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Old retired Christian left-winger barely surviving economically. I have been waiting for the Revolution for 50 years. Supporter of Democracy Now, Poor People's Campaign, Bernie Sanders, and In These Times. Here for Music, Politics, & Activism. No Dating.
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Under current and future Supreme Court doctrine, Congress cannot insulate public-health experts from being replaced by an anti-vaccine secretary or president.
The unitary executive theory kills people.
The unitary executive theory kills people.
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Under current and future Supreme Court doctrine, Congress cannot insulate public-health experts from being replaced by an anti-vaccine secretary or president.
The unitary executive theory kills people.
The unitary executive theory kills people.
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The Supreme Court has voted to allow Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026.
As Justice Kagan wrote, this map "ensures that many Texas citizens, for no good reason, will be placed in electoral districts because of their race."
Our democracy is faltering.
As Justice Kagan wrote, this map "ensures that many Texas citizens, for no good reason, will be placed in electoral districts because of their race."
Our democracy is faltering.
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Supreme Court has voted to allow Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026.
As Justice Kagan wrote, this map "ensures that many Texas citizens, for no good reason, will be placed in electoral districts because of their race."
Our democracy is faltering.
As Justice Kagan wrote, this map "ensures that many Texas citizens, for no good reason, will be placed in electoral districts because of their race."
Our democracy is faltering.
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“After years of promising to change, swearing that you’re working on it, your behavior has only gotten worse. You are toxic.” Read @franifio.bsky.social breakup letter to capitalism: trib.al/HkRMy0G
A Breakup Letter to Capitalism - The American Prospect
I’m just not that into you.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“After years of promising to change, swearing that you’re working on it, your behavior has only gotten worse. You are toxic.” Read @franifio.bsky.social breakup letter to capitalism: trib.al/HkRMy0G
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The Washington Post’s opinion writers are spending a lot of time defending their boss Jeff Bezos. Now that many long-time editors have left, Bezos is free to run Amazon ad copy in editorials. From Harold Meyerson: trib.al/eDIi9Ep
Jeff Bezos’s Very Own Editorial Page - The American Prospect
The Washington Post’s new editorialists have turned the page over to screeds defending not just laissez-faire capitalism but Bezos himself.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Washington Post’s opinion writers are spending a lot of time defending their boss Jeff Bezos. Now that many long-time editors have left, Bezos is free to run Amazon ad copy in editorials. From Harold Meyerson: trib.al/eDIi9Ep
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Things with the economy seem to be going well for Trump, but only in the very short term. In order to prevent things from going south heading into the midterms, Trump is trying to take over the Fed, but even that might not do much good. From Robert Kuttner:
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Trump’s Self-Imposed Economic Trap - The American Prospect
Even if he gains control of the Fed, monetary policy can only do so much—and Trump rejects other policies that could cut the high cost of living and improve growth.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Things with the economy seem to be going well for Trump, but only in the very short term. In order to prevent things from going south heading into the midterms, Trump is trying to take over the Fed, but even that might not do much good. From Robert Kuttner:
trib.al/XYrDRfy
trib.al/XYrDRfy
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A merger between Warner Bros. and Netflix may seem like a better option than the merger with overtly conservative Paramount, but @ddayen.bsky.social writes the public does not have to accept further consolidation of Hollywood.
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trib.al/5foWbAP
Netflix Aims for Entertainment Domination - The American Prospect
Fewer streaming options, or a streaming landscape where two of the three largest outlets have the same corporate parent, likely means a continuation of the price hikes that we’re already seeing.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A merger between Warner Bros. and Netflix may seem like a better option than the merger with overtly conservative Paramount, but @ddayen.bsky.social writes the public does not have to accept further consolidation of Hollywood.
trib.al/5foWbAP
trib.al/5foWbAP
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When middlemen jack up the prices of products, it can be a matter of life or death. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social pulls the middlemen of the American economy out of the shadows and shows how they are profiting while buyers shoulder the cost.
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Meet the Connectors - The American Prospect
Middlemen, our economy’s most shadowy characters, sit in between buyers and sellers and get rich in the process. It can even be a matter of life or death.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
When middlemen jack up the prices of products, it can be a matter of life or death. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social pulls the middlemen of the American economy out of the shadows and shows how they are profiting while buyers shoulder the cost.
trib.al/82GZ3y5
trib.al/82GZ3y5
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“The Trump administration has effectively outsourced soaring disaster costs to ill-equipped states, profit-seeking insurers, and, ultimately, helpless individuals.” When the next hurricane hits, these cuts will prove disastrous. From Kenny Stancil:
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Trump’s Katrina Is Coming - The American Prospect
The president’s FEMA sabotage has all but guaranteed us more acute disasters in the future.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“The Trump administration has effectively outsourced soaring disaster costs to ill-equipped states, profit-seeking insurers, and, ultimately, helpless individuals.” When the next hurricane hits, these cuts will prove disastrous. From Kenny Stancil:
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trib.al/OAJD6Ij
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Businesses, like movie theaters and airports, know they have their consumers trapped, so they can get away with $9.47 waters and $28 beers. @ddayen.bsky.social writes, this kind of pricing is lucrative as well as illegal.
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Trapped at the Concession Stand - The American Prospect
Captive pricing follows when customers have no choices. Policymakers can do something about it.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Businesses, like movie theaters and airports, know they have their consumers trapped, so they can get away with $9.47 waters and $28 beers. @ddayen.bsky.social writes, this kind of pricing is lucrative as well as illegal.
trib.al/mwH2TBC
trib.al/mwH2TBC
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Epstein Island Filled With CREEPY OLD MAN Masks, Trump Doubling Down on ICE TERROR
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Epstein Island Filled With CREEPY OLD MAN Masks, Trump Doubling Down on ICE TERROR
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December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Epstein Island Filled With CREEPY OLD MAN Masks, Trump Doubling Down on ICE TERROR
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As the US drives toward military action in Venezuela, it’s important to remember the Central American Solidarity Movement of the 1980s. People stood up across the US — in marches & actions — against US intervention in the region. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social
Remembering the resistance to US intervention in Latin America
Marches, hunger strikes, blocked weapons shipments, solidarity actions, pledges of resistance. The 1980s solidarity movement stood up against US intervention in Central America. This is episode 79 of ...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As the US drives toward military action in Venezuela, it’s important to remember the Central American Solidarity Movement of the 1980s. People stood up across the US — in marches & actions — against US intervention in the region. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social
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Epstein Island Video Shows Windowless Buildings with Bedrooms
The House Oversight Committee just released never before seen video of Epstein Island revealing the opulence of his surroundings and its clandestine nature. @therealnews.com
#epstein #epsteinfiles #epsteinisland #FBI #inequalitywatch
The House Oversight Committee just released never before seen video of Epstein Island revealing the opulence of his surroundings and its clandestine nature. @therealnews.com
#epstein #epsteinfiles #epsteinisland #FBI #inequalitywatch
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Epstein Island Video Shows Windowless Buildings with Bedrooms
The House Oversight Committee just released never before seen video of Epstein Island revealing the opulence of his surroundings and its clandestine nature. @therealnews.com
#epstein #epsteinfiles #epsteinisland #FBI #inequalitywatch
The House Oversight Committee just released never before seen video of Epstein Island revealing the opulence of his surroundings and its clandestine nature. @therealnews.com
#epstein #epsteinfiles #epsteinisland #FBI #inequalitywatch
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Can you take 3 minutes to help shape TRNN’s future? www.surveymonkey.com/r/G5XQ58Q
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Can you take 3 minutes to help shape TRNN’s future? www.surveymonkey.com/r/G5XQ58Q
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In a 2–1 ruling, Trump-appointed D.C. Circuit Court Judges greenlit his removal of Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board
In her dissent, Judge Florence Pan warned it's a disastrous consolidation of executive power trib.al/QXSlbPL
In her dissent, Judge Florence Pan warned it's a disastrous consolidation of executive power trib.al/QXSlbPL
Trump Judges Rule He Can Fire Whoever He Wants
In a dissenting opinion, Judge Florence Pan warned the move “paves the way to autocracy.”
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December 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In a 2–1 ruling, Trump-appointed D.C. Circuit Court Judges greenlit his removal of Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board
In her dissent, Judge Florence Pan warned it's a disastrous consolidation of executive power trib.al/QXSlbPL
In her dissent, Judge Florence Pan warned it's a disastrous consolidation of executive power trib.al/QXSlbPL
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Mounting evidence casts doubt that those killed—who now number over 80—were even trafficking drugs to the United States. And now, Trump is pardoning the Honduran ex-president convicted of crimes relating to flooding the U.S. with cocaine.
What’s the case for these bombings? trib.al/tf60iFD
What’s the case for these bombings? trib.al/tf60iFD
Trump Boat Bombings Suddenly on Shakier Ground as Damning Info Emerges
Will Republicans give us a real investigation into Trump’s bombings, now that we just learned horrific new details about them? Or are they seriously going to fall on their swords for Pete Hegseth?
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December 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Mounting evidence casts doubt that those killed—who now number over 80—were even trafficking drugs to the United States. And now, Trump is pardoning the Honduran ex-president convicted of crimes relating to flooding the U.S. with cocaine.
What’s the case for these bombings? trib.al/tf60iFD
What’s the case for these bombings? trib.al/tf60iFD
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A new report from payroll processor ADP found that private employees lost nearly 32,000 jobs in November, far off analyst projections that they would add 10,000 jobs.
The data is a sharp decline from October. trib.al/sLyTx4f
The data is a sharp decline from October. trib.al/sLyTx4f
December 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A new report from payroll processor ADP found that private employees lost nearly 32,000 jobs in November, far off analyst projections that they would add 10,000 jobs.
The data is a sharp decline from October. trib.al/sLyTx4f
The data is a sharp decline from October. trib.al/sLyTx4f
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Even with the inarguable threats posed by the Trump administration, many see the idea of leaving the U.S. as an admission of defeat.
... But if you find yourself asking the question, some say “you probably are already in the space where you should be making preparations.” trib.al/mOEWbF1
... But if you find yourself asking the question, some say “you probably are already in the space where you should be making preparations.” trib.al/mOEWbF1
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Even with the inarguable threats posed by the Trump administration, many see the idea of leaving the U.S. as an admission of defeat.
... But if you find yourself asking the question, some say “you probably are already in the space where you should be making preparations.” trib.al/mOEWbF1
... But if you find yourself asking the question, some say “you probably are already in the space where you should be making preparations.” trib.al/mOEWbF1
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Ever since the government shutdown, it’s finally begun to sink in on people that Trump and his entire administration are a bunch of raging ideologues or incompetents or both, peddling a fantasy version of their strength that people no longer buy. trib.al/bxVWbrK
There’s No Doubt About It: The Great MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun
Every single prominent member of the Trump administration has had a very, very bad week.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ever since the government shutdown, it’s finally begun to sink in on people that Trump and his entire administration are a bunch of raging ideologues or incompetents or both, peddling a fantasy version of their strength that people no longer buy. trib.al/bxVWbrK
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Surprise, surprise: House Republicans don’t want the public to hear what Jack Smith has to say about President Donald Trump—even though the president claims he’d prefer it. trib.al/yFoP4in
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Surprise, surprise: House Republicans don’t want the public to hear what Jack Smith has to say about President Donald Trump—even though the president claims he’d prefer it. trib.al/yFoP4in
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An immigration judge fired by the Trump administration is suing the attorney general for discrimination, in a case that could change civil service forever. trib.al/Z6CTYwH
The government maintains that the executive branch’s constitutional powers override the civil rights law.
The government maintains that the executive branch’s constitutional powers override the civil rights law.
Trump Claims Right to Discriminate as Pam Bondi Hit With Lawsuit
A fired federal worker is suing the attorney general in a case that could change civil service forever.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
An immigration judge fired by the Trump administration is suing the attorney general for discrimination, in a case that could change civil service forever. trib.al/Z6CTYwH
The government maintains that the executive branch’s constitutional powers override the civil rights law.
The government maintains that the executive branch’s constitutional powers override the civil rights law.
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The Trump administration is taking aim at the Somali American community in Minnesota with an immigration crackdown, punctuated by President Trump on Tuesday calling Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali American herself, “garbage” along with the rest of her community. trib.al/X6ClAAx
Trump Official Forced to Clarify Exactly How Many Somalis Are Garbage
Donald Trump’s White House has launched a particularly racist attack on the Somali American community.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The Trump administration is taking aim at the Somali American community in Minnesota with an immigration crackdown, punctuated by President Trump on Tuesday calling Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali American herself, “garbage” along with the rest of her community. trib.al/X6ClAAx
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The laws of war generally prohibit killing people who are no longer “in the fight." trib.al/sHSwP3X
“The evidence that I’ve seen absolutely demands a further and continued investigation,” Rep. Adam Smith said. “It strains credibility to say that they were still in the fight.”
“The evidence that I’ve seen absolutely demands a further and continued investigation,” Rep. Adam Smith said. “It strains credibility to say that they were still in the fight.”
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
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December 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The laws of war generally prohibit killing people who are no longer “in the fight." trib.al/sHSwP3X
“The evidence that I’ve seen absolutely demands a further and continued investigation,” Rep. Adam Smith said. “It strains credibility to say that they were still in the fight.”
“The evidence that I’ve seen absolutely demands a further and continued investigation,” Rep. Adam Smith said. “It strains credibility to say that they were still in the fight.”
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Hundreds more people are still missing as intensive rains pose new dangers in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
Heavy rains hamper recovery as death toll from floods in Asia exceeds 1,750
Hundreds more people are still missing as intensive rains pose new dangers in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Hundreds more people are still missing as intensive rains pose new dangers in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
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Syrian president accuses Israel of fabricating threats to justify militarism and divert attention from Gaza massacres.
Syria’s al-Sharaa accuses Israel of ‘exporting crises’ across region
Syrian president accuses Israel of fabricating threats to justify militarism and divert attention from Gaza massacres.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Syrian president accuses Israel of fabricating threats to justify militarism and divert attention from Gaza massacres.
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At least seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks as military pushes deeper beyond truce demarcation line.
Israeli drone chases and kills elderly woman in Gaza as attacks continue
At least seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks as military pushes deeper beyond truce demarcation line.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
At least seven Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks as military pushes deeper beyond truce demarcation line.