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RT @NPRinskeep: Wow. On NPR, @gbrumfiel reports a Social Security official “copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over….
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RT @adamjohnsonCHI: Cracker Barrel-gate shows the true malleability of “woke”. Absolutely nothing ideological or race or gender or anything….
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when you’re a friend of a friend.
A senior White House official tells NBC News that @BillGates was in the West Wing today for a scheduled meeting with President Trump. No word yet on what the two men discussed.
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you didn’t turn a red seat blue with some scrappy pragmatism, you helped Trump billionaires steal a blue seat for your AIPAC funded ass to waste.
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you are a prostitute @RepWesleyBellMO, not a public servant.
Rep. Wesley Bell explains why he took millions from AIPAC’s billionaire backers: “If people wanna support what we’re doing, hey, we’ll take it… Money is flowing everywhere… If you want representation that’s gonna represent your district… We gotta understand there’s a game
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RT @moetkacik: In case u wondered where Chuck schumer's been hiding. he's been super busy trying to recruit a 77 year old to beat the 2 p….
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RT @SilvermanJacob: What's it called when big business and the security state merge to manage political dissent?.
bloomberg.com
Twenty activists urging company to sever ties with Israeli military were arrested last week. Executive Brad Smith said he welcomed discussion but not disruption.
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when you refuse to even acknowledge this trend, let alone do anything to stop it, you keep the door ajar for someone to scapegoat this on immigrants taking up housing stock
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RT @jdcmedlock: Usually I'm an econ policy voter in dem primaries, but I would take a means-testing enthusiast if they were willing to show….
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RT @lpolgreen: This also speaks to the fundamental cynicism of identity politics as deployed by centrist elites in the Democratic party. No….
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trying to run the clock out on condemning an ongoing genocide.
At DNC Resolutions Committee, Ken Martin withdraws his Gaza resolution and says he'll "appoint a committee or a task force comprised of stakeholders on all sides of this, to continue to have the conversation, to work through this and bring solutions back to our party.".
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Totally worthless party.
🚨 DNC members rejected an amendment that urges support for the recognition of Palestine as a state and to end all military aid to Israel.
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RT @jdabre11: They sent a message that they're willing to lose young voters for a generation to uphold an alliance to a genocidal country t….
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The DNC still can’t bring itself to not co-sign a genocide being waged by a fascist kleptocracy.
After some more dicussion, the resolution is voted down. Ken Martin comes to the back of the room to talk with the sponsor. "93% of Democrats, you gotta be fuckin' kidding me," says one spectator leaving the room.
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fuck the DNC, unsalvaeagble.
New statement from Brian Romick, president and CEO of Democratic Majority for Israel, on the DNC’s vote to reject the Gaza resolution:
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you can tell how nervous the far right feels about public opinion on this by how they're replying to clips like this.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is embracing his wife before checking in with ICE in Baltimore.
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RT @IrvingSwisher: The 10yr yield moved higher even as the 2yr yield moved lower. The dollar sold off. In English: the attacks on the Fed r….
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yes, exactly.
It's going to be really important to connect an attempted firing of a Federal Reserve governor to peoples' personal finances and the stability of the U.S. economy and markets. Making this about one person and process does not convey the gravity for a person's 401k etc.
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RT @bencasselman: Just received this statement from Lisa Cook, via her attorney:."President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no….
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