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Republicans Want Corporate Oligarchy. We Need Economic Democracy

Rashida Tlaib and Michael A McCarthy The Guardian
The GOP budget seeks vast cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and more. Instead, let’s build an economy for everyone. The Republican budget plan that passed the House last week calls for $4.5tn in tax giveaways for the ultra-rich and corporations.

The ADL Goes Quiet on Some Hatreds

Danielle Bryant New York Daily News
Former ADL education director lays bare the dirty secret: "ADL has long abandoned its stated mission of securing justice and fair treatment for all. Instead, it shields Israel from criticism over its decades-long oppression of the Palestinian people"

America Can’t Afford Trump’s Mass Deportations

Alliyah Lusuegro OtherWords.org
For the cost of mass deportations, we could instead erase medical debt, provide universal school lunches, and end homelessness. The American Immigration Council estimates mass deportations will cost $88 billion per year over the course of a decade.

Elon Musk Is South African. We Shouldn’t Forget It.

William Shoki The New York Times
Discussion of Mr. Musk often misses something: He is a white South African, part of a demographic that for centuries sat atop a racial hierarchy maintained by violent colonial rule. That history matters. He is in fact a distinctly ideological figure.

Bernie Blasts Trump's 100 Minute Diatribe

Bernie Sanders sanders.senate.gov
"Let us never forget. Real change only occurs when ordinary people stand up against oppression and injustice – and fight back."

The Communist Folk Singers Who Shaped Bob Dylan

Taylor Dorrell Convergence
Before Bob Dylan was Bob Dylan, he was a disciple of Woody Guthrie. But Guthrie and his contemporaries were more than folk singers — they were blacklisted radicals, shaping American music while staring down the Red Scare.

Tidbits – Mar.6 – Reader Comments: Trump: Ambush in White House; War on Workers; Gut Medicaid; Spread Measles and Bird Flu; Techno-Fascism; Anti-Semitism in Oval Office; No More Medicare Telehealth After Mar 31; Stand Up for Science Mar 7

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Reader Comments: Trump: Ambush in White House; War on Workers; Gut Medicaid; Make Apartheid Great Again; Spread Measles and Bird Flu; Techno-Fascism; Anti-semitism in Oval Office; No More Medicare Telehealth After Mar 31; Stand Up For Science Mar 7

USPS Privatization Would Cost Rural America More Than Mail

Emily Hilliard Convergence
Rural postal workers don’t just deliver mail. They put out fires, help elderly people who’ve fallen, and ensure veterans receive medication during storms. Trump’s proposed USPS privatization threatens these areas already lacking services.
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