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Progressive, admirer of Hitchens and Russell , rock and blues, classical music of other times. My deepest respect to Scientists and brave Journalists the world over. AMOC is a thing.
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wired.com
NEW: A professor at Rutgers University who wrote a book about “antifa” almost a decade ago is trying—and struggling—to flee the US for Europe after a weeks-long online campaign against him by far-right influencers was followed by death threats. www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
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When Hitler called Jews vermin did Pope Pius say anything.

Glad Leo, with his influence, is speaking out. Are the Opus Dei crowd in the US listening though?
Maybe he is one of the few billionaires that has a conscience.
Pritzker too. They exist but are rare specimens.
Every curious person wants to know, it’s like watching a balloon expand until…
Absence of family poverty might help.
BlackRock has $12.5 trillion Assets under Management. They can move markets in any way they want.
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Not as angry as certain senior citizens who are about to find out they have no health care because his boss has health care that they pay for.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."
Quietly..so quietly that the boss can’t hear them whisper.
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democracydocket.com
NEW: This year, Texas handed the keys to its congressional map over to Washington. The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified Wednesday he received directions only from the White House, as well as requests from the Texas GOP congressional delegation.

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Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington
Read more here.
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Predictable because who in their right mind would trust Netanyahu or Trump?
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aljazeera.com
Plumes of smoke from Israeli attacks were seen rising over Gaza hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan, brokered by Donald Trump.
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What progressive and humanitarian values does this man hold?
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theatlantic.com
Thousands of African Americans fought for the British during the Revolution—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement. Andrew Lawler on the journey of the Black Loyalists:
The Black Loyalists
Thousands of African Americans fought for the British—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.
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theatlantic.com
Donald Trump demanded the arrest of Chicago’s mayor and the governor of Illinois. @jonlemire.bsky.social on why Trump’s threats are no longer bluster:
Retribution Is Here
The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.
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