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American capitalism killed American democracy. Fail to admit that and it doesn't matter what election results may bring because we won't be able to fix the real issues that are hurting us as a country. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/america-is...

It’s corrupt Ken Paxton and his sugar daddy oligarch Elon Musk v. Talarico and tens of thousands of people giving $10-100. Choose your brand of democracy.

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The current @nbcsnl-mirror.bsky.social cast should have taken a cue from the brilliant Jan Hooks

This Indigenous Peoples Day, we honor indigenous communities and the responsibility to honor tribal sovereignty rights. And we recommit to creating a just world where all are guaranteed dignity and self-determination.

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦💙

With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power. The power to throw workers under the bus. The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives. The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.

This belongs in the Smithsonian.

CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Happy Birthday, Woodsy Owl! Always remember: “Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute!”

"Back when I was in college, I was a cool, virile twenty-two-year-old with washboard abs and a large group of friends. Students today would struggle to say the same, since I’m sixty-two, my kids hate me, and my doctor says I’m prediabetic." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

America loves its upstairs neighbor more than its landlord.

The feminist movement was never a threat to men. Secure men have always understood that. They stood beside women, fought for equality, and some proudly called themselves feminists too. If women having equal power feels like oppression to you, feminism isn’t the problem.

Same, kid. Same.

Dolly with her parents and seven of her siblings performing In The Pines in '76. 😭

Anyone interested in leaving a legacy of any kind (looking at you, billionaires) should pay attention to how Dolly’s life is being celebrated.

50 years ago…

Soylent Green (1973). What feels dated about it, is that I don't buy the government being willing to spend money on a suicide pavilion. I really love Edward G. Robison's performance in this, too. It's a reminder of what films lose when the main characters are all young and conventionally attractive.

GENE KELLY — born 114yrs ago today — and SUGAR RAY ROBINSON doing a tap dance number together on television in 1958. Fantastic stuff.

“Soylent Green is people!!!!”

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

They're wearing the cats.....

Make your own interpretation.

The so-called president of the United States is a massive money launderer and cut off by the bank that discovered it. Yet the story barely registers with the legacy media. What a disgrace.

Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?

For the enlightenment of the 💩🤡s going after Fauci:

The Grammys’ CEO defended the decision to create the new Asian Pop category amid criticism from BTS, who said they don’t want to be “categorized by region or language.”

“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you’re wasting your time on this Earth.” ~Roberto Clemente. Image: MLB via Getty Images.

Everyday Americans need protection from those with power who seek to exploit them for every last penny in their pocket. Some call this view "socialism." I call it fair.

"This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." - Chief Seattle