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Do you remember when the broadcast networks declined to air primetime speeches by Obama and Biden they deemed too overtly political? Because I do apnews.com/20ccd7a90e43... www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
ABC, CBS, NBC won't carry Obama
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC, CBS and NBC decided against covering President Barack Obama's speech on immigration live on Thursday, although the Spanish-language Univision network is delaying its telecast of t...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Do you remember when the broadcast networks declined to air primetime speeches by Obama and Biden they deemed too overtly political? Because I do apnews.com/20ccd7a90e43... www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
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FEMA downsizing plan is a disaster, survivors say
FEMA downsizing plan is a disaster, survivors say
It would cut staff by half, tighten eligibility, and pass costs and responsibilities to states.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
FEMA downsizing plan is a disaster, survivors say
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Last summer, Republicans in Congress including four Kentucky House members and one Kentucky senator voted to cut investment in next generation EV technology.
The result is 1,600 Kentucky jobs lost. That’s mortgages, car payments, and families left in limbo a week before Christmas.
The result is 1,600 Kentucky jobs lost. That’s mortgages, car payments, and families left in limbo a week before Christmas.
1,600 workers laid off at Glendale, Kentucky, plant as Ford continues major EV pivot
The Glendale facility will now support the energy storage demands of data centers, utilities, and large-scale industrial and commercial customers, Ford said.
www.whas11.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Last summer, Republicans in Congress including four Kentucky House members and one Kentucky senator voted to cut investment in next generation EV technology.
The result is 1,600 Kentucky jobs lost. That’s mortgages, car payments, and families left in limbo a week before Christmas.
The result is 1,600 Kentucky jobs lost. That’s mortgages, car payments, and families left in limbo a week before Christmas.
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www.govtrack.us/congress/vot...
#WeKnowThemByTheirVotes
To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
#WeKnowThemByTheirVotes
To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
H.Con.Res. 64: To direct the removal of United States Armed … -- House Vote #346 -- Dec. 17, 2025
House Vote #346 in 2025, in the United States Congress.
www.govtrack.us
December 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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#WeKnowThemByTheirVotes
To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
#WeKnowThemByTheirVotes
To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
Why Republicans shouldve been harder on elon musk and social media tech bros
“The research collectively suggests that America is becoming more anti-Semitic because its young people are becoming more anti-Semitic."
‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’
Anti-Jewish prejudice isn’t a partisan divide—it’s a generational one.
www.theatlantic.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Why Republicans shouldve been harder on elon musk and social media tech bros
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“The research collectively suggests that America is becoming more anti-Semitic because its young people are becoming more anti-Semitic."
‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’
Anti-Jewish prejudice isn’t a partisan divide—it’s a generational one.
www.theatlantic.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“The research collectively suggests that America is becoming more anti-Semitic because its young people are becoming more anti-Semitic."
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At the same that tech was created a new gilded class, its leaders convinced themselves that the most altruistic thing they could do with their money was keep it. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
December 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
At the same that tech was created a new gilded class, its leaders convinced themselves that the most altruistic thing they could do with their money was keep it. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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This is why we need unions!
Officer battling kidney failure terminated 6 months before retirement, losing benefits #usnews
Officer battling kidney failure terminated 6 months before retirement, losing benefits
A longtime police officer with kidney failure is being terminated at the end of the month, just six months away from retirement.
www.wmbfnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is why we need unions!
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Manufacturing employment has fallen every month since Trump rolled out his tariffs in April, according to yesterday’s jobs report.
Last year, Trump promised a “manufacturing boom” once he took office. Instead, his tariffs are killing manufacturing jobs.
Last year, Trump promised a “manufacturing boom” once he took office. Instead, his tariffs are killing manufacturing jobs.
Trump promised a blue-collar jobs boom. The opposite is happening | CNN Business
President Donald Trump promised voters in 2024 that if they returned him to the White House, his policies would deliver a blue-collar jobs boom.
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Manufacturing employment has fallen every month since Trump rolled out his tariffs in April, according to yesterday’s jobs report.
Last year, Trump promised a “manufacturing boom” once he took office. Instead, his tariffs are killing manufacturing jobs.
Last year, Trump promised a “manufacturing boom” once he took office. Instead, his tariffs are killing manufacturing jobs.
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#Stickers on the back of a sign, and side-of-the-wall #StreetArt for #TagTuesday
Thanks for looking; I appreciate y'all✨️
Thanks for looking; I appreciate y'all✨️
December 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#Stickers on the back of a sign, and side-of-the-wall #StreetArt for #TagTuesday
Thanks for looking; I appreciate y'all✨️
Thanks for looking; I appreciate y'all✨️
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December 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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American media is obsessed with Chinese AI but wont do reflection on the blatant political leanings of U.S. AI. A lot of Americans are going to start voting based on what LLMs tell them yet their algos are hidden to the public except for Elon's who openly instructs xAI to be right-wing.
December 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
American media is obsessed with Chinese AI but wont do reflection on the blatant political leanings of U.S. AI. A lot of Americans are going to start voting based on what LLMs tell them yet their algos are hidden to the public except for Elon's who openly instructs xAI to be right-wing.
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I really enjoyed this book. Congratulations to Justene Hill Edwards. macmillan.yale.edu/stories/yale...
Yale Announces 2025 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition has announced the winner of the twenty-seventh annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize.
macmillan.yale.edu
December 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I really enjoyed this book. Congratulations to Justene Hill Edwards. macmillan.yale.edu/stories/yale...
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The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
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James Talarico is telling Gen Z the truth: you may not care about politics, but politics cares a lot about you—your boss, your landlord, your health care provider all play by rules written in rooms you’re not in. Get involved: register, vote, and make them feel your power.
December 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
James Talarico is telling Gen Z the truth: you may not care about politics, but politics cares a lot about you—your boss, your landlord, your health care provider all play by rules written in rooms you’re not in. Get involved: register, vote, and make them feel your power.
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you know what wouldve been a smart mural israel and palestine handshaking, or praying, praying for peace and praying for return of the hostages, jewish people couldnt argue against that and no one would be offended. just saying.
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I don’t know how I feel about this mural. This is a Black neighborhood that is being gentrified and the Leftists gentrifying the neighborhood are laughing at the Black commenters who are expressing concern about the watermelon, telling them they need to go educate themselves.
I don’t know how I feel about this mural. This is a Black neighborhood that is being gentrified and the Leftists gentrifying the neighborhood are laughing at the Black commenters who are expressing concern about the watermelon, telling them they need to go educate themselves.
December 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
you know what wouldve been a smart mural israel and palestine handshaking, or praying, praying for peace and praying for return of the hostages, jewish people couldnt argue against that and no one would be offended. just saying.
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New U-M research from ISR’s Sasha Killewald finds that women now earn about 85% of men’s hourly wages, up from 65% in the mid 1980s, and about 8% of that narrowing is linked to having fewer children.
Learn more: myumi.ch/kPWeG
Learn more: myumi.ch/kPWeG
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New U-M research from ISR’s Sasha Killewald finds that women now earn about 85% of men’s hourly wages, up from 65% in the mid 1980s, and about 8% of that narrowing is linked to having fewer children.
Learn more: myumi.ch/kPWeG
Learn more: myumi.ch/kPWeG
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
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Why should other countries sign deals with the United States when this president is breaking **his own deals** after less than 6 months?
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports
The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck with Britain earlier this year, which was intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy, the...
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Why should other countries sign deals with the United States when this president is breaking **his own deals** after less than 6 months?
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Last year Trump boasted about the black unemployment rate under his watch. It hit a record low under Biden. It's now at a 5-year high.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
US jobless rate for Blacks and teens surges in November
The unemployment rate for two U.S. groups that are often the most vulnerable to job loss in a softening economy - Blacks and teenagers - surged to the highest levels in more than four years in Novembe...
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Last year Trump boasted about the black unemployment rate under his watch. It hit a record low under Biden. It's now at a 5-year high.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...