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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
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Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
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So, the guy who was gonna end all wars has bombed Yemen, threatened to bomb Iran, and threatened to invade Greenland.
Did I get that right?
Did I get that right?
March 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
So, the guy who was gonna end all wars has bombed Yemen, threatened to bomb Iran, and threatened to invade Greenland.
Did I get that right?
Did I get that right?
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One of my Radical Leftist opinions is the government shouldn't be able to deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
March 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
One of my Radical Leftist opinions is the government shouldn't be able to deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
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Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.
March 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.
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March 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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The worst thing to happen to the Democratic Party is the consultant class
February 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The worst thing to happen to the Democratic Party is the consultant class
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Why is the richest man in the world cutting cancer research?
February 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Why is the richest man in the world cutting cancer research?
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It’s quite clear by now that the answer to “why is the Trump administration doing x terrible thing?” is that they are *trying* to dismantle America and destabilize the entire world.
February 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It’s quite clear by now that the answer to “why is the Trump administration doing x terrible thing?” is that they are *trying* to dismantle America and destabilize the entire world.
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It’s sad on the eve of Presidents Day it’s appropriate to have to post this.
February 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It’s sad on the eve of Presidents Day it’s appropriate to have to post this.
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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thank you to Kendrick and the Eagles for making terrible people angry tonight
February 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
thank you to Kendrick and the Eagles for making terrible people angry tonight
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Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
February 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
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The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.
February 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.
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•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
January 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
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Trump says because of oil prices going down, he’s going to “demand” an immediate reduction to interest rates.
Periodic reminder that the Fed doesn’t drop — or raise — interest rates on the whims of the president
Periodic reminder that the Fed doesn’t drop — or raise — interest rates on the whims of the president
January 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Trump says because of oil prices going down, he’s going to “demand” an immediate reduction to interest rates.
Periodic reminder that the Fed doesn’t drop — or raise — interest rates on the whims of the president
Periodic reminder that the Fed doesn’t drop — or raise — interest rates on the whims of the president
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"From the standpoint of January 2021, when Trump was forced out of office in disgrace following a failed coup attempt, yesterday’s events are unthinkable. But as we learned the hard way, voters have short memories and are extremely susceptible to disinformation and manipulation."
The "find out" phase begins
Voters effed around. And now ...
www.publicnotice.co
January 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"From the standpoint of January 2021, when Trump was forced out of office in disgrace following a failed coup attempt, yesterday’s events are unthinkable. But as we learned the hard way, voters have short memories and are extremely susceptible to disinformation and manipulation."
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I would be more inclined to give Elon the benefit of the doubt over the Sieg Heil salute if he hadn't just endorsed the closest thing Germany has today to the Nazi party
January 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I would be more inclined to give Elon the benefit of the doubt over the Sieg Heil salute if he hadn't just endorsed the closest thing Germany has today to the Nazi party
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Here's Fetterman tacitly acknowledging that the immigration bill which he voted for contains no protections for Dreamers ... whose protection his wife (a Dreamer herself) called a "moral imperative."
triblive.com/opinion/gise...
triblive.com/opinion/gise...
January 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Here's Fetterman tacitly acknowledging that the immigration bill which he voted for contains no protections for Dreamers ... whose protection his wife (a Dreamer herself) called a "moral imperative."
triblive.com/opinion/gise...
triblive.com/opinion/gise...