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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 11h

Dump's high from the Middle East accolades will last a day. Tomorrow he'll want to invade a new American city.

Trump receives hero's welcome in Israel after hostages are released

Trump’s visit and the hero’s welcome punctuate a peace deal that, if lasting, would likely be one of the most significant foreign policy achievements of his presidency.

www.politico.com

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 14h

They were hired to do exactly that.

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 16h

The editor who can't spell?

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 16h

Oh god. The Free Press is now CBS News?
Who's the editor that let the headline publish with a misspelling?

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 17h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 17h

"Weiss’s triumph is owed, at least in part, to a president’s abuse of power to trample those values and strong-arm his critics. One would expect that someone who holds true to core journalistic principles would have spoken out against those tactics. The Free Press has largely remained silent."

PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 17h

“The richest people in the world will have taken big steps toward ushering in the toothless, acquiescent future of mainstream media they have always wanted.” -Patrick Redford for Defector on the Bari Weiss appointment.

Bari Weiss goes mainstream.

The anti-woke crusader takes the helm at CBS News.

www.cjr.org

PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 18h

I watched part of an NFL game yesteday and thought about how brutal it is. I'm so sorry for both these families.
Guns and football=All American atrocities

PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 18h

And trump as president twice is the living proof of this. 2/2

New report finds that the economy performs better under Democratic presidential administrations

For well over a decade economists and other social scientists have documented a strong advantage in economic performance during Democratic administrations. A new Economic Policy Institute report updat...

www.epi.org

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 18h

Americans are economically ignorant. The economy is always better under democrats. 1/2

Polls show voters blame GOP for shutdown. But they don't trust Dems with the economy.

Democrats are struggling to erase Republicans’ polling advantage on the economy even as they fight to stop health care costs from rising.

www.politico.com

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 19h

This is the Republicans' new tactic. They want us to be afraid to be labeled terrorists for exercising our first amendment rights to free speech and the right to assemble.
Find a protest and show up.

Republican Rep Claims Everyone at “No Kings” Protest Is a Terrorist

This is how the Republicans begin to dismantle the First Amendment.

newrepublic.com

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 19h

I'm reading this book. Chemerinsky gives a host of reasons why originalism is a faulty way to interpret the Constitution.
He uses his own experience in chairing the Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission as evidence that finding the founders' intent is impossible to know.

PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 20h

Scalia once said that using Originalism is better way to interpret the Constitution than having no method of interpretation. Chemerinsky argues that using Originaliam is wose than nothing.
It's a good read.

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 19h

Delusional

PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 19h

I love this sign.

Feathered Stone @stonefeathers.bsky.social · 20h

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 20h

Ah yes, the evil cabal of Antifa-billionaires and their grassroots-funded pawns are directing the largest peaceful protest in US history!

Has anyone gotten their George Soros check yet? We haven’t 😔 we keep having to buy frog costumes and make signs ourselves.

Oh, wait the Trump regime is lying???

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 20h

Selecting a reality actor as Secretary of Transportation was very trumpian.

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 20h

Scalia once said that using Originalism is better way to interpret the Constitution than having no method of interpretation. Chemerinsky argues that using Originaliam is wose than nothing.
It's a good read.

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 1d

As a person who sews, this piece rate is just awful.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 1d

Look at Bari Weiss.
You fall up if you're shitty at what you do.

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 1d

8% say they have never heard of him.😅😅😅😂

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 1d

If a vacuous reality show actor can be president, anything goes.
It's all sad.

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 1d

Sally's post has 6 lkes and 703 comments.

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 1d

Dunning-Kruger
The unqualified don't think they're unqualified.

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 1d

Fortunately he's extremely unlikeable and arrogant.

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 1d

77M, but yes, I feel the same. I still have my Harris sticker on my car, because I want people to know I had nothing to do with this.

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PRRH @prrh.bsky.social · 1d

"By weaponizing government to serve extreme wealth accumulation, the administration risks fraying the social contract itself. The logical consequence of such systemic enrichment is unrest, and if left unchecked, it may provoke revolutionary pressures."

The Quiet Coup: How Trump Is Undermining Democracy From Within

Trump’s second term weaponizes distraction and bureaucracy, consolidating power and wealth while eroding democratic norms—an urgent wake-up call.

www.mediaite.com

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