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Mr. Z
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Glorified forklift jockey working on fifth career. Information addict. Can repair just about anything short of a broken heart. Those are mended, not fixed...
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"I have knowledge which is alien to you, for I have tasted food fresh from dark fertile soil, and I have filled my lungs with untainted air, and I have quenched my thirst with water clear as the first day of creation, and you have not -- because you can not. 1/2
No shit, eh?

“It’s a pretty dismal way to do business,” Rich said.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
www.politico.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is what a president sounds like. Not what some privileged piece of garbage who managed to fail backwards into the White House sounds like.
December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Christ he's an asshole.
This is both disgusting and expected.

The Scumbag-in-Chief
December 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“Georgia Republicans, we have a problem,” King wrote...

No. You ARE the fucking problem.
www.alternet.org/trump-off-ye...
'Unmotivated donors' plague Republicans in pivotal southern swing state
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King is sounding the alarm on party donations heading into the mid-terms.“The usually low-key King posted a lengthy statement to social media, almost a manifesto, a...
www.alternet.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
December 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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🔬⚗️👩‍🔬

Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis.
Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential.

www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...
Phenolic Analysis of Cannabis Reveals Rare Flavoalkaloids in Leaves | Cannabis Science and Technology - Cannabis Industry News, Insights
Using an optimized analytical method for this research, the phenolics of cannabis were tested resulting in new findings.
www.cannabissciencetech.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.

56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.

Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🤣😜
REP. MAGAZINER: “How many veterans have you deported?”

NOEM: “We haven't deported any veterans.”

REP. MAGAZINER: “We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea…”

(More on Sae Joon Park: www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...)
December 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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December 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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December 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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#GVerse While you fly around the country, playing dress-up for the cameras. 🤣 Mic drop!🎤
December 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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'We can't be bullied': How Trump and the GOP's redistricting push in Indiana backfired

Aggressive tactics employed by Trump and his allies did not sit well with state lawmakers, who delivered a major political blow to national Republicans ahead of the midterms.
'We can't be bullied': How Trump and the GOP's redistricting push in Indiana backfired
Aggressive tactics employed by Trump and his allies did not sit well with state lawmakers, who delivered a major political blow to national Republicans ahead of the midterms.
www.nbcnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
December 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“An honorable discharge does not necessarily prevent an alien with U.S. military service from being subject to immigration enforcement action,” the new memo states.

How about... fuck you. Does "fuck you" work for you?
atlantablackstar.com/2025/12/11/a...
‘I Shed My Blood for This Country’: U.S. Army Veteran Born In Jamaica, Living In U.S. for 50 Years, Jailed By ICE After Not Using Turn Signal
"U.S. Army Vet Born in Jamaica, Living in U.S. for 50 Years, Jailed by ICE After Routine Traffic Stop. His story will shock you. #immigra...
atlantablackstar.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
fark.com/13907878 --Fark headline [NEWS]: Leave it to ICE to ignore 50 years of service but somehow treat a forgotten turn signal like a national security crisis. NEWS tag beats out STUPID tag...
Leave it to ICE to ignore 50 years of service but somehow treat a forgotten turn signal like a national security crisis
Leave it to ICE to ignore 50 years of service but somehow treat a forgotten turn signal like a national security crisis
fark.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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This is absolutely amazing. #Science 🧪

The proteasome, cleaving proteins into antimicrobial peptides. Biology is a amazing

“There’s something that we thought is so familiar and so well understood, and then boom — something totally unexpected and exciting comes out of it.” — Medzhitov
This scientist found a new trick of the immune system by digging through cellular rubbish
Yifat Merbl is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
www.nature.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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There it is.. #politics
December 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Christ what an asshole.
I’ll be so happy & relieved when we have an adult back in the Oval Office. The petulant man-child currently destroying our country is much too juvenile to govern this great nation.
December 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM