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Trump, the Pope, and me - Robert Reich #DefendDemocracy #ResistFascism
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Trump, the Pope, and me
The real meaning of Pope Leo’s and my favorite film
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November 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Saturday Report 11/29/25 — Is a cornered party as dangerous as a cornered rat? - Thom Harrtmann #ImpeachConvictRemove #ImpeachTrump #RemoveTheRegime
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Saturday Report 11/29/25 — Is a cornered party as dangerous as a cornered rat?
The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion
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November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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OPB documentary ‘First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath’ follows Indigenous kayakers on a historic journey after dam removal #KlamathRiver #DamRemoval
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OPB documentary ‘First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath’ follows Indigenous kayakers on a historic journey after dam removal
Oregon Field Guide's "First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath" documentary is available on OPB's website and YouTube.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The Subversive Activism of Gratitude - John Pavlovitz
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The Subversive Activism of Gratitude
These are days when gratitude might not come easy for you.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Did Denmark Find the Answer to Immigration—While Trump Chose Barbarism Instead?
#Immigrants #ImmigrationPolicy
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Did Denmark Find the Answer to Immigration—While Trump Chose Barbarism Instead?
How a small nation’s pragmatic, humane approach exposes the lie behind America’s manufactured “crisis” and offers a roadmap for defeating the racist strongmen weaponizing immigration for power…
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November 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Portland: Joy as Resistance
#PortlandOregon #KeepPortlandWeird
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Portland: Joy as Resistance
The role of creativity and counterculture in defending democracy.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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What Happens When the AI Bubble Blows Up on Main Street? #AI #DataCenters
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What Happens When the AI Bubble Blows Up on Main Street?
When this bubble bursts, the collapse won’t hit Google’s coders — it’ll hit the electricians, nurses, teachers, retirees, renters, and low-income families who never got a penny from the boom…
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November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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10 Terrible Things to Give Thanks For - John Pavlovitz
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10 Terrible Things to Give Thanks For
It’s tempting to view gratitude only through the filter of what’s pleasant, as if only comfort and ease are worth appreciating.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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How to Get Rid of
"Citizens United" - Robert Reich #CitizensUnited
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How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Should the 25th Amendment or Impeach/Remove be used against Donald Trump? #ImpeachConvictRemove #RemoveTheRegime
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remove him NOW!!
YouTube video by The Romano Report
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November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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When Does Trump Become Too Corrupt for the GOP?
#ImpeachRemove #RemoveRegime
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When Does Trump Become Too Corrupt for the GOP?
He’s tested every limit of decency and democracy, and every time he does the GOP bends a little lower. At this point, the question isn’t just about Trump’s crimes; it’s about their complicity…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Trump is once again playing the role of Putin’s puppet—pushing a backroom deal that would force Ukraine to surrender territory it holds, slash its military in half, give up long-range weapons, and bar foreign peacekeepers. That’s not peace. That’s Putin’s wishlist.
U.S.-Russian Peace Plan Would Force Ukraine to Cede Land and Cut Army The 28-point proposal, which comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters. Listen to this article · 5:23 min Learn more
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Good morning! Science time!

Bowhead whales make huge amounts of a DNA-repair protein that seems to stop damaged cells from turning pre-cancerous. The AK Iñupiaq community helped researchers determine that Bowheads can live 200yrs without cancer. This may help find new cancer treatments in humans.
A bowhead whale's DNA offers clues to fight cancer
Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the bowhead whale.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Pressure is increasing for the former Prince Andrew to give evidence to a U.S. congressional committee investigating the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Britain’s prime minister suggested he should testify. https://to.pbs.org/3KkgOSA
Britain's Starmer suggests former Prince Andrew should testify in U.S. investigation into Jeffrey Epstein
The former prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has so far ignored a request from members of the House Oversight Committee for a "transcribed interview."
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November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Under Trump's Regime Only Obedience is Legal and Even Discussing Defiance is a Crime?!? - Thom Hartmann
#ResistFascism #RemoveTheRegime
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Under Trump’s Regime Only Obedience is Legal and Even Discussing Defiance is a Crime?!?
Trump has attacked the American Way and Congress MUST proceed with investigations and impeachment; rightwingers on SCOTUS notwithstanding, no one is above the law in a functioning democracy...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Despicable - The bully-in-chief is targeting women in the White House press corps - Dan Rather & Team Steady
#WorstPresidentEver
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Despicable
The bully-in-chief is targeting women in the White House press corps
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November 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents - By: Nicole Foy, ProPublica - October 17, 2025 #ICE
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More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents • Louisiana Illuminator
ProPublica compiled and reviewed every case we could find of agents holding citizens against their will, whether during immigration raids or protests.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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TIME TO FACE THE TRUTH AMERICA
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Can You Say Why America is the Greatest Country in the World?
YouTube video by Christopher L Webster
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November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"

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Chapter 3: The Mask of Success
Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"
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November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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this is the way
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Well-meaning city dwellers forgo permits and official procedure to rewild urban areas across the country. In downtown LA, artist Doug Rosenberg is trying to push the grassroots movement forward.
A guerrilla gardener installed a pop-up wetland in the LA River. Here's how — and why
Well-meaning city dwellers forgo permits and official procedure to rewild urban areas across the country. In downtown LA, artist Doug Rosenberg is trying to push the grassroots movement forward.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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‘Is the price of doing this worth it?’: North Carolina Republicans worry about Trump immigration raids

The concerns surrounding Trump’s immigration clampdown in the Tar Heel state speak to a tension at the center of the president’s immigration agenda.
‘Is the price of doing this worth it?’: North Carolina Republicans worry about Trump immigration raids
The concerns surrounding Trump’s immigration clampdown in the Tar Heel state speak to a tension at the center of the president’s immigration agenda.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Our review of 700+ videos of the Portland protests shows a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by Trump, Fox News and DHS, which said its office in the city was under “coordinated assault by violent groups.”

By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo
What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
In the two months before Trump’s decision, criminal charges were announced against only three people. On nights when physical conflict did erupt, it often came from police firing on, shoving, pepper-s...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a loyal supporter-turned-critic of President Donald Trump who faced his political retribution if she sought reelection, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she is resigning from Congress in January
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a loyal supporter-turned-critic of President Donald Trump who faced his political retribution if she sought reelection, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM