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What is freedom?
Are you really free if your groceries or medicine are so expensive that you can’t afford them?
Or if your boss can change your work schedule on a whim or block you from getting a new job?
Lina Khan explains how excessive corporate power makes us less free.
Are you really free if your groceries or medicine are so expensive that you can’t afford them?
Or if your boss can change your work schedule on a whim or block you from getting a new job?
Lina Khan explains how excessive corporate power makes us less free.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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July 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What is freedom?
Are you really free if your groceries or medicine are so expensive that you can’t afford them?
Or if your boss can change your work schedule on a whim or block you from getting a new job?
Lina Khan explains how excessive corporate power makes us less free.
Are you really free if your groceries or medicine are so expensive that you can’t afford them?
Or if your boss can change your work schedule on a whim or block you from getting a new job?
Lina Khan explains how excessive corporate power makes us less free.
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The complex settlement allowed both sides to claim victory. It gives the university access to federal funds that had been frozen, and restores some terminated contracts.
What we know about Columbia's $221 million settlement with the Trump administration
The complex settlement allowed both sides to claim victory. It gives the university access to federal funds that had been frozen, and restores some terminated contracts.
n.pr
July 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The complex settlement allowed both sides to claim victory. It gives the university access to federal funds that had been frozen, and restores some terminated contracts.
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ICE says its employees have good reasons to hide their faces from protesters who want to dox them online, but Democrats say masked federal agents evokes "secret police," and the practice should be banned.
Lawmakers seek to ban federal agents from wearing masks
ICE says its employees have good reasons to hide their faces from protesters who want to dox them online, but Democrats say masked federal agents evokes "secret police," and the practice should be banned.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
ICE says its employees have good reasons to hide their faces from protesters who want to dox them online, but Democrats say masked federal agents evokes "secret police," and the practice should be banned.
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Trump has expanded his attacks upon the “liberal” media by going after popular hosts and comedians. After hinting that they helped take down Colbert, his people are growing overconfident and threatening other shows. Enter South Park—then sit back and enjoy what happens next.My write-up linked below.
July 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Trump has expanded his attacks upon the “liberal” media by going after popular hosts and comedians. After hinting that they helped take down Colbert, his people are growing overconfident and threatening other shows. Enter South Park—then sit back and enjoy what happens next.My write-up linked below.
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About 40% of all births in America are to unmarried women according to the U.S. Census. Are there situations and challenges that are unique to single moms? We'd like to hear about them.
Are you a single mom? We want to hear from you about your challenges and life experiences
About 40% of all births in America are to unmarried women according to the U.S. Census. Are there situations and challenges that are unique to single moms? We'd like to hear about them.
n.pr
July 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
About 40% of all births in America are to unmarried women according to the U.S. Census. Are there situations and challenges that are unique to single moms? We'd like to hear about them.
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Moves by the Trump administration to pare back Medicaid, rescind medical debt rules and loosen vaccine requirements threaten to increase medical bills for millions of Americans.
Trump voters wanted lower medical bills. But for millions, bills are about to go up
Moves by the Trump administration to pare back Medicaid, rescind medical debt rules and loosen vaccine requirements threaten to increase medical bills for millions of Americans.
n.pr
July 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Moves by the Trump administration to pare back Medicaid, rescind medical debt rules and loosen vaccine requirements threaten to increase medical bills for millions of Americans.
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A win! The Trump administration announced it will release $5.5 billion in previously frozen education funding, offering much-needed relief to school districts preparing for the new academic year. The Department of Education said states can expect the funds to begin flowing next week.
July 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
A win! The Trump administration announced it will release $5.5 billion in previously frozen education funding, offering much-needed relief to school districts preparing for the new academic year. The Department of Education said states can expect the funds to begin flowing next week.
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A new law includes a provision that could mean bettors pay more during tax season. Major poker players are calling on Congress to royally flush the measure down the drain.
Making a living as a poker player is hard. The 'Big Beautiful Bill' makes it harder
A new law includes a provision that could mean bettors pay more during tax season. Major poker players are calling on Congress to royally flush the measure down the drain.
n.pr
July 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A new law includes a provision that could mean bettors pay more during tax season. Major poker players are calling on Congress to royally flush the measure down the drain.
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Darren Beattie, fired from the Trump White House in 2018 after it was revealed he attended a white supremacist conference, has just been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.
July 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Darren Beattie, fired from the Trump White House in 2018 after it was revealed he attended a white supremacist conference, has just been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.
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🔥Scathing analysis of whitewashed bs, rightly so 👏🏽
I’ve spent 3 days researching and writing this piece rebuking the grotesque NYT OpEd by Bret Stephens whitewashing Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
I hope you take a moment to read, subscribe, and share it with your networks. Let's use truth to stop injustice:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nyt-whitew...
I hope you take a moment to read, subscribe, and share it with your networks. Let's use truth to stop injustice:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/nyt-whitew...
NYT Whitewashes Genocide, Again
In an OpEd, Columnist Bret Stephens takes a sledgehammer to truth & humanity to justify a live streamed genocide—we rebuke his propaganda in full
www.qasimrashid.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
🔥Scathing analysis of whitewashed bs, rightly so 👏🏽
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Trump’s favorability is lowest of his second term—just 37%
What’s sad is that Democratic Party favorability is yet lower—28%
Gloat all you want at Trump’s collapse, but Dem leadership better start listening to its voter base instead of to corporate donors and foreign lobbies, or they’ll lose again
What’s sad is that Democratic Party favorability is yet lower—28%
Gloat all you want at Trump’s collapse, but Dem leadership better start listening to its voter base instead of to corporate donors and foreign lobbies, or they’ll lose again
July 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Trump’s favorability is lowest of his second term—just 37%
What’s sad is that Democratic Party favorability is yet lower—28%
Gloat all you want at Trump’s collapse, but Dem leadership better start listening to its voter base instead of to corporate donors and foreign lobbies, or they’ll lose again
What’s sad is that Democratic Party favorability is yet lower—28%
Gloat all you want at Trump’s collapse, but Dem leadership better start listening to its voter base instead of to corporate donors and foreign lobbies, or they’ll lose again
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The Trump admin has formally unveiled a program to illegally use money Congress passed for sheltering migrants released from immigration custody to instead detain them in state-run prison camps.
They are calling this — no joke — "shelter in a detention environment." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
They are calling this — no joke — "shelter in a detention environment." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US states to get $608 million from FEMA to build migrant detention centers
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing to send $608 million to states to construct immigrant detention centers as part of the Trump administration's push to expand capacity to hold migrants.
www.reuters.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Trump admin has formally unveiled a program to illegally use money Congress passed for sheltering migrants released from immigration custody to instead detain them in state-run prison camps.
They are calling this — no joke — "shelter in a detention environment." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
They are calling this — no joke — "shelter in a detention environment." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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NEW: In the days since the MAGA melodrama erupted, six Trump advisers, senior administration officials, and others close to the president have told Rolling Stone that an anxiety shared among some of the Trump brass is that Musk may know too much.
Some Trump Officials Now Fear Elon's 'Burn Book'
Donald Trump and Elon Musk's falling out is worrying some administration officials considering what the billionaire has seen when the camera was off.
www.rollingstone.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEW: In the days since the MAGA melodrama erupted, six Trump advisers, senior administration officials, and others close to the president have told Rolling Stone that an anxiety shared among some of the Trump brass is that Musk may know too much.
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House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.
House Dems demand testimony from Noem after Padilla handcuffed in LA
“If it can happen to Alex, it can happen to ... anybody,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez said.
www.politico.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.
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On today's episode of "Highest Power: Church + State," I talk about the L.A. protests and about why Trump targeted white evangelical support when he entered politics.
Ep30: Protests in L.A. & Trump's Targeting of White Evangelical Support
Podcast Episode · Highest Power: Church + State · 06/12/2025 · 21m
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June 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
On today's episode of "Highest Power: Church + State," I talk about the L.A. protests and about why Trump targeted white evangelical support when he entered politics.
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Talk about a rigged system!
June 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Talk about a rigged system!
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GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic immigration policies as coddling violent criminals. Democrats portrayed Trump's escalating migrant sweeps as a dangerous assault on civil liberties.
Denounced by GOP lawmakers, blue state governors defend immigration policies
GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic immigration policies as coddling violent criminals. Democrats portrayed Trump's escalating migrant sweeps as a dangerous assault on civil liberties.
n.pr
June 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic immigration policies as coddling violent criminals. Democrats portrayed Trump's escalating migrant sweeps as a dangerous assault on civil liberties.