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Proud Wisconsin Dem. 40+ years Kiwanian. Believer of Servant Leadership principles.

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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 8h
Is "tear down that Arch" provocative?
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 11h
Natalie got Katie fired. Natalie didn't like sharing "Trump time" with her.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 11h
Avoid ICE, National Guard, and craziness at the polling place on election day lincolnproject.substack.com/p/early-voti...
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Early Voting is Safe Voting
Not only does voting early avoid long lines, it protects voters from Trump’s attempts to interfere in the midterm elections.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 11h
Still waiting for that Obama birth certificate and Clinton deleted emails. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Trump says he could still go after Clintons, Obama to ‘destroy their reputations’
President Trump said Thursday he could still criminally investigate former President Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Obama, claiming he has “a lot of informatio...
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump has cut back on a military version of Starlink without notice which is vital to communications of the Ukrainian army. 600,000 are without power. Republicans have enabled every step Trump does to help Russia and Putin. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/w...
nytimes.com
Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates (Gift Article)
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Like all Trump deals, his pals rake in the cash. In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners (Gift Article)
A majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to U.S. negotiators.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Much is being made about David Crowley's support for a sales tax increase in Milwaukee County. 40 cents on a $100 purchase to prevent cuts on services. Vote Dem on Nov.3 www.wpr.org/news/david-c...
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David Crowley's pragmatic record a double-edged sword in Wisconsin governor's race
David Crowley's record as a former state legislator and Milwaukee County's executive has focused on solving problems in his hometown. But that pragmatic approach, especially his support for a sales ta...
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Election 2026: Our Stature in the World is On the Line
How we vote in Walworth County will have a global impact.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump is screwing Ukraine, again. Pretty much Europe, too. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Elon is trying desperately to buy elections. We can't let him. Elon doesn't own America www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans (Gift Article)
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A kinda funny anology. The ‘Mean Girls’ Presidency www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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Video: Opinion | The ‘Mean Girls’ Presidency
We are living through the Regina George administration, argues the Opinion contributing writer Molly Jong-Fast. Yes, the very one from “Mean Girls.” President Trump’s administration is filled with wan...
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Inside the MAGA mind: The Need For Speedy Executions (with a bullet). The question wasn't about whether the man should be put to death but few questioned it being on TV. It will be violent and bloody. Kids will see it. It will desensitize us. It may create a martyr. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...
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‘Not Pleasant’ but ‘Necessary’: Support at Trump Rally for Public Execution (Gift Article)
A sample of people at the president’s midterm stump speech in Tennessee defended the Pentagon’s announcement that it would livestream the execution of a mass shooter.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"it’s entirely possible that the funds Trump has promised came from fees collected during Trump’s first term. His first administration collected more user fees from insurers than it spent, resulting in an estimated $1 billion in unspent funds" apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states
The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to about 1 million ACA enrollees across 30 states.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I got a $90 check as an original Medicare patient. Going to donate to Wisconsin candidates
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Bryan Steil made a lot on stocks in 2025. 62.5% Mitchell Berman will work for constituents. www.independent.org/article/2026...,
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"when I called on the audience to act and speak out, I too often heard the usual concerns: “I am just one person.” “My friends are MAGA.” “My clients or customers won’t like it.”... it is too dangerous to stay silent. newsletters.democracydocket.com/i-wont-let-m...
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I won’t let my legal briefs do the talking
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...
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Opinion | Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. (Gift Article)
The 2028 election is on the ballot right now.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"After the 2020 election, Mr. Tiffany was the only member of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation to sign onto a legal brief supporting a lawsuit to overturn the results in Wisconsin and other battleground states."
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Mitchell Berman did a great job Thursday at the Walworth Democratic meeting. He talked about: Brian Steil has one of the most profitable investment accounts in Congress. Steil works for them. Berman will work for Wisconsiners.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
WTF. Now Musk wants to takeover as a Mobile Phone Carrier. It's not enough that he tries to buy elections, destroy government from within with DOGE, take over NASA, and be a major electric car manufacturer. www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-...
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SpaceX Confirms Plans to Make Starlink Mobile a 'Major' US Carrier
SpaceX announces the ambitious goal after acquiring a slice of 800MHz radio spectrum from Grain Management to bulk up Starlink Mobile.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Big news in Wisconsin Governor's race. www.wbay.com/2026/10/08/o...
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Obama endorses David Crowley for Wisconsin governor
Former president cites Crowley's record as Milwaukee County executive
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It is becoming more apparent that when, not if a major bank or investment company will be hacked. We might not even know immediately that it occurred or which company’s agent did it. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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How Long Until AI Hacks Everything?
If only AI can save us from AI, the world is in trouble.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Amazon workers need SNAP benefits to get by. Jeff Bezos is paying less in taxes but making much much more $$$ since Trump's tax cuts. THAT AIN'T RIGHT.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And the style of judging he (Alito) defends, which he has practiced for decades, has now acquired currency: It dovetails with a Trump-era New Right conception of law that is unshackled by restraint and focused solely on conservative victory. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Zombie Originalism
Samuel Alito’s efforts to revamp the conservative legal philosophy reveal that a new movement is ascendant.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Everybody is worried about farmers. Think what happens if truckers stop Truckin'. Truckers Are ‘Just Trying to Hang On’ When a Fill-Up Tops $1,000 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Truckers Are ‘Just Trying to Hang On’ When a Fill-Up Tops $1,000 (Gift Article)
Truckers are among the hardest hit by the soaring cost of diesel fuel. High prices are forcing some to stay on the road for months and others to park their rigs.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Seems nobody targeted by ICE can do enough of their requirements to avoid deportation. Luckily a judge's intervention stopped it before being sent to Aftica. hoodline.com/2026/09/fede...
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Yankton UPS Driver's Deportation Halted by Federal Judge
A Yankton delivery driver was minutes from deportation to a country he's never visited — then a judge stepped in.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"For many people who are set to receive Trump’s money, this check won’t even cover the difference in cost for one month of health insurance." www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | Trump's $500 refund checks are an even cheaper trick than you think
Trump’s gimmicky checks are hitting mailboxes. The letters they come with are brazen disinformation.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's really hard to understand why people (in this case Grand Island, Nebraska) feel this way about Trump. But maybe that's the point. They feel without thinking what is happening. Love is blind. It's hard to admit that we love someone that does us wrong. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Trump Rally Stuck in Time
Usually presidents hold rallies to get voters excited about an upcoming election. Last night in Nebraska, the roles felt reversed.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
AI is going to do some really bad stuff, but that's okay, 'cuz it will do some good stuff too. WTF, Sam. www.pcmag.com/news/openai-...
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OpenAI CEO Says the 'World Should Accept Some Bad Things' From AI
In a recent interview, Sam Altman argues that people will ultimately do more good than bad with AI technologies.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Farmers struggle because of Trump's war on Iran and Trump's Tariffs. Don't vote for Republicans. www.leadertelegram.com/country-toda...
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‘This may just be the end’: Wisconsin farmers struggle to afford diesel during harvest season
Wisconsin farmer Joel Greeno can hardly afford to run his farm.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Remember to vote against the Republican sponsored amendments to the WI state constitution too. Vote fot Democracy, Vote for Democrats
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Coming soon to everybody's neighborhood. WTF
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They don't need LUK, they have Trump. ( Bad pun) U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's not AI it's SI, Trump says. Silly Intelligence? Stupid Intelligence? Sports Intelligence? Scooby Intelligence? Scooby Illustrated? Ohhh Super. Will OpenAI have to change its name, too? There are billions of articles on the Internet written about AI will they all change?
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thinking about how well the banking and investment industries have self regulated, we should be concerned about AI companies self regulating. "50% of Nvidia Employees Are Now Worth Over $25 Million" Do you really think they will endanger this? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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At A.I. Event, Trump Asks Meta, OpenAI and Microsoft to Make Safety Decisions Themselves (Gift Article)
President Trump’s meetings with tech leaders produced some voluntary safeguards and a commitment to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” the term that Mr. Trump prefers.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bill Gates lays out the risks from AI that already exists. AI can hack into banks, into biomedical, into electric and water utilities. AI companies are not releasing the most advanced versions. AI has already escaped their testing environment. You trust them? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.
As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Trump Regime is about hallowing out government for the benefit of tech, crypto, and oil industries. anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/thinking-a...
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Thinking about Corruption with Anne Applebaum
A recording from Anne Applebaum and Timothy Snyder's live video
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is it too soon to start a "Tear Down That Arch" Movement? Trump regime doesn't want to listen to public so that may be the best solution. Federal Council Terminates Review of Arch’s Effects on Historic Sites www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Federal Council Terminates Review of Arch’s Effects on Historic Sites (Gift Article)
Trump’s allies end a legally required step, one of the final hurdles for the project to advance.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US Ambas says Trump offered to sell weapons to China. WH says no he did not. What about the F35 parts that China diverted and stole and are not giving back? Did Trump demand that China give them back. No? So he is just letting them have them? WTF apnews.com/article/f35-...
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Pentagon investigates after China obtains parts from F-35 stealth fighter jet
The Pentagon is investigating how parts of the nation’s most advanced fighter jet ended up in Hong Kong.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Germany pays less than the United States. France pays less than the United States. Canada pays less than the United States. Even Greece pays less than the United States. Estonia... pays much less than the United States: only 3.6 percent." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
Lenders Don’t Trust the United States Anymore
Blame Trump for rising borrowing costs.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 28/09/2026
Derrick Van Orden makes it clear Wisconsin: he's with Trump, not you
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This regime can't handle the truth or even another opinion. All the while, hurting the average American family's life, taking healthcare away, bankrupting family farms, destroying America's standing in the word. Crazy. www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
cnn.com
Blanche says reporters ‘one-sided news’ is a national security issue worthy of barring press | CNN Politics
Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday that media outlets reporting “one-sided” news is a national security issue that merits a White House ban.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Illegal use of public funds to promote a political agenda. youtu.be/pu9bX7z-zIw?...
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America Will Never Be a Communist Country
YouTube video by The White House
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A wonky article that explains why the US can't make Patriot missiles faster. Some of the issue is there are not enough extremely talented machinists. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...
nytimes.com
This Screw Is Needed for Missiles and Planes. Buying One Can Take Years. (Gift Article)
As the Trump administration scrambles to increase the production of munitions, these special screws are expensive and hard to source.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"When Xi invokes the Thucydides Trap, as he did again today, he means he sees China as the rising power and the U.S. as the declining power. Kinda weird for an American president to just let that go" www.alternet.org/trump-china-...
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Trump labeled 'weird' as Xi delivers blunt warning right to his face
The insult in question came as Xi delivered a statement on the conditions necessary for the U.S. and China to avoid war, during which he referred to “the Thucydides trap,” which, according to the Guar...
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dems must rescue Social Security ASAP. Older Americans cannot afford a 25% cut. People will not be able to pay mortgages, rent or healthcare bills. Even seniors who are relatively well off will be devastated. For example, a couple that receives $3k/month will be cut $9,000 per year.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looking at the $4,000,000,000,000 US debt differently: Per capita. Only the US and Japan have over $100k. www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-count...
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Ranked: Countries With the Most Government Debt Per Person
U.S. government debt now tops $113,000 per person and has doubled in a decade. See where debt burdens are highest across the OECD.
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
PRESCIENT: In the 1990s, SNL aired this Schoolhouse Rock parody explaining how corporations buy media outlets to silence the truth. It was effectively banned as it was never aired again. Restack so more people will see this! substack.com/@rawstory/no...
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Raw America (@rawstory)
PRESCIENT: In the 1990s, SNL aired this Schoolhouse Rock parody explaining how corporations buy media outlets to silence the truth. It was effectively banned as it was never aired again. Restack so mo...
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why single payer healthcare is needed. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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John Oliver on UnitedHealth Group: ‘Algorithmically driven, ruthless arbiters of who lives and who dies’
Ahead of Luigi Mangione’s sentencing, the Last Week Tonight host looked into the corporate healthcare behemoth that is UnitedHealth Group
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alan-a.bsky.social @alan-a.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
John Oliver outlined how bad and costly the current healthcare system is. youtu.be/h1pXm0GjLho?...
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UnitedHealthcare & UnitedHealth Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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