Gerald Friedman
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Professor Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate of Columbia (BA) and Harvard (PhD). Author of numerous works in labor history, heterodox economic theory, and Medicare for All. Most recent book is The Case for Medicare for All .. more

Gerald Carl Friedman is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He became nationally prominent during the 2016 U.S. presidential election after writing an analysis of Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders campaign's policies in which Friedman concluded that these policies would produce significant economic growth in the United States if they were enacted. Friedman also received strong backlash for these remarks, from editorial pundits and fellow academics. .. more

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Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris url:
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That Trump and his loyalists are standing with the autocrat Putin rather than democracy is clearer every day.
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October 10, 2025
All of President Donald J.
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More Trump corruption. Why am I not surprised
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What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Just five more minutes, mother!

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#bluesky #nature #animals #wildlife
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Ok, hear me out - what if we called it “Medicare for Y’all” and just covered everybody? Shutdown solved!

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It’s hard to award the Nobel Peace Prize to a guy that maybe brokered a temporary peace deal after he ordered 500 tons of nutrient rich biscuits destroyed instead of saving the lives of desperate, starving babies.

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Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era -
Weiss will be a kind of Vichy government for CBS, appeasing no one, solving nothing. Because in the end, no milquetoast mediator can reason with the insatiable appetite of authoritarianism.
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Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector
On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...
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María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for standing up to dictatorship. 🥇
Trump’s been auditioning for years, mostly by bombing her country and flattering tyrants.

Karma’s got a wicked sense of humor. 🤭

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