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Another Republican laser-focused on the material needs of working Americans: Gov. Henry McMaster is ordering the state’s Department of Employment and Workforce to withdraw from the federal government’s federal pandemic unemployment programs.Starting on June 30, the state will no longer participate in the expanded unemployment benefits...
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The Great Circle Jerk of Life

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This is an amusing article about Christopher Ruddy, the conservative publisher/conspiracy nut who faces some legal jeopardy because hs network routinely and falsely accused deep-pocketed corporations of stealing the 2020 presidential elections for Hugo Chavez. Needless to say, Newsmax is basically a loss-leader for an array...
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Black Women and Police Violence

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Keisha Blain is one of our most important historians of Black history. At The Baffler, she has an important essay on Black women's long efforts to end police violence. You need to read it. An excerpt: The Bumpurs and Taylor cases offer a longer perspective on...
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LGM Film Club, Part 165: Swords

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Everyone likes swords. So here's a short 1965 British document on sword factories. They do not look very safe. Also, glad to know that whale oil was still being used a half-century ago to make swords. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XtpMAUf65UQ

Pujols

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It seems that it is the end of the line for the second greatest first baseman in Major League history. If anything, I feel Pujols is underrated as to his.

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