Mark O'Connell
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It/Them, Humanoid, Filmmaker, Musician www.markoconnell.org
90-Days to the Midterms: Cybersecurity and Election Experts Needed
90-Days to the Midterms: Cybersecurity and Election Experts Needed
Trump's dismantling of election security infrastructure is dangerous and unprecedented. This is how we fight back.
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Trump Already Claiming 'Rigged Election' In Dark Indication of Midterm Strategy
Trump Already Claiming 'Rigged Election' In Dark Indication of Midterm Strategy
Today in The Swamp: Wednesday, August 5
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"Dr. El-Sayed overcame $60 million in outside money supporting Ms. Stevens, including about $32 million from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a hard-line pro-Israel group whose involvement became a source of frequent conflict in the contest."
Oz announced the government is canceling a subsidy program that kept Medicare prescription drug benefit premiums under control. This could increase premiums substantially for many of the 23 million Americans enrolled in Part D, even doubling the monthly cost for 11 million or more: shorturl.at/zrApT
Commentary: Trump administration finds a new way to screw Medicare members — hiking their drug bills
The administration claims Medicare drug premiums have 'stabilized,' so it's going to let health insurers raise the premiums that enrollees pay.
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"new state laws and safety codes are reclassifying these plug-in kits as standard appliances — meaning renters can finally treat home solar like a simple toaster oven, plugging a personal power plant into any wall socket and cutting electricity bills by up to 25% with zero landlord approval."
Renters have been locked out of solar energy for years, and a tiny balcony device now "picking the lock" is spreading through 8 states
Renters have been locked out of solar energy for years, and a tiny balcony device now "picking the lock" is spreading through 8 states to make it available.
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AGREE with one exception: The time to remove “centrist Dems” is NOW IN PRIMARIES. In November our choice is binary - Democrats V Republicans, as we have no multi-party system. Now is NOT a time for far Left (divide the Left) 3rd Party like DSA, as Putin & RU trolls know! UNITE USA with DEMS TO WIN!
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Warning: the President of the United States is kidnapping American citizens off the streets of blue states. Some of them return —most do not. Some are murdered in concentration camps owned by the President’s cronies. All of it is one big fat crime. None of our electeds will stop him. Will you?
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936
"Maria" is working in Coachella CA doing maintenance on the lemon trees. She wears thick gloves and sleeves to protect herself against the lemon thorns. She shares, "I will work any job to feed my children." Today Coachella temps are predicted to reach a high of 118°. #WeFeedYou
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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The man endorsed by Sarah Huckabeast in this video is Arkansas state Rep. Austin McCollum. McCollum was arrested today on charges of aggravated assault against a family or household member, first-degree false imprisonment, and third-degree domestic battery. www.nwaonline.com/news/2026/au...
Foreign policy expert Trita Parsi issued a bleak warning Saturday over what he called a major "strategic mistake" of the Trump administration that could very well "bring the [Iran] war to the U.S.," and soon.
Policy expert flags Trump’s major ‘strategic mistake’ that could ‘bring the war to the US’
Foreign policy expert Trita Parsi issued a bleak warning Saturday over what he called a major “strategic mistake” of the Trump administration that could very well “bring the [Iran] war to the U.S.,” and soon.Earlier on Saturday, CBS News reported that the United States and Israel were actively plann...
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“It lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth. Its narrative structure is gimmicky. The writing is abysmal.”
Emily Wilson’s Pan of ‘The Odyssey’ Ignites a Debate Among Classicists and Commenters
Wilson, whose 2017 translation of Homer’s Greek classic influenced the director Christopher Nolan, panned his screenplay for the movie version in an essay for The London Review of Books.
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Elon Musk is back to throwing money into U.S. elections. This time, he’s trying to save Maine’s only Republican senator. trib.al/gTTkeS3
Elon Musk Goes All in on Trying to Save Susan Collins
Elon Musk is back to throwing money into U.S. elections. This time, he’s trying to save Maine’s only Republican senator.
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