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Trumps 50 Year Mortgage

Mary Cunningham Morning Brew
Yet total interest on that same 50-year loan would accrue to about $816,000, almost double the $438,000 in interest paid over a 30-year term, he calculated.

Food Stamps

Drew DeSilver Pew Research Center
What the data says about food stamps in the U.S.

Who Was Eugene Debs?

Michael K. Smith CounterPunch
"I ask no mercy and I plead for no immunity. I never so clearly comprehended as now the great struggle between the powers of greed and exploitation on the one hand and upon the other the rising hosts of industrial freedom and social justice.”

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The Fake $1 Trillion Nail in Tesla’s Coffin

Will Lockett Will Lockett Medium
This “$1 trillion” thing is just a PR stunt, a way to make Musk and Tesla look much more impressive than they actually are. And Musk shouldn’t be Tesla’s CEO, let alone be given this much wealth.

Media Monopoly Fuels Climate Denial

George Monbiot The Guardian
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich

Drop in U.S. Religiosity Among Largest in World

Benedict Vigers and Julie Ray Gallup
About half of Americans now say religion is not an important part of their daily life, a 17 point drop over the last decade. Such large declines in religiosity are rarely seen.
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