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An American president is pressuring politicians of his own party on social media by name, even after some of them have received threats and been swatted in the wake of prior Trump postings. This is what experts on political violence call "stochastic terrorism." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump puts screws on Indiana Senators to greenlight a GOP-friendly voting map
The Supreme Court seems unlikely to halt a tsunami of partisan gerrymanders.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
An American president is pressuring politicians of his own party on social media by name, even after some of them have received threats and been swatted in the wake of prior Trump postings. This is what experts on political violence call "stochastic terrorism." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says that the world can move on without the United States, while stressing the forging of new ties with other countries.
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney says that the world can move on without the United States, while stressing the forging of new ties with other countries.
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We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
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Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends! 🦃 🇨🇦
October 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends! 🦃 🇨🇦
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“Since this new administration took office, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities has increased at triple the normal rate of unemployment."
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
The human costs of Trump's war on government
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
www.motherjones.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Since this new administration took office, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities has increased at triple the normal rate of unemployment."
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
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“I love the poorly educated.”
—Donald Trump
—Donald Trump
Abolishing the Department of Education has to be one of the dumbest ideas of my lifetime.
October 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“I love the poorly educated.”
—Donald Trump
—Donald Trump
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“I’m watching the military becoming co-opted by politicians...If that happens, the roots of our democracy are in extreme danger.”
In June, our friends at @revealnews.org spoke with a former National Guard officer to discuss the perils of politicizing the military.
In June, our friends at @revealnews.org spoke with a former National Guard officer to discuss the perils of politicizing the military.
"Madness": A retired brigadier general slams Trump’s military power grab
On this week’s “More To The Story,” a former National Guard officer discusses the perils of politicizing the military and why the Insurrection Act needs reform.
www.motherjones.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“I’m watching the military becoming co-opted by politicians...If that happens, the roots of our democracy are in extreme danger.”
In June, our friends at @revealnews.org spoke with a former National Guard officer to discuss the perils of politicizing the military.
In June, our friends at @revealnews.org spoke with a former National Guard officer to discuss the perils of politicizing the military.
Seems like a good day to share this...
RFK Jr. makes the most basic mistake in all of epidemiology:
September 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Seems like a good day to share this...
This...
Donald Trump is getting away with murder—both figuratively and literally.
September 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This...
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"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
August 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
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The decision to reject the Trump administration’s charges points to scepticism about his heavy-handed approach.
Grand jury declines to indict man for throwing sandwich at US agents
The decision to reject the Trump administration’s charges points to scepticism about his heavy-handed approach.
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The decision to reject the Trump administration’s charges points to scepticism about his heavy-handed approach.
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You can check out @revealnews.org's full interview with Smith here:
"Madness": A retired brigadier general slams Trump’s military power grab
On this week’s “More To The Story,” a former National Guard officer discusses the perils of politicizing the military and why the Insurrection Act needs reform.
www.motherjones.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
You can check out @revealnews.org's full interview with Smith here:
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“I’m watching the military becoming co-opted by politicians, and where that leads is some really troubling places. If that happens, the roots of our democracy are in extreme danger.”
-Retired Brigadier General Greg Smith, who spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. tinyurl.com/2sburkxa
-Retired Brigadier General Greg Smith, who spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. tinyurl.com/2sburkxa
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
August 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“I’m watching the military becoming co-opted by politicians, and where that leads is some really troubling places. If that happens, the roots of our democracy are in extreme danger.”
-Retired Brigadier General Greg Smith, who spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. tinyurl.com/2sburkxa
-Retired Brigadier General Greg Smith, who spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. tinyurl.com/2sburkxa
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Press coverage can leave the impression that the hunger is an organic disaster.
But famine is easily preventable, and this one has been orchestrated with the increasing complicity of the United States.
But famine is easily preventable, and this one has been orchestrated with the increasing complicity of the United States.
“This is Trump’s famine”: How the US is complicit in Gaza’s suffering
An American-funded food distribution network provided Israel cover as starvation spread.
www.motherjones.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Press coverage can leave the impression that the hunger is an organic disaster.
But famine is easily preventable, and this one has been orchestrated with the increasing complicity of the United States.
But famine is easily preventable, and this one has been orchestrated with the increasing complicity of the United States.
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Steve is losing his marbles
August 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Steve is losing his marbles
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Tell him, Zelenskyy!
Zelenskyy Epically Zings MAGA Reporter Who Shamed Him For Not Wearing Suit In February
Oh snap!
www.comicsands.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Tell him, Zelenskyy!
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Dear Smithsonian.......send your historical records to Canada before they're destroyed.
August 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Dear Smithsonian.......send your historical records to Canada before they're destroyed.
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Read over the table of contents and then tell me if it sounds familiar. Remind you of anyone?
August 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Read over the table of contents and then tell me if it sounds familiar. Remind you of anyone?
Something happy during challenging times.....
Getting their forever loving homes and pet humans…. ❤️
I wish I had some tissues when I watched this…. 😭🥹
I wish I had some tissues when I watched this…. 😭🥹
August 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Something happy during challenging times.....
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Will they take up the challenge?
August 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Will they take up the challenge?
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"There is no sane human being who can look at the situation and not see a pile of war crimes and evidence of genocide everywhere that they look at this point. Anyone who doesn’t recognize what’s happening in Gaza as war crimes and a genocide is not serious. They are propagandists and that is it."
A doctor in Gaza describes the horror of starvation
"I remember the first time that I saw a little girl, she was eight months old, brought to me—she was sticks and bones and she was dead."
www.motherjones.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"There is no sane human being who can look at the situation and not see a pile of war crimes and evidence of genocide everywhere that they look at this point. Anyone who doesn’t recognize what’s happening in Gaza as war crimes and a genocide is not serious. They are propagandists and that is it."
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Lessons I've learned about Social Media Sanity.
+I don't have to accept every invitation to an argument
+I don't have to correct everything I don't agree with
+It helps to tell people I appreciate them when I do
+People learn more from my examples than my opinions
+Less is more
actual heavy sigh
+I don't have to accept every invitation to an argument
+I don't have to correct everything I don't agree with
+It helps to tell people I appreciate them when I do
+People learn more from my examples than my opinions
+Less is more
actual heavy sigh
August 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Lessons I've learned about Social Media Sanity.
+I don't have to accept every invitation to an argument
+I don't have to correct everything I don't agree with
+It helps to tell people I appreciate them when I do
+People learn more from my examples than my opinions
+Less is more
actual heavy sigh
+I don't have to accept every invitation to an argument
+I don't have to correct everything I don't agree with
+It helps to tell people I appreciate them when I do
+People learn more from my examples than my opinions
+Less is more
actual heavy sigh
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