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YouTube video by politizane Wealth Inequality in America

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You Ask Me How I'm Doing Here's an answer.

"While all this is happening, I have seen numerous friends and colleagues in politics and media look the other way or seemingly and quietly deem this relentless onslaught against trans people unworthy of their concern."

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Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised How anti-immigration politics across the EU clashes with demographic reality

Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised

Trump declares war on transgender people "We are not going anywhere, and we will fight back against these harmful provisions with everything we’ve got."

It is beyond Trump's announcement that "there are only two genders."

Trump's executive orders threaten to detransition up to 1,500 incarcerated trans women and jeopardize the medical care of 276,000 trans adults on Medicaid.

@msjpauly.bsky.social reports what we know so far.

I had a convo with a colleague right before Thanksgiving about The Washington Post. They were furious that people were unsubscribing.

"This will only hurt reporters, not Bezos."

When I asked them if maybe readers aren't trying to hurt Bezos but simply no longer trust WaPo, they look scandalized.

I can’t read the article, but an underground bike path into downtown would be awesome

.@anneapplebaum.bsky.social is brilliant, and this is one of her best. Long, but worth your time.

In Praise of California It has its flaws — what place doesn’t? — but it plays a big role in America’s greatness

"California paid in a lot more [to the federal government] than it got back — $83 billion in total. So did Washington state and much of the Northeast. Most red states were in the reverse position, getting much more from DC than they paid in return."

Key Republican source who lied to the FBI about the Bidens receives prison sentence Alexander Smirnov may not be a household name, but his prison sentence represents a stunning fiasco for some prominent Republicans in Congress.

"He was the Republicans' star witness. Sean Hannity’s Fox News show ran with his claims in at least 85 separate segments last year. The Republicans’ entire Biden conspiracy theory was based on his claims..."

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'A very, very small number' of teens receive gender-affirming care, study finds A new analysis of private insurance claims data finds less than 0.1% of youth accessed puberty blockers or hormones for gender transition. This small group has garnered a huge amount of attention from...

A new analysis of private insurance claims data finds less than 0.1% of youth accessed puberty blockers or hormones for gender transition. This small group has garnered a huge amount of attention from Republican lawmakers in recent years.

New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation The medical guidelines contradict numerous conclusions from the UK's infamous Cass Review.

After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.

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For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education

Dems' New Progressive Leader: 'Diet' Republicanism Won't Work Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar discusses Trump’s lies and the future of progressive politics.

"We should be calling out this billionaire fraudster [Elon Musk] for trying to take away your mom’s Social Security check and cut Medicare so that he can pay less in taxes when he’s already the richest dude ever on the face of the earth."

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We live in a world of radical ignorance, and the marvel is that any kind of truth cuts through the noise,” says Proctor. Even though knowledge is ‘accessible’, it does not mean it is accessed, he warns.

Perfection.

How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on…

Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.

More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.

(Published Jan. 2024)
By @craigsilverman.bsky.social & Peter Elkind

Gaetz withdraws from consideration as Trump attorney general Former U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general on Thursday, saying his confirmation was becoming a distraction.

Former US Representative Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, saying his confirmation was becoming a distraction reut.rs/40S0Ox4