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Gerald Friedman
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Professor Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate of Columbia (BA) and Harvard (PhD). Author of numerous works in labor history, heterodox economic theory, and Medicare for All. Most recent book is The Case for Medicare for All .. more

Gerald Carl Friedman is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He became nationally prominent during the 2016 U.S. presidential election after writing an analysis of Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders campaign's policies in which Friedman concluded that these policies would produce significant economic growth in the United States if they were enacted. Friedman also received strong backlash for these remarks, from editorial pundits and fellow academics. .. more

Political science 35%
Sociology 19%
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here's today's post: "Preznit Fuckwit pardons turkeys, forgets to collect bribe" — just another batshit day in the tinpot republic of America.
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Preznit Fuckwit pardons turkeys, forgets to collect bribe
just another batshit day in the tinpot republic of America
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.

📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.

Prosecute her and everyone involved.

Trump hates independent women
GOP #Waronwomen
Trump is up with an early morning screed flailing at a New York Times article. His comment about the reporter is in the image below. That’s your kids’ role model, MAGA. Happy Thanksgiving. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

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Trump is up with an early morning screed flailing at a New York Times article. His comment about the reporter is in the image below. That’s your kids’ role model, MAGA. Happy Thanksgiving. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

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Well done to all those who have tirelessly campaigned to scrap the 2-child benefit cap.

Today, the government admitted it had been keeping thousands of children in poverty for no reason whatsoever.

Next, tax wealth, reverse austerity and end the privatisation rip-off!

Trump’s Retribution Push Has Expanded Even as It Hits Legal Barriers
Trump's threat to our democracy continues
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Trump’s Retribution Push Has Expanded Even as It Hits Legal Barriers
www.nytimes.com

Amazing.
Whose side is Witkoff on?
Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Beating Boston is worth a World Series!
Top Plays of 2025: No. 56

Jazz Chisholm Jr. turns on the jets to score the go-ahead run from first base in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series!

RFK will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden
The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.

But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com

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Look, Biden never did this. Never.

I wonder why the Trump Administration is hiding the economic data? @aaronsojourner.org
We may be getting the Epstein Files in December, but they’re still hiding the Jobs Report, the Inflation Report, and the GDP Report.

After 15 years of whinning, Trump and Republicans No Closer on Obamacare Fix
There is a solution: #medicareforall
politicalwire.com/2025/11/26/t...
Trump and Republicans No Closer on Obamacare Fix
"President Donald Trump decamped to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida late Tuesday for the Thanksgiving holiday with any effort to control spiking health care premiums — a key issue for Republicans who...
politicalwire.com

Even the NYTimes acknowledges it: Old-man Trump is fading.
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com

Lawless Kristi Noem Ordered Migrant Flights Despite Court Order.
Trump trashes the rule of law
politicalwire.com/2025/11/26/k...
Kristi Noem Ordered Migrant Flights Despite Court Order
"A court filing from the Department of Justice revealed that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the decision to continue sending detained Venezuelan migrants to a mega-prison in El Salvador ...
politicalwire.com
'An ordinary president, Kelly told us on Tuesday afternoon, would have responded to the video by affirming that troops should of course follow lawful orders. “But not this guy,” he added. “We basically said, ‘Follow the law.’ And he said, ‘Kill them.’”'

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
‘An Example MUST BE SET’
The pursuit of Mark Kelly in the military-justice system sends a clear message to service members and veterans.
www.theatlantic.com

Trump's Mental Decline Is So Bad The He Can't Pardon A Turkey Without Incident
open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
Trump's Mental Decline Is So Bad The He Can't Pardon A Turkey Without Incident
Donald Trump tried to do the White House turkey pardon, but it turned into a showcase for his mental decline.
open.substack.com

Trump's reason to start a war with Venezuela
www.axios.com/2025/11/26/t...
"America First" scars loom over Trump's Venezuela campaign
Even a narrowly framed mission could shatter Trump's promise of "no new wars."
www.axios.com

A Year Later, Donors to Trump’s Transition Come to Light
Open corruption! Trump isn't draining the swamp, he's happily swimming in it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
A Year Later, Donors to Trump’s Transition Come to Light
www.nytimes.com

“Republicans have a million ideas regarding healthcare. Except one,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who caucuses with Democrats, said on social media Monday afternoon. “They will never acknowledge that healthcare is a human right—to be guaranteed to ALL.”
www.commondreams.org/news/medicar...
Medicare for All Backers Argue It's a Better Solution Than Whatever Trump Is Cooking Up | Common Dreams
As President Donald Trump postpones unveiling his supposed plan to tackle soaring US healthcare costs—reportedly after pushback from congressional Republicans—Medicare for All advocates have renewed c...
www.commondreams.org
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“But there is another timebomb about to explode and it will if there is no accountability or justice for the Epstein victims.”
If Epstein’s victims don’t receive justice that is a ticking time bomb | V (formerly Eve Ensler)
Millions of sexual violent survivors will not live a day longer with this torturous injustice
www.theguardian.com