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The myth of political correctness is pervasive and persuasive in American society because it has become a fight to maintain the wrongs to which we grew accustomed. When, mainly, conservatives, libertarians, and so-called far-left liberals, who in some...
by ReasonaBill
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A promise broken on day one In August 2024, Trump said, "When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One." America is still waiting. Overall, inflation is a sticky 3%. In particular, citizens are paying 11% more for electricity...
by TheCriticalMind
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Published by official Russian news sources. (Isveztia) This is how economies collapse. Bank runs get out of control from people pulling their deposits because they worry if their money is safe. People wonder if their bank deposits can be seized by the...
by justin423
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Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland was asked by CNN host Pamela Brown on Monday whether Democrats were losing the “moral high ground on the Epstein issue” by voting against the GOP’s ...
by Walter Einenkel
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The Pentagon announced Monday that it has launched an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona after he and several other Democratic lawmakers said that military troops should not obey “illegal orders.” In a statement on X, the so-called...
by Oliver Willis
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins boasted on Monday that the Trump administration was lowering costs and inflation, only for conservative CNBC host Joe Kernen to note that the figures were simply back to where they stood when Donald Trump took...
by Walter Einenkel
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Elon Musk has finally done something good with X, even if it wasn’t necessarily the goal. Over the weekend, his social media company rolled out a new policy that allows users to see not only when an X account was created, but also where the account is...
by Emily Singer
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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Give Donald Trump credit. He may be the ultimate destroyer of an imperial power. I’m thinking, of course, of the United States....
by TomDispatch
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Recently a diarist wrote, or had written for him, a piece about what an AI would like to say to the DK community, particularly those who have doubts about AI. This is what the AI said when I asked it what it wanted to say to the DK community— in...
by Robpos
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“Socialism” in the Marxist form, is practically mainstream: Bernie, AOC, Mamdani. The word appears to be cool even with Trump ( even though he likely couldn’t explain it to you, much less where he is at any given moment). But since the murder of...
by cosmo666
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