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Iran has a democracy until then CIA MI6 overthrew it in 1953. Read here why. Why is the US always messing with other nations?
June 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Iran has a democracy until then CIA MI6 overthrew it in 1953. Read here why. Why is the US always messing with other nations?
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My new favorite book
May 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
My new favorite book
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There's a thought...
March 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
There's a thought...
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Costco is Looking Like the Big Winner After Target’s DEI Rollback – Target saw nearly 5 million fewer shopping trips during the 4-week period ending on Feb. 9 while Costco saw nearly 7.7 million more visits during the same period.
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Costco is looking like the big winner after Target's DEI rollback
Customer foot traffic and market share have shifted away from Target and toward Costco as the retailers diverge in their DEI moves, a survey finds.
www.businessinsider.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Costco is Looking Like the Big Winner After Target’s DEI Rollback – Target saw nearly 5 million fewer shopping trips during the 4-week period ending on Feb. 9 while Costco saw nearly 7.7 million more visits during the same period.
www.businessinsider.com/shoppers-dit...
www.businessinsider.com/shoppers-dit...
We’re Well Past Alarm Bells
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We’re Well Past Alarm Bells
The Trump administration is mocking court orders, laying the groundwork for political retribution, and declaring open war on the rule of law.
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March 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We’re Well Past Alarm Bells
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Trump’s move “may be the administration’s most extreme measure yet, and that is saying a lot,” said the deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project.
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Trump Invokes Wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for Deportations
Legal groups took action and a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from using the law for deportations.
truthout.org
March 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump’s move “may be the administration’s most extreme measure yet, and that is saying a lot,” said the deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project.
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Privatization of the retirement market has been a long-standing goal of capital, and private equity’s sights are turning to the Social Security Administration.
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As DOGE Mauls Social Security, Profit-Hungry Private Equity Is Swooping In
Three private equity veterans are weaseling their way in, reportedly on the orders of the presumptive SSA commissioner.
truthout.org
March 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Privatization of the retirement market has been a long-standing goal of capital, and private equity’s sights are turning to the Social Security Administration.
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I like that he posted a picture of a print-out of the email.
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I like that he posted a picture of a print-out of the email.
Trump-Musk Dictatorship Is Awakening the American People's Resistance: Forget the use of the terms "autocracy" and "constitutional crisis." This is a savage dictatorship, getting worse by the day.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
Trump-Musk Dictatorship Is Awakening the American People's Resistance | Common Dreams
Forget the use of the terms "autocracy" and "constitutional crisis." This is a savage dictatorship, getting worse by the day.
www.commondreams.org
February 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Trump-Musk Dictatorship Is Awakening the American People's Resistance: Forget the use of the terms "autocracy" and "constitutional crisis." This is a savage dictatorship, getting worse by the day.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
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Palestine belongs to its Indigenous people; it does not belong to those who have stolen the land, forcibly displacing its inhabitants and are now intent on ethnically cleansing those who remained.
Gaza Is Not for Sale — No Matter What Trump Says
Trump’s absurd plan to annex Gaza will never be tolerated by Palestinians.
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February 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Palestine belongs to its Indigenous people; it does not belong to those who have stolen the land, forcibly displacing its inhabitants and are now intent on ethnically cleansing those who remained.
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Elez’s role at DOGE granted him direct access to the Treasury Department’s systems, including those with “top-secret” clearance distinctions and those responsible for “nearly all payments made by the U.S. government.”
DOGE Member Resigns After Reports Expose Social Media Posts Promoting Racism and Eugenics
The racist posts from DOGE member Marko Elez included a call to end the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Elez’s role at DOGE granted him direct access to the Treasury Department’s systems, including those with “top-secret” clearance distinctions and those responsible for “nearly all payments made by the U.S. government.”
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The person you hear herein saying beating up cops isn’t that big a deal is now the Acting US Attorney for Washington DC
www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...
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FBI agents, prosecutors fear retribution from Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump
Officials involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions say the Trump administration isn't protecting them from threats. "We don't think they'll care — unless and until one of us gets killed," an official told NPR.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The person you hear herein saying beating up cops isn’t that big a deal is now the Acting US Attorney for Washington DC
www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...
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Three Columbia University graduate students who were suspended last year for attending protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza filed a lawsuit against the university alleging that they were singled out for unwarranted scrutiny and harassment.
Students Sue Columbia University Over Suspensions for Pro-Palestine Organizing
“The courts are really our only recourse at this point,” said one plaintiff. “Columbia has left us no alternative.”…
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Three Columbia University graduate students who were suspended last year for attending protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza filed a lawsuit against the university alleging that they were singled out for unwarranted scrutiny and harassment.
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“The United States Supreme Court has resoundingly rejected the president’s interpretation of the 14th Amendment. In fact, no court in the country has ever endorsed the president’s interpretation. This court will not be the first.”
Federal Judge Places Indefinite Injunction Against Trump’s Order Ending Birthright Citizenship
“No court in the country has ever endorsed the president’s interpretation” in the past 125 years, the judge stated.
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“The United States Supreme Court has resoundingly rejected the president’s interpretation of the 14th Amendment. In fact, no court in the country has ever endorsed the president’s interpretation. This court will not be the first.”
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huh, i wonder what this is about www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration disbands taskforce targeting Russian oligarchs
US attorney general issues memo to break up effort started after 2022 Ukraine invasion to target those close to Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
huh, i wonder what this is about www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump’s purpose in enacting tariffs is to defend a certain segment of the U.S. capitalist class, not the working class.
What Do Trump’s Tariffs Really Mean for the US Working Class?
Trump’s challenge to the neoliberal order is aimed at increasing capitalists’ profits, not helping workers.
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trump’s purpose in enacting tariffs is to defend a certain segment of the U.S. capitalist class, not the working class.
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Tribal colleges and universities receive 74 percent of their total revenue from federal funding. If the freeze continues, tribal colleges and universities could shut down completely.
Tribal Colleges and Universities Fear Their Future Amid Trump’s Sweeping Orders
Chartered by federally recognized tribes, leaders say the schools are extensions of tribal nations and sovereignty.
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Tribal colleges and universities receive 74 percent of their total revenue from federal funding. If the freeze continues, tribal colleges and universities could shut down completely.
Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now
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Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now
The party is not helpless. In fact, Democrats have some effective tools at their disposal.
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February 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now
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Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now
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Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now
The party is not helpless. In fact, Democrats have some effective tools at their disposal.
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now
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“Key spheres of policy-making — energy, finance and tech — will be overseen by wealthy figures plucked from the industries they’re tasked to oversee.”
- @derekseidman.bsky.social
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Trump Is Packing His Cabinet With Crypto, Oil and Private Prison Profiteers
Trump’s policy makers will be overseeing the industries that they run and own.
truthout.org
January 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Key spheres of policy-making — energy, finance and tech — will be overseen by wealthy figures plucked from the industries they’re tasked to oversee.”
- @derekseidman.bsky.social
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I don’t take credit for this meme, but I do co-sign.
December 7, 2024 at 1:12 PM
I don’t take credit for this meme, but I do co-sign.