Chris De Benedetti
@CDeBenedetti
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The priest at a Catholic church in Dedham defended his parish’s decision to replace nativity figurines of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph with a sign reading “ICE was here,” saying the gospel is clear about treating immigrants with respect.
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“You feed the hungry, you take care of the homeless ... you take care of people and their needs,” said Father Stephen Josoma. “[ICE raids] are the complete antithesis of that on so many levels.”
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If you'd like to read more about this very point—how police veto elected officials' decisions—I've written a whole book on the topic, called Blue Power! It's now available for preorder from @BasicBooks, 20% discount with the code BLUE20. https://t.co/XJbHiWcW7K
“I find it ridiculous and inimical to democracy that police have veto power over elected officials’ decisions, and that politicians therefore need to walk on eggshells so as not to offend them.” Read our interview with @stschrader1 in Issue Sixteen. https://t.co/a0ExWKTvSm
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"They took all the trees/and put 'em in a Tree Museum And charged everyone/a dollar and a half to see 'em"
The new A’s Ballpark Experience center opened up & I got the chance to jump in the “Green & Gold Time Machine”. With a tap of the bat on home plate you can teleport back to tons of awesome moments in A’s history. I may or may not be partial to one particular moment 😉
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After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. https://t.co/xgdFU4alHd
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After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for...
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ICE won’t tell anyone where 6-year-old Yuanxin is. He was separated from his dad at a mandatory check-in. The cruelty is unfathomable & makes us all unsafe. We must fight for freedom from fear & tyranny. We must abolish ICE & reunite all families separated by ICE.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. https://t.co/eDHANEAu8E
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A Queens 1st grader. Looks like my son did at that age. Big glasses. Sweet smile. Now alone, scared at an unknown ICE detention center. Taken from his dad at a routine check in. This is what we're fighting against. This kid is who we're fighting for. https://t.co/WTiMhpfPMt
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The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
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This is 100% true. And that's been the cold truth since just about forever. 👇 "I don’t think they’re (the @Raiders) nearly as popular in L.A. as people think."
There are more Chargers fans than Raiders fans at today’s game. The Raiders still have a lot of fans in L.A. but I don’t think they’re nearly as popular in L.A. as people think. It makes sense. They last played a home game in L.A. in 1994 and last won a playoff game in 2003.
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Grateful for the brave New Yorkers standing up to ICE right now at Centre St. and Howard. Join if you can! We must show ICE and their agenda of cruelty are NOT welcome in New York. ✊🏽
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join. NYPD arriving with barricades.
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Must-read! Paulina saw it coming. The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years. 🎁Link:
nytimes.com
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
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Finally starting to get it. We need the anti trust and anti corruption laws of teddy Roosevelt and the economic rage of FDR. sweeping massive reform. Money out of politics. Break up massive conglomerates. Tax the wealthy. Expand scotus and reverse Buckley v valeo. 1st national
Wow. This is from *James Carville.* It really is starting to feel like economic populists have won the debate. Our haters have become our waiters -- time for us to all build a table of success for the Democratic Party.
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The upside of taxing the rich: 99% of us benefit Downside: there is none
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There’s never been a bigger gap between what rich and powerful people want you to know and what’s actually happening. Especially in sports:
Pablo Torre explains the goal of his podcast and the reason he investigates who he investigates... fighting the good fight if you ask me
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The Raiders aren’t actually a football team anymore. Let me explain. By moving the team here, the owner no longer needs to invest in them because the opposing team’s fans fly in and buy out all the tickets. In fact, from his standpoint, it would actually make sense to spend
Raiders lost again and are 2-9, but valued at $7.7 billion thanks to subsidized stadium. I guess when S. Nevada helps pay for stadium and yr team is valued at $7.7B, it's good times. https://t.co/RChZFnXxrH photo: Hugh Byrne Browns 24 Raiders 10: https://t.co/oWneMhPecp
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Casual reminder that these companies don’t actually provide a service, but rather they take an existing service and price it out of affordability and hold it ransom for money, and somehow there exists a non-zero number of people who think this is the best system ever.
ELI LILLY BECOMES FIRST HEALTH-CARE COMPANY WORTH $1 TRILLION
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Something very funny about sending a true conspiracy theorist who believes that a cabal of pedophile elites are running the country to Congress and she just finds out that the cabal of pedophile elites running the country were the guys on her side all along and then quits
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I wish more time was spent grappling with the stories Pablo tells than handwringing over his process. He’s proven time and again he has the receipts. can we talk about how sports are being transformed from a unifying social force into a politically divisive issue by billionaires?
Over 4 months, we sent Riley and her representatives 13 invites/requests for comment by text, voicemail, email, website, and Instagram DM. We also emailed her 18 fact-checking questions, previewing the story. Riley’s attorney replied twice, only to ghost us. Riley never replied
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I wish more time was spent grappling with the stories Pablo tells than handwringing over his process. He’s proven time and again he has the receipts. can we talk about how sports are being transformed from a unifying social force into a politically divisive issue by billionaires?
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I'm rich & this is a lie. When politicians lower my taxes, I don't create additional jobs (only demand does that). I simply save that money Trickle-down economics has been repeatedly debunked yet conservatives lie to you so they can give their wealthy overlords more tax cuts
If you want to help the poor, then lower taxes on the rich. What helps the poor is a productive economy that makes goods and services more abundant and less expensive, while creating employment opportunities. The capital investment that makes that possible comes from the rich.
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I'd bet my life that these games were a million times more fun that today's NFL game experience. "Antiquated" often means fun, unpretentious, and affordable.
#NFL Films' Steve Sabol recounts several of the antiquated stadiums — and often impossible-to-believe playing and practice conditions — of the American Football League during the 1960s.
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Satirist Ambrose Bierce once called robber baron and sociopathic university founder Leland Stanford "Stealin Landford" and now I just want to call it Landford from here on out
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