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The Andrew formerly known as Prince
November 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Andrew formerly known as Prince
Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom ‘Alice,’ Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Does Turkish Airlines fly to Saudi Arabia? Eric Adams wants to know.
September 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Does Turkish Airlines fly to Saudi Arabia? Eric Adams wants to know.
“A [hu]man's reach must exceed his grasp or what's a metaphor?”
— Marshal McLuhan
— Marshal McLuhan
August 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“A [hu]man's reach must exceed his grasp or what's a metaphor?”
— Marshal McLuhan
— Marshal McLuhan
Luck is the product of uncertainty.
August 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Luck is the product of uncertainty.
"it's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled"
April 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"it's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled"
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America makes more sense when you think of it as a country where nobody understands subtext
February 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
America makes more sense when you think of it as a country where nobody understands subtext
"The… writer … has his hands full in trying to understand, and then describe, and then make credible much of the American reality. It stupefies, it sickens, it infuriates, and finally it is even a kind of embarrassment to one’s own meager imagination.”
— Philip Roth
— Philip Roth
February 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"The… writer … has his hands full in trying to understand, and then describe, and then make credible much of the American reality. It stupefies, it sickens, it infuriates, and finally it is even a kind of embarrassment to one’s own meager imagination.”
— Philip Roth
— Philip Roth
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Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
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endlessly funny to me that of all the things elon musk can buy the one thing he cannot buy and will never be able to do is write a good post on a microblogging website
December 29, 2024 at 1:55 PM
endlessly funny to me that of all the things elon musk can buy the one thing he cannot buy and will never be able to do is write a good post on a microblogging website
“Never wound a snake; kill it.”
— Harriet Tubman
— Harriet Tubman
December 27, 2024 at 6:43 PM
“Never wound a snake; kill it.”
— Harriet Tubman
— Harriet Tubman
“No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity.”
— Nelson Mandela
— Nelson Mandela
December 27, 2024 at 6:40 PM
“No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity.”
— Nelson Mandela
— Nelson Mandela
“I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.”
— Eugene V Debs
— Eugene V Debs
Voters love a good contradiction! A recent poll shows that many Trump supporters also back progressive policies like universal healthcare and abortion rights.
New poll shows just how messy voters are on the biggest issues
Why did some voters support both President-elect Donald Trump and progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?� It’s possible they backed candidates they thought would shake up the status quo. But ...
www.dailykos.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:31 PM
“I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.”
— Eugene V Debs
— Eugene V Debs
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Timothy Snyder's sadopopulism describes a strategy where Trump and the GOP harm the lives and finances of their own MAGA supporters through destructive policies while blaming scapegoats—such as immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and transgender people—to maintain loyalty and control.
December 24, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Timothy Snyder's sadopopulism describes a strategy where Trump and the GOP harm the lives and finances of their own MAGA supporters through destructive policies while blaming scapegoats—such as immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and transgender people—to maintain loyalty and control.
“The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.”
— Eugene V Debs
— Eugene V Debs
December 26, 2024 at 10:29 PM
“The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.”
— Eugene V Debs
— Eugene V Debs
"Even a shoddy super-villain can have a redeeming trait, just as any howlin’ hero might have his nutty hang-ups. One of the greatest barriers to real peace and justice in this troubled world is the feeling that everyone on the other side of the ideological fence is a “bad guy”.
— Stan Lee
— Stan Lee
December 26, 2024 at 7:16 PM
"Even a shoddy super-villain can have a redeeming trait, just as any howlin’ hero might have his nutty hang-ups. One of the greatest barriers to real peace and justice in this troubled world is the feeling that everyone on the other side of the ideological fence is a “bad guy”.
— Stan Lee
— Stan Lee
“A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.”
— Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy
— Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy
December 22, 2024 at 2:58 PM
“A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.”
— Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy
— Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy
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"kleptocracy is... a rather collective, systematic, strategic, and permanent. It is a system in which all the high-level government officials are complicit, where they deliberately work to enrich themselves, and then use their accumulated wealth to perpetuate themselves in power"
December 15, 2024 at 11:44 PM
"kleptocracy is... a rather collective, systematic, strategic, and permanent. It is a system in which all the high-level government officials are complicit, where they deliberately work to enrich themselves, and then use their accumulated wealth to perpetuate themselves in power"
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Shocking video from a Syrian prison. That would never happen in the USA right? American prisons are profit farms for the right and will get worse for people of colour under Trump. But many Democrats secretly voted for Trump.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/w...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/w...
‘My God there is light’: CNN witnesses moment Syrian prisoner is freed from Assad’s forced detention | CNN
While searching a secretive prison in the belly of the Assad regime’s legacy of torture for American journalist Austin Tice, CNN’s Clarissa Ward made a startling discovery when a rebel fighter uncover...
www.cnn.com
December 12, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Shocking video from a Syrian prison. That would never happen in the USA right? American prisons are profit farms for the right and will get worse for people of colour under Trump. But many Democrats secretly voted for Trump.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/w...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/w...