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A different kind of civil war:
July 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
A different kind of civil war:
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If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
June 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
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Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
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A recap of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill":
Kids go hungry so Jeff Bezos can buy a 3rd yacht.
Kids lose health care so Zuckerberg can buy a 2nd Hawaiian island.
Seniors lose their nursing home care so Elon Musk can go to Mars.
We must fight back with all we've got.
Kids go hungry so Jeff Bezos can buy a 3rd yacht.
Kids lose health care so Zuckerberg can buy a 2nd Hawaiian island.
Seniors lose their nursing home care so Elon Musk can go to Mars.
We must fight back with all we've got.
May 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A recap of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill":
Kids go hungry so Jeff Bezos can buy a 3rd yacht.
Kids lose health care so Zuckerberg can buy a 2nd Hawaiian island.
Seniors lose their nursing home care so Elon Musk can go to Mars.
We must fight back with all we've got.
Kids go hungry so Jeff Bezos can buy a 3rd yacht.
Kids lose health care so Zuckerberg can buy a 2nd Hawaiian island.
Seniors lose their nursing home care so Elon Musk can go to Mars.
We must fight back with all we've got.
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I have no problem with a robot taking my job as long as it also takes paying my rent
May 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I have no problem with a robot taking my job as long as it also takes paying my rent
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Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.
May 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Sure, let’s dissect the mental and physical acuity of the former president who sought to make lives in America better while minimizing the reality of a deranged arsonist dismantling the country we’ve known and loved. What a failure to meet this moment.
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They found no fraud—just a new way to screw over retirees at Silicon Valley speed.
May 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
They found no fraud—just a new way to screw over retirees at Silicon Valley speed.
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In the richest nation on Earth, 60% of families can’t afford a “minimal quality of life.”
Absolutely unacceptable. We need to tax the damn rich and fully fund our basic needs programs. www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of...
Absolutely unacceptable. We need to tax the damn rich and fully fund our basic needs programs. www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of...
Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
www.cbsnews.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In the richest nation on Earth, 60% of families can’t afford a “minimal quality of life.”
Absolutely unacceptable. We need to tax the damn rich and fully fund our basic needs programs. www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of...
Absolutely unacceptable. We need to tax the damn rich and fully fund our basic needs programs. www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of...
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Blackwell to DHS official Tricia McLaughlin: "You suggest I am the one here who is focused on skin color, when the president has let in Afrikaners specifically, and I'm asking, how many of those who are actually facing genocide from Sudan and the Congo are being let in under some expedited path?"
May 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Blackwell to DHS official Tricia McLaughlin: "You suggest I am the one here who is focused on skin color, when the president has let in Afrikaners specifically, and I'm asking, how many of those who are actually facing genocide from Sudan and the Congo are being let in under some expedited path?"
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men will literally dismantle the federal government instead of going to therapy
May 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
men will literally dismantle the federal government instead of going to therapy
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This is how to honor teachers.
May 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is how to honor teachers.
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Today’s a great day to remind everyone that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625%
That’s FAR lower than private sector retirement programs, btw.
That’s FAR lower than private sector retirement programs, btw.
May 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Today’s a great day to remind everyone that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625%
That’s FAR lower than private sector retirement programs, btw.
That’s FAR lower than private sector retirement programs, btw.
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How The U.S. Is Resettling White South African Refugees theonion.com/how-the...
May 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
How The U.S. Is Resettling White South African Refugees theonion.com/how-the...
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According to a study by Penn Wharton, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that pays for tax breaks for the rich by cutting Medicaid leads to a $700 LOSS in income for the working class, a $1,000 LOSS in income for the poor & a $389,000 INCREASE for the top 0.1%.
We must defeat it.
We must defeat it.
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
According to a study by Penn Wharton, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that pays for tax breaks for the rich by cutting Medicaid leads to a $700 LOSS in income for the working class, a $1,000 LOSS in income for the poor & a $389,000 INCREASE for the top 0.1%.
We must defeat it.
We must defeat it.
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Nope, the Trump administration hasn't given up on trying to ban abortion.
Just this week, RFK Jr. pushed a fake report about the abortion medication mifepristone.
He's peddling misinformation so he can lay the groundwork for restricting abortion access no matter where you live.
Just this week, RFK Jr. pushed a fake report about the abortion medication mifepristone.
He's peddling misinformation so he can lay the groundwork for restricting abortion access no matter where you live.
May 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nope, the Trump administration hasn't given up on trying to ban abortion.
Just this week, RFK Jr. pushed a fake report about the abortion medication mifepristone.
He's peddling misinformation so he can lay the groundwork for restricting abortion access no matter where you live.
Just this week, RFK Jr. pushed a fake report about the abortion medication mifepristone.
He's peddling misinformation so he can lay the groundwork for restricting abortion access no matter where you live.
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Republicans in Congress won’t tell you this:
Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” would be the biggest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in the history of our nation.
Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” would be the biggest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in the history of our nation.
Republicans in Congress won’t tell you this
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
www.youtube.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Republicans in Congress won’t tell you this:
Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” would be the biggest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in the history of our nation.
Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” would be the biggest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in the history of our nation.
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When they accidentally tell the truth... (Pt. 2)
(also try to avoid swimming in sewage)
(also try to avoid swimming in sewage)
May 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
When they accidentally tell the truth... (Pt. 2)
(also try to avoid swimming in sewage)
(also try to avoid swimming in sewage)
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What happens when the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes like everyone else?
We can invest in a stronger, fairer America — where every kid has a quality education and families aren’t bankrupted by one medical diagnosis.
We can invest in a stronger, fairer America — where every kid has a quality education and families aren’t bankrupted by one medical diagnosis.
April 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What happens when the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes like everyone else?
We can invest in a stronger, fairer America — where every kid has a quality education and families aren’t bankrupted by one medical diagnosis.
We can invest in a stronger, fairer America — where every kid has a quality education and families aren’t bankrupted by one medical diagnosis.
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This is what a rigged economy looks like:
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
April 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is what a rigged economy looks like:
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
April 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
April 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
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Rinse and repeat for the foreseeable future.
April 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Rinse and repeat for the foreseeable future.