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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
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Trump says he will force Venezuela to hand over millions of barrels of sanctioned oil, which the U.S. will sell off under his control.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Trump says he will force Venezuela to hand over millions of barrels of sanctioned oil, which the U.S. will sell off under his control.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
Hello? This is naked extortion of a sovereign country. It’s far past time for Congress to grow a spine and rein in our tinpot dictator.
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What really drives U.S. foreign policy?
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
What really drives U.S. foreign policy?
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
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It's not enough to say what we're against. We must say what we're for — and fight for that vision every day.
Here are 15 ideas to build a better future.
Here are 15 ideas to build a better future.
How Do We Get Out of This Mess?
Robert Reich
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM
It's not enough to say what we're against. We must say what we're for — and fight for that vision every day.
Here are 15 ideas to build a better future.
Here are 15 ideas to build a better future.
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When a paper is owned by billionaires does it become impossible to utter the word “corruption”?
Seriously, could it be more obvious? You think this is a policy dispute?
Wake up.
Seriously, could it be more obvious? You think this is a policy dispute?
Wake up.
Opinion | Pausing offshore wind projects is a blow to America’s energy future
The need for tech-neutral permitting reform has never been clearer.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
When a paper is owned by billionaires does it become impossible to utter the word “corruption”?
Seriously, could it be more obvious? You think this is a policy dispute?
Wake up.
Seriously, could it be more obvious? You think this is a policy dispute?
Wake up.
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Funny how that works, huh? [Cartoon by Joe Heller]
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Funny how that works, huh? [Cartoon by Joe Heller]
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On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he’d expose a powerful global elite.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he’d expose a powerful global elite.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
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During the holiday season, we all want to spend time with our loved ones.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
December 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
During the holiday season, we all want to spend time with our loved ones.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
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20 State AGs have sued Russell Vought for trying to starve the CFPB of funding.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
December 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
20 State AGs have sued Russell Vought for trying to starve the CFPB of funding.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
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It's hard to ignore that this happened just as Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. was slipping away, with Kushner pulling out of the financing and Trump bad-mouthing CBS. Time to please the king again
Hours before 60 Minutes was set to air a story on deportees who were sent by the Trump administration to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions,” 60 Minutes announced that it has pulled the segment and will air it in the future.
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It's hard to ignore that this happened just as Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. was slipping away, with Kushner pulling out of the financing and Trump bad-mouthing CBS. Time to please the king again
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"The emergence of Witkoff as envoy to the Kremlin is partly a story of Putin maneuvering to nudge aside America’s diplomats...
"This month, Witkoff concluded his 6th trip to Russia, talking with Putin for five hours through midnight. Witkoff has yet to visit Ukraine..."
www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
"This month, Witkoff concluded his 6th trip to Russia, talking with Putin for five hours through midnight. Witkoff has yet to visit Ukraine..."
www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
How Putin Got His Preferred U.S. Envoy: Come Alone, No CIA
The Kremlin fueled the rise of Trump’s friend Steve Witkoff with a prisoner release, sidelining career diplomats.
www.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"The emergence of Witkoff as envoy to the Kremlin is partly a story of Putin maneuvering to nudge aside America’s diplomats...
"This month, Witkoff concluded his 6th trip to Russia, talking with Putin for five hours through midnight. Witkoff has yet to visit Ukraine..."
www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
"This month, Witkoff concluded his 6th trip to Russia, talking with Putin for five hours through midnight. Witkoff has yet to visit Ukraine..."
www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
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Clueless US media understand Trump's shut down of Atlantic coast wind farms as just some vague national security thing about radar or as Trump's weird ideas about alternative energy. But in Denmark, this is immediately understood for what it is: a shakedown against two large Danish companies,
Danske vindaktier lukker i rødt efter amerikansk udmelding
Ørsteds og Vestas' aktier er kommet i modvind og dykker ved børsluk oven på nyhed om havvindparker i USA.
www.berlingske.dk
December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Clueless US media understand Trump's shut down of Atlantic coast wind farms as just some vague national security thing about radar or as Trump's weird ideas about alternative energy. But in Denmark, this is immediately understood for what it is: a shakedown against two large Danish companies,
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This is President Donald ‘Stop Work’ Trump trying to keep affordable, clean energy off the grid, without a care about how many working people have to lose their jobs to keep his fossil fuel billionaires happy.
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is President Donald ‘Stop Work’ Trump trying to keep affordable, clean energy off the grid, without a care about how many working people have to lose their jobs to keep his fossil fuel billionaires happy.
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I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
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Elon Musk’s net worth has now surpassed $600 billion, just weeks after Tesla approved his 10-year, $1 trillion pay package.
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Elon Musk’s net worth has now surpassed $600 billion, just weeks after Tesla approved his 10-year, $1 trillion pay package.
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
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A new investigation revealed that school districts and local governments are reportedly overpaying for supplies because of Amazon contracts that bind them to dynamic pricing.
Rather than allow for competitive bidding, the deals “covertly raise prices and inflate costs for governments.”
Rather than allow for competitive bidding, the deals “covertly raise prices and inflate costs for governments.”
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A new investigation revealed that school districts and local governments are reportedly overpaying for supplies because of Amazon contracts that bind them to dynamic pricing.
Rather than allow for competitive bidding, the deals “covertly raise prices and inflate costs for governments.”
Rather than allow for competitive bidding, the deals “covertly raise prices and inflate costs for governments.”
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments right now in a case engineered by the GOP to strike down a longstanding campaign finance law that prevents megadonors from bribing politicians for favors by laundering the money through political parties.
Guess how it'll go. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Guess how it'll go. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Revive a Key Feature of Nixon-Era Corruption
The justices will hear arguments on Tuesday in NRSC v. FEC, a case cooked up by the GOP itself.
slate.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments right now in a case engineered by the GOP to strike down a longstanding campaign finance law that prevents megadonors from bribing politicians for favors by laundering the money through political parties.
Guess how it'll go. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Guess how it'll go. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Corporations and ultra-rich individuals with numerous business interests cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own bottom lines.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Corporations and ultra-rich individuals with numerous business interests cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own bottom lines.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
When billionaire conglomerates take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
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Watch this video before you do your Black Friday shopping on Amazon.
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Watch this video before you do your Black Friday shopping on Amazon.
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More private jet freebies for jet-setters Noem and Patel.
The G in MAGA is Grift.
The G in MAGA is Grift.
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
More private jet freebies for jet-setters Noem and Patel.
The G in MAGA is Grift.
The G in MAGA is Grift.
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social hired former FTC Chair Lina Khan to run his transition team. She's an excellent pick with an eye for rooting out how big corporations are making your life unaffordable. One way they're doing that? Surveillance pricing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social hired former FTC Chair Lina Khan to run his transition team. She's an excellent pick with an eye for rooting out how big corporations are making your life unaffordable. One way they're doing that? Surveillance pricing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbtUYshYM8
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This is what intelligence and critical thinking sound like:
VIA hana.clio
What is there to debate?(for myself)
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What is there to debate?(for myself)
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is what intelligence and critical thinking sound like:
VIA hana.clio
What is there to debate?(for myself)
VIA hana.clio
What is there to debate?(for myself)
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For the record, I argued the headline should be: "This Giant Wants to Replace Danny Tanner's House With High-Rise Apartments"
Scott Wiener Defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can He Fix America’s Housing Crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's seat, he's putting the "Abundance" theory to the test.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
For the record, I argued the headline should be: "This Giant Wants to Replace Danny Tanner's House With High-Rise Apartments"
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More impunity for the elite, courtesy of the Trump regime.
There's a law on the books to make corporations pay taxes on the huge profits they report to shareholders.
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
More impunity for the elite, courtesy of the Trump regime.