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Independence Day, as the country burns from arson and our brothers starve in captivity.
For Israelis, independence isn't just something we've "achieved," but something we have to fight for constantly.
Some days, it feels like too much.
For Israelis, independence isn't just something we've "achieved," but something we have to fight for constantly.
Some days, it feels like too much.
April 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Independence Day, as the country burns from arson and our brothers starve in captivity.
For Israelis, independence isn't just something we've "achieved," but something we have to fight for constantly.
Some days, it feels like too much.
For Israelis, independence isn't just something we've "achieved," but something we have to fight for constantly.
Some days, it feels like too much.
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On Workers Memorial Day, we mourn the 385 American workers who die every day due to dangerous working conditions.
Meanwhile, Trump put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health and safety and will shutter 11 regional OSHA offices.
Make no mistake: these moves will cost workers their lives.
Meanwhile, Trump put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health and safety and will shutter 11 regional OSHA offices.
Make no mistake: these moves will cost workers their lives.
April 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
On Workers Memorial Day, we mourn the 385 American workers who die every day due to dangerous working conditions.
Meanwhile, Trump put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health and safety and will shutter 11 regional OSHA offices.
Make no mistake: these moves will cost workers their lives.
Meanwhile, Trump put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health and safety and will shutter 11 regional OSHA offices.
Make no mistake: these moves will cost workers their lives.
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Pay double and you don’t have to hang out with these guys.
Trump has set up a new club where CEOs, tech bros, and foreign oligarchs can pay $500,000 to join in order to get access to the Trump Cabinet who will all be there regularly.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
Just because the grift is all public doesn’t mean this isn’t the most corrupt White House in history.
April 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Pay double and you don’t have to hang out with these guys.
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RKF Jr. has never seen an adult with “full blown autism”
April 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
RKF Jr. has never seen an adult with “full blown autism”
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Note how much of what Trump is trying to destroy, from Radio Free Europe to transatlantic trade, is precisely what the Russians most want him to destroy
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions (Gift Article)
Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Note how much of what Trump is trying to destroy, from Radio Free Europe to transatlantic trade, is precisely what the Russians most want him to destroy
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
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This is all very reasonable though unfair to Chamberlain who, mistaken though he was, tried to appease —before— a war. Trump is siding with a fascist aggressor after three years of war.
kyivindependent.com/european-for...
kyivindependent.com/european-for...
'End policy of appeasement' — European foreign affairs chairs rebuke Trump's Russia stance
"Negotiating with the war criminal Putin is evidently futile," a statement signed by officials from eight countries said.
kyivindependent.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is all very reasonable though unfair to Chamberlain who, mistaken though he was, tried to appease —before— a war. Trump is siding with a fascist aggressor after three years of war.
kyivindependent.com/european-for...
kyivindependent.com/european-for...
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Trump's incompetence is everywhere.
His regime can’t keep military secrets. It can’t maintain financial stability. It can’t protect children from measles.
While we resist Trump’s authoritarianism, we also need to highlight his utter inability to govern America.
His regime can’t keep military secrets. It can’t maintain financial stability. It can’t protect children from measles.
While we resist Trump’s authoritarianism, we also need to highlight his utter inability to govern America.
April 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump's incompetence is everywhere.
His regime can’t keep military secrets. It can’t maintain financial stability. It can’t protect children from measles.
While we resist Trump’s authoritarianism, we also need to highlight his utter inability to govern America.
His regime can’t keep military secrets. It can’t maintain financial stability. It can’t protect children from measles.
While we resist Trump’s authoritarianism, we also need to highlight his utter inability to govern America.
Is abduction the new normal? I saw this happening many years ago in Argentina. A lot of people would say “they must have done something” to legitimate it in their own eyes and appease their consciences. Congress intimidated now and judges targeted as well. The whole script. What else is needed?
People trying to obey the law abducted by masked men in unmarked van.
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.
dailyprogress.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Is abduction the new normal? I saw this happening many years ago in Argentina. A lot of people would say “they must have done something” to legitimate it in their own eyes and appease their consciences. Congress intimidated now and judges targeted as well. The whole script. What else is needed?
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A new report has come out showing that the Netherlands has had more antisemitic incidents in 2024 than ever before.
It's an increase of 11% from the previous all-time high.
The data shows time and again that antisemitism has skyrocketed around the world since October 7th.
It's an increase of 11% from the previous all-time high.
The data shows time and again that antisemitism has skyrocketed around the world since October 7th.
April 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A new report has come out showing that the Netherlands has had more antisemitic incidents in 2024 than ever before.
It's an increase of 11% from the previous all-time high.
The data shows time and again that antisemitism has skyrocketed around the world since October 7th.
It's an increase of 11% from the previous all-time high.
The data shows time and again that antisemitism has skyrocketed around the world since October 7th.
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This Will Not End Well
April 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This Will Not End Well
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Trump’s "peace plan" for Ukraine was always going to be to try to break the international order, give a victory to Putin, and blame Ukraine. The underlying reality is of a war Ukraine must fight because it is under continuous bloody assault.
I've been asking this question for some while.
One can hope it will be the end of arguments. And *finally* the organizing of a united democratic front of opposition to U.S.-Russian entente. The key question is if any Republicans here will join a united Democratic front. One can hope but not expect.
One can hope it will be the end of arguments. And *finally* the organizing of a united democratic front of opposition to U.S.-Russian entente. The key question is if any Republicans here will join a united Democratic front. One can hope but not expect.
Latest in @theatlantic.com . Trump's plan is a no win for Ukraine. Whether Ukraine agrees or not, Trump will end sanctions on Russia and get back to business with Putin. Can we finally hear the end of the arguments that Trump is anything but Russia's ally?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
April 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Trump’s "peace plan" for Ukraine was always going to be to try to break the international order, give a victory to Putin, and blame Ukraine. The underlying reality is of a war Ukraine must fight because it is under continuous bloody assault.
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Six million Jews murdered. What does it really mean?
In 1945, it meant 63% of Europe’s Jews were exterminated. 36% of the world’s Jewish population was gone.
Today, six million means the entire population of Toronto erased. Or all the people of Denmark killed.
That’s genocide.
In 1945, it meant 63% of Europe’s Jews were exterminated. 36% of the world’s Jewish population was gone.
Today, six million means the entire population of Toronto erased. Or all the people of Denmark killed.
That’s genocide.
April 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Six million Jews murdered. What does it really mean?
In 1945, it meant 63% of Europe’s Jews were exterminated. 36% of the world’s Jewish population was gone.
Today, six million means the entire population of Toronto erased. Or all the people of Denmark killed.
That’s genocide.
In 1945, it meant 63% of Europe’s Jews were exterminated. 36% of the world’s Jewish population was gone.
Today, six million means the entire population of Toronto erased. Or all the people of Denmark killed.
That’s genocide.
Abrego García was sent by mistake to a prison in El Salvador. A judge ordered the plain tu return. It wasn’t done. The SCOTUS ordered for the prisoner to return. President Trump brought President Bukele of El Salvador to the Oval Office to say he cannot send someone illegally into the US.
April 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Abrego García was sent by mistake to a prison in El Salvador. A judge ordered the plain tu return. It wasn’t done. The SCOTUS ordered for the prisoner to return. President Trump brought President Bukele of El Salvador to the Oval Office to say he cannot send someone illegally into the US.
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In these dark times, it is necessary to be part of the contagion of courage. I gave this speech on the UC-Berkeley campus today in protest of the Trump regime’s attacks on higher education and the foundational principles of America. https://youtu.be/ge5wsaTpuz8?si=szfG-gFoMnrX6pN0
What We Must Do Now | Robert Reich Speaks at Berkeley Rally | April 17, 2025
In these dark times, it is necessary to be part of the contagion of courage. I gave this speech yesterday on the UC-Berk
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April 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
In these dark times, it is necessary to be part of the contagion of courage. I gave this speech on the UC-Berkeley campus today in protest of the Trump regime’s attacks on higher education and the foundational principles of America. https://youtu.be/ge5wsaTpuz8?si=szfG-gFoMnrX6pN0
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Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, pay taxes or have a job.
RFK Jr. said autistic people don’t work or play sports. They say he’s wrong.
The health and human services secretary on Wednesday suggested that autistic children would never play baseball or pay taxes, enraging those in the community.
wapo.st
April 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, pay taxes or have a job.
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they want us poor, sick and desperate
We're told the FDA is now making plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
they want us poor, sick and desperate
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We are sending people to the Salvadoran gulag for nothing at all.
documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
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ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Home. Now His Son Is In Bukele's Mega-prison In El Salvador
Merwil Gutiérrez had no criminal record when ICE agents detained the 19-year-old outside his home. Now his father, Wilmer, is still searching for answers.
documentedny.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We are sending people to the Salvadoran gulag for nothing at all.
documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...
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Trump will reportedly end the IRS Direct File program that allowed taxpayers to file taxes for free.
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
April 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump will reportedly end the IRS Direct File program that allowed taxpayers to file taxes for free.
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file.
Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
See how this works?
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"Doable"? They haven't tried to end the war yet. How about putting pressure on Russia?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/w...
Rubio Says U.S. to ‘Move On’ From Ukraine Peace Efforts if No Progress Soon
“If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he departed meetings in Paris.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
"Doable"? They haven't tried to end the war yet. How about putting pressure on Russia?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/w...
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The Social Security Administration under Trump/Musk/DOGE:
-Website crashed 4 times in 10 days
-Phone lines are overwhelmed
-Staff being forced out
-Customer experience office eliminated
-SSA field offices on the chopping block
This is an attack on Social Security itself.
-Website crashed 4 times in 10 days
-Phone lines are overwhelmed
-Staff being forced out
-Customer experience office eliminated
-SSA field offices on the chopping block
This is an attack on Social Security itself.
March 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Social Security Administration under Trump/Musk/DOGE:
-Website crashed 4 times in 10 days
-Phone lines are overwhelmed
-Staff being forced out
-Customer experience office eliminated
-SSA field offices on the chopping block
This is an attack on Social Security itself.
-Website crashed 4 times in 10 days
-Phone lines are overwhelmed
-Staff being forced out
-Customer experience office eliminated
-SSA field offices on the chopping block
This is an attack on Social Security itself.
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"In Greenland what we saw was American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain."
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The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
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March 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"In Greenland what we saw was American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain."
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
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I'm aware of a guy who came to the US on a student visa, dropped out of school and then worked illegally. Then he started tampering with Federal elections and is griftingthe government for profitable contracts. His name is Elon Musk.
March 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm aware of a guy who came to the US on a student visa, dropped out of school and then worked illegally. Then he started tampering with Federal elections and is griftingthe government for profitable contracts. His name is Elon Musk.