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Getting word that Uncle Sam isn’t America’s real uncle

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

props to the national anthem dude for singing "our home on native land" at the world series

Carney: But this decades-long process of an ever-closer economic relationship with the United States is now over. And as a consequence, many of our former strengths as a country—more particularly, our economic strengths based on close ties to America—have now become our vulnerabilities…

NO KINGS MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Sat, Oct 18 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT King George V Memorial in Kings Domain, Melbourne, Australia

This is a genuine screenshot from the No Kings website, and this is a Very Australian thing to do.

real talk: the two awards I deeply desire are the Stephen Leacock Medal For Humour and the Order of Canada. I'm never gonna win the Leacock medal (I write the wrong kind of stuff), but one time a book where I was thanked in the acknowledgements was shortlisted. Thisclose.

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

I hard co-sign this one.

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

Wow, it must be terrible being told that you can’t use the bathroom.

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The wounded knee thing is really Trumpism distilled to its essence. It’s not enough to be able crush people who can’t fully defend themselves, it’s not enough to actually crush them, you also have to love and admire those who do the crushing otherwise the Trumpists’ delicate feelings are injured

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What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

U.S. ambassador 'disappointed' with anti-American sentiment in Canada | CBC News The U.S. ambassador to Canada is expressing frustration over the anti-American sentiment he sees in this country, including from politicians, after U.S. President Donald Trump hit most of the world wi...

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The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

Someone explain how this is a cancelable offense but a Fox News host saying we should murder homeless people as policy is not?

“The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”

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The Washington Post now has no Black Opinion columnists - none - at a time when white nationalism is ascendant in our nation. I am grateful to Karen for the truth and fearlessness her work has always shown. Keep shining that light, my friend.

What To Do When Terrible People Die A Polite Guide to Emotional Freedom and Light Social Awkwardness

To be clear…

No one deserves to die for being a dick.

At the same time, no dick deserves to be lauded just because they’re dead.

www.brittlestar.com/p/what-to-do...

Words to live by @brittlestar.com

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

While we're all discussing how it's wrong to murder someone, let's not forget this:

Y'all were so concerned about a few tents impeding the teaching mission of the university. What do you think it might do to the teaching mission if one little video from your classroom results in a campaign from [clears throat]: the President, the feds, right wing trustees ... I'm not finished (2/3)

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