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Centrist Democrat who admires #DeanPhillips, curses #JoeBiden, and despises #DonaldTrump
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‘Help me, please!’
Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community.
Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community.
Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
August 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
‘Help me, please!’
Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community.
Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community.
Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it.
The task of Republicans to pass #BigBeautifulBill: who can we screw that will result in the least political damage in order to pass more tax cuts for the wealthy.
June 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The task of Republicans to pass #BigBeautifulBill: who can we screw that will result in the least political damage in order to pass more tax cuts for the wealthy.
While Iran certainly isn’t Poland, these attacks are reminiscent of Hitler (#Netanyahu) and Stalin (#Trump)
June 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
While Iran certainly isn’t Poland, these attacks are reminiscent of Hitler (#Netanyahu) and Stalin (#Trump)
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Between 1970 and 1985, a typical American family could save 10% of their income for about five years and accumulate a 20% down payment on a median-priced existing single-family home, according to a New York Times analysis. As of 2023, it would take nearly eight years, the data shows. nyti.ms/3FKEzkx
June 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Between 1970 and 1985, a typical American family could save 10% of their income for about five years and accumulate a 20% down payment on a median-priced existing single-family home, according to a New York Times analysis. As of 2023, it would take nearly eight years, the data shows. nyti.ms/3FKEzkx
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Look at the trade line - I take it back, I don't think we've made enough contact with the stove
June 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Look at the trade line - I take it back, I don't think we've made enough contact with the stove
50 years after Vietnam War, refugees swept up by Trump's immigration crackdown. It has occurred to me that what #Trump is doing is really a variation on #EthnicCleansing
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50 years after Vietnam War, refugees swept up by Trump's immigration crackdown — USA TODAY
Despite criminal convictions, successive Republican and Democratic administrations have shielded them from deportation since the war's end.
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May 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
50 years after Vietnam War, refugees swept up by Trump's immigration crackdown. It has occurred to me that what #Trump is doing is really a variation on #EthnicCleansing
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“this is the first government in #Israel ‘s history whose priority is not peace with more of its Arab neighbors…Its priority is the annexation of the #WestBank, the expulsion of the #Palestinians of #Gaza and the re-establishment there of Israeli settlements.”
Tom Friedman
Tom Friedman
May 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“this is the first government in #Israel ‘s history whose priority is not peace with more of its Arab neighbors…Its priority is the annexation of the #WestBank, the expulsion of the #Palestinians of #Gaza and the re-establishment there of Israeli settlements.”
Tom Friedman
Tom Friedman
May 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#FromtheRivertotheSea #Israel is executing its version of manifest destiny
May 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
#FromtheRivertotheSea #Israel is executing its version of manifest destiny
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
Wow! “This agreement signals clearly to Russia that the Trump administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine over the long term,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. #Putin fucked himself. 😀
April 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wow! “This agreement signals clearly to Russia that the Trump administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine over the long term,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. #Putin fucked himself. 😀
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While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
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April 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!
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When a tyrant directs his enforcers to start arresting judges, it’s not because lawlessness was at the gates, it’s because lawlessness has been enthroned.
Lady Justice herself now stands shackled, her scales discarded, a prisoner of the very tyranny she once protected us against.
Lady Justice herself now stands shackled, her scales discarded, a prisoner of the very tyranny she once protected us against.
April 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
When a tyrant directs his enforcers to start arresting judges, it’s not because lawlessness was at the gates, it’s because lawlessness has been enthroned.
Lady Justice herself now stands shackled, her scales discarded, a prisoner of the very tyranny she once protected us against.
Lady Justice herself now stands shackled, her scales discarded, a prisoner of the very tyranny she once protected us against.
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'Evil is being defeated': MTG posts cryptic message after Pope Francis' death.
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'Evil is being defeated': MTG posts cryptic message after Pope Francis' death
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X within the hours after the Pope died. 'Evil is being defeated by the hand of God,' the post read.
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April 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
'Evil is being defeated': MTG posts cryptic message after Pope Francis' death.
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Alito criticizes US Supreme Court's decision to 'hastily' block deportations - Reuters
For all the angst about Trump’s SCOTUS appointments, it’s the Bushes’ picks that are the worst: Thomas (Bush41) and Alito (Bush43)
For all the angst about Trump’s SCOTUS appointments, it’s the Bushes’ picks that are the worst: Thomas (Bush41) and Alito (Bush43)
April 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Alito criticizes US Supreme Court's decision to 'hastily' block deportations - Reuters
For all the angst about Trump’s SCOTUS appointments, it’s the Bushes’ picks that are the worst: Thomas (Bush41) and Alito (Bush43)
For all the angst about Trump’s SCOTUS appointments, it’s the Bushes’ picks that are the worst: Thomas (Bush41) and Alito (Bush43)
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Great podcast on the tortured logic of RFK Jr -- Gladwell puts it perfectly, discussing the rotavirus vaccine: "What about the data from the clinical trial? Did he not read it? Did he read it and not understand it? Or did he read it and understand it and just say eh?" www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/rev...
The RFK Jr. Problem | Revisionist History
Malcolm investigates the origins of what the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services believes (and doesn’t believe) about viruses.
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April 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Great podcast on the tortured logic of RFK Jr -- Gladwell puts it perfectly, discussing the rotavirus vaccine: "What about the data from the clinical trial? Did he not read it? Did he read it and not understand it? Or did he read it and understand it and just say eh?" www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/rev...
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.