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When do we start eating the rich?

While there weren't widespread blackouts, thousands have lost power during this cold snap.

Texas power prices spike more than 400% in one day as bomb cyclone sends energy demand soaring

markets.businessinsider.com/ne

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@LiberalEffects
Exactly the Republican strategy for decades (and it's working). Uneducated America voters (against their own interests) vote for them. Even said so publicly, and they still vote Republican. Can the country ever fix stupid?

THE ORIGIN OF STUDENT DEBT: REAGAN ADVISER WARNED FREE COLLEGE WOULD CREATE A DANGEROUS “EDUCATED PROLETARIAT”
In 1970, Roger Freeman, who also worked for Nixon, revealed the right’s motivation for coming decades of attacks on higher education.

theintercept.com/2022/08/25/st

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BRITISH INTELLIGENCE: RUSSIA'S MILITARY SPENDING WILL BE A THIRD OF ITS BUDGET IN 2023
Russia intends to seize parts of Ukraine with violence.

en.socportal.info/en/news/brit

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youtube.com/watch?v=DOuG8rKJd0

i've heard and read a lot of details about the coup attempt. but this legal detail was news to me – and it's staggering.
ari melber breaks it down.

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One of the most disgusting right wing tropes about the Russian invasion of Ukraine is this: "You care more about Ukraine's border than our own."

But that's more than just a slogan. There's a real worldview and ideology at work here, and it's everywhere:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/20

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Having Spent Most Of His Lifetime Living Utterly Shameless, It Is Shocking To Learn That Trump Felt Ashamed Losing To President Biden
rawstory.com/trump-knew-he-los

Henry Ford, Elon Musk, and the Dark Path to Extremism
Twitter’s billionaire owner seems set to follow Ford into the abyss.

theintercept.com/2022/12/20/el

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Conservative shreds Russia-embracing right-wingers: 'Putin has embarrassed you in every conceivable way'

rawstory.com/russia-ukraine-wa

Gen Z is re-thinking college and career plans in post-Roe America: ‘I want to leave the country’

cnbc.com/2022/12/19/gen-z-on-n

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