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Senior Policy Analyst, NJPP. Deranged Cubs fan.
interesting to learn that an indictment in an american court is sufficient grounds to remove a political leader from power
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Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.
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Good thing there's never been any downside to removing a foreign head of state by gunpoint and the downstream effects are always positive and predictable
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Starting to think it would be a good idea to have a Congress
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Kotaku
2 days ago
Microsoft Tells Piggies To Stop Calling It AI Slop:
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Microsoft CEO Says People Need To 'Get Beyond' Calling It AI Slop
CEO Satya Nadella says people 'need to get beyond' the gen AI slop debate
https://kotaku.com/microsoft-ai-slop-satya-nadella-2000656473
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Tax the rich
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jamelle
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âit is illegal for you not to like meâ
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Hot take: it really was a wonderful life
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Perry Bacon
19 days ago
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says
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Chris Conzen
10 days ago
âWhy do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it.â The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won. - The Atlantic
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The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won.
The sociologist Matthew Desmond believes that being poor is different in the U.S. than in other rich countries.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/05/poverty-in-america-book-matthew-desmond-interview/674058/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=true-anthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin
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Hot take: the state shouldn't torture anyone even if they have done crimes
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Mallory Where
12 days ago
Trans instructor: âyou didnât do this assignmentâ Supervising professor: âshe didnât do the assignmentâ Student: âI didnât do the assignmentâ University: âisnât there someone you forgot to askâ some days I just want to scream and scream
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Started // going
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Marisa Kabas
13 days ago
!! Hereâs a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via
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is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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ah this must be that right-wing populism focused on working-class voters i hear so much about
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Adam Serwer
13 days ago
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions âlibertyâ as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link)
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Matt Novak
14 days ago
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now. It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
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Hmmm almost as though he has picked a side?????
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NY Times Pitchbot
14 days ago
Crickets from the free speech bros on this, of course.
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NY Times Pitchbot
14 days ago
Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way. by Ezra Klein
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Tom Hearden
13 days ago
Good morning. This story is the lead at the Murdochâs NY Post and third lead at the WSJ and Fox News. Itâs nowhere to be found at CBS News.
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jamelle
16 days ago
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead
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U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
https://wapo.st/4s2l2zn
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Parker Molloy
18 days ago
And in 2014, they did the same to Obama
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014...
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Why major US TV networks didn't show Obama's immigration address
CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox stick with hit primetime shows but viewers saw the presidentâs address on Spanish-language channel Univision
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/20/obama-immigration-speech-shunned-networks
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Parker Molloy
18 days ago
You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political"
www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
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As Biden warned about democracyâs collapse, TV networks aired reruns
Broadcasters NBC, CBS and ABC usually air presidential prime-time addresses live. But they found Biden's Philadelphia speech more "political" than newsworthy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/09/02/biden-speech-network-coverage-independence-hall/
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New Jersey Citizen Action
18 days ago
Under House rules, a discharge petition wouldnât get a vote until Jan-but Jan is too late. Premiums would skyrocket for 22M people, and up to 6M could lose coverage. Weâre urging Kean, Smith & Van Drew to bring the petition to the floor NOW. Our Statement:
www.njcitizenaction.org/discharge_pe...
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If only there were some kind of system whereby we could rely not on the good will of the superwealthy but instead make them pay a set percentage of their income and wealth to a central government that could distribute that wealth. We could call it taxation.
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ProPublica
18 days ago
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food. Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
âBrutal and traumatizingâ: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kenya-trump-usaid-world-food-program-starvation-children-deaths?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1765972819&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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NOTE: for all businesses complain, they LOVE this. High unemployment means they can pay workers less and workers have less bargaining power. And with the consumer economy focused on catering to the very wealthy, big corporations don't care if people are left out of the economy entirely
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OlĂșfáșčÌmi O. TĂĄĂwĂČ
18 days ago
I hear there's discourse about race and employment in the US
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Incumbent Democratic leadership watching Labour implode after embracing anti-immigrant nativism
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Balls & Strikes
18 days ago
Immigration "court" is legal theater designed to disguse egregious injustices
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Immigration Court Is a Sham
From the âjudgesâ deciding cases to the ârulesâ of evidence, every aspect of immigration court is stacked against the people caught up in it.
https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/immigration-court-is-a-sham/
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New Jersey Citizen Action
19 days ago
We think this bill is a step in the right direction, but not the finish line, and still needs amendments. We support the bill while urging lawmakers to do more to deliver real, equitable paid leave protections for New Jersey workers.
www.northjersey.com/story/news/n...
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The NJ Senate advanced a bill to expand family leave benefits
The state senate budget committee advanced a bill that would expand family leave benefits for people who work in small NJ businesses.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2025/12/16/nj-family-leave-small-business-employees/87784539007/
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Will Bunch
19 days ago
A majority of Americans are fearful of the rapid growth of AI and want to tax the obscene wealth of its billionaires. Yet neither political party cares much about the will of the people. Money talks. Democracy walks We need an anti-AI party. My final 2025 column
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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In 2026, America needs an anti-AI party | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, a look back at how I covered 2025, a lousy year.
https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/ai-time-person-of-the-year-silicon-valley-billionaires-20251216.html
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is this bad
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I loathe these euphemisms around "flexibility" and "burden" The "flexibility" that businesses want is TO FIRE YOU FOR BONDING WITH YOUR CHILD OR CARING FOR YOUR SICK LOVED ONE The "burden" here is that businesses CANNOT FIRE YOU FOR TAKING LEAVE Basic humanity is so burdensome!
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ProPublica
20 days ago
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolersâ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year. (Published July 2024)
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School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizonaâs Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolersâ tuition that itâs now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-school-vouchers-budget-meltdown?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1765852203&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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The Onion
20 days ago
âNo Way To Prevent This,â Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-3/
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Senator Andy Kim
21 days ago
Hanukkah teaches us that light overcomes the darkness. May each candle lit be a reminder of resilience and to stand with one another against hate.
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Brandon Friedman
22 days ago
Things we learn: 1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban 2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal 3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants And much more. Read it.
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Greg Bovinoâs the star of Trumpâs deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie âThe Border" set the course for his life. He couldnât believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that heâs in charge of deportation efforts caus...
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/12/12/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-deportation-elcentro-california-blowing-rock-boone-north-carolina-migrants-immigration
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Jay Willis
23 days ago
It is hard to overstate how shallow and embarrassing the Washington Post Editorial Board's analysis is whenver it tries to write about the law. They don't make arguments so much as they crank out half-assed jumbles of buzzwords that they hope will make Jeff Bezos happy. Don't care for it at all!
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The Washington Post Editorial Board Is Spectacularly Awful at Legal Analysis
Since Bezos overhauled the board earlier this year, it has been very good at cranking out billionaire-friendly propaganda. It is quite bad at everything else.
https://ballsandstrikes.org/legal-culture/washington-post-editorial-board-medicaid/
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Housing & Community Development Network of NJ
24 days ago
Thank you to Sen. Britnee Timberlake and Asm. Reginald Atkins for joining us at today's press event to talk about pending bills to create Code Red protections and a Homeless Bill of Rights.
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Parker Molloy
24 days ago
Close enough
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Note who is labeling the president's vile racist remarks as vile and racist, and who is remaining silent, who is labeling them "divisive," who is nodding in agreement. If you wonder how people would behave during 1930s Germany or frankly 1930s America, you're seeing their true colors now.
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derek guy
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Carers who do the most human work of all -- cleaning, feeding, lifting, wiping our loved ones when we cannot -- deserve dignity and economic security, not cuts and intimidation.
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Jamison Foser
25 days ago
Hiring a Black woman: âidentity politicsâ Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: âsubvertingâ identity politics! (The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie
25 days ago
The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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