For decades, rich and powerful interests and their right-wing political allies have been executing a secret plot to buy our political system — and it may get a whole lot worse.
@davidsirota.com reveals the full story of how we got here, and what we can do to get out of it.
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La televisión brasileña mostró una imagen brutal de Argentina: filas interminables en Almagro, en la ciudad más rica del país, de gente buscando un plato de comida. Muchos lo hacen por primera vez en su vida. Hay hambre en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y crueldad en la Rosada.
For decades, rich and powerful interests and their right-wing political allies have been executing a secret plot to buy our political system — and it may get a whole lot worse.
David Sirota reveals the full story of how we got here, and what we can do to get out of it.
Trump's latest budget is the culmination of 40 years of increasing social control in America.
Remember that over half of defense spending flows to private contractors, like the drone manufacturers Trump's sons are now major investors in.
All of this is absurd.
🇩🇪 Por primera vez en la historia del ejército federal alemán, la Bundeswehr, el ministro de Defensa, Boris Pistorius, ha presentado una estrategia militar para reforzar a las Fuerzas Armadas de Alemania para tener en un futuro “el ejército más fuerte de Europa”
La primera reunión del panel de expertos de la ONU sobre la IA se ha celebrado en el Congreso, donde Sánchez ha hablado de un 'colonialismo silencioso' conformado por empresas estadounidenses que concentran el 60% del mercado en esta materia.
El ascensor social está casi bloqueado en los extremos de la pirámide: más del 60% de las familias que empiezan el año en el 10% más pobre siguen en ese mismo grupo 12 meses después. La movilidad es todavía menor en el 10% más rico
Ethnic cleansing used to be Israel's surreptitious policy. Today, it is Israel's in-our-face pride and joy. Time to ban Israel from every international organisation, like we banned Apartheid South Africa. Enough is enough! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Jaime Gil de Biedma
Commentary: Some U.S. states have passed laws that allow health care providers to refuse to treat patients based on their religious beliefs. LGBTQ+ adults in affected states were 71% more likely to report being in fair or poor health after the laws passed ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/21/d...
Jaime Gil de Biedma nos resumió la vida en doce versos.
En náhuatl los husos se llaman malacates.
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y de pronto dice Jillian Eve, quien tiene un canal sobre husos y ruecas históricas en Youtube "la tela de las grandes naves que cruzaron los océanos fueron tejidas con hilo hilado a mano"... y ¡PUM! de pronto entendí la MAGNITUD de la revolución que fue tecnificar el hilado y tejido.
Ahora en las minivacaciones en Portugal, descubrí en el Convento do Carmo, que es el museo arqueológico ése donde vive "Carlota la gata del museo", que una de las piezas más comunes en muchas excavaciones arqueológicas son los husos. Me obsesioné con el asunto y me puse a ver videos sobre husos —>🧵
No, estoy confundida. Malacate se le llama al peso, y malacate es cualquier cosa que esté hecha para dar vueltas (¿se acuerdan de malacanchuncha? Si son norteños, deberían acordarse). En cambio, un huso es el aparato completo. O no se. Ya no sé español. Ausilio socorro.
Look at this chart.
Tax cuts for the rich are a policy choice. Cutting the social safety net in exchange for them is a policy choice.
States like New York have an opportunity to help undo this trickle down nonsense by raising taxes on the rich (who will still be rich).
I hope Gov. Hochul does.
Exclusive: SpaceX warned investors that its ambitions to build space-based artificial intelligence data centers, as well as human settlements on the moon and Mars, rely on unproven technologies and may not become commercially viable, according to a company filing reut.rs/4vYOMPE
When Trump talked about ushering in a "new golden age," he was talking about a new golden age for his family's pocketbook.
Thanks to invaluable details offered by Paul Bowles's library we can follow the trail of his reading and see the ways it weaves through his writing process.
Explore Paul Bowles's library:
www.paulbowles.org/library
#ThankYouForLibrariesDay
President Trump ordered new efforts to boost federal research into psychedelics and make the drugs available in controlled therapeutic settings.
He was joined by military veterans who said the move would save lives. https://wapo.st/4dW6QDk
Trump's rollback is not one general Americans wanted, but Big Alcohol groups lobbied hard for. 👉️ bit.ly/4mJfkQv
OPINION: "So bottoms up [with your cannabis cocktail] — because it’s that time of year! And because, by this time next year, it’ll probably be a federal crime." Read more: bit.ly/4u3m2n2
Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin is blaming a bad engine for a failed launch that left a satellite in the wrong orbit, dooming it.
Passengers wait for Uber ride-share cars at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, on July 10, 2022. Photo by David Swanson, Reuters. HED: Rideshare drivers sue Uber over being kicked off app in new challenge to California law
Uber has failed to create an appeals system to give drivers due process when they’re kicked off the app, violating the California law it carved out that declared app-based drivers independent contractors, a lawsuit filed Monday alleges. cal.news/4tWVKCC
📷️ David Swanson
