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The Dems had their balls drop off during the Reagan administration. They are now owned and operated by Wall St. and the corporations.

Who Pays for Alabama’s $5 Billion ‘Zombie’ Highway Project? Not Alabama - Inside Climate News Alabama is poised to use 100 percent federal funding to build an interstate that won’t alleviate any of the state’s largest traffic gridlocks and is promoted as an economic development plan rather tha...

Another red welfare state insideclimatenews.org/news/1811202...

You really can’t make this stuff up. Numbers don’t lie.

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In the empire of lies speaking the truth is a revolutionary act

STOP the* "ALT-RIGHT"" * WE BEAT 'EM BEFORE * WE'LL BEAT 'EM NOW *

Just so we’re clear -
Any party telling you who you can love, what gender you are, which medicine you can take, which books you can read, which history you can learn, what prayers you should pray and what you can and cannot do with your own body, doesn’t give a fuck about freedom.

daily reminder to support your local library, even if that’s just by checking out ebooks! 📚

Key Findings Despite how many homes are in the US, over 580,000 Americans are experiencing homelessness. There are currently 28 vacant homes for every one person experiencing homelessness in the U.S. While cities like New York City, Los Angeles and Seattle have some of the largest unhoused populations in the country, Detroit has the most vacant homes per unhoused person–116 empty homes per unhoused person. Syracuse, New York has the second-most vacant homes per unhoused person–110 vacant homes per unhoused person. San Jose, California has the highest population of Gen-Z youth experiencing homelessness with nearly 85 unhoused Gen-Zers for every 100,000 residents. Pacific Islander and Black Americans are the populations most at risk to experience homelessness.

Good morning. Happy Monday.

There are currently 28 vacant homes in the US for every 1 person experiencing homelessness.

Homelessness in the US is a public policy.

unitedwaynca.org/blog/vacant-homes-vs-homelessness-by-city

TRUMP LEAKS PLANS FOR SHOW TRIALS: courts-martial, treason charges over Afghanistan (which Trump butchered); a template for civilian prosecutions

BIDEN MUST IMMEDIATELY PARDON thousands that Dictator Trump will target

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Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history Less than a month after four towering dams on the Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of salmon made it into waters they have been cut off from for decades to spawn in cool creeks.

Klamath River Salmon
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But really, the MAGA blocklist is a must subscribe to, as it catches most of these before they even start. bsky.app/profile/skyw...

Installing another custom Chef Herb/Berry Living Wall today for a residential client.
I had no clue when we installed these on Michelin Restarant roofs (chefs grow herbs, petite leaves, peppers & edible flowers), that we’d raise so many birds in them every year… I was trying to maximize growing…🧵🌱

'The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet' Has Finally Been Identified The mystery, which dates back to the 1980s, has finally been solved. The song is Fex—Subways of Your Mind.

NEW!
'The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet,' recorded off a German radio station on a cassette in the 1980s, has finally been identified

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by @mjgault.bsky.social

So let us get this straight: Increasing the minimum wage is socialism, but corporations keeping wages low by forcing workers on to public assistance is the free market?

Trump wants to cut the corporate tax rate to 15%. This would give...

-The 5 largest banks a $4.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest drug makers a $3.1B tax cut
-The 5 largest US oil companies a $2.5B tax cut
-The 5 largest grocery stores a $1.7B tax cut

Some populist, huh?

Take a wild guess who appointed that judge.

That’s right — Donald Trump.

Thanks to him, 4 million people will no longer get a raise.

It’s far from the first time he’s cheated working class people out of their money, and it certainly won’t be the last.

Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.

The Democrats must become an anti-establishment party | Robert Reich The lesson of this election is that Democrats must attack inequality – and not cede working-class voters to Trump

Democrats should use this inflection point to shift ground – from being the party of well-off college graduates, big corporations, “never-Tumpers” like Dick Cheney and vacuous “centrism” – to an anti-establishment party ready to shake up the system on behalf of the vast majority of Americans.