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Erika Kirk encourages right-wingers to be ‘warriors' against trans and Muslim ‘enemies' ➡️ https://bit.ly/4w8Oo0n 📷 Getty
Post reporters identified seven spots at the Reflecting Pool where the lining had partially or entirely peeled away. Four experts in waterproofing materials said the failure pattern strongly suggested errors in the application process. https://wapo.st/4bhNCGj
reminder that trans men are men and are also hot. if you’re gay and you are weird about trans men you are being transphobic. no jacking it to my porn is allowed if ur a transphobe happy pride to all trans people
Remember: The richest 1% evade roughly $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
146 workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on this day in 1911. The bosses responsible were never held accountable for the awful working conditions that sparked the blaze. Remember this today as politicians and their corporate backers attack workplace safety.
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Last year, thousands of MAGA Republicans won local office because *no one* ran against them. How do we fix that? Get Ready to Run! Join Governor JB Pritzker, Contest Every Race, and our national pa...
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Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
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The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner. This is a danger to us all.
After you read the Prasad memo, read this.
Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence
“Over and over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine,” writes former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
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Labor organizer Mother Jones died on this day in 1930. “I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.”
President Trump said he will pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted in a U.S. court of trafficking drugs to the U.S., and threw his support behind a conservative Honduran presidential candidate.
Trump plans to pardon former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison for running a “narco-state” that helped send cocaine to the United States.
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Baristas are on strike. So guess what? Starbucks doesn’t get a dime. We stand with the workers — not the billionaire brewing union busting on the side. #NoContractNoCoffee https://seiu.co/NoStarbucks
Nearly 8 in 10 Americans agree that spending by wealthy donors and corporations in our elections gives rise to corruption — including majorities of Republican and independent voters. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction. We must overturn Citizens United.
“This guy wants to create a ballroom for his rich friends while completely turning a blind eye to the fact that babies are going to starve when the Snap benefits end in just hours from now.” – Kamala Harris www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
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Ultimately the goals of a radical feminism and socialism are the same — justice and equality for all people, not simply equal opportunity for women or equal participation by women in an unjust system.
Feminism Against Capitalism
Today and every day, we need a feminism of the 99%.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
#OtD 1 Nov 1850 Elisabeth Dmitrieff was born in Russia. A revolutionary from a young age, she went to the Paris Commune of 1871 at 20 years old and organised working class women in the Women's Union, which she co-founded with Nathalie Lemel stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8132...
🍎Food isn’t a bargaining chip. 🏨Healthcare isn’t a luxury. Hunger should never be a consequence of politics. And people are not pawns in a political game. 42 million Americans’ meals are on the line. Get the facts: https://seiu.co/3L84tAT
