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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 5h

What's behind the Trump administration's renewed drug war in Latin America? "It’s primarily Marco Rubio’s ideological project," says historian Alejandro Velasco.

“Rubio’s Ideological Project”: What’s Driving Trump’s Campaign Against Venezuela?

The Trump administration has now killed at least 43 people in 10 strikes against so-called drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean. The threat of war against Venezuela and the surrounding region...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

As open enrollment begins, remember that 80% (!) of the ACA subsidies about to expire go to people in states that Trump won in 2024.

Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich.

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · 5d

Congress Critter Proposes a Raw Deal to Replace Social Security
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Congress Critter Proposes a Raw Deal to Replace Social Security

Years ago, an iconic bar named “Another Raw Deal” was a regular hangout for us irreverent, free-spirited, political progressives in Austin, Texas.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · 10d

America’s History, Says Lord Trump, Is Exactly What I Say It Is
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America’s History, Says Lord Trump, Is Exactly What I Say It Is

Our country’s magnificent National Park System has been called “America’s greatest idea.”

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · 11d

Excellant 2 min @jimhightower.com What If the Democrats Started to Support Democrats Again? open.substack.com/pub/jimhight...

What If the Democrats Started to Support Democrats Again?

When will top Democratic party officials recognize that today’s electorate is not made up of moderate centrists?

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · 11d

Educational We need a brain scan of Trump to objectively determine if he has dementia open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...

We need a brain scan of Trump to objectively determine if he has dementia

We can't have a President in Name Only

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · 13d

Remembering my Dad on what would have been his 100th birthday @sfgate.com #AlzAssociation

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14d

SF #nokings

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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 14d

lol please watch this with sound

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14d

Such extremism! So much terror!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14d

Republicans have been calling the “No Kings” protests a “Hate America rally.” So, we asked protestors what they thought about it. Here are their responses.

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · 14d

Awesome day at SF Alz Walk in Mission Bay #EndAlz #californiaalz.bsky.social #alzassociation.bsky.social

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14d

At the Ferry Building in the backside of what seems to one possibly the biggest protest I’ve seen in 24 years of living in SF. #nokings

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · 16d

Rev Brown speaks the common sense truth Marc Benioff’s call for the National Guard revealed the real danger to San Francisco www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Marc Benioff’s call for the National Guard revealed the real danger to San Francisco

OPINION: Powerful individuals who control technology that could do great good are instead joining forces with an authoritarian and racist administration, Amos C. Brown writes.

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · 21d

What If a Homeless Person Served on the Supreme Court?
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What If a Homeless Person Served on the Supreme Court?

What’s wrong with Neil Gorsuch?

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · 21d

Top Corporate Executives Should Have to Feel the Summer Heat
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Top Corporate Executives Should Have to Feel the Summer Heat

Being a lifelong Texan, I’m used to hot summers.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 27

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · Sep 24

Important to read real studies The chilling effect of politicizing Tylenol open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The chilling effect of politicizing tylenol

Unfounded political rhetoric about medicine can literally kill people.

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · Sep 12

Good Education @jimhightower.com The Secret History of “Wokeness” open.substack.com/pub/jimhight...

The Secret History of “Wokeness”

In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Humpty Dumpty scornfully declares that, “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean.”

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Sep 7

When Trump was accused of committing fraud by lying to banks, his lawyers argued, "Everyone does things like this, so what's the big deal?"

But now that he’s back in office, Trump seems to have decided that telling banks things that aren’t true while seeking loans is a very big deal after all.

Trump’s mortgage fraud smears are backfiring on his own administration

Evidence emerges that several top officials claimed multiple properties as their primary residence.

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · Sep 7

Trump wants people scared-instead Chicago and DC punched him in the face!
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Trump wants people scared-instead Chicago and DC punched him in the face!

This is what patriots look like!

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you @AsmStefani for supporting dementia training for essential workers - home care aides. This would have helped my late mom as well as my dad who cared for her @alzassociation.bsky.social @californiaalz.bsky.social @alzimpact.bsky.social

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · Sep 3

Alawys Informative @jimhightower.com Kennedy’s “Healthy Food” Reform Gets Eaten Up by Big Food Corporations open.substack.com/pub/jimhight...

Kennedy’s “Healthy Food” Reform Gets Eaten Up by Big Food Corporations

Bobby Kennedy, Jr.

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10cj @10cj.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great to listen to @jimhightower.com Beware! Congress Is Driving Backward Down a Wrong Way Street open.substack.com/pub/jimhight...

Beware! Congress Is Driving Backward Down a Wrong Way Street

At about 12 years of age, I began working for my father, loading bundles into the two delivery trucks used in his small business.

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