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Democrat in a small town
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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"Defoe says, that there were a hundred thousand stout country-fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse."
- William Hazlitt, "On Prejudice"
September 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE

Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Notably Karolyin Lievitt isn't wearing her cross anymore. I guess it's started burning her.
December 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The MAGA movement deliberately takes advantage of their ignorance and fear.
December 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I am grateful for Bluesky today. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Rahmanullah Lakanwal (NG shooter) is believed to be from Afghanistan and came to the United States in 2021 under the Biden administration, the sources said. He applied for asylum in 2024 and was granted asylum in April 2025, under the Trump administration, according to three law enforcement sources.
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The American healthcare system wastes $528 billion a year on administrative costs.
economicsecurityproject.org/wp-content/u...
economicsecurityproject.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Beth Macy wrote the definitive account of the opioid epidemic, and she is everything JD Vance pretends to be.

She's also one of the millions of Americans stepping up to do more than she expected, because democracy is on the line.

Now she's running for Congress.
Andrea visited Roanoke for the fourth time this year to find countless people standing up against Trump to protect one another in ways they’d never imagined—including her friend Beth Macy, whose party...
TikTok video by degenerateartnews
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November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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#TN07 early Voting ends the day before Thanksgiving ‼️

Election Day Dec 2nd ‼️
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott.

From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM