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“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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Medicare for All isn't radical.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right.
Don’t believe me?
Listen to what these nurses have say:
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right.
Don’t believe me?
Listen to what these nurses have say:
May 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Medicare for All isn't radical.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right.
Don’t believe me?
Listen to what these nurses have say:
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right.
Don’t believe me?
Listen to what these nurses have say:
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A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
May 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
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According to a study by Penn Wharton, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that pays for tax breaks for the rich by cutting Medicaid leads to a $700 LOSS in income for the working class, a $1,000 LOSS in income for the poor & a $389,000 INCREASE for the top 0.1%.
We must defeat it.
We must defeat it.
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
According to a study by Penn Wharton, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that pays for tax breaks for the rich by cutting Medicaid leads to a $700 LOSS in income for the working class, a $1,000 LOSS in income for the poor & a $389,000 INCREASE for the top 0.1%.
We must defeat it.
We must defeat it.
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Trump’s war on science is an attack against anyone who has ever loved someone with cancer.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
May 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump’s war on science is an attack against anyone who has ever loved someone with cancer.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
The American people do not want us to slash cancer research in order to give more tax breaks for billionaires.
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We need the best educated workforce in the world.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
April 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We need the best educated workforce in the world.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
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This is what a rigged economy looks like:
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
April 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is what a rigged economy looks like:
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
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Musk and Trump are trying to dismantle the VA by laying off 83,000 employees.
They are sacrificing the needs of our veterans to give tax breaks to billionaires.
That is something that the American people — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — will never support.
They are sacrificing the needs of our veterans to give tax breaks to billionaires.
That is something that the American people — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — will never support.
March 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Musk and Trump are trying to dismantle the VA by laying off 83,000 employees.
They are sacrificing the needs of our veterans to give tax breaks to billionaires.
That is something that the American people — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — will never support.
They are sacrificing the needs of our veterans to give tax breaks to billionaires.
That is something that the American people — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — will never support.
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Trump's Social Security nominee just lied to the Finance Committee, claiming he hasn't been involved in any DOGE plans to gut Social Security. My office has a whistleblower that says otherwise. We brought the receipts.
BREAKING: BISIGNANO LIES UNDER OATH
@wyden.senate.gov: Were you involved in discussions about DOGE or any of the operations, personnel or management decisions with those working at Social Security?
Bisignano: No, sir.
Wyden: That sounds like a reassuring response. Unfortunately, it's not true.
@wyden.senate.gov: Were you involved in discussions about DOGE or any of the operations, personnel or management decisions with those working at Social Security?
Bisignano: No, sir.
Wyden: That sounds like a reassuring response. Unfortunately, it's not true.
March 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Trump's Social Security nominee just lied to the Finance Committee, claiming he hasn't been involved in any DOGE plans to gut Social Security. My office has a whistleblower that says otherwise. We brought the receipts.
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The DC Department of Health says that someone with measles visited several places in DC, including Amtrak trains, six days ago while contagious.
Press release: dchealth.dc.gov/release/heal...
Press release: dchealth.dc.gov/release/heal...
Measles case confirmed in DC with exposures on Amtrak
DC Health confirmed a case of measles on Tuesday morning and said the person diagnosed visited several places while contagious, including Amtrak.
www.nbcwashington.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The DC Department of Health says that someone with measles visited several places in DC, including Amtrak trains, six days ago while contagious.
Press release: dchealth.dc.gov/release/heal...
Press release: dchealth.dc.gov/release/heal...
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The US spends almost twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation. Yet 85 million Americans are uninsured or under-insured and 68,000 die each year because they can’t afford a doctor.
Health care must be a human right, not a privilege. We need Medicare for All.
Health care must be a human right, not a privilege. We need Medicare for All.
March 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The US spends almost twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation. Yet 85 million Americans are uninsured or under-insured and 68,000 die each year because they can’t afford a doctor.
Health care must be a human right, not a privilege. We need Medicare for All.
Health care must be a human right, not a privilege. We need Medicare for All.
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I'm not saying anything novel here but it really is just truly despicable to watch them use THEIR OWN COLOSSAL SCREW UP to slander the reporter THEY INCLUDED ON THEIR CLASSIFIED GROUP CHAT
March 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I'm not saying anything novel here but it really is just truly despicable to watch them use THEIR OWN COLOSSAL SCREW UP to slander the reporter THEY INCLUDED ON THEIR CLASSIFIED GROUP CHAT
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Our Founding Fathers were no dummies.
As James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 47: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
This is what Trump wants. We will stop him.
As James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 47: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
This is what Trump wants. We will stop him.
March 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Our Founding Fathers were no dummies.
As James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 47: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
This is what Trump wants. We will stop him.
As James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 47: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
This is what Trump wants. We will stop him.
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In these terrible times we are going through, I wanted to share this beautiful crocus defiantly growing between cobblestones in our garden with you.
Take care! Stay strong!
Take care! Stay strong!
March 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In these terrible times we are going through, I wanted to share this beautiful crocus defiantly growing between cobblestones in our garden with you.
Take care! Stay strong!
Take care! Stay strong!
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Putin can’t believe his luck. Here is Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on Trump: “The new administration is fast changing all foreign policy configurations…This coincides with our vision in many ways.”
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
March 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Putin can’t believe his luck. Here is Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on Trump: “The new administration is fast changing all foreign policy configurations…This coincides with our vision in many ways.”
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.
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The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
February 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
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February 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Welcome back, Cathy.
February 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Welcome back, Cathy.
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How much is Congress cutting from their $6.5 billion/year budget? Don’t you think congress can operate on say, maybe, $5 Billion? And each congressman has 18 staff, they could operate on say, 14?
What about the White House?
What about the White House?
February 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
How much is Congress cutting from their $6.5 billion/year budget? Don’t you think congress can operate on say, maybe, $5 Billion? And each congressman has 18 staff, they could operate on say, 14?
What about the White House?
What about the White House?
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🚨BREAKING: In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses lower court decision and DISMISSES voter suppression lawsuit.
A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...
A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...
🚨 Brown v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🚨BREAKING: In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court reverses lower court decision and DISMISSES voter suppression lawsuit.
A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...
A big victory for our clients the WI Alliance for Retired Americans and voting rights in Wisconsin. Another stinging loss for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/wiscon...
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That’s the ticket. Show up in court, with your Bar licenses on the line, and answer a judge’s pointed and specific questions on how this deal went down.
February 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
That’s the ticket. Show up in court, with your Bar licenses on the line, and answer a judge’s pointed and specific questions on how this deal went down.
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🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.org files emergency lawsuit to halt DOGE from taking taxpayer data at the IRS.
Visit Democracy Docket for full coverage.
www.democracydocket.com
Visit Democracy Docket for full coverage.
www.democracydocket.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.org files emergency lawsuit to halt DOGE from taking taxpayer data at the IRS.
Visit Democracy Docket for full coverage.
www.democracydocket.com
Visit Democracy Docket for full coverage.
www.democracydocket.com