, word-play-oriented jokes. ❤️ Give credit to artists when you can.
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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The purge has begun. AP reports that senior Trump officials are questioning career staff at the WH National Security Council about who they voted for in 2024, their political donations, and social media posts that might upset Donald Trump’s team.
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apnews.com/article/trum...
Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty
At least some of these nonpolitical employees have begun packing up their belongings since being asked about their loyalty to President-elect Trump, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matt...
apnews.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The purge has begun. AP reports that senior Trump officials are questioning career staff at the WH National Security Council about who they voted for in 2024, their political donations, and social media posts that might upset Donald Trump’s team.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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BREAKING:
President Biden says a ceasefire-hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas is imminent:
“We’re on the brink of a proposal that I laid out in detail months ago finally coming to fruition…We’re working urgently to close this deal.”
President Biden says a ceasefire-hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas is imminent:
“We’re on the brink of a proposal that I laid out in detail months ago finally coming to fruition…We’re working urgently to close this deal.”
January 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
BREAKING:
President Biden says a ceasefire-hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas is imminent:
“We’re on the brink of a proposal that I laid out in detail months ago finally coming to fruition…We’re working urgently to close this deal.”
President Biden says a ceasefire-hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas is imminent:
“We’re on the brink of a proposal that I laid out in detail months ago finally coming to fruition…We’re working urgently to close this deal.”
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Solid coverage from @brianstelter.bsky.social : www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ | CNN Business
Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.
www.cnn.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Solid coverage from @brianstelter.bsky.social : www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...
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Welcome to The Contrarian, a new media outlet not owned by anybody
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
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January 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Welcome to The Contrarian, a new media outlet not owned by anybody
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
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January 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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"It’s impossible to read Merchan’s 'complete agreement with Chief Justice Roberts's views' about harassment as a defense strategy as anything other than a subtweet of the person who has done the most to empower Trump, the greatest intimidator of the American judiciary in history."
Merchan subtweets John Roberts ahead of Trump's sentencing
The chief justice thinks intimidating judges is bad — some of the time.
www.publicnotice.co
January 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"It’s impossible to read Merchan’s 'complete agreement with Chief Justice Roberts's views' about harassment as a defense strategy as anything other than a subtweet of the person who has done the most to empower Trump, the greatest intimidator of the American judiciary in history."
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Now do Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard & Kash Patel.
BREAKING: In an unprecedented move, more than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
December 9, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Now do Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard & Kash Patel.
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Dear Kristen Weller and all other press, when they say we deleted evidence, refer them to this…. It’s all the evidence:
www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...
www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...
Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection
www.govinfo.gov
December 8, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Dear Kristen Weller and all other press, when they say we deleted evidence, refer them to this…. It’s all the evidence:
www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...
www.govinfo.gov/collection/j...
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The fact that the vice president-elect posted this himself is, um, alarming. Especially given his views about the proper roles for women in our society.
November 29, 2024 at 1:50 PM
The fact that the vice president-elect posted this himself is, um, alarming. Especially given his views about the proper roles for women in our society.
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 5:15 AM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
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Four of Donald Trump’s nominees are especially dangerous to the security of the United States and to the well-being of its people, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily. “The Senate must turn back these nominations, and do so en bloc.”
The Senate Exists for a Reason
These four Trump picks should be stopped.
www.theatlantic.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Four of Donald Trump’s nominees are especially dangerous to the security of the United States and to the well-being of its people, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily. “The Senate must turn back these nominations, and do so en bloc.”
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Leppard's clients testified to the House that they submitted sworn statements to the FBI and Justice Department investigators, and appeared before a grand jury as part of the federal investigation into Matt Gaetz.
Breaking:
Florida attorney Joel Leppard tells WaPo that two women — both his clients — have testified to the House Ethics Committee that they were paid by Matt Gaetz to have sex with him and individuals who attended "sex parties."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Florida attorney Joel Leppard tells WaPo that two women — both his clients — have testified to the House Ethics Committee that they were paid by Matt Gaetz to have sex with him and individuals who attended "sex parties."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Two women testified that Matt Gaetz paid them for sex, lawyer says
An attorney representing two witnesses in the House Ethics Committee investigation is going public with allegations against Trump’s pick for attorney general
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Leppard's clients testified to the House that they submitted sworn statements to the FBI and Justice Department investigators, and appeared before a grand jury as part of the federal investigation into Matt Gaetz.