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For-profit healthcare will never be affordable, because corporate and political greed, and public good, are not compatible.

Lobbyists spend millions paying off politicians to ensure our healthcare system protects their profits and benefits them, not us.

It’s corruption.

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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This is badly needed in the US

people get really mad if your position is that human suffering is bad in all its forms

Excellent. I’ve been saying this in response to complaints of hypocrisy, as well.

The Politics of Humiliation The politics of humiliation has moved to the center of the reactionary project under Trump II.

"Abu Ghraib . . . was a leak, and people were shocked. Now similar degradation in 'deportations' is being intentionally broadcast for the entertainment of half the country"

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Yeah? You think that they gave up on their Middle East Riviera? This is all smoke and mirrors.

The 400 richest Americans have more money than the bottom 175 million Americans.

That is THE problem.

White women tend to be the scapegoat of every other demographic.

Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

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Nah they still hook you up if it’s late. Either a discount or a free pizza, your choice.

“Fiction.”

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American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming The Frog is owning the president.

The Frog is the best thing to happen to American politics all year, but the fact that politics has devolved into Posting is ultimately a bad thing.

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Clients of a Trump-connected lobbying firm keep landing no-bid ICE contracts Ballard Partners is helping companies cash in on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Clients of a Trump-connected lobbying firm keep landing no-bid ICE contracts

ICE doesn't require warrants in public, within 100 miles of a coast or land border -- that's a huge part of the problem.

ICE impersonator incidents rise during Trump’s second term | CNN A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.

This isn’t surprising but without proper ID, I can easily see how it is happening. How do we, as citizens, ensure that proper ID and warrants are required by all Federal employees? I know some states are now requiring it.

Why Are They Not Boarding These Boats?!?

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

What ever happened to PAUL TATEM. Better story than the TRUMP PEE TAPE

Top ex-SC FBI agent alleges political bosses now run FBI, are threat to nation Lawsuit by former top SC FBI agent Steve Jensen alleges today’s Trump-run FBI and director Kash Patel are a chilling departure from tradition.

Lawsuit by former top SC FBI agent Steve Jensen alleges today’s Trump-run FBI and director Kash Patel are a chilling departure from tradition.

No, the problem is Citizens United and the unchecked amounts of money thrown at US elections.

Trump Denies Telling Netanyahu to Stop Gaza Ceasefire Deal As It Would Help Harris Campaign What we know about a purported conversation between the Israeli prime minister and Donald Trump.

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Crazy, isn’t it?

(Reuters) - U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.

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Fun fact: Every government shutdown in the last 30 years occurred when Republicans had control of the House of Representatives. —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

‘It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists

“Governments are repressing human rights defenders and the current trajectory is incompatible with the realization of human rights for all. It’s just a road to destruction … I think states are behaving in a criminal fashion”

Today, House Republicans will take their 70th day off with pay in the last 82 days.

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It. Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.

The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.

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Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds Experts describe findings as deeply concerning and predict 70% increase in related deaths by 2050 Hospitals across the world have recorded an alarming rise in common infections that are resistant to antibiotics, with doctors saying the number of deaths driven by drug resistance will increase sharply in the years ahead. One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections were resistant to antibiotic treatments in 2023, with more than 40% of antibiotics losing potency against common blood, gut, urinary tract and sexually-transmitted infections between 2018 and 2023, records show. Continue reading...

Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds