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RE: https://mastodon.world/@BrianJopek/117617769505609214 Ms Ruby Bridges is 72 years old. she and her history of desegregation are part of YOUR lifetime. #racism #fascism #USpol

Looks like we’re on the cusp of having 55 Democratic Senators. What? No no, not a mistake, I meant 55. I’m not counting Fetterman. #uspol

Oh my God, I didn’t hear that Trump had endorsed Schumer. Man, the kiss of death, the kiss of death https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xRI1zlcMqm4#uspol

Need more evidence that Republicans suck? Here's a good database of Republican scandals! https://thebastionusa.com/republican-scandals #TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 11/14/26 Episode 663 - Democracy without politicians https://youtu.be/UOq2WoBYvwk?si=FtOruf4GefTdzYQc#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

Latest comic: Things we should hear after the blue wave (but probably won't!) #uspol #media #journalism #elections #democracy #cartoon #comic

His router is overwhelmed with traffic... Psychologist discusses 'the strangest speech' Trump has given in a long time https://www.alternet.org/trump-decline-psychologist-video/ #TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

10 Reasons Chuck Schumer Should Not Be Senate Majority Leader. He:

1. defends Israel

2. is hand in glove with Wall Street, corps, PACs

3. refuses Medicare for All

4. distains progressives

5. supports the MI Complex

6. won't dismantle ICE

7. voted for the Iraq War

8. opposed Obama's Iran nuclear agreement

9. gives in to Trump

10. won't fight corporate-power driven inequality & environmental destruction

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/should-chuck-schumer-be-senate-majority-leader

#USPol #DemLeadership #schumer #democracy #oligarchy .

@newsguyusa@flipboard.social When you put it like that, it sounds like a hostage negotiation. #USPol #FAA

Sorry to bring bad news, but the Trump administration and the GOP are still screwing up. We just had the entire country's air travel grind to a halt thanks to a snafu. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faa-issues-nationwide-ground-stop/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=1037112211 It's going to last for days. https://apnews.com/article/ground-stop-flights-airlines-cancellations-faa-1fbf4992f0ddaa4c463b0e4990b6e291 Sean Duffy and Mullin need to be investigated. And probably impeached, but you knew the latter. Oh and Canada, the country the GOP loves to hate, helped us out. https://www.tickaroo.com/e/H3r28bBYnTzHIYF1 #faa #airtravel #gopcorruption #uspol #democracy

This is a burning example of #Trump🚨rigging the techno-economic system for his own benefit & his closest pals, just at a moment of massive populist rage not only against the pres' #corruption +against the techno-economic system generally. Leaving aside the Q of who else at #Nvidia was aware of its corp malfeasance,🚨one should note➡️in this kind of #NationalSecurity scandal➡️takes 2 to tango: corp +Trump admin. Nvidia has: begun to deal with its sc... #Treason #Huang #USPol

Crypto and AI super PACs spent $250 million on the midterms. In the races where their money could actually make a difference, nearly two-thirds of it backed candidates who lost. You wouldn’t know it from what the industries are saying. New issue: https://www.citationneeded.news/crypto-ai-lost-the-midterms/ #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

Fairshake is touting a 92% win rate. But this is only because it bet on 74 nearly guaranteed wins — out of the 18 competitive seats Fairshake spent in, its candidate won just 8. About half of its $155 million in spending backed losers. The biggest loss was crypto’s unsuccessful $64 million in spending to keep Sherrod Brown out of the Senate. Brown may now chair the Senate Agriculture Committee, which oversees the CFTC: the regulator crypto has spent years trying to put in charge of itself. #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

Maybe the crypto PACs will chalk up their losses to the Democratic wave. But they made little effort to hedge against it — 3/4 of crypto’s spending backed Republicans, and most Democratic spending was in primaries. #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

OpenAI- and a16z-linked Leading the Future spent $8.2M defeating “AI safety” candidate Alex Bores in NY-12, only for him to lose to a candidate with a similar platform. Backlash from AI’s intervention in that race was likely why they backed off in the general election. On the other side was the Anthropic-linked “AI safety” Public First PAC network, which claimed a “crushing blow” to the “anti-regulation” PACs. But of the $29.2 million they spent, only about $10.9 million ended up helping winning candidates (37%). #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

Despite the crypto industry’s public claims of widespread public support, their admakers clearly understand that being “pro-crypto” is not a winning message. Out of the 57 ads I tracked from crypto super PACs, only 3 mentioned crypto (obliquely). AI-focused super PACs were more willing to mention their industry, but not in a good way. Most mentions came from “AI safety” PACs warning about the harms of AI, or from Leading the Future bashing Alex Bores for his history in the tech sector. https://influence.citationneeded.news/2026/analysis/ads/library #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

Most crypto and AI ads avoided mentioning their industries at all, instead telling voters what they thought they’d want to hear. One “AI safety” PAC network ran “remove the illegals, seal the border” ads for a Republican and “overhaul ICE” ads for a Democrat a few hours away. #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

AI and crypto both declared victory, despite their objectively poor performance. Both have vowed to spend heavily in 2028, and are still hoping to intimidate lawmakers with the dominance they failed to demonstrate. But before then, AI and crypto will both have to try to backtrack on their strong rightward turn over the past few years, lobbying a Democratic Congress. More on that pivot coming soon. #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #USpolitics #USpol #CitationNeededNewsletter

We swept the 2026 elections - and that means making sure our electeds take action, so call them constantly! (thanks to https://www.5calls.org/ )

• Oppose harmful provisions in the Bipartisan Affordability and Jobs Act
• Oppose Danielle Thumann Severs for FCC Commissioner
• End the War in Iran
• Impeach or demand the resignation of Hegseth and Miller.
• Stop the corrupt Russian Deisel Deal
• (Federal and State) Publicly investigate the figures in the Epstein files

Find your rep: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

Senators: Schiff: 202-224-3841 Padilla: 202-224-3553 (Fresno 559-497-5109 and Sacramento 916-448-2787)

Governor Newsom: 916-445-2841

#politics #democrats #democracy #California #santaclara #USPol #CAPol

#Microsoft🚨continued to warn that users may be unable to connect to multi Microsoft 365 products *making “continued recovery progress” overall, w “broader improvements” in NA, “sustained improvements” in much of Eur..." -CNBC A grp of current & fmr Microsoft employees🚨is circulating a letter accusing the co of chasing #AI at the cost of its own ppl, customers & climate goals *drawn fresh attn after the co offered buyouts to ~60K employees, >1/4 of the WF. #BigTech #USPol