Entertainment to pacify the populace, distract, and maintain power. It implies a populace trading civic duty for superficial comfort and immediate satisfaction.

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Netanyahu’s father was born in Poland. His grandfather was born in Russia. Their family name is originally Mileikowsky.
Netanyahu tells Mark Levin that Europeans—not Jews—are colonizers: "We are not on stolen land, this is our historical homeland!" "We're the indigenous people here—we're not the Dutch in Indonesia!" "We're Jews from Judea!" "We're not trying to drive anyone out!" he adds.
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10 years ago today, the third and final Clinton v Trump debate, with the famous “puppet” exchange about Putin:
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🚨 NEW AD. Andy Harris hadn’t faced voters in years. Then this happened at our debate
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Since Lindsey Graham is trending…this tweet will last forever
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You don’t say, JD
Western liberals imported the third world into France and other countries in the name of diversity and compassion. They ignored fundamental questions of assimilation and compatibility. They were told it would lead to this and they didn't listen. I pray that France, a beautiful country of amazing people, will stop this madness before more of its landmarks burn. And I hope Americans are paying attention. This is the future congressional Democrats seek for your country.
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These are the statues of Qin Hui, a notoriously corrupt 12th-century Chinese official, and his wife Wang, kneeling forever in apology. For centuries, people have spat on, cursed, and slapped the statues to show lasting contempt.
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This is what billionaire ownership of the media means: Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta shut down the No Kings account for hours during the height of their protests. Meta suppressed accounts supporting Brazil President Lula da Silva in the recent election. Larry Ellison’s TikTok blocked advertising for a documentary criticizing Elon Musk. Fight back. Defeat oligarchy. Preserve democracy.
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This is the video from the tent where Trump was watching the livestream attack on our Capitol J6. Many have denied that this tent exists of that Trump was watching the event on TV. The insurrectionists are pathological liars ffs!
Oh look, here's Kimberly #Guilfoyle on THAT Jan 6 Daddy encouraging people to fight.
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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed tells @MikeTobinFox that his sister-in-law was on a federal terror watchlist years ago, saying she sued and was subsequently removed. EL-SAYED: "She did nothing wrong and was captured on that and then sued and got off. So the idea that you can be placed on something like that, because of exactly the infrastructure that Mike Rogers and his Flock camera and his Patriot Act and his surveillance state can do is exactly the point. So she sued. And what happened afterwards? You know what happened, right? She was removed... You've got this system where folks are guilty until proven innocent because they've got different kinds of names, because of the infrastructure that people like Mike Rogers set up..."
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🔥 “Answer the question, Tommy — I think you’re the one who needs to read the constitution, not me.” @AbdulElSayed skillfully handles a bigoted Islamophobic heckler and exposes him as the true religious zealot in the room.
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$CRWV $NBIS and Anthropic are what we call “America Online”, commonly known as AOL
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Alex Gibney: “A lot of these deaths related to Full Self Driving or Autopilot, 67 so far. If that had happened at GM over a brake malfunction, it would be massive congressional hearings. A lot of those things were settled so the actual facts of the matter wouldn’t come to light. In the film, we have the case of one which is a pedestrian who was killed by a runaway Tesla with malfunctioning Autopilot. They took that to trial and won a rather massive judgement and the evidence is overwhelming not only how bad the system was, but also how hard Tesla tried to hide the evidence of malfeasance. In a lot of cases, Autopilot has a function where milliseconds before the car slams into a wall, Autopilot will turn off, and so Tesla can say with a straight face Autopilot was not engaged at the time of the crash”
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Funny how Dr. Oz being Muslim never bothers MAGA. I’ve never heard Trump call Dr. Oz “Mohammed.” But Abdul El-Sayed being Muslim is suddenly a huge fucking problem.
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Your Uber to the airport this morning cost $207.15. Your driver (me) earned $73.02, or $51.84 after vehicle expenses. Uber kept $86.52, or 42% of your fare, AFTER insurance, taxes, and other fees. $86.52 > $73.02. Uber (software) kept more for arranging the trip than it paid me to drive 60 miles over 74 minutes. Here’s what makes this interesting. I’m a data guy and I’ve driven this exact airport trip about 190 times over the past few years. Passengers usually pay around $123, and Uber typically keeps 20%. Today, you paid $84 more than usual. There was nothing in the app explaining the higher price. You just happened to pay significantly more for the same trip, and Uber kept most of that difference. I’m not complaining about the $73 fare. I’m pointing out how the system works.
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Meta employees admitted the US corporation censored the Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp accounts of Brazil's left-wing President Lula da Silva in the lead-up to this month's election. Meta also promoted the accounts of far-right pro-US candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta claimed this was supposedly because of "technical ⁠issues". But what this really shows is how real democracy is impossible when US Big Tech corporations are used to manipulate elections around the world, to put in power right-wing US puppets who will sell out their country to US corporations and the US government (see: the recent US electoral interference in Colombia, Honduras, Peru, Argentina, etc.) The CIA previously focused on organizing military coups to overthrow independent left-wing leaders and install right-wing pro-imperialist ones. Now it's much easier: Silicon Valley helps the US empire carry out soft coups by manipulating public opinion and interfering in elections.
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Boomers keep getting happier while literally everyone else does not
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2022: Banker Julio Herrera Velutini charged with bribery. Sept. 2025: His family pledges $2.5M to Trump's ballroom. Jan. 2026: Trump pardons him. That is elite impunity. End the two-tiered system of justice. Abolish the pardon power.
Revealed: Trump's Ballroom Donor List
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The scandal plagued richest man in the world donated most of the money to one of the most corrupt Republican politicians ever
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🚨 BREAKING: ​Iran is now publishing cartoons that Trump can understand.🚀🔥
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