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Labor Day, MAGA-Style: F*ck the Workers
Trump’s White House celebrates billionaires, fires thousands, and calls it patriotism. The American people deserve more than a line of bullshit.
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Brie McReynolds
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A Stranger in My Own Country
Living under fear, division, and (for the first time) questioning if I'm truly welcome here.
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Brie McReynolds
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MAGA Isn’t Conservatism; It’s Treason, by Mike Johnson’s Own Words.
In 2018, Johnson outlined seven core conservative values—today, MAGA tramples each one, proving this movement is not conservative, not patriotic, and…
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Brie McReynolds
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We Have Nothing Left to Give, But They're Raising the Prices Anyway
FRED shows 90% of households hold 32.8% of the wealth. Sector signals point to higher costs ahead.
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Brie McReynolds
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Trump’s Latest Made-Up Emergency
Weaponizing ‘Public Safety’ to Target the Poor
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Brie McReynolds
Trump’s Federal Police Surge and Israel’s Gaza Takeover: The World Is Watching, and It’s Not Going Well
President Trump sent a surge of federal officers into D.C. despite falling crime rates, while Israel advanced a controversial plan to seize Gaza City…
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Brie McReynolds
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Worthy of BRAINSPACE: August 3, 2025
A dispatch of the stuff I found valuable this week: enraging, funny, useful... sometimes unhinged.
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Brie McReynolds
Initial Impression: Headlines for July 29
Your once-weekly, wide-ranging headline digest featuring linked stories and quick takes to help you cut through the noise and stay informed.
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Brie McReynolds
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WORTHY OF BRAINSPACE: July 27, 2025
Worthy of Brainspace is a NEW weekly drop of the stuff that lived rent-free in my head. It’s multimedia, occasionally explicit... and 100% certified…
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Brie McReynolds
The Cost of Falling, The Hatred of Humanity, and the Ugliness of Cruelty
From personal collapse to political reckoning — what it's like to need help in a country hellbent on punishing humanity.
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Brie McReynolds
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MAGA v. U.S. Constitution: The Semblance of Normalcy Feels Naïve
Whistleblowers, prosecutors, and public servants describe a second-term Trump administration using fear, loyalty tests, and legal defiance to…
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Brie McReynolds
Department of Labor Proposes 60+ Rule Changes Reducing Protections for Workers, Claims They Are 'Obsolete'
One such proposal would allow home health care workers to make less than minimum wage.
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Brie McReynolds
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