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U.S. jobs openings slid in March to the lowest level in more than three years, but stayed at historically high levels in a sign that the job market remains resilient in the face of higher interest ...
by Associated Press
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 11:59 AM PDT
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration � is moving toward reclassifying � marijuana � as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize � the medical uses of cannabis , but ...
by Associated Press
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on Wed May 01, 2024 at 01:59 PM PDT
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If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, ...
by Associated Press
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on Sat May 04, 2024 at 09:59 AM PDT
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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
by Mike Luckovich
16 comments
on Sat Apr 27, 2024 at 11:50 AM PDT
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In slightly weird news, Women Who Code is shutting down! I know, tech is having problems everywhere, and especially websites are having to figure out funding streams. But WWC is far from just a website, and it seems like they still have plenty of...
by elenacarlena
55 comments
on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 05:04 PM PDT
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,As another program of President Biden on December 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new program called Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement, or LFPA, which ...
by nailkeg
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on Thu Apr 11, 2024 at 06:05 AM PDT
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. erroneously contends President Joe Biden is more of a threat to U.S. democracy than former President Donald Trump, a notion political experts find to be “preposterous” and “absurd” Former President Donald J. Trump has declined to...
by frankfaiola
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on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 08:32 PM PDT
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NYC has introduced a chat bot to answer questions about the laws around small businesses. �It is joke, constantly getting answers wrong in ways that will causes real harm to people. No, for the ...
by angryea
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on Mon Apr 01, 2024 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Some Israeli soldiers post photos online mocking women's underwear and bras. Some women had their homes burned down and may have even lost their lives. Israeli soldiers have been sharing images and videos of themselves handling underwear discovered in...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Mar 30, 2024 at 01:56 AM PDT
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U.S. Supreme Court rules Congress has the power to bar Trump from being on the ballot or create a process to do so, not state officials Former President Donald Trump achieved a decisive victory at the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week, as the Court...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Mar 09, 2024 at 08:38 PM PST
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Somewhere between the worlds of Everything Stinks (the Republican’s claim) and Everything’s Great (the Democrats default response on some issues) there’s a place called the Land of We Can Do Better. It’s a place of pragmatism, intelligence, good and...
by RickElia
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 01:29 PM PST
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. . . of drivel promoted by much of the mainstream media. Too many citizens think the government is necessarily an enemy. It is not. Some government officials misbehave; all bureaucrats may act shortsightedly or prematurely. However, the solution is...
by lafollette
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on Sun Feb 25, 2024 at 04:48 AM PST
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This year, there’s a fair chance that the USA will fall into the oubliette of “great” democracies that eventually failed. We might follow the ancient Greek city-states, ancient Rome, and the once-great British Empire. If that happens, Hollywood will...
by dratler
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on Thu Feb 15, 2024 at 07:53 AM PST
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“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both,” said Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in 1941. Billionaires in the United States are subject to a lower overall tax...
by frankfaiola
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on Tue Feb 13, 2024 at 06:55 PM PST
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The least discussed, and probably most important issue in America today, is the prevalence of right-wing threats against people working in or with the government for the greater good. �These threats ...
by angryea
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on Mon Feb 12, 2024 at 05:00 AM PST
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By Robert Greenwald As a filmmaker and documentarian who has made scores of social justice movies and videos, there’s one aspect of Donald Trump’s latest bid for the presidency I can’t get over. The people who know him best, who were in the Oval Office...
by BraveNewFilms
274 comments
on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 01:11 PM PST
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America’s position as the sole great power within the international system has come to an end. The future of the liberal world order has become precarious. Brief History & Theoretical Concepts in International Relations The balance of power within the...
by frankfaiola
24 comments
on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 10:11 PM PST
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“Small government” is the antithesis of the creeping authoritarianism that can be readily seen within the Republican Party Republicans have claimed to favor “small government” for decades, but their policy positions contradict that assertion. Ronald...
by frankfaiola
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on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 05:53 AM PST
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It was the morning of May 25th, 2022. There was banging on the door of my basement apartment. It was my mom and her friend Chris… and the police. This basement was zoned as a storage facility, the ...
by Lonni Delane
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on Thu Jan 04, 2024 at 07:00 AM PST
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The right wingers have pushed for a flat tax off & on for decades, but the devil is always in the details. Here’s a way to steal their thunder while making for a truly fair tax. Here’s the key: The right wingers want to impose a flat tax that doesn’t...
by dlsamson
59 comments
on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 07:49 PM PST
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