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We are cooked. Good job everyone. But hey, at least Bernie and the progressives were stopped, right establishment? www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
The Science of Autocracy Suggests the U.S. Is Headed for Dictatorship
The red flags abound—political research tells us the U.S. is becoming an autocracy
www.scientificamerican.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We are cooked. Good job everyone. But hey, at least Bernie and the progressives were stopped, right establishment? www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
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Turns out Donald Trump is the one giving dictatorship lessons.
El Salvador had agreed to imprison assured Tren de Aragua members only. But, untold numbers of the deportees have no criminal record—some were shipped there by mistake, including Abrego Garcia, and 8 women (CECOT is a male-only prison).
El Salvador had agreed to imprison assured Tren de Aragua members only. But, untold numbers of the deportees have no criminal record—some were shipped there by mistake, including Abrego Garcia, and 8 women (CECOT is a male-only prison).
Shame: Bukele Cares More About Abrego Garcia’s Rights than Trump Does
The president’s words and actions on this case have been atrocious. But as of Wednesday, the clock on his antics is now ticking fast.
newrepublic.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Turns out Donald Trump is the one giving dictatorship lessons.
El Salvador had agreed to imprison assured Tren de Aragua members only. But, untold numbers of the deportees have no criminal record—some were shipped there by mistake, including Abrego Garcia, and 8 women (CECOT is a male-only prison).
El Salvador had agreed to imprison assured Tren de Aragua members only. But, untold numbers of the deportees have no criminal record—some were shipped there by mistake, including Abrego Garcia, and 8 women (CECOT is a male-only prison).
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Video footage shows firing and explosions as Israeli forces attack the occupied West Bank's Dura city, storming homes and arresting several Palestinians according to local media.
April 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Video footage shows firing and explosions as Israeli forces attack the occupied West Bank's Dura city, storming homes and arresting several Palestinians according to local media.
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SCOOP: Barnard students are being interrogated about a bomb threat last month on the day students held a pro-Palestine sit-in at the library. But the school never revealed to the public -- or the students -- that the threat was against student protesters. theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
A Bomb Threat Targeted Student Protesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed for It?
A bomb threat at Barnard College targeted the “terrorists/communists that are protesting.” But you wouldn’t know that from the school’s statements.
theintercept.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
SCOOP: Barnard students are being interrogated about a bomb threat last month on the day students held a pro-Palestine sit-in at the library. But the school never revealed to the public -- or the students -- that the threat was against student protesters. theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
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As Trump Attacks CBS, Maria Ressa Warns He Is Following Philippine Model to Crack Down on Free Press
As Trump Attacks CBS, Maria Ressa Warns He Is Following Philippine Model to Crack Down on Free Press
As the Trump administration goes after universities, law firms and more, some argue that the free press will eventually become a target. Trump’s attacks on the press have already begun, with the president...
www.democracynow.org
April 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As Trump Attacks CBS, Maria Ressa Warns He Is Following Philippine Model to Crack Down on Free Press
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RFK Jr. said he will rehire thousands of people he mistakenly fired — and claimed the erroneous cuts were "always the plan."
RFK Jr. Says He’s Rehiring Thousands Of People He Mistakenly Fired
The cuts were a mistake he’d always planned to make, Kennedy said in head-scratching remarks.
www.huffpost.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
RFK Jr. said he will rehire thousands of people he mistakenly fired — and claimed the erroneous cuts were "always the plan."
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"History teaches us that standing by silently as others are disappeared is a failed strategy, as the next person grabbed off the street by masked agents of the state may be you."
First They Came for Mahmoud Khalil
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan History teaches us that standing by silently as others are disappeared is a failed strategy, as the next person grabbed off the street by masked agents of the state…
www.democracynow.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"History teaches us that standing by silently as others are disappeared is a failed strategy, as the next person grabbed off the street by masked agents of the state may be you."
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i don’t think reading the communist manifesto makes you an extremist. it’s very good and simple to understand. everyone should read it.
March 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
i don’t think reading the communist manifesto makes you an extremist. it’s very good and simple to understand. everyone should read it.
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Truth! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
March 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Truth! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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“It’s telling of the lengths that pesticide manufacturers will go to make sure that nothing interferes with their profit margins.”
Trump EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from Roundup
Bayer, the corporation behind Roundup herbicide, has paid out nearly $11 billion in lawsuits. Trump's EPA might move to block the suits.
interc.pt
March 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“It’s telling of the lengths that pesticide manufacturers will go to make sure that nothing interferes with their profit margins.”
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Month-old baby girl pulled from rubble in Gaza after air strike kills parents
Month-old baby girl pulled from rubble in Gaza after air strike kills parents
The baby’s parents and brother were killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike that levelled their home
www.independent.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Month-old baby girl pulled from rubble in Gaza after air strike kills parents
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The Nuclear War Plan for Iran:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-nuclea...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-nuclea...
The Nuclear War Plan for Iran
Trump’s threats to Tehran are alarming. Here’s what they mean.
www.kenklippenstein.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The Nuclear War Plan for Iran:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-nuclea...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-nuclea...
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"The Iran War Plan" @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
The Iran War Plan
Pentagon gears up for “major” war with Iran
www.kenklippenstein.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"The Iran War Plan" @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
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Pentagon contracting documents I’ve obtained describe “a unique joint staff planning” effort underway in Washington and in the Middle East to refine the next generation of “a major regional conflict” with Iran.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-iran-w...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-iran-w...
The Iran War Plan
Pentagon gears up for “major” war with Iran
www.kenklippenstein.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Pentagon contracting documents I’ve obtained describe “a unique joint staff planning” effort underway in Washington and in the Middle East to refine the next generation of “a major regional conflict” with Iran.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-iran-w...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-iran-w...
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"We Live in a Fascist Dictatorship": Elie Mystal on Trump's Lawlessness, Attacks on the Judiciary
“We Live in a Fascist Dictatorship”: Elie Mystal on Trump’s Lawlessness
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement Tuesday criticizing attacks by President Trump and his allies on federal judges. “For more than two centuries, it has been established...
www.democracynow.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"We Live in a Fascist Dictatorship": Elie Mystal on Trump's Lawlessness, Attacks on the Judiciary
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A 2024 GAO report found the IRS netted a savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns.
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
How DOGE Cuts to the IRS Could Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A 2024 GAO report found the IRS netted a savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns.
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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OPINION: To be Palestinian in America is to be cast as an enemy, a threat, a people whose very existence is seen as suspect. Students are blacklisted for supporting Palestine. Workers are fired for posting about it. Mosques are attacked for standing in solidarity.
Trump 'slurred' Schumer as a Palestinian. In most parts of the world, it's a compliment.
(RNS) — Palestinians' nobility grows even as the American political arena abandons all decency.
religionnews.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
OPINION: To be Palestinian in America is to be cast as an enemy, a threat, a people whose very existence is seen as suspect. Students are blacklisted for supporting Palestine. Workers are fired for posting about it. Mosques are attacked for standing in solidarity.
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If you had any doubt that the Republican Party is a party of racists and white supremacists.
March 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
If you had any doubt that the Republican Party is a party of racists and white supremacists.
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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according…
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
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In 2021, a bipartisan group passed the Corporate Transparency Act, enacting America’s first shell company registry—the single-greatest anti-corruption step the U.S. had taken in decades.
And with a single statement, the Trump White House cancelled it.
And with a single statement, the Trump White House cancelled it.
How Trump Sold America Out to His Kleptocratic Friends
While the American people get saddled with the staggering cost of his trade war, the president has given the world’s worst actors the license to misbehave.
newrepublic.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In 2021, a bipartisan group passed the Corporate Transparency Act, enacting America’s first shell company registry—the single-greatest anti-corruption step the U.S. had taken in decades.
And with a single statement, the Trump White House cancelled it.
And with a single statement, the Trump White House cancelled it.
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Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression theonion.com/trump-s...
March 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression theonion.com/trump-s...
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i was asked why the democrats are so set on losing strategies, & sadly they are not, they are winning. they are one of two parties of capital, funded by the same rich donor class. as long as their class interests aren't threatened they only care about elections in terms of personal career ambitions
March 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
i was asked why the democrats are so set on losing strategies, & sadly they are not, they are winning. they are one of two parties of capital, funded by the same rich donor class. as long as their class interests aren't threatened they only care about elections in terms of personal career ambitions
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🚨NEWS: 7 banks just reaped $250 BILLION by charging borrowers far higher interest rates for loans than they pay savers for deposits - all while the Fed pays these banks for those deposits.
Trump just halted a lawsuit cracking down on such scams.
Trump just halted a lawsuit cracking down on such scams.
How The Fed And Trump Are Helping Banks Rob You
Banks just raked in $250 billion by charging borrowers more than they pay depositors. Trump moves could make the scam worse.
www.levernews.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
🚨NEWS: 7 banks just reaped $250 BILLION by charging borrowers far higher interest rates for loans than they pay savers for deposits - all while the Fed pays these banks for those deposits.
Trump just halted a lawsuit cracking down on such scams.
Trump just halted a lawsuit cracking down on such scams.