Charles Keener

Charles Keener

@charleskeener.bsky.social

Anti-Zionist Free Palestine Ukraine Solidarity Anti-Racist Anti-Carceral Abolitionist Anti-Genocide Anti-Colonial Anti-War Anti-Imperialist Intersectional Feminist Queer LGBTQI+ Green Eco-Socialist People Planet Peace Interfaith Seeker of Beloved Community

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The world needed hope right now - and Brazil delivered it. After a wave of pro-American far-right candidates swept Latin America, Lula defied the odds. The world's fourth largest democracy has been saved from far-right authoritarianism. Here's to hope ✊

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Riots aren’t mindless—they are political ⭐️The establishment wants us to dismiss riots as irrational violence and looting as greed. But throughout history, rebellions on the streets have challenged the power of the state, writes Judy Cox socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/rio...

socialistworker.co.ukRiots aren't mindless—they are politicalThe establishment wants us to dismiss riots as irrational violence and looting as greed. But throughout history, rebellions on the streets have challenged the power of the state, writes Judy Cox

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“People are demanding action on rents, the cost of the climate emergency and about how we can bring people's bills down and yet what we're about to see is just the same old.” Hannah Spencer on the government's approach to Wednesday's Budget, speaking at the Cost of Living rally.

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President Donald Trump ramped up his Islamophobic remarks against Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Sunday campaign rally. "He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate."

motherjones.comTrump ramps up his Islamophobic attacks against Abdul El-Sayed“He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector,” the president said at a Michigan rally.

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NEW: Anthropic’s filing appears to partly walk back the co-founders’ pledge to commit 80% of their personal equity holdings in the AI startup to philanthropic causes. Those acts, the filing suggests, are “voluntary, revocable expressions” that “do not constitute binding obligations.”

motherjones.comAnthropic's founders pledged to donate most of their stock. Their IPO tells another story.The AI giant's new filing calls the promise a "revocable," non-binding "expression" that depends on market conditions.

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Bobby Pulido, running for Congress in Texas, is more than a quinceañera singer. The 53-year-old Tejano music legend is the Democratic nominee in a freshly gerrymandered swath of Texas. While the race to unseat his Republican opponent once seemed an uphill battle, polls now consider it a toss-up.

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Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic, a nationalist who has cultivated ties to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and has downplayed his country’s 1990s war crimes, conceded defeat in elections Sunday to a slate of candidates backed by a student-led anti-corruption movement.

motherjones.comA Serbian nationalist leader who courted MAGA just lost in a landslideCorruption concerns helped oust Aleksandar Vucic, who pushed a Trump family project in Belgrade.

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In August, the Trump administration flew 12 Somali immigrants to an ICE facility at Guantanamo Bay. “Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay,” Sakariye Abdi Mohamed told journalist Amanda Moore in a phone call from the detention facility. “Just like kidnapping.”

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Experts say an Arizona land investment company closely tied to Nevada Republican David Flippo is “batshit” and a “huge red flag.” The company targeted fellow conservatives, then spent lavishly on Flippo’s behalf ow.ly/nXl55100aAy yet another banger by @nlanard.bsky.social

ow.lyExperts say land venture linked to David Flippo is “batshit” and a “huge red flag”The Nevada Republican benefited from hundreds of thousands of dollars of political donations tied to a dubious Arizona company in which he claims to have a seven-figure stake.

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Bobby Pulido, running for Congress in Texas, is more than a quinceañera singer. The 53-year-old Tejano music legend is the Democratic nominee in a freshly gerrymandered swath of Texas. While the race to unseat his Republican opponent once seemed an uphill battle, polls now consider it a toss-up.

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Anthropic’s filing appears to partly walk back the co-founders’ pledge to commit 80% of their personal equity holdings in the AI startup to philanthropic causes. Those acts, the filing suggests, are “voluntary, revocable expressions” that “do not constitute binding obligations.”

motherjones.comAnthropic's founders pledged to donate most of their stock. Their IPO tells another story.The AI giant's new filing calls the promise a "revocable," nonbinding "expression" that depends on market conditions.

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In 2025, Republican lawmakers introduced a new Amendment 3 proposal to reestablish a constitutional abortion ban in Missouri. To increase their chances of success, they adopted a strategy right out of the Trump 2.0 “Kamala is for they/them” playbook: attacking trans kids.

motherjones.comMissouri's GOP has a new strategy to ban abortion—attack trans kidsDoctors in the state are fighting a deceptive ballot measure that imperils both abortion and trans rights.

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Gas prices just “skyrocket” every time a “tin pot dictator decides to throw a tantrum,” explained JD Vance today at a campaign rally in Belgrade, Montana. Vance listed other historic examples, but failed to acknowledge the Iran war launched by the Trump administration.

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After a neck-and-neck race where the future of the Amazon was at stake, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a historic reelection victory on Sunday. Hedefeatied Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former President Jair Bolsonaro, and earned a record fourth term.

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When Anthropic was created, its co-founders pledged to commit 80% of their personal equity holdings in the company to philanthropic causes. As they prepare to take the company public, they appear to be walking back that pledge.

motherjones.comAnthropic’s founders pledged to donate most of their stock. Their IPO tells another story.The AI giant’s new filing calls the promise a “revocable,” nonbinding “expression” that depends on market conditions.

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Troy Jackson on AOC: "She's absolutely right and she's wearing her road salt button"