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10/05/2025

South Carolina Confirms Measles Outbreak With U.S. Cases At 25-Year High.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/south-carolina-confirms-measles-outbreak-with-us-cases-at-25-year-high_n_68e152b6e4b01314b83e05ae

Sebastian Murdock / Huff Post

Saturday, October 4, 2025 - "The people involved in the outbreak are unvaccinated and did not have immunity from a previous measles infection," the state's health agency confirmed.

"The people involved in the outbreak are unvaccinated and did not have immunity from a previous measles infection," the state's health agency confirmed.

10/05/2025

Only Power Matters.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/sam-francis-matt-mcmanus-trump-reactionary-middle-america

Matt McManus / Commonweal

Monday, September 22, 2025 - How Samuel Francis wrote the recipe for MAGA

Few writers have argued against modern egalitarianism with more flourish than Samuel Francis. Donald Trump and his gang now practice what Francis preached.

10/05/2025

Public increasingly favors socialism over capitalism.
https://peoplesworld.org/article/public-increasingly-favors-socialism-over-capitalism/

Thomson Devaux / People’s World

Friday, September 12, 2025 - For years, Republicans have disparaged their political rivals by describing them as socialists. But that may not be the insult it once was for rank-and-file Democrats, who have warmed to socialism and increasingly see “capitalism” as a barb.

WASHINGTON (AP)—For years, Republicans have disparaged their political rivals by describing them as socialists. But that may not be the insult it once was for rank-and-file Democrats, who have warmed to socialism and increasingly see “capitalism” as a barb.

10/04/2025

Bonhoeffer Quotes to Remember a Pastor Who Resisted Evil Unto Death
https://sojo.net/articles/11-bonhoeffer-quotes-remember-pastor-who-resisted-evil-unto-death

Ryan Stewart / Sojourners

April 22, 2025 - If there was ever a Christian who practiced what he preached, it was Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

If there was ever a Christian who practiced what he preached, it was Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

10/04/2025

Ellen Brown: How a Fed Overhaul Could Eliminate the Federal Debt Crisis, Part I: The Fed’s Hidden Drain
https://scheerpost.com/2025/10/04/ellen-brown-how-a-fed-overhaul-could-eliminate-the-federal-debt-crisis-part-i-the-feds-hidden-drain/

Ellen Brown / Scheerpost

Saturday, October 4, 2025 - currently being challenged by political forces seeking to reshape its mandate. The Fed has not always been independent of Congress and the Treasury.

The Fed has issued trillions of dollars in reserves to save the banks, its real constituents. Would it do that to save the government?

10/04/2025

The Worst Things You Can Do During Cold And Flu Season
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/worst-things-cold-flu-season_l_68d95052e4b040e2851e5164

Caroline Bologna / Huff Post

Thursday October 7, 2025 - Here’s what doctors and etiquette experts want you to stop doing around this time of year.

Here’s what doctors and etiquette experts want you to stop doing around this time of year.

09/30/2025

WATCH: Cory Doctorow explains ensh*ttification.
https://the.ink/p/watch-cory-doctorow-on-why-everything?utm_medium=ios

Anan Girdharadas and Cory Doctorow / The Ink

September 30, 2025 - The author and activist on why everything suddenly got worse -- and how to fight for a better future

The author and activist on why everything suddenly got worse -- and how to fight for a better future

09/29/2025

The TikTok deal puts even more media in the hands of the super-rich.
https://www.google.com/search?q=The+TikTok+deal+puts+even+more+media+in+the+hands+of+the+super-rich&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari =s

Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian

Friday, Sep 26, 2025 -Trump is clearing the way for US investors to control a wildly popular platform where millions get their news

Related: Kimmel controversy highlights ‘wildly dangerous’ consolidation of TV broadcasting.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Kimmel+controversy+highlights+%E2%80%98wildly+dangerous%E2%80%99+consolidation+of+TV+broadcasting&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

Lauren Aratani / The Guardian

Friday, September 26, 2025 - Rush to ‘preempt’ Kimmel’s talkshow after FCC chair’s threats comes as broadcasters seek merger approvals.

09/27/2025

The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-public-schools-amite-county-mississippi

Jennifer Berry Hawes, Nat Lash, and Mollie Simon / ProPublica

December 19, 2024 - A new ProPublica analysis shows how much private schools segregate students by race. Across the South, many of these schools are segregation academie.

A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with white students.

09/27/2025

09/25/2025

Charlie Kirk was a divisive far-right podcaster. Why is he being rebranded as a national hero?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/23/charlie-kirk-bigoted-far-right-podcaster

Saida Grundy / The Guardian

Tuesday, September 23, 2025: Celebrating a bigoted rage-baiter sends a clear message to people of color, LGBTQ+ folks and women.

Related: The students who debated with Charlie Kirk: ‘His goal was to verbally defeat us’.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/sep/20/charlie-kirk-debate-style

Alaina Demopulous / The Guardian

Saturday, September 25, 2025 - Young liberals challenged Kirk’s conservative views on the viral YouTube series Surrounded – an ‘unnerving’ spectacle, according to a rhetoric expert.

Celebrating a bigoted rage-baiter sends a clear message to people of color, LGBTQ+ folks and women