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By SluggoIsLit

January 20, 2019 at 02:39AM
via sluggoislit on Twitter https://twitter.com/SluggoIsLit/status/1086890915145437184

Low Turnout at Homelessness Awareness Day Blamed on People Not Wanting to Be Stuck Outside in the Cold
By The Winooski

January 19, 2019 at 10:56AM
via The Winooski http://thewinooski.com/index.php/2019/01/19/low-turnout-at-homelessness-awareness-day-blamed-on-people-not-wanting-to-be-stuck-outside-in-the-cold/

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By extrafabulouscomics@gmail.com

January 19, 2019 at 10:12AM
via Extra Fabulous Comics http://extrafabulouscomics.com/comic/601/

‘This Is Impeachment Material’
By Adam Serwer

January 18, 2019 at 08:09AM
via The Atlantic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theatlantic/TZRn/~3/DcpHaNFsoIU/

The Shutdown and the First Amendment
By Eugene Volokh

January 16, 2019 at 04:50PM
via Volokh Conspiracy https://reason.com/volokh/2019/01/16/the-shutdown-and-the-first-amendment

Playing Red Dead Online as a black character means enduring racist garbage
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January 15, 2019 at 02:51PM
via My Reading List: Unread https://theverge.com/2019/1/15/18183843/red-dead-online-black-character-racism

Here’s What’s Really Happening at the Border
By Kevin Drum

January 15, 2019 at 08:12AM
via Kevin Drum – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/01/heres-whats-really-happening-at-the-border/

The floor time constraint of any 2021 agenda
By David Anderson

January 15, 2019 at 06:19AM
via Balloon Juice https://www.balloon-juice.com/2019/01/15/the-floor-time-constraint-of-any-2021-agenda/

How This All Happened
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January 13, 2019 at 08:04AM
via My Reading List: Unread https://collaborativefund.com/blog/how-this-all-happened

«The biggest difference between the economy of the 1945-1973 period and that of the 1982-2000 period was that the same amount of growth found its way into totally different pockets.

[…]

It was nearly the opposite of the flattening that occurred after that war.

Why [the top 1% captured all the income growth] happened is one of the nastiest debates in economics, topped only by the debate over what we should do about it. Lucky for this article neither matters.

All that matters is that sharp inequality became a force over the last 35 years, and it happened during a period where, culturally, Americans held onto two ideas rooted in the post-WW2 economy: That you should live a lifestyle similar to most other Americans, and that taking on debt to finance that lifestyle is acceptable.»

Trump’s Hannity interview reveals a president out of touch with reality
By Matthew Yglesias

January 10, 2019 at 10:32PM
via Vox: All Posts by Matthew Yglesias https://www.vox.com/2019/1/10/18177890/trumps-hannity-interview-border-emergency