🚨BREAKING: Puerto Rico has been part of the United States since 1898, and people still act confused that Puerto Ricans are American.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
“.. foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.” 🤡
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
Infinite Jest. It was a hard read in my 20s and absolutely worth it. I'm still thinking about it many years later.
NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
Man, I miss Prince.
It’s my opinion that humanitarian and musical genius Dolly Parton (as well as Chef José Andrés) deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. tucson.com/life-enterta...
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.
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
apart from its inherent qualities as a comic strip, I really appreciate that Watterson resisted the urge to franchise and merchandise C&H. There's no animated movie, no tv show, no line of toys, no ipad game.
it exists in its entirety as a comic strip written and drawn entirely by one man.
Meet the Chrysina limbata, a rare beetle that’s basically nature’s version of a polished metal. This species, often called the “mirror beetle,” is known for its stunning, reflective exoskeleton, which makes it look like it’s been dipped in metal.
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
It was the first time that a president has activated a state’s National Guard force for a domestic operation without a request from the state’s governor since 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to Alabama to protect civil rights demonstrators.
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The 80-year recipe stoking America’s Prosperity:
1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas…
2) enabled by Engineering Innovations…
3) based on Science Research in Universities…
4) funded by Grants from the US Government.
It’s time more people understood this.
60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Wow - I knew cutting Medicaid is unpopular. I didn't know it is *this* unpopular.
The world needs more of this and less of most other things
Two barn owls perched on a weathered wooden post during golden hour. One owl stands upright, looking forward with calm focus, while the other owl beside it has one eye closed in a playful wink. Their feathers glow with soft shades of cream, brown, and grey.
Barn Owls—known for their heart-shaped faces and ghostly silence. 📸 cr: jake_brass
‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’
One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
If deporting US citizen children with cancer isn’t your redline, it’s time to reassess your priorities.
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
