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“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” Timothy W. Ryback wrote in January.
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/wPdKTofM
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/wPdKTofM
December 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” Timothy W. Ryback wrote in January.
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/wPdKTofM
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/wPdKTofM
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#NCGA lawmakers could do more to protect NC from rising costs in healthcare. But rather than help make basic needs more accessible, lawmakers are giving another $1B in tax cuts that will primarily benefit the richest 1% and corporations on Jan 1.
How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Is Shaking Up Health Care in N.C.
Some people on the private market are already seeing higher health insurance premiums, and thousands who rely on Medicaid could lose coverage.
www.theassemblync.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#NCGA lawmakers could do more to protect NC from rising costs in healthcare. But rather than help make basic needs more accessible, lawmakers are giving another $1B in tax cuts that will primarily benefit the richest 1% and corporations on Jan 1.
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America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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In the midst of all the outcry over Pam Bondi covering up the Epstein Files on behalf of her client, Donald Trump, it’s useful to remember she also helped him cover up the Trump University scandal as Florida’s AG for a measly $25,000 payout. This coverup just costs more—like, American democracy.
December 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In the midst of all the outcry over Pam Bondi covering up the Epstein Files on behalf of her client, Donald Trump, it’s useful to remember she also helped him cover up the Trump University scandal as Florida’s AG for a measly $25,000 payout. This coverup just costs more—like, American democracy.
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The GOP is protecting predators.
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The GOP is protecting predators.
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Day 381 of nonstop protests in Georgia. The Russia backed Georgian Dream introduced a new law to curb unsanctioned protests.
Protestors continue to resist daily with no sign of stopping in the face of repression and tyranny. #3E
Protestors continue to resist daily with no sign of stopping in the face of repression and tyranny. #3E
December 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Day 381 of nonstop protests in Georgia. The Russia backed Georgian Dream introduced a new law to curb unsanctioned protests.
Protestors continue to resist daily with no sign of stopping in the face of repression and tyranny. #3E
Protestors continue to resist daily with no sign of stopping in the face of repression and tyranny. #3E
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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NYT: “Behind that policy was a quieter goal: to ensure survivors did not end up in the judicial system, forcing them to show evidence justifying Trump’s military campaign.” 🧐https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/pentagon-boat-strike-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
NYT: “Behind that policy was a quieter goal: to ensure survivors did not end up in the judicial system, forcing them to show evidence justifying Trump’s military campaign.” 🧐https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/pentagon-boat-strike-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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And so the cycle continues: Trump wrecks the market with his own policies, then uses taxpayer money to bail out the damage, and somehow sells it back to voters as a win. Truly exhausting.
Trump is giving another $12 billion of taxpayer money to bail out farmers again from his disastrous policies. Just like he had to bail them out in his first term from his disastrous policies. But they will continue to vote Republican, as long as they keep getting their welfare checks.
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
And so the cycle continues: Trump wrecks the market with his own policies, then uses taxpayer money to bail out the damage, and somehow sells it back to voters as a win. Truly exhausting.
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He's already done so much damage, it's hard to imagine how some of it can be repaired, somehow. The thought of this Klan of degenerates holding on to power until 2028 terrifies me.
What will be left of America once they're gone?
What will be left of America once they're gone?
December 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
He's already done so much damage, it's hard to imagine how some of it can be repaired, somehow. The thought of this Klan of degenerates holding on to power until 2028 terrifies me.
What will be left of America once they're gone?
What will be left of America once they're gone?
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After a "double-tap" strike was ordered to kill survivors of an initial attack on a so-called "drug boat," the White House has tried to gaslight the American people by fabricating their own reality. This spin is the latest in a pattern of denial and distortion at the highest levels of government.
Double-Tap Gate: A Case Study in Gaslighting
We’re all trapped in Trump’s fabricated world and need to pull ourselves up out of it.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
After a "double-tap" strike was ordered to kill survivors of an initial attack on a so-called "drug boat," the White House has tried to gaslight the American people by fabricating their own reality. This spin is the latest in a pattern of denial and distortion at the highest levels of government.
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Trump just gave a commutation to David Gentile, a private equity executive who defrauded investors of $1.6B.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump just gave a commutation to David Gentile, a private equity executive who defrauded investors of $1.6B.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
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Trump has canceled the GDP Report for the first time in history. He has also cancelled the Jobs Report. He is trying to conceal the weak economic performance his policies have caused .
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
Trump canceling GDP report comes under scrutiny
The canceled release of the third-quarter GDP advance estimate has fueled speculation about the state of the economy.
www.newsweek.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump has canceled the GDP Report for the first time in history. He has also cancelled the Jobs Report. He is trying to conceal the weak economic performance his policies have caused .
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
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This is not a “peace deal”. It’s a 28-point surrender plan drafted and leaked to US media by Russia, and Trump treated it like it was his own. Rubio admitted as much to senators.
This is shaping up to be a train wreck.
This is shaping up to be a train wreck.
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is not a “peace deal”. It’s a 28-point surrender plan drafted and leaked to US media by Russia, and Trump treated it like it was his own. Rubio admitted as much to senators.
This is shaping up to be a train wreck.
This is shaping up to be a train wreck.
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BRUTAL- NYT makes it clear Xi played Trump, letting him claim victory even though he just “restored the status quo” (getting 🇨🇳 to purchase fewer soybeans than last year)
“Xi projected the confidence of a powerful leader who could make Washington blink”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
“Xi projected the confidence of a powerful leader who could make Washington blink”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
October 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
BRUTAL- NYT makes it clear Xi played Trump, letting him claim victory even though he just “restored the status quo” (getting 🇨🇳 to purchase fewer soybeans than last year)
“Xi projected the confidence of a powerful leader who could make Washington blink”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
“Xi projected the confidence of a powerful leader who could make Washington blink”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
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We also wonder this
October 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We also wonder this
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Watching the White House’s beautiful East Wing being leveled by bulldozers and seeing decades of our nation’s rich history crumbling in a few senseless seconds, it’s impossible not to see it as a microcosm of what has been happening for the last ten months.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/stopping-t...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/stopping-t...
Stopping The Demolition of America
This is painful to witness.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Watching the White House’s beautiful East Wing being leveled by bulldozers and seeing decades of our nation’s rich history crumbling in a few senseless seconds, it’s impossible not to see it as a microcosm of what has been happening for the last ten months.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/stopping-t...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/stopping-t...
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Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.
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Another corrupt Trump ally gets a pardon for enriching the Trump family.
fortune.com/crypto/2025/...
fortune.com/crypto/2025/...
October 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Another corrupt Trump ally gets a pardon for enriching the Trump family.
fortune.com/crypto/2025/...
fortune.com/crypto/2025/...
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Trump has pardoned billionaire crypto mogul and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao — who pled guilty to money laundering charges.
This comes after Zhao helped boost the Trump family’s crypto business.
It's just the latest example of Trump's Pay-to-Pardon Scheme.
This comes after Zhao helped boost the Trump family’s crypto business.
It's just the latest example of Trump's Pay-to-Pardon Scheme.
Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump has pardoned billionaire crypto mogul and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao — who pled guilty to money laundering charges.
This comes after Zhao helped boost the Trump family’s crypto business.
It's just the latest example of Trump's Pay-to-Pardon Scheme.
This comes after Zhao helped boost the Trump family’s crypto business.
It's just the latest example of Trump's Pay-to-Pardon Scheme.
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Instead of focusing on what North Carolinians need most, NC lawmakers continue to postpone passing a comprehensive state budget that would invest in our future and stop giving tax cuts to corporations & the rich.
We need a state budget that protects NC now: NCBudget.org/ProtectNC
We need a state budget that protects NC now: NCBudget.org/ProtectNC
October 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Instead of focusing on what North Carolinians need most, NC lawmakers continue to postpone passing a comprehensive state budget that would invest in our future and stop giving tax cuts to corporations & the rich.
We need a state budget that protects NC now: NCBudget.org/ProtectNC
We need a state budget that protects NC now: NCBudget.org/ProtectNC
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“Everybody knows what’s going on here. There is a bloodthirsty killer prowling the Caribbean looking for wars. They are fabricating a war. The emperor is naked. Stop pretending this is complicated.”
VENEZUELA’s ambassador to the UN on Trump 💣 boats and announcing CIA ops
VENEZUELA’s ambassador to the UN on Trump 💣 boats and announcing CIA ops
October 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Everybody knows what’s going on here. There is a bloodthirsty killer prowling the Caribbean looking for wars. They are fabricating a war. The emperor is naked. Stop pretending this is complicated.”
VENEZUELA’s ambassador to the UN on Trump 💣 boats and announcing CIA ops
VENEZUELA’s ambassador to the UN on Trump 💣 boats and announcing CIA ops
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Over the past 6 weeks, the US has bombed boats in the Caribbean at least 6 times, killing at least 27 people they call "narcoterrorists"
If the government declares you a criminal, they can just kill you?asks @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/trumps-marin...
If the government declares you a criminal, they can just kill you?asks @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/trumps-marin...
Trump’s Marine Murders
We don’t need courts. We don’t need trials. The government should simply decide who is guilty and execute them immediately.
That is the Trump regime’s policy towards people it accuses of drug smuggli...
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu
October 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Over the past 6 weeks, the US has bombed boats in the Caribbean at least 6 times, killing at least 27 people they call "narcoterrorists"
If the government declares you a criminal, they can just kill you?asks @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/trumps-marin...
If the government declares you a criminal, they can just kill you?asks @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/trumps-marin...