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When the chariot arrives you'd best enjoy the ride

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Nothing more than a racist land grab

"A guy you used to hang out with and liked but weren't close to and haven't talked to in years and then is dead out of nowhere on Facebook" is one of those things I haven't gotten used to despite it happening

They might do something about it.

The breathless madness of fear

We believe in one another

The best of Oasis

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Stripped it clean of metaphor

the relative scarcity of moon

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What does saving democracy even mean?

Destruction and creation at once

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The contrast in courage is astonishing

The bravery of the remaining few

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What blood runs in your veins

The most perfect distillation of capitalism we've ever seen

Say hello to heaven

The best of Chris Cornell

Playing the victim

I am sincerely shocked they didn't pick the shitty technocrat lawyer and IDF volunteer with a bunch of scandals under his belt and instead went with the likable normal guy who seems to take pride in helping people. What is going on? Either way it's another

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People are sick of having to think about this dude every single day of their lives

You'll have to be a paid subscriber to read today's newsletter in full. I am sorry I know that is very annoying. I don't like it any more than you do. It's mainly about how Donald Trump is a racist piece of

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Hope you had a nice time

For today's main feature Rowan Glass reports on the 12th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution in northeast Syria. Paid subscribers can jump directly to it here. 12 Years of Revolution in Rojavaby Rowan Glass On July 19, 2012, as Syria spiraled into a bloody civil war that still

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12 Years of Revolution in Rojava

by Rowan Glass On July 19, 2012, as Syria spiraled into a bloody civil war that still rages today, a revolution was born in the country’s north. A militia called the People’s Defense Units, or YPG, seized a military base in the city of Kobanî. They blocked roads,

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What else can we do?

Today Justin Glawe reports from Springfield, Illinois after the release of bodycam footage showing police murdering a woman named Sonya Massey in cold blood in her own home. It is one of the worst such killings we have seen in a long time. So bad in fact that the cop

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It was sort of a last call deal for us all

They are enemies of labor and of the working class

Today Kim Kelly returns to write about two contrasting speeches by labor leaders this week: UAW President Shawn Fain at Netroots Nation and Teamsters President Sean O’Brien at the Republican National Convention (not great man!) Previously Kim wrote for Hell World about her Last Normal Day before covid and

I don’t want nothing anymore

I want everything

Back when nothing was bad

I do not want Donald Trump to be president. I shouldn't have to say that but I'm seeing a lot of those sorts of accusations being tossed around again at the infamous and dastardly online left. (A group which is as always both an all powerful

A whole thing of pasta salad

A whole thing of pasta salad in the heaviest bowl you've ever seen on a weak fold out table. The tinfoil half on and a wooden spoon poking out. Penne, lemon, olive oil, red wine vinegar, cherry tomatoes, green pepper, red onion, cucumber, kalamata olives, flies buzzing around,

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The shine had worn off

I've had this confusing feeling for the past day or two. Am I actually gassing myself up with excitement over the idea of Kamala Harris stepping in for Biden? That can't be right. Then a couple hours ago I realized what I was actually experiencing was

Nothing but punishment

Micah Herskind joins us today to write about the latest developments in the Stop Cop City movement, including a major fuck up by the Georgia Attorney General’s prosecution of 61 activists that could potentially derail the entire case. Read it down below or jump directly to it here: The

The goal is to attack a movement

by Micah Herskind The Georgia Attorney General’s office appears to have made a major blunder in the ongoing prosecution of 61 Stop Cop City activists—one that could potentially cost the state its case altogether. According to a motion filed by attorneys for three defendants who run the nonprofit

In the Heart of America, Trump Supporters Are Hard to Find

Dispatches from the site of the 2016 debate.

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Whether or not you had listened