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Even if Trump loses, we are pretty screwed. We will still live in a country where close to half of all voters really think Trump should be President. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/21/how-alarmed-should-we-be-if-trump-wins-again

How Alarmed Should We Be If Trump Wins Again?

Even many of the ex-President’s opponents haven’t grasped the scale of the man’s villainy.

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Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 24

Best reason to impeach & convict Trump is to strip him of Secret Service protection.

Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 24

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The evidence that Donald Trump was truly, madly and deeply confused was worrisome when he was a candidate. Now he is making the country a landfill for his nonsensical policies. — Dana Milbank, Washington Post

Opinion | Trump returns — and so does his astounding ignorance

If you feel off-kilter, you’re in good company. The president seems downright bewildered.

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Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 23

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Here's Why You Can't Get Home Insurance in California - Cal Alumni Association

As wildfires abound in California, the state faces a mounting insurance crisis. Berkeley Law's Dave Jones explains why the current system is failing homeowners.

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Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 22

Donald J. Trump. The J stands for "No Reason"

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Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 22

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The Human Edge

We share most of our genes with apes. Around 6 million years ago, evolution began tinkering with this basic body kit and brought about the physical, mental and cultural changes that made us the most v...

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Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 22

Is Social Media More Like Cigarettes or Junk Food? www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...

Is Social Media More Like Cigarettes or Junk Food?

Lawmakers attempting to regulate children’s access to social media must decide whether bans or warning labels are the optimal route for keeping kids safe.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Jan 22

Mike Davis in his last interview: “Ruling classes everywhere have no rational analysis...for the immediate future. A small group have more concentrated power over the human future than ever before in human history,& they have no vision, no strategy, no plan”
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Mike Davis, California’s ‘prophet of doom’, on activism in a dying world: ‘Despair is useless’

His warnings of ecological and social breakdown have proved accurate. But with months to live, Davis is anything but defeated

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Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 22

They call him Donald J. Trump. The J is for Bitch.

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Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 22

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Jessica Zellers @stellagarp.bsky.social · Jan 22

Those who study the past are doomed to watch others repeat it.

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Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 22

Once in a generation, every few years.

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Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 22

So yeah basically star wars gets way more attention than it deserves but cool the fans spent tons of money on star wars bullshit so yay gdp sorry nature about all that plastic

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Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 22

It's gonna be fun when Jan. 6 hoodlums who just got Trump pardons go out and commit more crimes. Fun in the bad way, ya know what I mean?

Born Broke @bornbroke.bsky.social · Jan 22

Constitution schmonstitution