Raspberry Barrette
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They're cutting education, healthcare, food, and other social programs and protections so Americans are poor and desperate enough to work any job for any pay. Just like the countries many immigrants come from.
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Robert Reich
about 12 hours ago
CEO pay rose 20 times faster than worker pay in 2025, per Oxfam. Overall, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025 — while CEO pay rose 54% during the same time. Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ pay
Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levels
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/01/ceo-pay-workers-minimum-wages
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jamelle
about 9 hours ago
very funny that this guy is literally like “tax the rich? that is the n word to me, personally”
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/n...
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In Attack on Mamdani, Vornado Chief Likens ‘Tax the Rich’ to Hate Speech
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/nyregion/roth-mamdani-griffin-rich.html
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TheSocioPhi
about 8 hours ago
Dear Uber Drivers: I shouldn’t have to tell you guys this, but asking girls out on dates while in possession of their home addresses and also their lives as you drive 70mph through highway traffic is not an appropriate thing to do. Sincerely, Women
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘
about 14 hours ago
Humpback Whale 'saves' biologist from shark - BBC News 2018
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ShepGirl 💯💙🇺🇸
about 23 hours ago
Dear
@nytimes.com
…enough with the soft headlines. Do better!
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Aaron Rupar
about 9 hours ago
Buttiigieg: "Look, when you are this deep into your second year, if your reflex is to still be trying to blame the previous administration, it really shows that you are out of ideas, out of solutions, and unwilling to take ownership of your own choices."
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B Gilmer
about 18 hours ago
The $ was routed through a DC non-profit setup my Trump associates. The donations are tax deductible meaning tax payers cover some of the cost. The non-profit gets a % kickback for hiding the identity of the donors. The $ isn't accounted for at the moment. So yes Trump pocketed the $.
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Michelle
about 19 hours ago
Sad thing is, I expect most Americans to not know about this.
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The Sgt Joker
about 22 hours ago
😂 trump’s dumber than the fools who got him elected.
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Michigan Advance
about 12 hours ago
A sea of people in red spread out, raising signs and chanting through the streets of downtown Grand Rapids on Tuesday to demand justice and honor victims as they marked Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day. From Erick Diaz Veliz
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Hundreds march in Grand Rapids to demand justice for missing and murdered Indigenous people • Michigan Advance
Demanding justice for missing and murdered Indigenous people, hundreds march in Grand Rapids
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/05/05/hundreds-march-in-grand-rapids-to-demand-justice-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people/
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Dr. Mar
about 7 hours ago
It’s the way to go. Invest in solar energy.
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Defiance Dispatch
about 13 hours ago
Tennessee and countless other states have been speaking out against what is basically a Jim Crow session
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Mark Jacob
about 20 hours ago
Looks like foreigners don't want to risk being imprisoned by ICE just for a chance to see a soccer game.
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Hotels have a big World Cup problem: Bookings are running far below projections
Nearly 80% of hotels surveyed by a body representing the industry reported bookings were running below projections — a worrisome sign with only weeks to go before the World Cup.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810626/world-cup-hotels-tourism-bookings-visitors
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The Tennessee Holler
about 15 hours ago
HAPPENING NOW… marching on the Capitol….
#NewJimCrow
@GovBillLee
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Blue Oleta
1 day ago
National Parks exist because people fought to stop logging, mining, and development. These places were protected on purpose.
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Lady Haha
1 day ago
Political Cartoon of the Day by Jeff Danziger.
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Bruce Little
1 day ago
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Molly Jong-Fast
1 day ago
Bezos “obeyed in advance” so hard that it’s gonna be hilarious when he pretends he never supported any of this.
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Raider
1 day ago
Texas voters just sent the book banners packing. Not in California. Not in New York. In Texas. Across the state, voters went to the polls and threw out right-wing school board members who built their local political brands on book bans, anti-LGBTQ policies and Christian nationalist culture-war panic
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Governor JB Pritzker
1 day ago
Congratulations to the Chicago Tribune on its Pulitzer Prize win for local reporting. The country was able to see the impacts of the Trump Administration's chaos and violence during Operation Midway Blitz thanks to the hard work of local journalists.
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Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting
The Chicago Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for its coverage of Operation Midway Blitz, the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement mission in the Chicago area last fall.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/04/pulitzer-prize-chicago-tribune-wins/
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Acyn
1 day ago
Mockler on Iran: We are watching the same people who defended these first two failed wars go on television and defend another failed war. I don't trust the same people who got us into the prior wars, amassed trillions of dollars in debt, and are not putting America first on the global stage.
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Acyn
1 day ago
Lambert: The Strait of Hormuz is going to be open and we’re going to control it. Mockler: In two weeks? Lambert: It doesn’t matter if it’s two weeks or two months. Mockler: It does actually matter because economists are saying if it's closed for a few more months, we're going into a recession
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Toks Nilhaw
2 days ago
Refutations to Anti-Vaccine Memes Originally this cartoon was about Covid vaccination, but it's just as relevant to measles, pertussis, and all the other vaccine-preventable diseases.
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Call me Rick.
1 day ago
The fire fatality rate for occupants of the hideous Cybertruck is 13 times higher than was that of the infamous Ford Pinto. You might want to share this data with any owners of these rolling death traps you might encounter in your daily roaming about.
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Admirable Women
1 day ago
Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a
#Pulitzer
Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years.
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Dr. Jack Brown
1 day ago
Thank you, Julie K. Brown for always speaking truth to power. Congratulations on your Pulitzer Prize. The entire world applauds your courage.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
1 day ago
While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.
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Good Trouble
1 day ago
I’m totally disappointed in the Iranian hackers for not digging up the hidden files of the Epstein files 😬.
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New York Magazine
1 day ago
Chris Smalls, the labor organizer and activist known for his role in leading Amazon worker organization, was allegedly tackled outside of the
#MetGala
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
2 days ago
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Marc Elias
2 days ago
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tel everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks.
bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Ricky Davila
2 days ago
There’s literally always a tweet.
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The Tennessee Holler
2 days ago
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johnfoleybeast
3 days ago
The fact that we have fucking military bases named after traitors, that has to be uniquely American.
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Kat Abughazaleh
3 days ago
Two nights ago, I said Trump had been using our troops as pirates in Iran and a Republican got mad. Well… the president just admitted it. He literally bragged about doing piracy.
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Robert Reich
3 days ago
For the first time in 80 years, the federal debt-to-GDP ratio is over 100%. In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo.
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The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjiLaLj1ZZE
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Banjomon
3 days ago
Rick Wilson thinks the new maps will backfire. The new maps in Florida and Texas dilute the GOP vote and turns solid red districts to lean red (in a normal year). Since it’s going to be a wave year, all the new R+8 districts should flip.
youtu.be/c_WGI6GFZbg?...
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Gerrymandering Gone Full Florida Man: Desantis Is Desperate
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
https://youtu.be/c_WGI6GFZbg?si=J7xm9oPzBMs3lE9h
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Ambassador Greg Delawie
3 days ago
Do Texans know about Paxton's views about child abusers? “Initially charged with Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child, Attorney General Ken Paxton offered a plea deal to Hoffman lowering a felony and life in prison to ... misdemeanors and 30 days in county jail. "
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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60 Day Sentence for Ex-Waco Attorney Accused of Child Sex Crimes
WACO, Texas (FOX 44)— Former Waco Attorney Adam Hoffman was sentenced to 60 days in county jail for his sexual abuse of a minor over the course of several years. Initially charged with Continuous Sexu...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/60-day-sentence-ex-waco-010622947.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9nby5ic2t5LmFwcC8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKA7Bn2f6Rfr1ZcJAaKaPNngPuswQ41_ICJ5oWHXbFn9lIRzLy0sErbitt8Ul5hfhI7zV2YqgWslZLUmTwHV65l2XcmqrlhacLX9TgLu5QYVLo8cCBzccKr8sg4Un4kkEFvhKAxcm3pygqs0hhLTWhiN7milHyE94p2AFb-S5Pwj
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Taniel
3 days ago
RESULT out of Texas. The Lake Travis school district in the Austin area become a focal point for book bans (see this story from 2024:
www.kut.org/education/20...
) Two conservatives school board members who were integral to that push just lost their reelection bids tonight, and are ousted.
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Joyce White Vance
4 days ago
A Florida Republican Sheriff, Grady Judd, announced the arrest of 266 defendants in a sex trafficking scheme & minced no words. He identified influencer Craig Long, who he said moved in high circles including with the president, holding up a picture of Long with Trump
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'MAGA' Influencer Craig Long arrested in human trafficking sting - Grady Judd
YouTube video by WFLA News Channel 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x03q957FtCA
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NastyClaudia
3 days ago
I'm sure Mar-A-Lago is a Clearinghouse for trafficked girls
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Race Bannon
3 days ago
This is a worthwhile read. The Dead Economy Theory
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The Dead Economy Theory
We can laugh at them but we have to take this seriously
https://open.substack.com/pub/owenmcgrann/p/the-dead-economy-theory?r=nqyl&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Race Bannon
3 days ago
From The Beyond Brief newsletter: "Tesla quietly admitted millions of FSD owners need a new computer AND new cameras. Owners who paid $10K-$15K on the promise of forever upgrades are about to discover the answer is also 'buy a new car.' Class action lawyers are sharpening pencils."
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Jon Cooper
4 days ago
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Phoenix League
3 days ago
In short, to make them all slaves.
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The Tennessee Holler
4 days ago
SEN. OLIVER: “@GovBillLee called a special session next week to cheat. Let’s be real clear. Republicans in Tennessee are doing the bidding of that man in the White House because he wants to hold on to power. MEMPHIS is 1 of the Blackest cities… they’re about to take their seat.”
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote
4 days ago
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He’s Performing For You | Paula Poundstone
YouTube video by Paula Poundstone
https://youtube.com/shorts/8EVakUBCn2A?si=cIr1lCsd-nkgf3U_
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Flingjore
4 days ago
Meteorologists warn of a 62% chance El Niño develops between June and August 2026. A one-in-four probability exists for a "very strong" event, potentially triggering extreme heat and rainfall. Forecasters monitor tropical Pacific as ocean temperatures threaten to rise 2°C above average.
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Meteorologists are beginning to talk about a possible super El Niño in the coming months, and that combination already points to maps filled with heat, extreme rainfall, and very rare phenomena
A possible super El Niño could bring extreme heat, heavy rainfall, and rare weather patterns across the globe
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/meteorologists-are-beginning-to-talk-about-a-possible-super-el-nino-in-the-coming-months-and-that-combination-already-points-to-maps-filled-with-heat-extreme-rainfall-and-very-rare-phenomena/31452/
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The Tennessee Holler
4 days ago
Here’s @GovBillLee’s official proclamation to call for a special session to steal the last Blue seat from majority Black Memphis “Accurately reflecting the will of the voters”? “Reflective representation”? The gaslighting is wild. Were you laughing as you wrote this, Guv?
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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱
4 days ago
Hollywood has lost the plot
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