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LA Progressive is a daily digital news and opinion magazine that is dedicated to providing a platform for progressive thought. Published by Dick & Sharon. https://www.laprogressive.com
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · Nov 20
More than 50 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. said, "This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.” 
I'm currently listening to the Macro and Cheese podcast. We have to stay informed and prepared.
The Price of Apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evin men - Plato
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 13h
The Making of “Problematic People”

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From colonial conquest to segregation, the elite redraws the moral, civic, and political boundaries of who counts as human — and silence keeps the system alive. @sharonkyle #racism
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 14h
Government Shutdown Causing Healthcare Crisis

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Health care costs are about to skyrocket for working Americans, but GOP lawmakers are prioritizing tax breaks for the wealthy. ChateauK #healthcare
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 15h
The Ukraine-Russia War Continues

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The endgame remains unpredictable--dangerously so  @astore_wj #ukraine
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 16h
He's No Prize

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Claude Lusanne: Ten reasons why Trump should never be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize #nobelpeaceprice
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 17h
Margaret Thatcher, A Trump Precursor: Reflections on “Brian and Maggie”

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Watching the series reminded me of how similar the second term presidency of Donald Trump has been to what came to be known as Thatcherism.  Walter Moss #trump
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 21h
Urgent Next Steps for Palestine at the United Nations

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Nicolas Davies: There is nothing to prevent the UN from quickly convening a new meeting of its Emergency Special Session on Palestine. @NicolasJSDavies #palestine
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 22h
“Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Peace Prize

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As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine. Michelle Ellner #nobelpeaceprize
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 23h
Those Yankee Boo Birds

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Berry Craig: Jingoistic mantras and jeering the national anthem of a country that is our good neighbor and one of our best friends and strongest allies on earth is beyond boorish. #yahkees
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 1d
Palestine, My Palestine

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We should mourn Palestinian losses as we mourn those of Israelis, as we would mourn those in our own families. #palestine
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 1d
Which Trump? Inconsistent Models Are Both True

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He might just seize power and stay in office until he dies, but the fact is he is already failing. He won’t be around long. John Peeler #trump
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 1d
No Cheers for ""Normality"

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We will need to take up the work of fundamental reconstruction, taking down the culture of violence and predation piece by piece and building up a different kind of American Experiment. Peter Laarman #trailoftears
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 1d
How Israel Reached Its Mass-Murder Quota

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Around 1,275 Israelis died as a result of the attack on October 7. Israel’s mass murder quota was therefore around 63,750 (= 50 x 1,275). @JeffDSachs Sybil Fares #genocide
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 1d
Technology Shapes How We Move, Speak, and Think

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From hands to feet, voice to vision, our digital tools extend, transform, and sometimes erase the human body. Vanessa Chang #robotics
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 2d
John Peeler: He might just seize power and stay in office until he dies, but the fact is he is already failing. He won’t be around long. https://f.mtr.cool/vkyoudlnfb
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 3d
Meeting Needs in All the Wrong Ways

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Young men should not be isolated or scapegoated, but understood within a chain of complicity that includes corporations, governments, and communities. Cynthia McDermott #video
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
Making Sense of a World with a Maniac in the Driver's Seat

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If a certain prevalent strain of MAGA masculinity feeds on anger and hate, it’s not an easy persona to sustain. @mazzarino_a #trump
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
Trump’s Indictment of James Comey Renews the Unfinished Business of the Mueller Report

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It is ironic that Trump is attacking Comey with a highly politicized indictment. @donewithNFL #comey
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
Just How "War-Ravaged" Is Portland?

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This is either a pattern of inept mistakes – which is unacceptable in the leaders of this nation – or it’s a pattern of intentional deception which is dangerous and wrong. @RiveraSunAuthor #portland
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
No Need for California to Secede

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The Golden State is aready gone—the U.S. committed ‘constructive abandonment’. @joemmathews #california
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
Ripped from Home: The ICE Raid That Exposed a North Country’s Divide

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Despite having declared themselves to immigration judges, attending court dates, and following the legal process. George Cassidy Payne #iceraid
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
We Have to Mind Our Words

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If we call Donald Trump Adolf Hitler, we render ourselves unable to understand either man accurately. Chuck Yates #trump
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
When Liberty Goes Dark

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When Lady Liberty goes dark, it isn’t just her flame that’s out—it’s the American experiment itself, a civilized civilization. @desi_cortez
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
A Real Peace Plan for the Palestinian People

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A real peace plan must eliminate the colonial scaffolding. It should restore Palestinian sovereignty by addressing Palestinian statehood.  Sybil Fares: @JeffDSachs #freepalestine
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
Protesting the Military in American Cities

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You pledge to uphold the US constitution, and your training taught you to disobey illegal orders. The orders sending you here are unlawful and unjust. #protest
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LA Progressive @laprogressive.bsky.social · 4d
Our Right to Read: Annual Banned Books Week Celebrates the Right to Read

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Don’t allow those in power to whitewash history or cast historic civil rights struggles down the memory hole.  Mickey Huff and Cameron Samuels  #bannedbooks