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Filmmaker. Supporter of emerging filmmakers. Dedicated to making the world more fair. Which would be easier if more people were as great as dogs.
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Advice from the daughter of MLK & Coretta Scott King. THIS is what C!v!l
D!sobed!ance to preserve & protect democracy looks like. #BlueCrew #ProtectDemocacy #GuardrailsOfDemocracy
D!sobed!ance to preserve & protect democracy looks like. #BlueCrew #ProtectDemocacy #GuardrailsOfDemocracy
Will be widely sharing this advice for the long road ahead. Thank you #StrengthInCommunity
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
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We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
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If Bernie's Social Security bill were enacted in 2021, Musk would have paid 2.9 BILLION more in taxes, Social Security would've been solvent for 75 years, benefits would've increased by $2,400, and 93% of Americans would have paid NOTHING more in taxes. The only one 'entitled' is Elon Musk.
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
If Bernie's Social Security bill were enacted in 2021, Musk would have paid 2.9 BILLION more in taxes, Social Security would've been solvent for 75 years, benefits would've increased by $2,400, and 93% of Americans would have paid NOTHING more in taxes. The only one 'entitled' is Elon Musk.
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Most importantly more people watched my TED talk than watched Sam Altman’s for which I thank everybody involved 🙏
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Most importantly more people watched my TED talk than watched Sam Altman’s for which I thank everybody involved 🙏
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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The Russians are coming and they are all camping out in Florida because their economy is crashing - so their oligarchs are buying up our industrial sectors, money laundering with backdoor deals brokered by Trump. 90’s Russian redux.
Wake up America.
Wake up America.
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Russians are coming and they are all camping out in Florida because their economy is crashing - so their oligarchs are buying up our industrial sectors, money laundering with backdoor deals brokered by Trump. 90’s Russian redux.
Wake up America.
Wake up America.
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After Elon Musk lashed out at the EU, calling for its dissolution and accusing the Commission of strangling Europe with bureaucracy, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski fired back: “Go to Mars. There’s no censorship on Nazi salutes there.”
December 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
After Elon Musk lashed out at the EU, calling for its dissolution and accusing the Commission of strangling Europe with bureaucracy, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski fired back: “Go to Mars. There’s no censorship on Nazi salutes there.”
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It’s an abomination of our tax dollars. Nobody wants this.
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It’s an abomination of our tax dollars. Nobody wants this.
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ICE detained a US citizen who was originally from Somalia.
They grabbed her because they didn’t like her hijab.
She says they sexually assaulted her and said things like “what are you hiding under your hijab”
She was held for 24 hours.
A US citizen. No one is safe.
They grabbed her because they didn’t like her hijab.
She says they sexually assaulted her and said things like “what are you hiding under your hijab”
She was held for 24 hours.
A US citizen. No one is safe.
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
ICE detained a US citizen who was originally from Somalia.
They grabbed her because they didn’t like her hijab.
She says they sexually assaulted her and said things like “what are you hiding under your hijab”
She was held for 24 hours.
A US citizen. No one is safe.
They grabbed her because they didn’t like her hijab.
She says they sexually assaulted her and said things like “what are you hiding under your hijab”
She was held for 24 hours.
A US citizen. No one is safe.
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Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Finally someone with stones !!!!!
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Finally someone with stones !!!!!
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Cassidy continues to pay lip service to the public health catastrophe he created with his cowardice.
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Cassidy continues to pay lip service to the public health catastrophe he created with his cowardice.
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Inside ICE Detention: Stripped, Shackled, Starved
Overcrowded facilities, poor medical care, and deaths in custody.
Systematic violations of civil and constitutional rights.
What are you still waiting for, America?
ICE continues to kidnap people & use violent tactics!
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Overcrowded facilities, poor medical care, and deaths in custody.
Systematic violations of civil and constitutional rights.
What are you still waiting for, America?
ICE continues to kidnap people & use violent tactics!
Thread 1/2🧵
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Inside ICE Detention: Stripped, Shackled, Starved
Overcrowded facilities, poor medical care, and deaths in custody.
Systematic violations of civil and constitutional rights.
What are you still waiting for, America?
ICE continues to kidnap people & use violent tactics!
Thread 1/2🧵
Overcrowded facilities, poor medical care, and deaths in custody.
Systematic violations of civil and constitutional rights.
What are you still waiting for, America?
ICE continues to kidnap people & use violent tactics!
Thread 1/2🧵
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The plot thickens. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The plot thickens. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Typical CEO In Chumplandia......
December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Typical CEO In Chumplandia......
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY