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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 8h

The crash of 1929 remains the most significant—and largely misunderstood—financial disaster in modern history. And few people today “perceive the remarkable parallels between that era and today’s political and economic climate,” Andrew Ross Sorkin writes.

The Lesson of 1929

Debt is the almost singular through line behind every major financial crisis.

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 8h

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lola joaquin @lolalolajoaquin.bsky.social · 7h

You'd better read this 👇

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 8h

China holds a virtual monopoly over a product needed to produce the only thing holding up our economy right now. And it’s preparing to use that leverage.

Why China Can Collapse the U.S. With One Decree

China holds a virtual monopoly over a product needed to produce the only thing holding up our economy right now. And it’s preparing to use that leverage.

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lola joaquin @lolalolajoaquin.bsky.social · 7h

this is state sponsored terrorism

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 7h

How the latest round of federal layoffs could impact public health

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

www.youtube.com

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lola joaquin @lolalolajoaquin.bsky.social · 7h

accurate

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

"I do think he needs help, and I don't think anybody around him on a day-to-day basis wants to get him any help, because they have more power based upon his diminished capacity."

@jbpritzker.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

lola joaquin @lolalolajoaquin.bsky.social · 7h

Time to pay up, deadbeat.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

Pardon me if I delay celebrating this vile cretin losing until those poor Sandy Hook families he victimized for cheap publicity see all of the cash. I don't trust him for a second.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, who has been ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

abcnews.go.com

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lola joaquin @lolalolajoaquin.bsky.social · 7h

we buy it all already form Spain, Italy and Canada.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1d

This. And this again.

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 9h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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lola joaquin @lolalolajoaquin.bsky.social · 7h

it's crumbling already ... whatever it is.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 14h

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Mike Johnson: "I don't have any strategy"

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lola joaquin @lolalolajoaquin.bsky.social · 7h

what an old fart

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 7h

The chat, called “RESTOREYR WAR ROOM,” contained leaders of Young Republicans groups across the country. Pejoratives like the homophobic f-slur, the n-word, and the r-word appeared more than 251 times combined. trib.al/gV6V1eY

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 7d

After law school, only one thing is gonna keep me from prosecuting murders in my home town, and that is prosecuting the shameful federal ‘law enforcement’ officers who are so proudly violating the law. Save your signing bonuses for defense lawyers. You’ll need them.

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lola joaquin @lolalolajoaquin.bsky.social · 7h

this is a member of Congress, folks

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

Klippenstein: The memo says it considers as indicators things like anti-Christian sentiment, anti-government views, and anti-traditional family positions.

These are descriptors that would cover millions and millions of people in this country.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrew Flanagan @af68.bsky.social · 16h

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Andrew Flanagan @af68.bsky.social · 17h

Negotiating ceasefire you deliberately sabotaged a year ago 2 get elected doesn't count as "peace effort"😈

Nobel Committee doesn't recognize "Create-Your-Own-Peace-Mission" model, where u get credit 4 ending war u supported🤬

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