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Facebook launched 22 years ago this week.

In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% — its lowest on record.

Meanwhile, Meta is pumping at least $65 million into super PACs to stifle regulation of AI and tech.

Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy.
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Breaking News: A New York City police sergeant was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the death of a Bronx man he hit with a cooler.
N.Y.P.D Sergeant Found Guilty in Death of Bronx Man He Threw Cooler At
The officer, Erik Duran, was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter for throwing a cooler at a man on a motorbike.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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BREAKING: 4 students at the University of Minnesota are currently chained to Morrill Hall, demanding that their school end all cooperations with ICE and establish itself as a sanctuary campus.
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Don Lemon has been taken into custody after anti-ICE confrontation in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this month. https://cnn.it/4roAO6t
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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TikTok has officially transferred ownership under US control. Here are some of the changes we’re already seeing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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ICE isn't the gestapo––it's deeply American. Recognizing our country's flaws and how history has brought us here will help us move forward.

Once we do that, we need to bring that same energy to build what we know can be a better world that reflects our values.
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Iranian scholar Arang Keshavarzian says it's important to support protesters inside Iran despite a government crackdown while acknowledging that "a U.S. intervention is going to be counterproductive to all of this." https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/6/nilo_tabrizy_iran_nuclear_program_arang
February 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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The Justice Department's latest release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein files has led to new scrutiny of powerful people in convicted sex offender's orbit. n.pr/4kl6bwv
DOJ admits redaction errors in Epstein docs while names in files face scrutiny
The Justice Department's latest release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein files has led to new scrutiny of powerful people in convicted sex offender's orbit.
n.pr
February 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM