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I'm RT-ing my response to someone yesterday.
Our government wasn't like this, even 30 yrs ago.
There's one main reason why it's this way.
It doesn't have to be.
Federally fund campaigns.
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Replying to @SeriousSam26
What you're describing is a symptom, rather than a root cause.
An @npratc piece circa 1980 said big business was afraid voters would punish them if they donated too heavy-handedly and appeared to be buying the government they wanted. (Remember that PACs were a new thing.)
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West Virginia AG, JB McCuskey, often decries "lawfare". But the most egregious example of lawfare is his use of his office to harass and silence WVians who dare to expose the economic, health, and environmental damage being done by fossil fuel industries. apnews.com/article/west-virg…
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Here is a beautiful list! 125 free math textbooks, written by the mathematicians who teach the courses and shared on their own university pages. No sign-up, no paywall, no pirated copies. From high school algebra to graduate analysis. 👇
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Sudan: Amnesty is calling on all states, including the UK, to cease arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates until it stops supplying weapons to the RSF. amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
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'Night,' (c1903) is one in a series of ‘window’ pictures by William Orpen that depict the artist’s wife, Grace; here she is dwarfed by the scale of the Georgian drawing room which almost acts as a prison cell in the hinterland of Tottenham Court Road in north London.
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ICE said Antonio Moreida jumped onto the hood of their vehicle.
Now a local police investigation concludes that an ICE agent struck him with his SUV.
The routine lying by ICE is the result of the example set by leadership of the Department of Homeland Security.
All of those responsible for these acts of violence — and their leadership — will be held accountable.
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What happens to Venezuelan oil when it is pumped out of the ground, and where does the money go afterward? No one seems to know—and that may be the point, @anneapplebaum reports. theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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The US Has Retreated From Climate Action. A New Report Reveals the Global Consequences. Rising U.S. emissions are pushing best-case climate scenarios out of reach. us.list-manage.com/fk1cr7zHZ…
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"I had been a baseball fan since I was a boy, and meeting Ted Williams was a thrill.
He was tall, genial, easy to like, and he developed a voracious taste for the chocolate fudge my wife's sister, Jane, would send from home.
He was a fine pilot and I liked to fly with him."
John Glenn.
"Glenn was a man destined for something great, it was an intuitive feeling I had.
John always had exceptional self-control and was one of the calmest men I have ever met, no matter how perilous the situation."
Ted Williams.
Israel has planned this for a long time.
For over a yr the IDF has accompanied jewish settlers' armed raids of Palestinian orchards, farms, and homes, letting them destroy, steal, injure, and kill, stepping in when Palestinians object.
Israel ENGINEERED an excuse to cleanse.
בצלם קורא בדחיפות לקהילה הבינלאומית, לממשלות ולמוסדות בינלאומיים לפעול מיד, בכל האמצעים העומדים לרשותם לפי המשפט הבינלאומי, כדי לעצור את מסע הטיהור האתני שישראל מנהלת בחברון ולמנוע עקירה בכפייה של אזרחים פלסטינים, ענישה קולקטיבית והרס נרחב ובלתי חוקי. מנהיגי ישראל מכריזים בגלוי על כוונותיהם, והצעדים בשטח כבר החלו.
בעקבות אירוע הירי סמוך לחברון ב־23 באוקטובר, שבו נהרגו שני חיילים ישראלים, הודיעו ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו ושר הביטחון ישראל כ״ץ בגלוי על תוכניות לעקור בכפייה תושבים פלסטינים מבתיהם ולבצע הרס נרחב באזור.
בהצהרתו אמר נתניהו: ״ניישם בערים את המודל ההתקפי המוצלח שהפעלנו במחנות הפליטים״.
אותו מודל כבר הוביל לעקירתם של יותר מ־33 אלף פלסטינים במחנות הפליטים בצפון הגדה המערבית. כעת, מנהיגי ישראל מאיימים להחיל את אותה מדיניות של עקירה המונית והרס גם בחברון.
והצעדים בשטח כבר החלו. כוחות הצבא הטילו כתר על חברון וחלחול, בעוד שהמנהל האזרחי החל להרוס מבנים פלסטיניים בשכונת פרש אל-הווא. במקביל, הודיע השר בצלאל סמוטריץ׳ על הקמת ארבעה מאחזי חווה חדשים בדרום הר חברון.
מנהיגי ישראל מכריזים בגלוי על תוכניות לענישה קולקטיבית ולמעשים שעלולים להוות פשעי מלחמה. תוכניות אלה מהדהדות את הפעולות ההרסניות שביצעה ישראל במסגרת הג׳נוסייד בעזה, ומהוות הסלמה נוספת במסע הטיהור האתני ובפרויקט המחיקה שהיא מקדמת בגדה המערבית: פירוק שיטתי של הקיום הפלסטיני הקולקטיבי, תוך הרחבת ההתנחלויות וביסוס שליטה ישראלית קבועה.
העולם אינו יכול לעמוד מנגד בזמן שישראל ממשיכה במתקפתה על הפלסטינים, ולהמתין עד ששכונות נוספות יתרוקנו מתושביהן ויימחקו, למרות מה שכבר ראינו בעזה ובצפון הגדה המערבית. ממשלות ומוסדות בינלאומיים חייבים לפעול עכשיו כדי למנוע את הפשעים האלה ולהגן על האוכלוסייה הפלסטינית.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin cited genetics to declare that Russians and Ukrainians are “one people” and reiterated his claim to Ukrainian territory, saying: “I think that it is not their territory but the historical territory of Russia.” wapo.st/48aZaZF
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So we know at least one person connected to the Trans mailer. His name is Matt Zuerssen. His dad and brother own a printing & direct mailer business in Illinois. But Matt lives in Dallas. And Matt loves To visit Mar A Lago. And he loves Elon Musk & Trump/1 cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas…
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Tonight in Hebron and throughout the West Bank, residents—including women and children—were evacuated from their homes.
This is not what a war to eradicate terror looks like.
This is what terror looks like.
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I guess it wasnt about Hamas or the hostages after all, but always about ethnic cleansing. Who’d have known!!
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Obama on Trump: “There’s gold everywhere. What’s up with the gold? Everything — more gold. He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.”
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Russia would apparently get a stake in Alaska gas venture through this deal which @FT reports was discussed during recent meeting to discuss Ukraine at the Kremlin.
Ex-CEO of $25 billion US gas export venture, launched with involvement of investor tied to the Trump family, has accused Russia's Novatek of secretly controlling the project, prompting mass exodus over fears of violating sanctions. @JamieSmythF @maxseddon ft.com/content/e9cfbfbb-e65a…
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Today is a mathematical date we won't see again for 78 years.
10/24/26
10² + 24² = 26²
It's called a Pythagorean Triple Day. There are infinitely many Pythagorean triples, but only 12 dates this century satisfy the equation.Today is the last.
Next one: March 4, 2105.
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Thread 🧵: the fraudulent transgender mailers have a connection back to Dallas, Texas, where a local Republican megadonor used a similar playbook years ago when he funded a fake BLM group to send letters to wealthy white parents that were designed to discredit the BLM movement.








































