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The ten states that consistently rank highest in per capita homicide rate are: Mississippi Louisiana Alabama New Mexico South Carolina Missouri Illinois Maryland Tennessee Arkansas SEVEN of the ten are ruby red bastions of white supremacist Trump-worshiping MAGA Republican filth.
Do you know how insane and infuriating it is to live in a country where one party claims, with media and public support, the mantle of being the ‘tough on crime’ party while its leader openly calls for convicted criminals to be released from prison ‘or else’?
Also this one, which I have read - Very interesting! www.alfiekohn.org/punished-rew...
I haven't read this book, but was with my niece and her friends who have read it and said it was good. I have heard and seen Rutger Bregman in the news & youtube, so I am going to recommend it. It's on my list to read. rutgerbregman.com/books/humank...
Read the BANNED BOOKS first....
Physical books only - replied above with numbers. We used more services offered by libraries when kids were small. Libraries in large centres offer many great services. One being internet access for the public, which is pretty important. Not everyone has a computer and/or internet at home.
It's a given. I have a lot of books at home, but really they are such an albatross for storing and moving. I have a friend who does not buy books, uses the library even more than I do.
Two weeks ago. 85% of the books I read are from the library and I read all the time with a occasional breaks (about 20 books a year, a slow reader). I love the library system. Spent lots of time in them with my kids when they were young. Libraries are one of the best resources ever.
You are amazing Robert Reich ❤️🔥
In the 1970s, UK discovered oil/gas in North Sea. Thatcher onwards, money squandered on tax cuts for corporations/rich. Now ... crisis. Norway heavily taxed oil/gas. Now, $1.9trn sovereign fund. Its income funds national budget. Appeasing rich/corporations costs the future.
Build council homes and control private rents. That is how we would fix the housing crisis. Join us at yourparty.uk.
Canada’s application process for Gazan refugees with family in Canada is complicated and requires extensive documentation that critics say is difficult or impossible to get after the widespread destruction of infrastructure in Gaza, reports @jenstden.bsky.social.
Humans have both instincts - to beat others in order to "win" and to help and cooperate w- others. We need a system in which self interest equals accountability and collaboration. The current system is life destroying and not in anyone's best interest. 2/2
Humans do what systems dictate they must do in order to survive. Capitalism enforces the behaviour of striving to be on top at any cost. 1/2
We had such a paradigm. It was called the New Deal, from post WW ll to the era of Reagan.
There is no such thing as an ethical billionaire.
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Oh they know how close they are. Why do think Trump the dictator is President?
BREAKING: We're filing a petition for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist who is being detained by ICE because of his reporting on law enforcement activity. The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.
NOTRE GRÈVE SE POURSUIT!
People need it spelled out more clearly. Rousseau knew ahead of time that government would try to use the club of 107 to force the union into arbitration.
Just fully admitting to bargaining in bad faith
The Liberals and Conservatives also need reminding.
The Executive admitting a conspiracy with the Government to trample on Canadians’ Charter Rights and Freedoms, is something.
Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the impact of the strike. Timing - 2:35 www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...
It's amazing how fast Air Canada and CUPE came to a deal once CUPE refused to return to work, just shows Air Canada was banking on them being ordered back to work so they did not have to bargain in good faith
Also, there are no workers picking the fruit and vegetables, they are rotting on the vine.
Wow! Jennings just spoke about grocery price increases due to climate change. So, now he believes in climate change and its impacts?
Garcia: This is being right now streamed live by MeidasTouch to their 5 million subscribers… If you guys don't know MeidasTouch—thanks for all that they do. And I'm really grateful to them for continuing to particularly cover things that sometimes the mainstream media may not cover
Garcia: Congress has to know and understand that Donald Trump is, I believe, the most corrupt person ever to serve as President of the United States
Now all you have to do is block ICE from illegally detaining immigrants and foreign tourists and then Asians, Canadians, Europeans, Mexicans may once again visit as tourists.
Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's OBSESSION with him
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I don't know many professions one could enter and magnify their wealth by ten times what they started with in under a decade. That's surely a sign things are not right in Washington. It's about the money not the people and the richer the rep the less they seem to care about the poor and struggling.
The DOJ sandwich thrower as it turns out is a much decorated active duty staff Sergeant in the Marines. He identified himself immediately and offered to self surrender to the felony charge, but they sent 20 officers to arrest him. What a debacle it would be if the grand jury declines to indict.
#booksky
A tale of two vibes.
Dear EU Leaders, Have you noticed how Putin and Netanyahu control the #PedoFurhrer with ease. It's because they have the Epstein File and Tapes...if you get them you can control him too. You're welcome. -An Old Viking
Canadians vote for Liberals for the same reason Conservatives vote for Conservatives, aspirational millionaire disease. It does not make you appear poor to care about people and vote NDP for your own actual interests. Stop supporting Liberals who fuck you over ever chance they get and you thank them
#farm #project2025 #thebackforty #food #grocery
At Jummah prayer in the Bronx earlier today
Like a well oiled machine www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
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Perhaps an award for “Breakout Autocrat”?
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Too bad the wages and working conditions they have are so far from decent and respectful.
I find it offensive how we are made to watch the world’s stupidest old men destroy it.
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%. That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Its just frustrating that #Democrats can't do better. They can, they just choose to prop up the wrong people. I think money has a lot to do with it. Hopefully Newsom has led the charge with this redistricting push and honestly every Dem state should follow. Redistrict them all. Our enemies would.
I don't like #Newsom. He's fake and pandered to the right having #MAGA members on his podcast etc. However a broken clock is right twice a day and the man is right about this. #Democrats needs to follow suit in other states. #ORpol #ORleg #Oregon #Gerrymandering www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/p...
#Trump inviting dangerous violent criminals to the #US to make deals with them behind our ally #Ukraine 's back.
#Alaskans will greet #Putin displaying #Ukrainian flags 🇺🇦💙💛 #SheShed www.politico.eu/article/alas...
Is it a get rich scheme by becoming a "representative"? No wonder the Maga crowd loved the "drain the swamp" idea spouted so often from their leader. Its just unfortunate that they did not take seriously anything else that he said.
They just can't help themselves. They are everything wrong with the party. They stabbed us in the back and didn't pass #BBB and now that a #DemocraticSocialist on their team mind you is winning they can't stop knifing him in the back while we all watch. Then they say #VoteBlueNoMatterWho.
Sounds like @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is more concerned about cutting down a #Progressive future #mayor of #NYC than threats to our #Democracy. What a fitting microcosm of how the rich #Democrats in the party have continued to punch down on the poor and true #Progressives.
Such good advice and information! Thank you Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social
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Who else thinks we should ban members of Congress from trading stocks?
American taxpayers - why is this not a big issue?
Time to boycott, sanction, divest from Israel. And their criminal leaders to the Hague.
"Never again is now for everyone."
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I keep wondering if 80% of our problems both locally and globally all stem from capitalism, or unregulated, ungoverned capitalism. But even with regulation it is a constant battle as capitalism will strive always against humanity; strive always for more and more and more.
This was written 3 years ago. www.vice.com/en/article/a...
As Deadline Looms, Advocates Call Plastics Treaty Draft 'Nothing Short of a Betrayal' www.commondreams.org/news/global-...
An element of living under tech broligarch that we don't complain enough about is how often we receive a message saying "Oops, we compromised your data by not having good infosec, so your personal info is now on the dark web. OUR BAD!" And it's up to *us* to try and avoid further harm.
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Anybody not actively stopping Israhell right now is complicit. Yes you still not opening your mouth as well.
Hey, guys. Guess what we’re not talking about any more.
Last week in the Rockaways.
Prime Minister Mark Carney eliminated the Ministry of Labour for a reason. After a decade of the government strike-breaking it looks to get worse. There is a simple solution: solidarity. Every strike, every industry, no matter the inconvenience. We support each other 🇨🇦.
Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right. This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.
Masked and armed federal agents made arrests outside of a Los Angeles museum in which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Thursday was announcing plans to redraw the state’s congressional map to offset the GOP’s redistricting efforts in Texas. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Can I Get A “Hell Yeah?” 😉😉😉
There are times when we realize some fellow Canadians don’t seem to care that we live in a shared society as much as they care about never having to experience a personal inconvenience. This is one of those times. That's right: we're talking about the woods ban.
Great primer for the rage baited. Thank you! Definitely unfair to toddlers but it makes the point!
PNC Chairman Ruhi Fattouh condemned attacks on jailed leader Marwan Barghouti, calling on the Red Cross and rights groups to intervene immediately to ensure his and other Palestinian prisoners’ safety. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/d5reim
He's going to war on his own county.
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