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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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IF THEY PRIVATIZE TVA, YOUR BILLS GO UP
Billionaires and political insiders are trying to privatize TVA — the public power system that keeps our region’s energy affordable. My opponent’s backers support it. I’m fighting to stop it. Email your Senators today and tell them: NO to TVA privatization.
Billionaires and political insiders are trying to privatize TVA — the public power system that keeps our region’s energy affordable. My opponent’s backers support it. I’m fighting to stop it. Email your Senators today and tell them: NO to TVA privatization.
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
IF THEY PRIVATIZE TVA, YOUR BILLS GO UP
Billionaires and political insiders are trying to privatize TVA — the public power system that keeps our region’s energy affordable. My opponent’s backers support it. I’m fighting to stop it. Email your Senators today and tell them: NO to TVA privatization.
Billionaires and political insiders are trying to privatize TVA — the public power system that keeps our region’s energy affordable. My opponent’s backers support it. I’m fighting to stop it. Email your Senators today and tell them: NO to TVA privatization.
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We're almost there! Come and help us talk to voters tomorrow in Montgomery County ahead of next week's special election
https://f.mtr.cool/uirpkaxrax
https://f.mtr.cool/uirpkaxrax
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We're almost there! Come and help us talk to voters tomorrow in Montgomery County ahead of next week's special election
https://f.mtr.cool/uirpkaxrax
https://f.mtr.cool/uirpkaxrax
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A sportswriter who's published a book about President Donald Trump's golf habits mocked his claim about winning dozens of championships.
Trump's sports biographer destroys president's golf championship brag: 'He hasn't won any'
A sportswriter who's published a book about President Donald Trump's golf habits mocked his claim about winning dozens of championships.The president boasted about winning 38 golf titles in an extended riff during his Thanksgiving Day phone call to military service members, but The Daily Beast repor...
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A sportswriter who's published a book about President Donald Trump's golf habits mocked his claim about winning dozens of championships.
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Humanity thrives on friction—but AI is built to make everything seem easy, Raffi Krikorian writes. In losing the unpredictable, chaotic, and surprising, AI has “stripped us of something profoundly human.”
The Validation Machines
Humanity thrives on friction—so why are the tools of the future built to make everything seem so easy?
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Humanity thrives on friction—but AI is built to make everything seem easy, Raffi Krikorian writes. In losing the unpredictable, chaotic, and surprising, AI has “stripped us of something profoundly human.”
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In light of Stephen Miller's textbook fascist remarks about immigration, we recommend reading Jason Stanley's "Erasing History: How Fascists Control the Past, Rewrite the Past to Control the Future."
Addresses urgent need to defend #FreedomtoLearn
See ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/er...
Addresses urgent need to defend #FreedomtoLearn
See ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/er...
Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future
Book — Non-fiction. By Jason Stanley. 2024. 256 pages. A global call to action for those who wish to preserve democracy — in the United States and abroad — before it is too late.
www.zinnedproject.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In light of Stephen Miller's textbook fascist remarks about immigration, we recommend reading Jason Stanley's "Erasing History: How Fascists Control the Past, Rewrite the Past to Control the Future."
Addresses urgent need to defend #FreedomtoLearn
See ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/er...
Addresses urgent need to defend #FreedomtoLearn
See ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/er...
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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No Target.
No Amazon.
No Home Depot.
No Thank You.
After 9-11, our mother suggested giving to charities for Christmas, instead of buying each other "more stuff." More in keeping with the spirit of the season. We still buy token gifts – $20-$25, no more – but we still give to nonprofits.
No Amazon.
No Home Depot.
No Thank You.
After 9-11, our mother suggested giving to charities for Christmas, instead of buying each other "more stuff." More in keeping with the spirit of the season. We still buy token gifts – $20-$25, no more – but we still give to nonprofits.
We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
No Target.
No Amazon.
No Home Depot.
No Thank You.
After 9-11, our mother suggested giving to charities for Christmas, instead of buying each other "more stuff." More in keeping with the spirit of the season. We still buy token gifts – $20-$25, no more – but we still give to nonprofits.
No Amazon.
No Home Depot.
No Thank You.
After 9-11, our mother suggested giving to charities for Christmas, instead of buying each other "more stuff." More in keeping with the spirit of the season. We still buy token gifts – $20-$25, no more – but we still give to nonprofits.
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Excellent read. Here’s the gift link. archive.is/2025.11.26-1...
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Excellent read. Here’s the gift link. archive.is/2025.11.26-1...
“…professional authors in the UK earn a median income of £7,000….” People think writing is easy, that they can write a book, often a children’s book, get tons of money. These are the same people who rarely buy books & mistake children’s simple prose for easy work. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers
Exclusive: Hardship grant applications to the Royal Literary Fund, including unseen letters by Doris Lessing and a note from James Joyce saying that he ‘gets nothing in the way of royalties’, show aut...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“…professional authors in the UK earn a median income of £7,000….” People think writing is easy, that they can write a book, often a children’s book, get tons of money. These are the same people who rarely buy books & mistake children’s simple prose for easy work. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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Dear San Francisco,
I'll be at The Palace of Fine Arts on NEW YEAR'S EVE. Lets' kick out 2025 together. www.purplepass.com/events/33288...
I'll be at The Palace of Fine Arts on NEW YEAR'S EVE. Lets' kick out 2025 together. www.purplepass.com/events/33288...
Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone is known for her smart, observational humor and a spontaneous wit that has become the stuff of legend. Time magazine, in the March 2020 “Best of” issue, listed Paula’s HBO special, Ca...
www.purplepass.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Dear San Francisco,
I'll be at The Palace of Fine Arts on NEW YEAR'S EVE. Lets' kick out 2025 together. www.purplepass.com/events/33288...
I'll be at The Palace of Fine Arts on NEW YEAR'S EVE. Lets' kick out 2025 together. www.purplepass.com/events/33288...
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UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
An eight-year-old girl left destitute in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa has been barred from coming to the UK to join her parents.
The Guardian reported on the case of Lati-Yana Stephanie Brown after the hurricane. Her mother, Kerrian Bigby, a carer, moved from Jamaica to be with Lati-Yana’s British father, Jerome Hardy, a telecommunications worker, in April 2023, leaving their daughter to be cared for by her grandmother. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
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Welcome to all the foolish carryings on at the end of the year - here is a cartoon about [insert unpleasant spectacle here] www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What to buy (and not buy) your ungrateful little darlings this festive season | First Dog on the Moon
Black Friday Christmas sale specials holiday vacation savings savings!
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Welcome to all the foolish carryings on at the end of the year - here is a cartoon about [insert unpleasant spectacle here] www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kwame Ture (formerly Stokely Carmichael): “If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.”
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Kwame Ture (formerly Stokely Carmichael): “If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.”
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I worked in a small rural hospital as the only pharmacist for 17 years. My motto was 'if the nurses ain't happy, ain't no one happy'. I have always had mad respect for nurses & the job they do. I did my darndest to make sure they had what they needed from my department to do their job. Essential!!
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I worked in a small rural hospital as the only pharmacist for 17 years. My motto was 'if the nurses ain't happy, ain't no one happy'. I have always had mad respect for nurses & the job they do. I did my darndest to make sure they had what they needed from my department to do their job. Essential!!
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Notice they keep saying the mom of Karoline's nephew. NOT her sister in law. Someone called this in. Looks like Karoline's brother gets full custody.
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
Mom of Leavitt’s nephew denies WH claims after ICE arrest during school run
The family of Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Karoline Leavitt's nephew, had disputed claims by the White House and DHS, as it emerges she was collecting her son from school when detained by ICE
www.themirror.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Notice they keep saying the mom of Karoline's nephew. NOT her sister in law. Someone called this in. Looks like Karoline's brother gets full custody.
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
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From Fairplay:
Two reasons to stay away from AI toys:
AI toys are usually powered by the same AI that has already harmed children.
They prey on children’s trust.
Two reasons to stay away from AI toys:
AI toys are usually powered by the same AI that has already harmed children.
They prey on children’s trust.
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
From Fairplay:
Two reasons to stay away from AI toys:
AI toys are usually powered by the same AI that has already harmed children.
They prey on children’s trust.
Two reasons to stay away from AI toys:
AI toys are usually powered by the same AI that has already harmed children.
They prey on children’s trust.
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
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Really sending out those holiday vibes here.
November 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Really sending out those holiday vibes here.
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This Thanksgiving, ICE fascists are arresting people in San Diego At Their Green Card Interviews!
These immigrants followed the law & did everything right—ICE is arresting them anyway.
It was never about law & order. It was always about fascism & white supremacy. Abolish ICE. Protect our Republic.
These immigrants followed the law & did everything right—ICE is arresting them anyway.
It was never about law & order. It was always about fascism & white supremacy. Abolish ICE. Protect our Republic.
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This Thanksgiving, ICE fascists are arresting people in San Diego At Their Green Card Interviews!
These immigrants followed the law & did everything right—ICE is arresting them anyway.
It was never about law & order. It was always about fascism & white supremacy. Abolish ICE. Protect our Republic.
These immigrants followed the law & did everything right—ICE is arresting them anyway.
It was never about law & order. It was always about fascism & white supremacy. Abolish ICE. Protect our Republic.
