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Today organizers with the Amazon Labor Union and Starbucks Workers United met with Joe Biden. And Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls testified to the Senate, sparring with the likes of Lindsey Graham and making the case that workers make it all (corporate America) happen. Later organizers had the opportunity
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The Democratic Party is up in arms about the leaked draft memo from the Supreme Court which states clearly that Roe v. Wade will be overturned. It’s a vicious attack on the fundamental rights of millions of people in this country so that makes sense, but it’s all
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A draft opinion from February in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization leaked detailing the conservative court’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. The Court was very explicit, “we hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of
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Black Friday is one of the biggest shopping events of the year. We’ve all heard the stories of people stampeded, shot, and just generally the lack of humanity the shopping spree centered pseudo-holiday inspires. Despite the disappearance of the most outlandish examples from earlier years as shopping moves online,
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Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges. Despite killing two people and injuring a third, the jury found he acted in self-defense. It’s hard to overstate just how bad this precedent is in the face of a conservative movement increasingly willing to embrace its most violent fringe.
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Recently Amazon premiered a documentary titled “Mayor Pete” which followed the now Transportation Secretary on the campaign trail and ended with his reception of his new position in the administration. The documentary itself is pretty bland and uninteresting as is the candidate. But viewed as a piece of political performance
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In a recent article with two equally annoying headlines, Fredrik deBoer wanted readers of the New York Times to know, socialism actually isn’t that popular. One headline said as much, “My Fellow Socialists, We Aren’t Actually That Popular” the other headline once you click into the article, “Democratic
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In just a few months Joe Biden will be faced with a political decision that is incredibly consequential for millions of people in this country. That question? Whether or not his administration will restart federal student loan payments. Some 43 million borrowers account for the over $1.8 trillion dollars
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In January when Democrats secured their Senate majority, it seemed as though they were on the precipice of actually doing something, potentially significant, but at the very least something. They had effectively weaponized anti-Trump sentiment and the genuine awfulness of the Trump years. They were awful, they were cruel, and
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In late April the Idaho state legislature passed a bill banning Critical Race Theory in the classroom and Idaho’s governor Brad Little quickly signed it into law. This timing put Idaho ahead of the curve for this kind of thing, but since then Critical Race Theory has become the
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Eugene Debs and American Socialism (Part 8) Sep 30, 2021 Justin dives back into the life and times of Eugene Debs covering from the end of the election of 1908 through the beginning of his anti-imperial activism kicked off by World War I. To support the show and everything we