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Hip Hop Artist | Sociologist | Organizer | Activist | Strategist | Journalist | @tendemands.bsky.social Founder • Work: NWU, Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Mass Appeal, Melina Abdullah, Noelle Cook, etc. • aka @philmandelbaum.bsky.social • thisisawkword.com
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“Trump is losing control of the Republican Party. And that's great. It seems like there's a lot of schisms. What worries me is I think people are sleeping on the fact that MAGA really isn't Trump… The energy that he has unleashed is here to stay."

- @laurajedeed.bsky.social
GLOBAL WARNING: Laura Jedeed (Ep 5)
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More than than 25% of those unemployed have 4-year college degrees. Before Trump, this had *never* happened.
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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$10 Billion and Counting: Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
$10 Billion and Counting: Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
The Trump administration is trading billions of dollars of taxpayer money for ownership stakes in companies. The unusual practice shows no sign of slowing. The Trump administration is snapping up owne...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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wrote about AI slop fraud in journalism, which is successful not because AI is magic superintelligence, but because journalism has already been hollowed out and turned into slop. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/journalist...
Journalists Have Been Turning Into AI Slop For Years
ChatGPT is the ideal employee
www.everythingishorrible.net
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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EU Commission registers European citizens initiative calling for the full suspension of the EU/Israel association agreement
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission registers European Citizens\' Initiative on the EU-Israel Association Agreement
Today, the European Commission has registered the European Citizens\' Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel\'s violations of hu...
ec.europa.eu
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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United Health wants its ‘swagger back’.

How? By dropping a million seniors from Medicare Advantage

Why? America's largest insurer wants to improve its profit margins, medical costs are skyrocketing because the GOP cut Medicaid and ACA subsidies.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Opinion on the potential and future of so-called "generative AI" is polarized to the point of hyperbole. But if you peel back the extremes, we're having an important debate.

My take on the ethics of AI.

conservechange.medium.com/is-ethical-a...
Is “ethical AI” possible?
In which I discuss Luddites, skilled labor, and the difference between an LLM and a hammer.
conservechange.medium.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated. In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of the three men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed him with a shotgun.

#News #AhmaudArbery #Georgia
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Propaganda is increasingly a global issue. Education in the forms it takes, levers and strategies deployed, has never been more important. I created this Udemy course to empower people to see through coordinated operations, understand influence and evaluate credibility. www.udemy.com/course/propa...
Propaganda & Disinformation (Beginners)
Understand how manipulative propaganda and new technologies can be used to influence our world
www.udemy.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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❣️Mabrook + Mazal Tov to JFREJ Board Members, @kungernyc.bsky.social & Rabbi Ellen Lippman, for their respective appointments to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ‘s transition team & the more than a dozen other JFREJ members also named in this powerful list of NYers ready to roll up their sleeves & work!
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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See you on the other side. ✌🏻
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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They are pushing hard for war. All legacy media outlets have been doing this for two days. Trump will likely tank any potential talks with Maduro and blame him for it.

This is what manufacturing consent looks like.

We've seen all of this before.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Billionaires should not exist - if we taxed them right, this would be the case. The wealth disparity in this country is staggering. #TaxTheRich
a black background with green text that says tax the riot
ALT: a black background with green text that says tax the riot
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November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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‼️ The FSB claims that Chinese intelligence operatives are targeting Russian scientists, defense officials, and institutions to obtain sensitive military technology, including drone warfare tactics and countermeasures against Western weapons.
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Russian FSB Calls China an Enemy in Secret Memo, NYT Reports
Russia identifies China as a security threat in a newly leaked FSB document, citing concerns over espionage and strategic ambitions against Russia.
united24media.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I know it’s an oldie, but it merits reposting.

This exchange between Marshawn Lynch and Richard Sherman is (almost) enough to make this goddess a football fan. 🥰

Happy Thankful Season, everyone!
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I don’t know if the right will ever stop using socialism & communism as scare words. But it’s time for moderate Dems to stop flinching every time the right yells “Democrat socialist” Start learning the lessons right in front of them from Mamdani’s candidacy and his win.

It’s affordability, stupid‼️
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Trump never proposed a peace plan for Ukraine. Stop calling it that. It's a Russian dinner menu written in Moscow. On the menu is Ukrainian sovereignty, world peace, and American democracy.
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Where are the singers and musicians speaking out in their music about atrocities being committed by this administration.
I remember the influence they had

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Ohio
YouTube video by Crosby, Stills & Nash - Topic
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November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Many are fighting back including Laura Finnegan, Dean of Loyola’s school of nursing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=93vH...
Educators warn proposed change to nursing professional categorization
YouTube video by NBC Chicago
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November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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George W Bush’s administration found lawyers to justify torturing prisoners

Now Trump found lawyers to justify murdering fisherman they say are smuggling drugs

This is why Mark Kelly and his colleagues made the video telling troops to follow only legal orders

And why Trump threatened to kill them
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Joe Walsh, a former Republican says it all !!!
Truth 👇 👇
November 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Remove The Regime starter pack. This Criminal Nazi Empire must go! These are all awesome people to connect with.
Please follow and share. Anyone who wants inclusion in the next one
is welcome in the comments.
Let me know🙏🏻
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM