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ADVENT, WEEK 2 - PEACE.
"They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore."
Christ in the Rubble
(Artist: Kelly Latimore)
"They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore."
Christ in the Rubble
(Artist: Kelly Latimore)
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
ADVENT, WEEK 2 - PEACE.
"They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore."
Christ in the Rubble
(Artist: Kelly Latimore)
"They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore."
Christ in the Rubble
(Artist: Kelly Latimore)
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Michigan House Republicans slashed funding from programs to support moms and babies, wigs for kids with cancer, mental health services for kids who were sexually assaulted and more.
With no notice. And no good rationale.
With no notice. And no good rationale.
December 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Michigan House Republicans slashed funding from programs to support moms and babies, wigs for kids with cancer, mental health services for kids who were sexually assaulted and more.
With no notice. And no good rationale.
With no notice. And no good rationale.
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In case you have never seen this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In case you have never seen this.
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My kid is sheltering in place a block from the Brown campus, 20 people may be dead and the commenters on the Fox News website are making jokes about gender studies. WTAF is wrong with people.
December 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My kid is sheltering in place a block from the Brown campus, 20 people may be dead and the commenters on the Fox News website are making jokes about gender studies. WTAF is wrong with people.
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Nixon was bad. Real bad. But Watergate was nothing compared to every single day since January 20, 2025.
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Nixon was bad. Real bad. But Watergate was nothing compared to every single day since January 20, 2025.
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
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2/2
And, again on the positive front, check out front page of print NYT business section today.
Headline itself (in red) strong and declarative. A little backsliding in the subhead (in green). But let's take the W, and call out the good ones when we see them.
And, again on the positive front, check out front page of print NYT business section today.
Headline itself (in red) strong and declarative. A little backsliding in the subhead (in green). But let's take the W, and call out the good ones when we see them.
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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And, again on the positive front, check out front page of print NYT business section today.
Headline itself (in red) strong and declarative. A little backsliding in the subhead (in green). But let's take the W, and call out the good ones when we see them.
And, again on the positive front, check out front page of print NYT business section today.
Headline itself (in red) strong and declarative. A little backsliding in the subhead (in green). But let's take the W, and call out the good ones when we see them.
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Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
What can we do about this? Here's one good idea.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-know-the-real-problem-with
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If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
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Good morning to everyone but especially Justice Sonia Sotomayor who 👏🏾has 👏🏾time 👏🏾today to eviscerate the argument that Trump has near unlimited power to fire agency heads for political reasons, given that neither English law at the time of the founding nor the US Constitution supports such nonsense
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially Justice Sonia Sotomayor who 👏🏾has 👏🏾time 👏🏾today to eviscerate the argument that Trump has near unlimited power to fire agency heads for political reasons, given that neither English law at the time of the founding nor the US Constitution supports such nonsense
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a thought about trump v. slaughter. it is largely unspoken, but the assertion that there is an unlimited presidential removal power and that independent agencies functionally cannot exist is an assertion of presidential sovereignty.
December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
a thought about trump v. slaughter. it is largely unspoken, but the assertion that there is an unlimited presidential removal power and that independent agencies functionally cannot exist is an assertion of presidential sovereignty.
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This one is speaking to me today
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This one is speaking to me today
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Reader, he is, in fact, making this stuff up
Kudlow is just lying to his viewers: "Unemployment is at rock bottom. These are real facts. I'm not making this stuff up. Unemployment claims are as low as they're ever going to get."
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Reader, he is, in fact, making this stuff up
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41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
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Republicans have tanked the economy and turned the country into a corrupt autocracy. But my NPR-loving neighbor has been giving me a hard time about my gas-powered leaf blower. I've never felt more politically homeless.
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Republicans have tanked the economy and turned the country into a corrupt autocracy. But my NPR-loving neighbor has been giving me a hard time about my gas-powered leaf blower. I've never felt more politically homeless.
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I hope Americans know that we hate FIFA.
No one in Europe is watching that shit show yesterday and is proud that FIFA is gouging your country in some of its darkest days.
FIFA is a code word for greed and corruption.
We are ashamed of it and really fucking sorry 🫶
No one in Europe is watching that shit show yesterday and is proud that FIFA is gouging your country in some of its darkest days.
FIFA is a code word for greed and corruption.
We are ashamed of it and really fucking sorry 🫶
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I hope Americans know that we hate FIFA.
No one in Europe is watching that shit show yesterday and is proud that FIFA is gouging your country in some of its darkest days.
FIFA is a code word for greed and corruption.
We are ashamed of it and really fucking sorry 🫶
No one in Europe is watching that shit show yesterday and is proud that FIFA is gouging your country in some of its darkest days.
FIFA is a code word for greed and corruption.
We are ashamed of it and really fucking sorry 🫶
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (or deserve) free advertising for Spotify Wrapped: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (or deserve) free advertising for Spotify Wrapped: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
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BELLINI IS MISSING UPTOWN. Last seen at 900 West 190th Street, Fort Washington Ave and Overlook Terrace. She's 45 pounds and chipped: 985113010381885. If you've seen or found her please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT BELLINI!
December 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
BELLINI IS MISSING UPTOWN. Last seen at 900 West 190th Street, Fort Washington Ave and Overlook Terrace. She's 45 pounds and chipped: 985113010381885. If you've seen or found her please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT BELLINI!
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances?
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me”
I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout
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It's unbelievable how corrupt the Supreme Court is. It's insane that we are letting them get away with it. They are taking away all of our rights.
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It's unbelievable how corrupt the Supreme Court is. It's insane that we are letting them get away with it. They are taking away all of our rights.