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This Memorial Day, Remember the Afghans Who Saved American Lives We dishonor the fallen if we forget what they fought for.

"In a month, Afghans may be deported back to the government that remains allied with al Qaeda. We asked for their help... and at infinite personal risk, they gave it. Then we offered our help, giving them a safe place to live—and now we’re going back on our word."

www.thebulwark.com/p/this-memor...

Many of us have been "radicalized" by the writings of women before us. Some woke up when certain policies changed in ways that we disagreed with...whatever our reasons, we are here now and we have work to do. Rest in peace Susan Brownmiller. #MomSky

Thank you Dawn.

What has Elon Musk’s Doge actually achieved? Six months after the so-called Department of Government Efficiency was unveiled, it has yet to find a fraction of the hoped for savings

What has Elon Musk’s Doge actually achieved? @joemillerjr.ft.com and @chriscook.news dissect the record here. Dominik Lett, an analyst at the free-market Cato Institute, argues: “Doge should not be seen as a very successful deficit reduction effort.” www.ft.com/content/0854...

Robert Monks, founding father of shareholder activism, 1933-2025 Businessman who sought to move beyond short-term profits and act in a socially and environmentally responsible manner

Bob Monks really changed the world/capitalism - shifting the balance of power between shareholders and management. A founder of shareholder activism who was also an initiator of the the #esg agenda, promoting a stakeholder view of capitalism. Superb obit by John Plender. www.ft.com/content/c515...

OpenAI to buy Jony Ive’s io Products for $6.5bn [FREE TO READ] Ex-Apple design chief is working on alternatives to smartphone

NEW: OpenAI to buy Jonny Ive's company for $6.5bn on.ft.com/4k0ahZT

Just blatant fascism -- engage in our nationalist project or we will punish you.

There's a great investigative piece - or book! - to be written about who is actually governing in this administration. Who writes the EOs, who decides when they go to Trump, etc. This is a reality TV show masquerading as a presidency.

the funniest thing about this corrupt spectacle is that the original case for crypto was to free currency from its dependency on national governments.

House Republicans broke years of precedent—and possibly the law—to kill California’s right to clean air — Fast Company California had the nation’s toughest vehicle pollution rules—but the GOP tanked them in service of ‘fossil fuel donors.’ In a move Democrats warned would have disastrous consequences for the economy, ...

“both the Senate parliamentarian, the chamber’s official nonpartisan adviser, and the Government Accountability Office, the nonpartisan congressional referee, said the waivers are not rules and so are not subject to the Congressional Review Act”

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“Who believes that Donald Trump—fixated on imaginary graves and Photoshopped tattoos—is going to be able to process new and alarming information in the middle of the night, with the fate of the world at stake?”

Memorial for George Floyd at the Say Their Names cemetery

George Floyd was murdered by police five years ago today.

The Say Their Names cemetery in Minneapolis features memorials for Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Amadou Diallo, Oscar Grant, Korryn Gaines, Freddie Gray and far too many more Black people who died at the hands of police.

Utah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered it The state's ban on gender-affirming pediatric care "cannot be justified" by science, a two-year review concluded.

More than two years ago, Utah Republicans commissioned a study on gender-affirming care for youth. It just came back, and the conclusion is unambiguous: full recommendation in support of gender-affirming care.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

putin is a lot of things, but he’s not a moron. he recognizes trump as the malleable merkin-topped dope he is.