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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

Political science 35%
Sociology 19%

Dershowitz and Epstein worked together to smear scholars critical of AIPAC.
And to smear a girl raped by Epstein
open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”
Epstein and Alan Dershowitz collaborated on smear campaigns against Mearsheimer, Walt, and an underage assault victim making allegations against Epstein—in the same week.
open.substack.com

Tick tock
Pamela Jo has until December 20th to release the Epstein files. She must include explanations for everything she redacts or withholds.

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www.newsnationnow.com/health/epa-a...
🚨This is Alarming 🚨

The trump administration has moved to approve a new pesticide that has PFA's or a
"FOREVER CHEMICAL " as an active ingredient.
Scientists are pushing back against it
CDC found PFA's can cause Cancer
Dangerous news please share
www.newsnationnow.com
Impeach, convict, remove.

And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.

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Pamela Jo has until December 20th to release the Epstein files. She must include explanations for everything she redacts or withholds.

Mark Kelly: call for troops to disobey illegal orders is ‘non-controversial’
www.theguardian.com
Mark Kelly: call for troops to disobey illegal orders is ‘non-controversial’
twp.ai

David Brooks is a heartless asshole
LMFAO all the people writing into the NYT to complain about the recent David Brooks column: "Case in point: There is not one word of sympathy for or concern about [the teenage victims] in Mr. Brooks’s 1,200-word piece."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | Yes, We Must Talk About Epstein
www.nytimes.com

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Ron Paul is 100% spot on.

Alan Dershowitz was Epstein's lawyer
To be fair, he Denies Epstein Rape Accusations share.google/UUDN9cocqJQj...

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Solidarity wins!!!
Congrats to the 21,000 @uptecwa.bsky.social health care, research and technical workers at the University of California on voting to ratify their new contract! After 17 months of negotiations, this new contract is a testament to the power of our solidarity.
UC Workers Ratify ‘Best Contract Yet’ After Four Strikes and 17 Months of Negotiations
The union representing 21,000 healthcare, research, and technical professionals celebrates what union leaders are calling a historic win.
www.independent.com

Amen!
There will be future investigations into the political persecutions of James Comey and Letitia James.

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The type of things that happen when a foolish reality TV actor appoints a petty, drunk talk show chatterbox to run our military:

And Barack Obama
Do you know who you won't find in the Epstein Files?

Undocumented immigrants.

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A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Kalshi Is a Corruption Time Bomb—and Congress Is Sitting on It
A platform that lets insiders (and legislators) gamble on their own behavior is a threat to democracy.
open.substack.com

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After the Comey indictment was dismissed, Michael Flynn says the best way for Trump to fix a dysfunctional DOJ is to fire Pam Bondi and appoint Sidney Powell as AG.

MAHA is Bullshit
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.

The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.

Where is the MAHA outcry?

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Two stories at @prospect.org today about the banking system and how it's changing in the Trump era.
First, @carterd.bsky.social explains the enduring importance of the customer deposit, the cheapest source of funding, and how banks are merging to hoard more of them.
prospect.org/2025/11/25/b...
Your Money Means Market Power for Banks - The American Prospect
Deposits are the raw materials with which bankers play, the key to unlocking market power, as Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase demonstrate.
prospect.org
Congrats to the 21,000 @uptecwa.bsky.social health care, research and technical workers at the University of California on voting to ratify their new contract! After 17 months of negotiations, this new contract is a testament to the power of our solidarity.
UC Workers Ratify ‘Best Contract Yet’ After Four Strikes and 17 Months of Negotiations
The union representing 21,000 healthcare, research, and technical professionals celebrates what union leaders are calling a historic win.
www.independent.com
NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admits "there's some truth" to the criticism that Putin hasn't made a single concession during negotiations

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