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Yeller in the stands. With the writer of words, in the newspaper margins, in a Birmingham jail.. Vonnegut, Saroyan, Tolstoi, Kingsolver, W.T.Vollman, Upton Sinclair, "The Count of Monte Christo". I could go on, but you get the idea.

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Listening to this press conference it seems clear that Trump is mentally gone and that his team is consolidating power for President J.D. Vance.

11.08.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2840    πŸ” 862    πŸ’¬ 223    πŸ“Œ 83

Trump's DOJ just cleared the way for healthcare monopoly UnitedHealth to buy the second-largest provider of home healthcare in America.

The approval came after UnitedHealth hired Ballard Partners, Pam Bondi's former employer, to lobby on its behalf.

"Drain the swamp."

11.08.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1413    πŸ” 574    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 28

Why would Americans lose their jobs because Trump decided to bankrupt Anerica? Oh, like a casino he once owned..

11.08.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. I don't quite understand this argument. We have collected money and we will be broke if we have to pay it back? WTF? That is an argument used in a court of law? Sell the gold in Fort Knox...

11.08.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They don't raise the height of the river for you?

11.08.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reminder: The last time Donald Trump deployed troops to an American city, his poll numbers on the relevant issue (in this case, immigration) instantly cratered and still haven't recovered.

Data from @gelliottmorris.com www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data?open=...

11.08.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 351    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 10
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Where are the hard-working Americans who screamed, β€œThey’re stealing our jobs”?

You’re getting your wish. Immigrant workers aren’t showing up, and farm owners are hiring.

10.08.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 15655    πŸ” 6150    πŸ’¬ 915    πŸ“Œ 470

That is just one farm.

11.08.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICYMI - Trump’s β€œbooming economy” is circling the drain.

This is what happens when you elect a con man to run the country like one of his bankrupt casinos.

*Post by Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.

10.08.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2408    πŸ” 939    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 40

The amount of Trump's attempted distraction of our attention from the Epstein files is proportional to the depravity of his acts documented therein.

11.08.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 299    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 7
Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling

Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling

The only grounds for overturning Obergefell are religious. But not all religions deny the validity of same-sex marriages. For example, UU congregations affirms the rights of all to be married. To overturn Obergefell would be a violation of UU principles, and a violation of the free exercise clause.

11.08.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Space lasers.

11.08.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Al-Jazeera has reporters who were killed trying to report on the situation in Gaza. The U.S. has reporters go into the Whitehouse and ask the President about his golf game. That is what is wrong with mainstream media.

11.08.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump named Pete Hegseth as defense secretray because he knew Hegseth wouldn't hesitate to order American troops to fire on American civilians. Sending the military into our cities is a major step toward imposing a dictatorship.
It's so obvious that mainstream media are afraid to say it.

11.08.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1054    πŸ” 370    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 13

Ukraine's future is decided and will be decided here, in #Ukraine, not in Alaska.

Our lives and our fates are in our hands.

10.08.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2315    πŸ” 483    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 15
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Opinion | Trump's Oval Office chart charade can't hide the truth Outside the Oval Office, though, fears of β€œstagflation” are increasing.

Trump's Oval Office chart charade can't hide the truth

Outside the Oval Office, fears of β€œstagflation” are increasing.

11.08.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 267    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 4

I was there in 1980. The real estate market died. The wealthy made money because of the high interest paid on saving accounts and CDs. No matter how pretty the chart, you cannot lie to a man without a job.

11.08.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

11.08.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1239    πŸ” 582    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 34

All those standing behind Trump act this way. I ask, "what are they thinking?"

11.08.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DC crime.

11.08.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So goes the vacation to DC.

11.08.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. Keep up the good work!

11.08.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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dipshit president to fight imaginary crime wave in dumbest way possible how fucking stupid is this?

here's today's post: "dipshit president to fight imaginary crime wave in dumbest way possible" β€” how fucking stupid is this?
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post β€”

11.08.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 821    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 14

THEY are the scariest things in the mall.

11.08.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Courage is the price life exacts for granting peace.
Amelia Earhart
Peace be with you and your family.

11.08.2025 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Al Jazeera using active voice headlines is exactly what we should be doing. 🩡

11.08.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

10.08.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 12167    πŸ” 9868    πŸ’¬ 615    πŸ“Œ 1651

The challenges we now face must be met by a bold progressive populist movement that strengthens democracy and shakes up the system.

We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump.

We cannot accept the status quo of Big Money dominating our politics and economy.

10.08.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3277    πŸ” 922    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 46

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