Joe Newman

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Fealty, surrender, bending the knee, kissing the ring. 👑

THIS is what the devastating cuts, word-policing, and tariffs are all about—punishing enemies and humiliating allies.

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social has been offering welcome clarity on their strategy. 🙏🏼

We must form a UNITED FRONT.

IRS will cut 25% of its employees, eliminating its civil rights office The IRS began telling employees about the coming reduction in emails sent Friday.

Breaking news: The IRS plans to eliminate nearly a quarter of its workforce in layoffs starting Friday, according to records obtained by The Post and people familiar with the plans, shedding roughly 20,000 jobs as part of plans from President Trump and Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service.

News article with a photo of a man on the NYSE touching his face and looking stressed.

News article with a photo of a man on the NYSE touching his face and looking stressed.

News article with a photo of a man on the NYSE touching his face and looking stressed.

News article with a photo of a man on the NYSE touching his face and looking stressed.

It was a bad day for the economy but it was a huge day for dudes who stand around at the stock market touching their faces and looking stressed.

Today, on the anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination, I attended the 2025 National Action Network Convention, reminding us that during these dark times, we must fulfill his legacy of justice & nonviolence by organizing, mobilizing, & fighting for equity for all. #NANCONV2025

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5/9/61, mid '60s, blue-trident pressing, mono. A beautiful quartet record from an expressive trumpeter who could do it all. With Tommy Flanagan, Wendell Marshall, Billy English.

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Me and Stan Lathan got the exact same stink face.

If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.

I can’t stop watching this.
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Elbows up, Canada.

Yesterday, we went to the Supreme Court to defend fair representation for Black voters in Louisiana.

No matter what, we will always fight to protect and expand our civil liberties.

These is the so-called “anti-DEI team”.

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I don’t know about you guys, but I want DEI back if this is the alternative.

"These guys don't give a f**k about free speech--they care about THEIR speech." Jon Stewart on the right's free speech crusade

when space budgets hit so hard you end up playing with yourself

Trump’s FCC leader threatens to kill mergers over DEI policies FCC Chairman Brendan Carr told Bloomberg that he’s not inclined to approve deals involving companies with pro-diversity initiatives.

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/... they really don't like that DEI

This energy right here.

It's just so weird.

Guillermo's worked under a ufw contract for 20 years in Coachella CA. "I want to thank César Chávez for what he did for us. Because of him we have toilets, water and shade and many other things.
Happy birthday, César." #WeFeedYou

How people get drawn into authoritarian movements:

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Pops used to say "one monkey don't stop no show"

this episode is medically too funny

English Majors Episode 001 - Clayton English kicks offs the premiere episode!

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On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson told Gov. Wallace he would federalize the National Guard to protect Selma marchers. Alabama refused to defend justice, so the White House stepped in. A defining moment where federal power was used to uphold civil rights. #Selma

Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid

Sarah and Angelina Grimke, former slave-owners turned abolitionists, fought slavery through powerful speeches and written works like ‘An Appeal to the Women of the Nominally Free States’ and ‘Address to Free Colored Americans.’ 153 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

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AOC: Alina Habba said, “What intellectual thought.. you were in a bar AOC. Not to have a drink but to serve one.” I don’t care what this woman says about me but I want you to understand that she isn’t just talking about me, she’s talking about all of us.