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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Andy Burnham’s greatest political strength is that he seems instinctively able to link the tangible symptoms of British malaise—boarded-up high streets, squeezed wages, poor health outcomes (by European standards)—to fundamental problems with the state and the economy.

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Labour's Last Chance - Dissent Magazine

Years of underinvestment in energy, infrastructure, and public services now weigh on Andy Burnham’s premiership. Is he ready for what the fight for an alternative will entail?

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Derek Brett @halifaxlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

youtube.com/watch?v=f31f... This .... Pay attention, as #jonstewart and #thedailyshow nail the continuing complicity and enabling of the GOP to the travesty of what occupies the White House. #kakistocracy #plutocracy #kleptocracy #oligarchy #goodtrouble

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Will Republicans Divorce Trump Over Xi Embrace? Probably Not | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Empire of Grift

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trump’s return to office in 2025 brought ghastly assaults on higher education—student abductions, financial extortion, curricular bans, corrupt federal “investigations.” Yet this academic year, another battle has been within the New School itself.

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What’s Left of The New School? - Dissent Magazine

Leadership at the iconic progressive university has declared war on its own workforce, fired tenured professors, and shuttered whole departments. But what’s happening to the school is an increasingly common story across all of higher education.

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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In “End Times Fascism,” Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor make the case that the ruling class is not lording over our future, but trying to escape it. How should the left resist doing the same?

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Exit Strategy - Dissent Magazine

In End Times Fascism, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor make the case that the ruling class is not lording over our future, but trying to escape it. How should the left resist doing the same?

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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Jon and U.S. Senator John Fetterman @fetterman.senate.gov discuss how Israel has conducted its war on Palestinians.

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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Jon is joined by U.S. Senator John Fetterman @fetterman.senate.gov for discussion on the Democratic Party, Israel, and the issues that continue to shape his politics. New podcast out tomorrow!

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Air Passenger Rights @airpassengerrights.ca · 02/08/2026

For reliable information, supported by links to legislation and case law, visit our website: airpassengerrights.ca/en/blog/west...

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WestJet Strike 2026: What Are My Rights?

Canada's APPR stand in stark contrast to the European Union's gold-standard passenger-protection regime.

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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Last year, billionaires made 19 percent of reported federal campaign contributions. Epstein is gone, but we’re stuck with a class of people with effectively infinite resources that they can devote to whatever they want.

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The Epstein Class - Dissent Magazine

The real scandal of the Epstein saga is not that a billionaire cabal runs the world. It’s that there is a billionaire class.

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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking.

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The Case for a Third Reconstruction - Dissent Magazine

The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking.

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 03/07/2026

“If I think about America, if I try to reduce it to something: It’s a place for everybody who wants better, who believes in equality, who believes in justice, who believes in fairness, who believes in opportunity,” Bryan Stevenson tells Ezra Klein.

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Opinion | The America That’s Still Possible

On America’s 250th anniversary, Bryan Stevenson, a civil rights lawyer and the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, looks toward the work that is ahead for the country.

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Derek Brett @halifaxlaw.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_... #ogp #corruption #kakistocracy #plutocracy #oligarchy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social Senator Murphy dissecting the worst abuses from DJT's first-500 days in office. Let's remember not to become numb to these continuing criminal acts.

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This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like

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Jim Abraham @yhzweatherguy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

"Fossil fuels push the world towards autocracy. Overthrow our demand for them, and we overthrow much of the current tyranny. Greener, cleaner, cheaper, kinder, fairer: what a beautiful world we could have." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem | George Monbiot

Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Derek Brett @halifaxlaw.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/o... What else can you expect from a State under 27 years of GOP hegemony, witnessing the emasculated of social services and the conscious undermining of what used to be decent public schools. Embarrassed to have come from #Florida. #plutocracy #kleptocracy #kakistocracy

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Opinion | I Went to Florida to See the 31-Year-Old Candidate Thrilling Gen Z. We’re in Trouble.

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Derek Brett @halifaxlaw.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

For a decade, I taught U.S. Constitutional Law at the University of Central FL. I cannot imagine the limitations that can now be imposed for teaching critical thinking surrounding historical race and gender oppression and discussed in SCOTUS jurisprudence. #resist #goodtrouble #fightback

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Derek Brett @halifaxlaw.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

authoritarian rule. These extremists -- who are unfortunately becoming so common in so many states -- are dismantling a liberal educational system. Effectively, they are dismantling the truth in order to teach some distorted, Orwellian version of reality.

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Derek Brett @halifaxlaw.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

truthout.org/articles/flo... #florida #sociology @truthout.org Critical article for everyone's review. My former home state -- a state which imbued its educational system in the 1970s-1990s with teaching critical, supported theories -- is now being hijacked by .... (1/3)

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Florida Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal and Produced Its Own

The Board of Governors overseeing the new curricula includes roofing contractors, insurance execs, and no professors.

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation A shameful day for Indonesia and the world

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Derek Brett @halifaxlaw.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Again, there needs to be thorough review of this decision to determine its full scope. However, from brief review, it does seem that much of this rate increase will occur. (2/2) #halifax #halifaxwater #uarb #novascotia #regulatoryappealboard #rateincrease

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Derek Brett @halifaxlaw.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Here it is: the UARB's decision on Halifax Water's requested rate increase. It reads densely. Although I have not yet fully consumed it, it seems to allow the first 15.8% rate increase in January, but reduce the second rate increase in April to 7% (as opposed to 17.1%). #halifaxwater #uarb (1/2)

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 30/11/2025

100 years of average January-October temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025... Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...

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Peter S. Goodman @petersgoodman.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The auto industry will tell you the car battery is a perfect example of recycling in action. Here's the part they prefer you not see: the lead poisoning of entire villages around the world to produce lead used to make batteries in the US and other rich countries www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People (Gift Article)

We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.

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Derek Brett @halifaxlaw.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

It is a dangerous mechanism for economic growth, and is capable of extreme abuse absent any willingness by governments to strictly regulate its use.

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Derek Brett @halifaxlaw.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-... #krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social #cryptocrash #kleptocracy As usual, another insight piece from the pen of Mr. Krugman. His analysis readily reflects the underlying reality of cryptocurrency: (1/2)

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The Trump Trade is Unraveling

Tells from the crypto crash

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food. The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals. The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.

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Derek Brett @halifaxlaw.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

crooksandliars.com/2025/11/fox-... Trumpcare? I revert back to the explanation provided 16-years ago by then-Congressman Grayson (D-FL) regarding the GOP health care plan: @crooksandliars.bsky.social #healthcare #gopplan #kakistocracy

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/11/2025

"I think when we take the past and understand it, then it gives us a guide to the present," filmmaker Ken Burns tells John Avlon. "What is it that we share in common? Where are the places where we can come together? One of the places that we share is this history."

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