Turk Brannigan

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Democracy is worth protecting from both foreign and Republican threats
Is the kool-aid wearing off?
As long as I live, I will never forgive Susan Collins for both allowing Brett Kavanaugh to become a Supreme Court Justice, and not voting to convict Donald Trump because she felt he’d learned his lesson.

RT @inequalitymedia
Have you ever had to pay a surprise fee when:

- Withdrawing money from your bank?
- Buying plane or concert tickets?
- Staying at a hotel?
- Renting a car?

It's time for Congress to ban these junk fees for good.

Elon Musk's fortune, which ultimately enabled his takeover of Twitter, has been padded by billions in subsidies and contracts paid for by American taxpayers.

Just in case anyone needed that reminder.

Senate votes 68-23 to end the COVID national emergency
If you’re more upset about drag queens than AR-15s, you’re going to have to stop pretending your concerns are the kids.

Pay-for-a-☑ is a terrible business. It makes what you're paying for embarrassing. An awful move if you're trying to make money.

But if's a genius move if you bought Twitter to destroy journalists' ability to share credible information & empower fascists to spread misinformation.

This is an important graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. It's not about economics. It's about power.
NASA wants this telescope on far side of the Moon

Aims to look at the universe's dark ages without interference from Earth

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