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To celebrate the fifth anniversary of The Beacon Jams residency, the sold-out shows will be livestreamed FREE via LivePhish.com and nugs.net from November 28–30 at 8 PM ET.
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Militarization in the BBB is commonly overlooked but it’s the real story.
Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"
April 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States:

Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom
March 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Billionaire Merit Badges
March 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Volodymyr Zelensky's Oval Office visit ended early when Donald Trump and JD Vance began angrily yelling at him. Here's why women like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are too emotional to be president.
March 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Five former defense secretaries condemned Trump’s firing of senior military leaders as “reckless” and urged Congress to reject their replacements.
February 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The annual KPFA Radio Grateful Dead marathon happens this Saturday, March 1, 9am to midnight Pacific time.

Streaming live at kpfa.org, nugs.net, and @gdradio.bsky.social

Live set by Grateful Brass!

Pledge online at kpfa.org!

And please TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!

T-shirt art by D Brenner!
February 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
They don’t give AF about what the public wants.
More tragic news about NIH and NIH science. Grant system is frozen and intramural program is being slashed. All will claw back on treatments and cures for cancer and other human diseases. This can’t be what the public wants. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.

Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.

World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.

Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I signed up for this general strike BEFORE foftus* was elected. check out their page and sign up.
*first felon of the united states - not capitalized on purpose!
Sign up & join the 284,000 others who have already committed to a #generalstrike:

generalstrikeus.com.
February 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.

Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?

secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...

Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
secured.heritage.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.
February 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM