[A reign of terror from coast to coast]
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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – JANUARY 31, 2023
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January 31, 2023
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_ A reign of terror from coast to coast _
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* Standing Up to Pipsqueak Hitlerboys
* The Tyre Nichols Murder: Facing Police Racism
* The Guns of January
* The Tortuguita Murder at Cop City
* The Crime Wave That Wasn’t
* Unions Still Shrinking
* The Antidote to George Santos
* Egg Price Gouging
* M&M’s — Never Again!
* High School Students Take On Climate Poisoning
STANDING UP TO PIPSQUEAK HITLERBOYS
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By Hamilton Nolan
In These Times
If Florida’s incompetent Democratic Party can’t rally itself to
cut through De Santis's torrent of performative bullshit and bigotry,
we will soon wake up and find that this whiny, bullet-headed ex-jock
has done to Florida’s workers what former Republican Gov. Scott
Walker did to Wisconsin’s.
THE TYRE NICHOLS MURDER: FACING POLICE RACISM
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By Shaun Harper
Forbes
Institutional racism explains how five Black men could engage in
police brutality, leading to the death of another Black man. They
participated in the same trainings as white cops. How a police
department behaves, thinks about Black communities, and mistreats
Black people informs how its employees engage with the Black citizens
they were hired to protect and serve.
THE GUNS OF JANUARY
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By Nicole Narea, Li Zhou and Ian Millhiser
Vox
The factors that lead to tragedies like those in Monterey Park and
Half Moon Bay are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law.
THE TORTUGUITA MURDER AT COP CITY
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By Kelly Hayes
Truthout
Toruguita was part of a forest defense effort to stave off the
creation of a sprawling, $90 million training complex for police that
opponents have dubbed “Cop City.” He was gunned down by police on
the morning of January 18. Law enforcement entering a forest
occupation and killing a protester marks an escalation of state
violence.
THE CRIME WAVE THAT WASN’T
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By Katya Schwenk
The Baffler
There’s no evidence that the police cuts in Burlington have led to
violence or mass chaos or really much at all. The years of riveted
media coverage of a city’s decision to take power from its police
department speaks more to the enduring backlash to the summer of
2020—how deeply the threat was felt, and how intensely it was
answered—than it does to any reality in Burlington.
UNIONS STILL SHRINKING
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By Jonah Furman
Jacobin
Despite high-profile organizing drives at Starbucks and elsewhere, the
latest numbers show that union membership is still shrinking as a
percentage of the workforce. Unions will have to massively scale up
new organizing to counter the brute might of capital.
THE ANTIDOTE TO GEORGE SANTOS
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By Anthony Vidal Torres
Waging Nonviolence
In contrast to much of the nation, many Democrats in New York State
underperformed and lost, jeopardizing the governor’s race
and costing Democrats the House by losing seats they should have
won, including the one Santos seized on Long Island. So what went
wrong in New York and how do we get it right in our state moving
forward?
EGG PRICE GOUGING
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By Kenny Stancil
Common Dreams
As U.S. egg producers rake in record profits amid soaring prices, a
farmer-led advocacy group focused on building a just and sustainable
food system implored the Federal Trade Commission to “promptly open
an investigation into the egg industry, prosecute any violations of
the antitrust laws it finds within, and ultimately, get the American
people their money back.”
M&M’S — NEVER AGAIN!
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By Ethan Alter
Yahoo!
Maya Rudolph is the new M&M’s spokesperson, a change that followed
conservative media-led complaints about the updated designs of the
diverse spokescandies cast. Fox News host Tucker Carlson was
particularly unnerved by the brand’s “fresh, modern take” on the
characters, seemingly complaining that female candies — Purple,
Green and Brown — lacked sex appeal.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKE ON CLIMATE POISONING
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By Andrew Tarantola
Engadget
Baltimore’s largest trash incinerator is the Wheelabrator–BRESCO,
which burns through 2,250 tons of garbage a day. In 2011, students
from Benjamin Franklin High School began to push back against the
construction of a new incinerator, setting off a decade-long struggle
that pitted high school and college students against the power of City
Hall.
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* Florida
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* Tyre Nichols
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* police violence
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* Racism
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* gun violence
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* California
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* Tortuguita
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* Cop City
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* Georgia
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* crime
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* Burlington
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* Trade Unions
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* George Santos
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* New York
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* egg industry
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* Maya Rudolph
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* Baltimore
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* high school students
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