#5yrsago A socialist candidate for Minneapolis city council has broken all fundraising records through individual $25 donations theintercept.com/2017/10/26/min… 7/
#1yrago The Dems' most secret Congressional committee: The Steering and Policy Committee runs the show and we're not even allowed to know who's on it pluralistic.net/2021/10/25/peo… 14/
#1yrago Maxing out our global credit-card with authoritarian debt: Or, why countries are spending more on "border security" than the climate emergency pluralistic.net/2021/10/26/ine… 15/
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When a company breaks a product and wrecks decades of work it's natural to feel fury. Companies know this, so they try to deflect your rage by blaming their suppliers. Sometimes, it's suppliers who are at fault - but other times, there is plenty of blame to go around. 1/
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For example, when Apple deleted all the working VPNs from its Chinese App Store and backdoored its Chinese cloud servers, it blamed the Chinese government. 3/