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"The natural systems we depend on are being pushed closer to their limits." https://t.co/SmHm0FeW5Q

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Trump's Secret $24 Billion Tax on 401(k) Retirement Accounts | ​In a sane world, Trump would be impeached for such a blatantly illegal scheme. But that's not the world we currently live in. https://t.co/xrX59CWsjN

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'Racist and Bigoted': Trump Rebuked for Grotesque Attack on Abdul El-Sayed and Wife https://t.co/Uz8mxc3wUy

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"Donald Trump's vision is the one you're living in right now," said Abdul El-Sayed. "Can you afford your gas? Can you afford your groceries?" https://t.co/uEwKrwFBuf

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As Trump grows more desperate to end his war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is seeking steeper price. "Until America corrects its behavior, the Strait of Hormuz will not open," said a top Iranian negotiator, laying out a harsh new list of demands. https://t.co/mwvNNJeyUI

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If Trump pressures his new Attorney General Todd Blanche to subvert elections, the president's former lawyer Ty Cobb says "we're screwed."

​"There's no circumstance under which we shouldn't expect Blanche... to try to interfere in the process." https://t.co/lLnS5mxcgm

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The Trump administration is glorifying empire as an ideal to be praised and celebrated rather than avoided and condemned. https://t.co/gecf80TIaH

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If the peace movement was such a well-funded foreign apparatus, we would never have a war ever again. We would never have blockades and embargoes that starve people to death, writes @wifeoftoast. https://t.co/4UlY7GAjNa

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That land is a body and must be nourished. That we cannot cut it into fundable pieces and expect the pieces to bleed separately. The Farm Bill is a health bill. It cannot be cut into pieces without harming land and people. https://t.co/tbsilHEEOk

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When BOEM opened a commenting period for the public to weigh in on deep-seabed mining, over 90,000 comment letters poured in from individuals and groups opposing the sale of leases for this largely untested technology. https://t.co/BYRz5VNfOW

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“Nation” equals war. It equals “get outa here!” The more power it has, the more it sustains itself with the worst of who we are. This means it always needs an enemy... or two, or three, or 50,000. https://t.co/jXVz3vMyLT

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Disabled people in the United States are two to four times more likely to die or be critically injured in a disaster than nondisabled people. https://t.co/SiBcNVnSs4

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The Israeli government is stripping entry permits from American Jews who've volunteered to protect Palestinians from settler violence.

"If I’m the wrong kind of Jew for Israel,” one activist said, “Sure. Great.” https://t.co/nyMceRiqdo

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"Has Trump’s invasion of Greenland already begun?" That's what one expert asked after it was revealed that an oil company with close ties to the president had begun to move drilling equipment to the island without government permission. https://t.co/pK7fT2X6ex

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By a 50-49 vote, the Senate has confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general. He's been described as a "personal servant to Donald Trump" over his support for the president's $1.8 billion slush fund and help with the DOJ's cover-up of the Epstein files. https://t.co/hXsfhmapA0

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Without the Working Class, There's Only So Much Progressives Can Win https://t.co/cvf2YqbQQH

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You could call this a representation deficit: Democratic politicians become more responsive to a donor network than to Democratic voters, writes @walliberals. https://t.co/mZayt0SxHh

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No matter what my job or level of pay, I knew I was a worker who didn’t own or control capital. I also knew I had a pretty cushy life compared with most working people. https://t.co/1Fv7Ioztt5

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I've heard the same warning over and over: Don't run on single-payer. Michigan suggests that conventional wisdom deserves another look, writes @kristyfoglePAC. https://t.co/K4G3hG7U2I

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Speakers and observers at the hearing argued that the commission must be empowered to investigate fully and act decisively, warning that the region is entering a new era of authoritarianism even as many of its democracies remain young, writes @GeopolWonk. https://t.co/EADBblN4Nc