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This Week, Billionaires Made a Strong Case for Abolishing Themselves

Anand Giridharadas The New York Times
One after another, four of our best-known billionaires laid waste to the image of benevolent saviors carefully cultivated by their class. It is a commendable sacrifice, because they exist only because we embrace certain myths about them.

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October 28, 2022: Pelosi Attack, Musk Twitter Purchase

Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American
The attack on Mr. Pelosi comes after right-wing figures have frequently advocated violence against the House speaker. In the first 12 hours after Musk acquired Twitter, the use of the n-word increased nearly 500%. Both are attacks on US democracy.
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