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Amid Government Shutdown, Republicans Are Showing Us What Autocracy Looks Like truthout.org/articles/ami...
Amid Government Shutdown, Republicans Are Showing Us What Autocracy Looks Like
They are anticipating that vast structural changes will ultimately keep them in power, regardless of how they legislate.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Did the US’s Descent Into Authoritarianism Start With Policing in Blue Cities? truthout.org/articles/did...
Did the US’s Descent Into Authoritarianism Start With Policing in Blue Cities?
In some sections of Baltimore, for example, “zero-tolerance” policing led to a reconfiguration of the Constitution.
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September 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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BREAKING: Senator Warnock calls Big Beautiful Bill “Socialism for the Rich”.

100% true!
June 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Did the US’s Descent Into Authoritarianism Start With Policing in Blue Cities? truthout.org/articles/did...
Did the US’s Descent Into Authoritarianism Start With Policing in Blue Cities?
In some sections of Baltimore, for example, “zero-tolerance” policing led to a reconfiguration of the Constitution.
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May 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Maybe the real solution wasn't more cops, but better cops. Maybe the fact that so many other countries set much higher standards, both in training and in performance, for their law enforcement is relevant.
May 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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In American law enforcement, from the moment they pin on that badge, they're relentlessly conditioned to regard anyone outside law enforcement as The Enemy... good luck with the trust thing.
May 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Well written piece sir. As Americans, we seem to have been conditioned to harshly judge one another, an ideology that only worsens the problem. There is no safety net to protect low-income individuals, urban or rural.
May 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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As the Trump administration continues to press the boundaries of the Constitution, Johns Hopkins Professor Lester Spence says we need to understand one yet-to-be-examined source of the push towards authoritarianism: urban policing.
A Hopkins professor says America’s descent into authoritarianism may have started with policing in blue cities. If that’s true, we’re in big trouble.
As the Trump administration continues to press the boundaries of the Constitution, Johns Hopkins Professor Lester Spence says we need to understand one yet-to-be-examined source of the push towards au...
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May 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Premiering today 5pm ET! @tayagraham.bsky.social, Stephen Janis and @profwolff.bsky.social explore the roots of today’s historic levels of economic inequality and the system that has perpetuated it while devastating the lives and livelihoods of wage earners.
@RichardDWolff: The elite idea that destroyed the working class
YouTube video by The Real News Network
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May 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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The tenure of Maryland’s former Chief Medical Examiner Dr. David Fowler has been under review since his controversial testimony in the case of police officer Derek Chauvin who was convicted of murdering George Floyd.
Audit finds dozens of police custody deaths in Maryland should have been ruled homicides
The tenure of Maryland’s former Chief Medical Examiner Dr. David Fowler has been under review since his controversial testimony in the case of police officer Derek Chauvin who was convicted of murderi...
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May 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Triumphant from Trump’s victory, Congressional GOP leaders are cheering for DOGE and tariffs, promising “some pain” will be worth it. Their overconfidence could be disastrous.
Republicans are celebrating democracy’s collapse—and it might cost America everything
Triumphant from Trump’s victory, Congressional GOP leaders are cheering for DOGE and tariffs, promising “some pain” will be worth it. Their overconfidence could be disastrous.
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March 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We’ve spent weeks on Capitol Hill. What we learned about Republicans Surprised us. therealnews.com/republicans-...
Republicans are celebrating democracy’s collapse—and it might cost America everything
Triumphant from Trump’s victory, Congressional GOP leaders are cheering for DOGE and tariffs, promising “some pain” will be worth it. Their overconfidence could be disastrous.
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March 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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LIVE NOW: Celebrate 6 years of Police Accountability Report w/ @tayagraham.bsky.social & Stephen Janis as they examine why the cop watching movement matters, and what the rest of us can learn from activists who have done this vital work.
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March 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Police violence is only on the rise, and in many cases, cop watchers are at the front lines of defending working people and communities.
Cop watchers have turned video into a tool to hold police accountable—and they want your help
Police violence is only on the rise, and in many cases, cop watchers are at the front lines of defending working people and communities.
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March 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Premiering now! @billmckibben.bsky.social: The simple truth carbon billionaires are hiding from you
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March 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Renewable energy has been a popular demand for decades. And for just as long, billionaires have manipulated media to crush the conversation.
W/ @billmckibben.bsky.social & @tayagraham.bsky.social
Bill McKibben on the billionaire conspiracy to kill green energy
Renewable energy has been a popular demand for decades. And for just as long, billionaires have manipulated media to crush the conversation.
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March 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Veterans push back against Trump, DOGE
March 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Breaking: A federal judge just ruled the DOGE takedown of USAID is like unconstitutional. He orders DOGE to restore access to emails, financial accounts etc.
March 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Protest 3-14 anti- insurrection in DC today
March 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Republican Congressman soothes working Americans concerned about the precipitous drop in the stock market. The economy is tanking, and Republicans say working people have nothing to worry about because apparently we're too poor to invest in the stock market!
March 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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It’s not enough to oppose Trump at the national level. Democrats need to show that they can win locally—and deliver on what working people really need.
Inequality Watch: Why Democrats lose, how they can fix it, and what we’ll be watching
It’s not enough to oppose Trump at the national level. Democrats need to show that they can win locally—and deliver on what working people really need.
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February 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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“The road we are on [as] a declining empire, becoming more and more unequal… you don’t need rocket science to understand that’s not sustainable. That situation is going to blow up, and it’s not going to be pretty.” - @profwolff.bsky.social
Trump's billionaires will accelerate American decline. Dr. Richard Wolff explains how.
"The road we are on [as] a declining empire, becoming more and more unequal... you don't need rocket science to understand that's not sustainable. That situation is going to blow up, and it's not goin...
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January 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Baltimore has embarked on a policy of tax breaks for developers that will costs billions in abated taxes. If you want to understand how it happened please watch our 5-year investigation Tax Broke Hey I’m watching Tax Broke. Check it out now on Prime Video! watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=a...
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January 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM