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New Episode! Livingston County progressive Kasey Helton is back to talk about data center opposition, caving Democrats, the need for #Medicare4All, and volunteering w/ @rankmivote.bsky.social. I talk about the failing Trump Economy, and Mike Rogers going full MAGA. audioboom.com/posts/880583...
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Politicians target grocery tariffs because we see those prices every week and they show up in polls. But rent, furniture, appliances, daycare—those costs matter just as much and many remain tariffed or high. Watch the whole household budget, not just the shopping cart.
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Politicians target grocery tariffs because we see those prices every week and they show up in polls. But rent, furniture, appliances, daycare—those costs matter just as much and many remain tariffed or high. Watch the whole household budget, not just the shopping cart.
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
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The Trump administration announced that it would exempt a broad array of groceries—including staples like beef, coffee, and bananas—from the tariffs the president proudly implemented in April.
Trump finally admits his tariffs raise prices
With grocery costs spiking, Trump drops import taxes on more than one hundred products.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Trump administration announced that it would exempt a broad array of groceries—including staples like beef, coffee, and bananas—from the tariffs the president proudly implemented in April.
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Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
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The incredible BS of needing a "Joe Rogan of the left" was that we needed to win over young men, when it's the Gen X men—like Rogan himself—who largely gave us Trump.
“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great
Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The incredible BS of needing a "Joe Rogan of the left" was that we needed to win over young men, when it's the Gen X men—like Rogan himself—who largely gave us Trump.
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The Epstein scandal has always been a scandal about the ruling class as a whole, not one individual or political party.
Epstein trafficked not just in the bodies of the children he abused but also in social connections that could bring elites together.
Epstein trafficked not just in the bodies of the children he abused but also in social connections that could bring elites together.
Epstein’s emails are the end of America as they ruined it
If the evil banality of the world's most powerful people exposed in the Epstein emails doesn't cause a revolution, nothing will.
www.inquirer.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The Epstein scandal has always been a scandal about the ruling class as a whole, not one individual or political party.
Epstein trafficked not just in the bodies of the children he abused but also in social connections that could bring elites together.
Epstein trafficked not just in the bodies of the children he abused but also in social connections that could bring elites together.
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I’m almost finished rereading The Grapes of Wrath and I’m feeling as militant now as I did when I first read it as a teenager.
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I’m almost finished rereading The Grapes of Wrath and I’m feeling as militant now as I did when I first read it as a teenager.
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No one in this video believes what Blanche is saying including Blanche himself. The performance art day after day in service to Donald Trump is truly stunning.
Blanche on Epstein: We're going to find out if there's anybody that hasn't been held accountable and if they're out there, we'll find them.
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
No one in this video believes what Blanche is saying including Blanche himself. The performance art day after day in service to Donald Trump is truly stunning.
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Apparently, rich people like to live in places that don’t suck, even if it costs them a little extra scratch.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Apparently, rich people like to live in places that don’t suck, even if it costs them a little extra scratch.
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I’d just like to reiterate that if you put on a mask, and go out without a warrant and kidnap people because they aren’t white enough, you’re a huge piece of shit…
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I’d just like to reiterate that if you put on a mask, and go out without a warrant and kidnap people because they aren’t white enough, you’re a huge piece of shit…
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Oh hey — you know that big Chicago raid where Stephen Miller said the building was “FILLED” with gang members?
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Oh hey — you know that big Chicago raid where Stephen Miller said the building was “FILLED” with gang members?
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
New Episode! Livingston County progressive Kasey Helton is back to talk about data center opposition, caving Democrats, the need for #Medicare4All, and volunteering w/ @rankmivote.bsky.social. I talk about the failing Trump Economy, and Mike Rogers going full MAGA. audioboom.com/posts/880583...
Livingston County Progressive Kasey Helton On Data Centers, Rank MI Vote, and Caving Democrats
#podcast #politics #progressive #Democrats #Michigan #DirtRoadDems #MAGA #Republican #Trump #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovermentCorruption #LivingtonCounty #DataCenters #BigTech #MikeRogers...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
New Episode! Livingston County progressive Kasey Helton is back to talk about data center opposition, caving Democrats, the need for #Medicare4All, and volunteering w/ @rankmivote.bsky.social. I talk about the failing Trump Economy, and Mike Rogers going full MAGA. audioboom.com/posts/880583...
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Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
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It was always going to be so.
I thought we all knew this. No?
I thought we all knew this. No?
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It was always going to be so.
I thought we all knew this. No?
I thought we all knew this. No?
Monday Musing time. Are we tired of constant Democratic Party capitulating? audioboom.com/posts/880449...
Monday Musing: Tired Yet of Constant Democratic Party Capitulating?
#podcast #politics #Progressives #populism #WorkingClass #GovernmentShutdown #ChuckSchumer #ElissaSlotkin #Democrats #CorporateDemocrats #ACA #CorporateGreed #CorporateCorruption #GovernmentCorruption...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Monday Musing time. Are we tired of constant Democratic Party capitulating? audioboom.com/posts/880449...
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except for rooftop solar, which Newsom has been a foe of and which will come back to bite CA on the ass especially with data center expansion.
California is here for the long haul.
While the Trump Administration makes this country unrecognizable, California remains a stable, reliable partner in the fight for a clean energy future.
While the Trump Administration makes this country unrecognizable, California remains a stable, reliable partner in the fight for a clean energy future.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
except for rooftop solar, which Newsom has been a foe of and which will come back to bite CA on the ass especially with data center expansion.
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Why the Mamdani campaign must be the future of politics
In an era of rapid authoritarianism consolidation, what Mamdani has built isn’t just inspiration; it’s essential for preserving our freedoms.
In an era of rapid authoritarianism consolidation, what Mamdani has built isn’t just inspiration; it’s essential for preserving our freedoms.
Why the Mamdani campaign must be the future of politics
This is something we do, or it is done to us.
www.thefarce.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Why the Mamdani campaign must be the future of politics
In an era of rapid authoritarianism consolidation, what Mamdani has built isn’t just inspiration; it’s essential for preserving our freedoms.
In an era of rapid authoritarianism consolidation, what Mamdani has built isn’t just inspiration; it’s essential for preserving our freedoms.
Check-out my takes on why Populism and anti-fascism won the week in Detroit, New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, and elsewhere across the country. And I have some honest words for the late Dick Cheney. audioboom.com/posts/880280...
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Check-out my takes on why Populism and anti-fascism won the week in Detroit, New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, and elsewhere across the country. And I have some honest words for the late Dick Cheney. audioboom.com/posts/880280...
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NYT is having a meltdown this morning over their losses in yesterday’s election: two women and Muslim winning key races, they are not happy!
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NYT is having a meltdown this morning over their losses in yesterday’s election: two women and Muslim winning key races, they are not happy!
Dick Cheney is why we have The Trump Regime. The reason he and Liz fought against Trump was because he grabbed complete power away from them inside the Republican Party. Cheney championed for more power the Executive Branch after 9/11. Now, we have authoritarianism. Thanks, Dick.
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Dick Cheney is why we have The Trump Regime. The reason he and Liz fought against Trump was because he grabbed complete power away from them inside the Republican Party. Cheney championed for more power the Executive Branch after 9/11. Now, we have authoritarianism. Thanks, Dick.
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As the shutdown paints Donald Trump in a worse and worse light, some Democrats may be willing to fold over possibly empty promises from senate Republicans. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
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Trump Lost the Politics of the Shutdown - The American Prospect
On a political level, Democrats have succeeded in painting Republicans as mean and unfeeling stewards of American decline. But Trump may win on policy nonetheless, as a gang of Democrats prepares to squander their leverage based on a vague assurance.
trib.al
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
As the shutdown paints Donald Trump in a worse and worse light, some Democrats may be willing to fold over possibly empty promises from senate Republicans. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
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After Mamadani wins tomorrow it'd be cool if some of his people made a successor political vehicle to Teen Vogue, for which there's clearly a market.
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
After Mamadani wins tomorrow it'd be cool if some of his people made a successor political vehicle to Teen Vogue, for which there's clearly a market.
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With all these extrajudicial boat murders, we have a president who is not only an adjudicated rapist, but also an unapprehended serial killer.
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
With all these extrajudicial boat murders, we have a president who is not only an adjudicated rapist, but also an unapprehended serial killer.
It bewilders me in how Democrats, who lost 2024 while losing Gen Z voters, continue to belittle and criticize a candidate who's capturing working class votes across the spectrum, including Gen Z voters! #Mamdani
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It bewilders me in how Democrats, who lost 2024 while losing Gen Z voters, continue to belittle and criticize a candidate who's capturing working class votes across the spectrum, including Gen Z voters! #Mamdani
AIPAC-backed Haley Stevens has zero prepared response to the criticisms that corporate bribes are bad. She garbles-out word salad garbage, and shows she has NO beliefs. If Michigan's U.S. Senate race determines who controls the Senate, does Stevens give you confidence?
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
AIPAC-backed Haley Stevens has zero prepared response to the criticisms that corporate bribes are bad. She garbles-out word salad garbage, and shows she has NO beliefs. If Michigan's U.S. Senate race determines who controls the Senate, does Stevens give you confidence?