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Cruel hoax: the political economy of anti-immigration - Asia Times
Deporting immigrants may deliver electoral wins to politicians if voters have been sufficiently cultivated by years of demonizing and scapegoating them.
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That “great” American past that MAGA celebrates comprised many decades of massive and successive waves of immigrants. Impressive US GDP growth in the 19th and 20th centuries owed more than a little to the subsidies provided by immigrants.
Kafala is exploitation, not employment! action.eko.org/a/stop-fundi...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Kafala is exploitation, not employment! action.eko.org/a/stop-fundi...
"The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry."
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Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.
On Tuesday, President Trump called my friends and me “garbage.”
portside.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"The president knows he is failing, and so he is reverting to what he knows best: trying to divert attention by stoking bigotry."
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portside.org/2025-12-04/t...
Top Dem Says Video of Military 'Attacking Shipwrecked Sailors' Among 'Most Troubling Things' He Has Ever Seen www.commondreams.org/news/top-dem...
Top Dem Says Video of Military 'Attacking Shipwrecked Sailors' Among 'Most Troubling Things' He Has Ever Seen | Common Dreams
Rep. Jim Himes describes US military strike on shipwrecked sailors off Trinidad-Tobago coast as "impermissible action."
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December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Top Dem Says Video of Military 'Attacking Shipwrecked Sailors' Among 'Most Troubling Things' He Has Ever Seen www.commondreams.org/news/top-dem...
Rich pedophiles plundering children. Greed is a drug. Capitalism invites monstrosity.
IHIP News: 🚨 New EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL Has Trump IN SHOCK! It's All COMING OUT!
YouTube video by I've Had It
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December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rich pedophiles plundering children. Greed is a drug. Capitalism invites monstrosity.
Kelly just received a multiyear deal with SiriusXM. Her on-air comments defending Epstein's child trafficking make it clear: she should NOT have a platform with millions of listeners. Sign the petition now to demand that SIriusXM cancel Megyn Kelly’s show NOW! sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
Remove Megyn Kelly from SiriusXM!
Kelly just received a multiyear deal with SiriusXM. Her on-air comments defending Epstein's child trafficking make it clear: she should NOT have a platform with millions of listeners. Sign the petitio...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Kelly just received a multiyear deal with SiriusXM. Her on-air comments defending Epstein's child trafficking make it clear: she should NOT have a platform with millions of listeners. Sign the petition now to demand that SIriusXM cancel Megyn Kelly’s show NOW! sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
For Aftyn Behn & TN-07
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For Aftyn Behn & TN-07
Writer, songwriter, story teller, I write poems and songs and essays. I post them here and hope they find who they are supposed to find.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
For Aftyn Behn & TN-07
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Department of War Crimes
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Department of War Crimes
Since September 2, the Department of Defense (DOD) has used drones to kill more than 80 people traveling by boat in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Department of War Crimes
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🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
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December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
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When ICE Came to Bethlehem
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When ICE Came to Bethlehem
The frigid air was thick was the smell of damp straw and animal dung.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
When ICE Came to Bethlehem
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'We Are Being Held to Ransom': Trump-Starmer Deal Would Force NHS to Pay More for Medicines www.commondreams.org/news/trump-n...
'We Are Being Held to Ransom': Trump-Starmer Deal Would Force NHS to Pay More for Medicines | Common Dreams
One British lawmaker condemned the agreement as "a Trump shakedown of the NHS."
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December 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
'We Are Being Held to Ransom': Trump-Starmer Deal Would Force NHS to Pay More for Medicines www.commondreams.org/news/trump-n...
Tuesday is for winning special elections in Tennessee folks
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Tuesday is for winning special elections in Tennessee folks
Time to show up and show out friends, call ya folks, get em to call their folks, if we gotta go district by district to stop this shit show we will
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Tuesday is for winning special elections in Tennessee folks
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“the country is not the mapmakers or the men on podiums… it is the millions who live with the consequences of their choices. Stay awake. Stay human. Stay stubborn in your compassion. If we can still feel, still recognize each other in the dark, there is still a path forward. We have not lost it yet”
So, Here We Are… Nov 23-29, 2025
This week felt like a nation standing at the edge of something it does not yet have the courage to name.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“the country is not the mapmakers or the men on podiums… it is the millions who live with the consequences of their choices. Stay awake. Stay human. Stay stubborn in your compassion. If we can still feel, still recognize each other in the dark, there is still a path forward. We have not lost it yet”
"Democrats and a few Republicans have demanded hearings. From there it’s up to us to press Democratic officials and the media to continue to cover Trump & Hegseth’s crimes" open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
Pete Hegseth committed murder—the only question is will he be held accountable?!
Both Trump and Hegseth violated the law
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December 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"Democrats and a few Republicans have demanded hearings. From there it’s up to us to press Democratic officials and the media to continue to cover Trump & Hegseth’s crimes" open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
"Starbucks will pay $35 million to New York City Starbucks workers as part of a settlement after the coffee company alleged violated multiple Fair Workweek Laws, officials announced on Monday"
Starbucks Will Pay $35M to NYC Employees After Violating Labor Laws
It is the largest worker protection settlement in New York City history.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Starbucks will pay $35 million to New York City Starbucks workers as part of a settlement after the coffee company alleged violated multiple Fair Workweek Laws, officials announced on Monday"
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In 85% of Wyoming, wolves can be hunted and killed with virtually no restriction. Tell Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon: It's time to end the wolf hunts.
Tell Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon: End the wolf hunts
Throughout most of Wyoming, wolves can be killed without permit or limit, often using cruel and brutal methods
environmental-action.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In 85% of Wyoming, wolves can be hunted and killed with virtually no restriction. Tell Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon: It's time to end the wolf hunts.
"Today’s affordability debate misses the bigger picture. Affordability depends on both prices and wages. The roots of today’s affordability crisis actually lie not in recent price spikes, but in the long-term suppression of workers’ pay "
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Opinion: Everyone Is Talking About Affordability — and Making the Same Mistake
Affordability – or the lack of it – is dominating the public discourse. “Affordability, affordability, affordability: Democrats’ new winning formula,” proclaims Politico. “Trump tries to seize ‘afford...
portside.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"Today’s affordability debate misses the bigger picture. Affordability depends on both prices and wages. The roots of today’s affordability crisis actually lie not in recent price spikes, but in the long-term suppression of workers’ pay "
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With Anti-Consumerism, Women Bear the Burden
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With Anti-Consumerism, Women Bear the Burden
We’re damned if we do spend, and damned if we don’t.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
With Anti-Consumerism, Women Bear the Burden
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Time to stop writing, & reporting a "possibility". The people need to see charges. Consequences. Done with threatening this without actually doing it. No such latitude for immigrants. Legitimate allowances offering protection asylum seekers, denied
Source: TAG24
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Source: TAG24
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Judge considers holding Kristi Noem in contempt of court over El Salvador deportations - NewsBreak
Washington DC - A federal judge has launched in inquiry that could result in potential contempt charges against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Ba
share.newsbreak.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Time to stop writing, & reporting a "possibility". The people need to see charges. Consequences. Done with threatening this without actually doing it. No such latitude for immigrants. Legitimate allowances offering protection asylum seekers, denied
Source: TAG24
share.newsbreak.com/g4aog365
Source: TAG24
share.newsbreak.com/g4aog365
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In case you’re in the mood for some good news . . .
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
In case you’re in the mood for some good news . . .
Vote for Aftyn Behn for change in Tennessee! December 2nd!
Fuck this tyranny.
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Fuck this tyranny.
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Republicans Get Bad News in Deep Red District
Republicans are at risk of losing deep red Tennessee seat to populist insurgent Aftyn Behn
portside.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Vote for Aftyn Behn for change in Tennessee! December 2nd!
Fuck this tyranny.
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Fuck this tyranny.
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If you live in W Nashville/central TN, then you might be in the district of Aftyn Behn: it’s TN 07
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
If you support holding the regime accountable, restoring rule of law, making America safe and loving, and happy and healthy, then Please vote! For a 100% turnout!iwillvote.com
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
If you support holding the regime accountable, restoring rule of law, making America safe and loving, and happy and healthy, then Please vote! For a 100% turnout!iwillvote.com
I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
If you live in W Nashville/central TN, then you might be in the district of Aftyn Behn: it’s TN 07
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
If you support holding the regime accountable, restoring rule of law, making America safe and loving, and happy and healthy, then Please vote! For a 100% turnout!iwillvote.com
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
If you support holding the regime accountable, restoring rule of law, making America safe and loving, and happy and healthy, then Please vote! For a 100% turnout!iwillvote.com
"Words have power, and bearing witness is often the most powerful form of justice."
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/an-insult-is...
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An Insult Is a Confession: Notes on Journalism in the Time of Trump
There's been a lot of fuss about Trump recently calling female journalists "stupid" and "piggy" though there's nothing really new about his misogyny toward that sub-population (I am so old I remember ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"Words have power, and bearing witness is often the most powerful form of justice."
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/an-insult-is...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/an-insult-is...