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Nice article from @calmatters.org on the great value that immigrant students bring to California calmatters.org/commentary/2...
These college students help shape California's future | Opinion
International students spend $6 billion a year in California, and immigrants account for a third of its GDP. Federal anti-immigrant policies endanger that.
calmatters.org
August 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Awesome ad
Motherfucking wind farms…
July 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Musk says millions of dead people get Social Security. That's a lie. Here's the truth: 30,000 people die a year waiting for an understaffed Social Security to approve disability benefits. Musk's plan to cut Social Security's staff by 50% will make this tragic reality even worse.
March 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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WATCH:

Social Security offices already CLOSING THEIR DOORS across Georgia over DOGE cuts

National media largely silent about this crisis
March 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
He should be our president
This will be the real State of the Union
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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There were certainly signs
February 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... what an absolute tool our potus is. And worse, he’s dangerous
Trump signs order to bring back plastic straws claiming paper ones ‘explode’
Order rolls back Biden policy to phase out federal purchases of single-use plastic as Trump calls it a ‘ridiculous situation’
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... I wish other media were doing the kind of in-depth reporting on right wing orgs that The Guardian is doing. The amount of dark money behind potus and his goons is terrifying.
Revealed: how a shadowy group of far-right donors is funding federal employee watchlists
Project 2025 architects are among those behind the American Accountability Foundation and their blacklists targeting people of color
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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LOUISIANA!!!!!

A week from today state Senate District 14 and 23 have special elections 14 is a democratic district 23 is a Republican district, and given what happened in Iowa we could take both if enough people vote!

The Dem in district 23 is Kristopher Harrison

don’t sit this one out!!!!
The field is set for the February election for two Louisiana Senate seats. See who's running
Three Democrats are running for a state Senate seat in a Baton Rouge district. In Lafayette, two well-known Republicans and a Democrat are competing for a seat there.
www.nola.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Vote, people!!
IT’S DONE!!!!

I spent most of yesterday and some of today creating a guide to all the elections taking place on Tues and a week from today

If you live in DE, GA, KS, LA, MN, NE, NY, OK, or WA, you may have an election

If you live in OK or WA, I can almost guarantee it

DO NOT SIT THESE OUT
Election Day is Every Tuesday 2/10-2/16
New series alert!
ariellaelm.substack.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Plus trump has a history of stiffing folks, so the deal likely won’t come through
If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.

Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.

But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.

They aren’t firing for a reason.
January 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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I wrote about the loss of appetite for perpetual #Resistance under Trump II. And about what other postures people are adopting.

the.ink/p/how-to-liv...
How to live under Trump II
What will be your posture in a second Trump era? Resistance? Retreating into the local? Returning to your craft?
the.ink
January 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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🔥🔥A 2021 study found that Medicaid expansion as part of the ACA led to a substantial reduction in mortality, primarily driven by reductions in disease-related deaths. A 2018 study in the Journal of Political Economy found that, Medicaid reduced infant and child mortality since the 1960s and 1970s.🔥🔥
December 27, 2024 at 5:01 PM