Paul Weaver

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Photographer 📍Pennsylvania www.weaverphoto.com

Meet Chris Rabb: The AOC and Ro Khanna-backed congressional candidate who is determined to check and balance Donald Trump’s imperialism — and to reset budget priorities so that human needs are prioritized over bloated spending on the military-industrial complex.

Chris Rabb Will Be a Transformative Member of the House

A candidate from Philadelphia, running in America’s 250th year, has a plan to restore checks and balances on kingly presidents and renew the constitutional authority of Congress.

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As soon as the state House passed a bill which would raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $15, the Employment Policies Institute began reaching out to the media. Their address, and staff, are the same as Berman and Company, known as the food and beverage industry’s “weapon of mass destruction.”

A Shady Nonprofit Pushes Back On Pennsylvania’s Proposed Minimum Wage Hike

The Employment Policies Institute is tied to a PR firm that represents food and restaurant industry interests.

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I’ve been writing an annual column for 20 years on the year in sports and politics. Here’s this year’s edition. Short version: 2025 was the fucking worst. But maybe 2026 sees a turnaround that’s already being glimpsed in unlikely places www.thenation.com/article/soci...

In a Year of Violent Tumult, the Sports World Was Silent

When the country needed them to speak out, most athletes kept mum—and a few openly embraced embraced Trumpism.

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Spirit Halloween’s vulture-like business model keeps operating costs low by snapping up short-term leases in vacant retail spaces, making itself a rare beneficiary of private equity’s hollowing out of big box stores across the country.

Spirit Halloween Is Robbing the Shopping Mall Cemetery

Spirit Halloween’s vulture-like business model keeps operating costs low by snapping up short-term leases in vacant retail spaces, making itself a rare beneficiary of private equity’s hollowing out of big box stores across the country.

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New: For @msnbc.com I wrote abt Trump’s absurd EO declaring antifa a “domestic terror org” I trace history of MAGA manufacturing antifa bogeyman to both distract from v real far right violence, & to create a pretext for vigilantes & police to target the wider left www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | Trump‘s new anti-antifa panic is the start of something much more dangerous

The president signed an executive order Monday declaring antifa a “domestic terrorist organization.”

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