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Robert Reich
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Who knew what? When did they know it? How close were they to Trump's inner circle? And can anyone within or around the orbit of this regime be trusted to put the interests of the American public above their own pocketbook? It is maddening that we even need to ask these questions.
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The Tennessee Holler
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🇬🇧 WATCH: “CORRUPTION OF THE VERY WORST KIND.” UK politicians point out the obvious insider trading where people (likely close to Trump) are getting rich off of Trump’s posts about the war. And nobody will investigate. Trump’s golden age of corruption. He is the swamp.
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evacide
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No really, I am not kidding when I say that the data broker industry must be destroyed:
www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...
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Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant
Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic
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EWoolfolk
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he’s had interesting conversations lately
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AgonyFlips
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Iran's trolling game is top-notch...
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Y.O.L.O.0311
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Just going to leave this here... Just in case someone tries to tell us something different.
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Mark Hamill
about 24 hours ago
Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud Dept.-Kinda sounds like he's admitting he interfered in the election with VERY specific statistics. I quit Twitter because he bought it, way before his confession he stole the election for the Orange Atrocity. 🍊💩 Now I'm SURE I made the right decision! 👍
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Robert Reich
2 days ago
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
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The New Republic
1 day ago
A bipartisan bill passed by the Senate, 89–10, would make manufactured homes even more affordable by removing a single unnecessary requirement. But Republican leadership is too busy trying to make it harder for some Americans to vote.
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Mary Geddry
1 day ago
This war is starting to look less like strategy and more like war by arbitrage: public lies, private persuasion, market convulsions, and authoritarian opportunists treating human beings like movable assets.
#uspolitics
#kakistocracy
#authoritarianism
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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War by Arbitrage
How Trump, MBS, and a cast of opportunists turned catastrophe into leverage, volatility, and profit
https://open.substack.com/pub/marygeddry/p/war-by-arbitrage?r=b94us&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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For-profit espion@ge?
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Rural Ecuador. As a commenter reminds us, T actually pardoned a foreign leader who dealt drugs in the U.S.
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JeanSand - Keeping It Real
1 day ago
Dems need to be on every news channel saying this. Everyday. All day.
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Very interesting - the TSA situation could have been separately funded some time ago, but Reps in Congress won't go along, and now ICE has been sent in to further confuse things (and maybe to intimidate passengers as well). However, the writer links the insufficient funding of TSA as part of...
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Alt National Park Service
3 days ago
You might be wondering why Trump is deploying ICE agents and now threatening the National Guard to airports. It’s not about helping TSA or improving security. It’s a test run.
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Social Security Works
3 days ago
For 90 years, Social Security’s enemies have tried to convince us that there is endless money for war, but we know the truth. Social Security is fully affordable because we make contributions with every paycheck to support our retirees, people with disabilities, and survivors!
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Joyce White Vance
2 days ago
7 years ago, we learned about Bob Mueller’s conclusions. Today, there are a lot of posts on social media claiming it was a farce, or worse, a fraud. But those posts are disinformation. Here is the actual information, with links for those who want to do a deep dive.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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What Was Actually in the Mueller Report
There is an enormous amount of misinformation circulating about former Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 U.S.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/what-was-actually-in-the-mueller?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Anna O. Law
2 days ago
📣 🎉Today is the official release day of my book, even tho many of you have it in hand already. 🙏 to all who purchased. Availability: Amazon has the paper w/ discount, Bookshop/OUP on back order. Should be an e-version that is missing. I will check w/ my press. More:
www.annaolaw.com/book-migrati...
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While M1ller isn't the only psychopath that's been whispering in DeeTee's ear, he's responsible for a great deal of mayhem, and severe harms to our democracy and the world order more broadly. There also is the rest of the cabinet, the Heritage Foundation and other orgs.
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Ashok Dadhwal
3 days ago
Calling people who attacked the Capitol “security” isn’t irony, it’s revisionism. When violence gets reframed as protection, truth is the first casualty. Democracies survive only when facts are defended and accountability is non-negotiable.
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Libraries open doors to knowledge, opportunity, and understanding. However, access to educational and recreational materials, especially books, is being threatened. Congress has a chance to move things in a better direction - see Comments.
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Sanho Tree
3 days ago
This is the price of perfidy.
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A gem from Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies - commentary and humor in one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ6u...
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NEW TV SHOW - F'D TROOPS
YouTube video by Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ6u9CZ0FdE
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Cerule coach
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Boehlert Media Busters
5 days ago
Obama-100% Class Trump-100% Ass All of these traitorous bastards were either indicted or convicted or took a plea deal thanks to Robert Mueller When Putin bought Trump, he got the Republican Party added in for free They are still doing his bidding
docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/...
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Mueller, She Wrote
5 days ago
Trump is trying to drop charges against a Turkish bank for skirting Iranian sanctions, and is now lifting sanctions on Iran himself to the tune of $14B, all while going after Biden for unfreezing $6B of Iran's own money for food and medicine for the Iranian people.
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www.wired.com/story/fcc-en...
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FCC Enforcement Chief Offered to Help Brendan Carr Target Disney, Records Show
Last year, as FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC over a Jimmy Kimmel monolog, a civil servant overseeing West Coast stations privately pledged support, according to emails obtained by WIRED.
https://www.wired.com/story/fcc-enforcement-chief-offered-to-help-brendan-carr-target-disney-records-show/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_032126&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Daily_032126&bxid=6806400ed59bd821000b3531&cndid=88377119&hasha=d7a5376f05e37acb177358ed807d30ff&hashc=ad330fdf74248a090509122b564c11498ff30cb9175e9a6af271febc95b704fe&esrc=MARTECH_ORDERFORM&utm_term=WIR_Daily_Active
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Unforgiveable, imho
www.wired.com/story/a-top-...
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A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine
Congressman Jim Himes claims a sweeping surveillance authority should stay intact because he hasn't seen abuses by Kash Patel's FBI, according to internal messaging obtained by WIRED.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-top-democrat-is-urging-colleagues-to-support-trumps-spy-machine/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_032126&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Daily_032126&bxid=6806400ed59bd821000b3531&cndid=88377119&hasha=d7a5376f05e37acb177358ed807d30ff&hashc=ad330fdf74248a090509122b564c11498ff30cb9175e9a6af271febc95b704fe&esrc=MARTECH_ORDERFORM&utm_term=WIR_Daily_Active
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Robert Reich
6 days ago
So far the war on Iran has cost $25 billion. That's $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. Thousands of lives lost. People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
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Opportunity to communicate:
act.demandprogress.org/sign/block_w...
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Block Trump’s AI-powered warrantless surveillance of Americans!
AI tools will give Trump, Miller, Patel, and Hegseth unprecedented capabilities to use these loopholes to violate the privacy of Americans.
https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/block_warrantless_ai_surveillance/?t=6&akid=34887%2E1947789%2EKYbdGB
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7 days ago
Reporters play into this by failing to ask them to explain why the ID must be proof of citizenship and how that affects married women. Keep hammering them w this. The American public is checked out. They won’t know until they can’t vote. And it will be too late.
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The last thing we need is more media consolidation, especially in M@GA hands, imho.
act.demandprogress.org/sign/block_p...
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Block the Trump-backed Paramount media takeover!
Ultra-rich media executives handing even greater power to Trump is a serious threat to our democracy.
https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/block_paramount_takeover_now/?t=6&referring_akid=34889.1947789.JOWhuM
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Jerry 'Leftist Loser' Snodgrass
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The Watchdog Coalition
8 days ago
The SAVE Act would block millions of eligible voters. This is voter suppression, not security. Tell your senators: Vote NO to protect our democracy!
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Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act
Contact Congress today!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-vote-no-on-the-save-act-to-protect-our-democracy/
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Seems more true all the time...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done
Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/trump-iran-war-allies/686423/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK37EI_xIk0LIeqOBJDYUPZxw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&fbclid=IwY2xjawQpAR9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBkcmZ3TFI3bXpiMVgxMzFCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnRfzMY6ukVHhJZhR4CfUqesmBRUv58JjqVNm5pXws6jBeW_qQgFtQ7fqJtA_aem_56fVenF0p4OobgKPTIgXRw
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Tracie Stevens
8 days ago
Alright then. 1st: it grows more apparent, by the day, that these ppl fear women. Forcing women to stay home, & have babies, in this economy? After disassembling social welfare? A 1 income family? HA! Men are already selling sperms to get cash for food & fuel.
www.ms.now/ali-velshi/p...
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The group behind Project 2025 has a chilling new plan for America’s women
Ali Velshi breaks down a new plan from the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025, aimed at America’s women.
https://www.ms.now/ali-velshi/project-2025-heritage-foundation-plan-american-women-abortion-education-family?embedded=app&platform=android&appVersion=13.5.0
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Mullin has also had no relevant job experience, whatsoever. From what I understand, DeeTee just liked seeing Mullin on TV (he likes abusive, aggressive people, it appears), so he nominated Mullin.
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A dangerous, poorly informed zealot, in addition to being completely unqualified to be SecDef.
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Robert Reich
9 days ago
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages. Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare... This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
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The Watchdog Coalition
9 days ago
The SAVE Act is voter suppression dressed up as "security." Noncitizen voting is a myth Republicans push to restrict access and rig elections. Write your Senators and demand they vote NO:
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Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act
Contact Congress today!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-vote-no-on-the-save-act-to-protect-our-democracy/
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Jon Cooper
8 days ago
Cartoon by
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So... supposedly it's "treason" for media outlets to offer factual coverage of events, whether favorable or not to those in power? Imho, only in a fascist regime.
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10 days ago
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Social Security Works
10 days ago
We must demand full accountability from the DOGE operatives who stole the data of 500 million living and dead Americans!
@levin.house.gov
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Red alert (North Carolina)
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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North Carolina BOE Attempting Mass Voter Purge—Public Comments Due TODAY
Easy instructions for online public comments included in article.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thiswillhold/p/north-carolina-boe-attempting-mass?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Greg Sargent
10 days ago
Great point from
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newrepublic.com/article/2077...
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A Big Announcement Is Coming This Week. Americans Should Be Nervous.
A respected annual report on freedom around the world could deliver a shocking rating to the United States.
https://newrepublic.com/article/207790/freedom-house-2026-report-united-states-nervous
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