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HAIL TO THE KING! Oly turned 10 years old yesterday and had a magnificent day full of snuggles, treats, and fantastic PNW fall hiking. He's still as strong as an ox and as fierce as a lion! May this little Drogon spend his golden years exploring and basking in the majesty of the cosmos! OLY FOREVER!
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Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
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This Black Friday, grab my book—a retrospective on the careers of Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi and a look at how Silicon Valley's right wing took over the media
Owned
A “devastating” (Nation) examination of how a cabal of tech-billionaires is colluding with once-idealistic journalists to create an entirely new media ...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This Black Friday, grab my book—a retrospective on the careers of Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi and a look at how Silicon Valley's right wing took over the media
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So I'm pretty sure a three star knows that an order to strike alleged combatants who are hors de combat is facially illegal, in case anyone's still having any hangups on whether Bradley needs to be in the dock after this
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So I'm pretty sure a three star knows that an order to strike alleged combatants who are hors de combat is facially illegal, in case anyone's still having any hangups on whether Bradley needs to be in the dock after this
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
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About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
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"“Middle Class”- roughly 45% of the country—is actually the Working Poor. These are the families earning enough to lose their benefits but not enough to pay for childcare and rent. They are the ones trapped in the Valley of Death."
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"“Middle Class”- roughly 45% of the country—is actually the Working Poor. These are the families earning enough to lose their benefits but not enough to pay for childcare and rent. They are the ones trapped in the Valley of Death."
Oh yeah, no shit; like EVERY OTHER TIME there's a need for a US intervention?! How many civilians will suffer for this, this time around? Congress must stop this belligerence
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Oh yeah, no shit; like EVERY OTHER TIME there's a need for a US intervention?! How many civilians will suffer for this, this time around? Congress must stop this belligerence
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The number of immigrants in detention without criminal records has surged by over 2,000% since Trump reentered the White House.
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The number of immigrants in detention without criminal records has surged by over 2,000% since Trump reentered the White House.
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
Lord Jesus, that was delicious. Sadly our current criminal in chief is so old he'll likely expire before any possibility of such a glorious thing happening. BUT! Fortunately, here's still so many evil-doers who can be held accountable for their evil-deeds.
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Lord Jesus, that was delicious. Sadly our current criminal in chief is so old he'll likely expire before any possibility of such a glorious thing happening. BUT! Fortunately, here's still so many evil-doers who can be held accountable for their evil-deeds.
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Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Biden commuted their death sentences, so Trump retaliated by making their lives living hell, putting them in the country's most brutal prison, where they "spend 22 to 24 hours a day locked alone inside concrete cells that are smaller than a standard parking space."
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Biden commuted their death sentences, so Trump retaliated by making their lives living hell, putting them in the country's most brutal prison, where they "spend 22 to 24 hours a day locked alone inside concrete cells that are smaller than a standard parking space."
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Pure, pointless cruelty.
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Gaza’s medical system is collapsing. Hospitals destroyed. Children without care.
I’m demanding the State Department act now to restore access to lifesaving treatment and release Palestinian medical workers being held without charge.
Health care is a human right.
youtube.com/shorts/bW3R1...
I’m demanding the State Department act now to restore access to lifesaving treatment and release Palestinian medical workers being held without charge.
Health care is a human right.
youtube.com/shorts/bW3R1...
I’m demanding the State Department to act now to rid humanitarian health care crisis in Gaza.
YouTube video by Senator Markey
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Gaza’s medical system is collapsing. Hospitals destroyed. Children without care.
I’m demanding the State Department act now to restore access to lifesaving treatment and release Palestinian medical workers being held without charge.
Health care is a human right.
youtube.com/shorts/bW3R1...
I’m demanding the State Department act now to restore access to lifesaving treatment and release Palestinian medical workers being held without charge.
Health care is a human right.
youtube.com/shorts/bW3R1...
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80% of people want AI safety laws in place--but tech billionaires are trying to buy a federal ban on state-level AI safety laws.
America's unions won't back down from the fight to protect workers' jobs, rights, and freedoms from Big Tech. Read our letter to Congress below.
America's unions won't back down from the fight to protect workers' jobs, rights, and freedoms from Big Tech. Read our letter to Congress below.
America’s unions urge Congress to oppose any provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban states from enacting AI safety regulations and guardrails. Leaders should work for working people, not Big Tech. https://bit.ly/44ibCp1
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
80% of people want AI safety laws in place--but tech billionaires are trying to buy a federal ban on state-level AI safety laws.
America's unions won't back down from the fight to protect workers' jobs, rights, and freedoms from Big Tech. Read our letter to Congress below.
America's unions won't back down from the fight to protect workers' jobs, rights, and freedoms from Big Tech. Read our letter to Congress below.
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Elon Musk is not only an immigrant, his brother spilled the tea that Elon was in the US illegally.
And as this tweet shows, he is also a dipshit with absolutely no self-awareness.
And as this tweet shows, he is also a dipshit with absolutely no self-awareness.
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Elon Musk is not only an immigrant, his brother spilled the tea that Elon was in the US illegally.
And as this tweet shows, he is also a dipshit with absolutely no self-awareness.
And as this tweet shows, he is also a dipshit with absolutely no self-awareness.
The best thing that Trump/MAGA could do for both the left, and the liberal-left-of-center (Schumer & co), would be to start arresting Democratic elected officials. That may actually be the only hope for our country.
BREAKING: The Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for possible military law violations after he joined a video urging U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders."
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The best thing that Trump/MAGA could do for both the left, and the liberal-left-of-center (Schumer & co), would be to start arresting Democratic elected officials. That may actually be the only hope for our country.
This is from Senator #JohnKennedy amazon promotional page for his new book "How to test negative for Stupid" (which, ya know, already in the title we know this is going to, itself, be rather stupid) I HAVE TO POINT SOMETHING OUT! Do you think he knows that HE IS THE GOV'T!?
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is from Senator #JohnKennedy amazon promotional page for his new book "How to test negative for Stupid" (which, ya know, already in the title we know this is going to, itself, be rather stupid) I HAVE TO POINT SOMETHING OUT! Do you think he knows that HE IS THE GOV'T!?
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
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“He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human
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I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
HAIL TO THE KING! Oly turned 10 years old yesterday and had a magnificent day full of snuggles, treats, and fantastic PNW fall hiking. He's still as strong as an ox and as fierce as a lion! May this little Drogon spend his golden years exploring and basking in the majesty of the cosmos! OLY FOREVER!
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
HAIL TO THE KING! Oly turned 10 years old yesterday and had a magnificent day full of snuggles, treats, and fantastic PNW fall hiking. He's still as strong as an ox and as fierce as a lion! May this little Drogon spend his golden years exploring and basking in the majesty of the cosmos! OLY FOREVER!
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WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them