Shannon Starks
@shianomom.bsky.social
At the 1942 Wannsee Conference, Nazi officials convinced everyone to go along with "the final solution,” and these were not all naturally horrible people. But they still went along with it.
GOP lawmakers are not even trying to use the power they have to stop Trump’s murderous regime.
GOP lawmakers are not even trying to use the power they have to stop Trump’s murderous regime.
The minutes of the Wannsee Conference http://www.HolocaustResearchProject.org
Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team
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January 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
At the 1942 Wannsee Conference, Nazi officials convinced everyone to go along with "the final solution,” and these were not all naturally horrible people. But they still went along with it.
GOP lawmakers are not even trying to use the power they have to stop Trump’s murderous regime.
GOP lawmakers are not even trying to use the power they have to stop Trump’s murderous regime.
This is the best analysis of how neoliberal economics became the accepted story of our lives.
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The Story That Built Today’s Economy (with George Monbiot and Binyamin Appelbaum)
Most people buy the fiction that markets are “natural,” inequality is inevitable, and government should step aside — but where did that idea come from?
In this episode from 2019, Nick and Goldy talk w...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:26 PM
This is the best analysis of how neoliberal economics became the accepted story of our lives.
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Because creating enemies is the easiest way to create and maintain the base.
Eyes wide open, folks. They're revealing the supervillain plot.
January 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Because creating enemies is the easiest way to create and maintain the base.
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Never forget. 🇺🇸
January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Never forget. 🇺🇸
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FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
January 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
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Never forget.
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Never forget.
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Five years later, January 6 still matters. Not just because of what happened—but because of what happens if we decide we’ve already heard enough.
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January 6 Is Five Years Behind Us. The Threat It Exposed Is Not.
On the fifth anniversary of the attack on the Capitol, I’m participating in a hearing meant to remember what happened. I’m grateful for that—but I worry that as the shock fades, so does our vigilance,
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January 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Five years later, January 6 still matters. Not just because of what happened—but because of what happens if we decide we’ve already heard enough.
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"any investment into repairing Venezuela’s rotten oil infrastructure is highly likely to be worthless by the time it’s finished a decade hence."
This does not mean there’s not a plan for plunder.
pianomom.substack.com/p/01-05-2026
This does not mean there’s not a plan for plunder.
pianomom.substack.com/p/01-05-2026
January 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
"any investment into repairing Venezuela’s rotten oil infrastructure is highly likely to be worthless by the time it’s finished a decade hence."
This does not mean there’s not a plan for plunder.
pianomom.substack.com/p/01-05-2026
This does not mean there’s not a plan for plunder.
pianomom.substack.com/p/01-05-2026
"January 6th should have been, for any patriotic American (let alone any human being with a fully functioning soul), a chilling ice water bath of reality, shocking even the most partisan soul awake from the slumber of their fierce tribalism."
January 6, 2026 at 5:24 PM
"January 6th should have been, for any patriotic American (let alone any human being with a fully functioning soul), a chilling ice water bath of reality, shocking even the most partisan soul awake from the slumber of their fierce tribalism."
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With the retirement of Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the passing of LaMalfa, it looks like the GOP no longer holds a working majority until his seat is filled. It’s at 217. They need 218 for a majority.
January 6, 2026 at 3:36 PM
With the retirement of Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the passing of LaMalfa, it looks like the GOP no longer holds a working majority until his seat is filled. It’s at 217. They need 218 for a majority.
Never forget.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoCL...
LIVE: Democrats hold Jan. 6th special hearing on 5-year anniversary of insurrection
YouTube video by MS NOW
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January 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Never forget.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoCL...
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
Fascism doesn’t stop for Christmas.
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A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
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December 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Fascism doesn’t stop for Christmas.
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Today is the deadline to release the Epstein files. The DOJ is refusing to comply.
This is about justice for survivors and holding participants and co-conspirators accountable.
The Epstein Files Act is the law, not a suggestion.
Release the files. Immediately.
This is about justice for survivors and holding participants and co-conspirators accountable.
The Epstein Files Act is the law, not a suggestion.
Release the files. Immediately.
December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today is the deadline to release the Epstein files. The DOJ is refusing to comply.
This is about justice for survivors and holding participants and co-conspirators accountable.
The Epstein Files Act is the law, not a suggestion.
Release the files. Immediately.
This is about justice for survivors and holding participants and co-conspirators accountable.
The Epstein Files Act is the law, not a suggestion.
Release the files. Immediately.
Shaking my head.
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Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect
A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent consensus.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Shaking my head.
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Neolithic art is absent of “imagery idealizing armed might, cruelty, and violence-based power. There are here no images of ‘noble warriors’ or scenes of battles. Nor are there any signs of ‘heroic conquerors’ dragging captives around in chains or other evidence of slavery.” The Chalice and the Blade
December 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Neolithic art is absent of “imagery idealizing armed might, cruelty, and violence-based power. There are here no images of ‘noble warriors’ or scenes of battles. Nor are there any signs of ‘heroic conquerors’ dragging captives around in chains or other evidence of slavery.” The Chalice and the Blade
"It takes tremendous energy to mobilize people to do anything to stop the sins of the wealthy and proud."
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"It takes tremendous energy to mobilize people to do anything to stop the sins of the wealthy and proud."
Courtesy of Paul Krugman:
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Courtesy of Paul Krugman:
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It's quaint to talk about inflation reports and surprising softness on the margins when in 13 days the out-of-pocket cost of health insurance is going to rise for 26 million households by an average of 75%
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's quaint to talk about inflation reports and surprising softness on the margins when in 13 days the out-of-pocket cost of health insurance is going to rise for 26 million households by an average of 75%
I’m still struggling to believe there are so many social dominance oriented people in the world!
Great speech, Trump, but I think the American people have already spoken.
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I’m still struggling to believe there are so many social dominance oriented people in the world!
Can’t wait for this to trickle down!
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Can’t wait for this to trickle down!
"Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe wrote that “[d]ismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.”
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December 17, 2025
This morning, four vulnerable Republicans signed onto the discharge petition all House Democrats have signed to force Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring a bill to extend the premium tax credits for ...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe wrote that “[d]ismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.”
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-1...
"The power of ideology not only serves to maintain prevailing human conditions, but it also goes unrecognized and unquestioned so that any new ‘knowledge’ will be framed in its terms from the outset.” —Edward E. Sampson
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
"The power of ideology not only serves to maintain prevailing human conditions, but it also goes unrecognized and unquestioned so that any new ‘knowledge’ will be framed in its terms from the outset.” —Edward E. Sampson