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Perhaps everyone should watch Reiner's Shock and Awe film to 1) to watch Rob Reiner's great work and 2) remind us how we can be conned into accepting the "need" to go to war.
No one should be told to fight an unnecessary war... for the fossil fuel industry or anyone else. Always learn truth.
December 17, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
December 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Dense toxic smog blanketed India’s national capital Monday, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks, disrupting travel and causing authorities to impose the strictest containment measures.
Toxic smog blankets New Delhi, disrupting travel and plunging air quality to hazardous levels
Dense toxic smog has blanketed New Delhi, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks and disrupting travel.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Grid bottlenecks aren’t a failure of the energy transition — they’re proof it’s working.

Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
There have only been 12 times that December 7th has fallen on a Sunday, the same day as the bombing of Pearl Harbor, since Sunday, December 7th, 1941. Tomorrow...will be the 13th time.
December 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
December 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
THIS 👇 HERE
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 AM
While Mike Johnson is running around trying to act like he’s not the most incompetent Speaker in US history, we’re pushing hard to extend the ACA tax credits for millions of Americans.

We’re almost there, and you can help!
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The "fog" making Americans think they're doing good deeds to combat cocaine coming into US from Venezuela. First: he's after the OIL$$ The rest is a smoke/fog screen. Fossil fuels are harming the planet, killing people. he/they just want to make $$$ & care nothing about who it harms or kills.
Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
he's after the $OIL$ !!! The rest of this is a distraction which should only work on those with poor knowledge of who he is$$$ has$$$ always$$$ been & will always$$$$ be. he allowed Americans to die during pandemic-200,000+ so this is not even a drop in their bucket.
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
“I think” is how a system run by a king or a dictator works. Here, we have a rule of law that says no one, and that includes the government, can murder people on a whim because it “thinks” they’re up to no good.
December 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"Trump and his top aides are re-creating in America the conditions and terrors of failed states," George Packer writes, by "erasing the distinction between the perpetrators and victims of violence":
Condemning Millions for One Man’s Crime
The sanctity of the individual is an essential Western value.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Thank you all 🙏🏻
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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We’re the only country that lets the gun lobby write the laws and then pretends to be shocked when children end up in coffins.

NEW UPDATE:

The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Each month, the Charlottesville Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee hosts and leads a walk through a different neighborhood in the city. For November the walk was in the Venable neighborhood. I took some photos of the group as well as some stuff we saw along the way.
neighborhood walk — november — Jamelle Bouie
Each month, the Charlottesville Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee hosts and leads a walk through a different neighborhood in the city. For November the walk was in the Venable neighborhood. I ...
jamellebouie.net
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”

—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It’s another week where there is too much going on to keep track of. Here’s the background you need to stay on top of it!
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Week Ahead
November 30, 2025
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Latinas in the U.S. are using twin braids with colorful ribbons as a symbol of resistance against immigration raids.

This traditional hairstyle, rooted in Mexican culture, represents resilience and identity.
Latinas are wearing twin braids with colorful ribbons in peaceful protest
The practice of wearing two long braids isn’t new and is widely associated with Latino culture. But it has gained new significance as a symbol of peaceful protest.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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There were 12 apostles, not 12 disciples. There were 72 disciples, according to Luke. I love when these “Christians” show they never actually read the damned Bible.
September 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM