On September 11, 1921, oil workers in the San Joaquin Valley went on strike in a desperate, though ultimately failed, attempt to improve their lives. Showing how hard it was.
Frankly, Donald Trump prefers the journalists who don't get murdered and cut up with bone saws: Prince Mohammed bin Salman from congressional scrutiny after the brutal assassination of the American.
The fires in the West are so depressing. The specific areas of Oregon that are burning--the McKenzie River valley especially, but also the Opal Creek Wilderness--these are my favorite places.
The rollback of our labor rights continues from the Trump National Labor Relations Board. On July 21 the Trump-appointed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) eliminated the special legal protections enjoyed.
Name: The five best Beatles albums The five best Rolling Stones albums Then sort them into a top ten list, in rank order. I did not say this. I am.
I've changed my hairstyle so many times now, I don't know what I look like: The San Francisco hair salon where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was spotted getting her hair.

Ottawa Rough Riders vs. the Toronto Argonauts. By William James - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3824032 On the latest episode of the LGM podcast Erik, Scott, and myself talk about our expectations.
Over the past 60 years, six of the fifteen presidential elections in the USA have been extremely close. These elections ended up being basically coin flips -- if they had.
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