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If we can find a way out of oligarchy, the first priority should be taxing billionaires at Eisenhower rates. Decades of US tax policy insufficiently taxing the wealthiest Americans has become a threat to democracy worldwide. Northern CA.
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Melting ice sheets, and expansion of warming ocean water, has already added 8 inches to sea levels along the California coast in the past century. Sea levels will rise feet higher by the end of the century but projections hinge on whether humans slow down or stop burning planet-warming fossil fuels.
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A group of former federal prosecutors and human rights lawyers is coming together to investigate political corruption and law enforcement violence that it says is being ignored by the Trump DOJ. "The rule of law is on life support, but it's all of our responsibility to make sure it doesn't die."
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Ohio’s biggest newspaper broke its own rules to endorse Amy Acton, calling Ramaswamy’s vile attack ad disqualifying. “Using childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it crosses a line Ohioans should defend, whatever their party.” thedailybeast.com/trumps-maga-...
Anyone - including lawyers - participating in the DOJ abuse of power needs to be held criminally liable. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/j...
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184 yr old newspaper reverses policy of no political endorsements to endorse @amyactonoh.bsky.social share.newsbreak.com/jyruhha5?s=i16 🗳️🌊💙
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Sorry, @cnbc.com fascist billionaires and foreign adversaries put Trump in office and he absolutely did not lose them. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/t...
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NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting having already started in the state last week. “There is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,” one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.
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Thom Tillis ignored his constituents. He's another f'er trying to rehab his reputation, pretending he's a statesman rather than Trump's lackie. He voted to confirm Trump's Cabinet members 22 of 22 times: Hegseth, Patel, Noem, Kennedy, Vought, Mullin....EVERY SINGLE ONE. F you Thom Tillis!
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House Judiciary Democrats have just released a 50-page report that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein. The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein.
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“.. a stunning comeback, sealed late as voters in Lula’s northeastern stronghold rallied behind one of Latin America’s most prominent opponents of Trumpism.” @bloomberg.com 🇧🇷 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Don't give in. Instead, get out the vote. ⬇️ www.inequalitymediacivicaction.org/gotv
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ICE enforcement in Orange County raises red flags for misuse of government databases Federal immigration agents could be accessing driver’s license data despite laws to protect residents’ privacy. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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"The rejection rate is at about 3% statewide, and two or three times as high as in some larger counties. “Potentially thousands of votes could be spoiled by this new guidance... This is a huge deal for North Carolina.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...
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The Russian drone operators call this "human safari."
“This is a park area with a working fountain. Naturally, at this time of day, it’s packed with people and children. The weather today brought everyone outside—mothers with toddlers, kids riding bikes—and the strike targeted those exact people.” Yurii Yurchenko, chief of the Nova Vodolaha police,
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Elon will publicly admit being blatantly vile, but being in Putin's pocket is not one of those vile things he will admit to. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/25/u...
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A man turned his window into a special place after he began receiving daily visits from a great kiskadee, which soon started bringing its friends to enjoy it together. Original post