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5 comments (Latest Comment: 11/26/2021 16:23:57 by Will in Chicago)

It's the day before Thanksgiving, the day when we eat all those "traditional" foods that weren't actually eaten at the first feast, and we rarely eat any other time of year. It's a weird holiday. It's one of the few where - for most workers - it's actually two days instead of one. For those who work in retail, of course, that second day is a nightmare.

The other tradition is to take a moment to think about what we're thankful for, since most people spend the rest of the year being ungrateful. It's very American in the best and worst possible ways.
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8 comments (Latest Comment: 11/24/2021 21:49:38 by BobR)

And thus begins the week of Thanksgiving.
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11 comments (Latest Comment: 11/22/2021 19:01:14 by Will in Chicago)

Today I'd like to bring you a recommendation for a new podcast to listen too and a follow on every social media platform you're on. If you haven't already heard of her that is.

Leigh McGowan (aka Politics Girl)

CRT is deliberately vague, as are the lies around it. If it’s nothing, it can be anything. pic.twitter.com/wRc0jf2bsA

— PoliticsGirl (@IAmPoliticsGirl) November 4, 2021

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34 comments (Latest Comment: 11/20/2021 12:47:12 by Raine)

On Monday, President Biden signed bill H.R.3684 into law. The bill is better known as the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act". As then-Vice-President said about the ACA, it's "a big fucking deal".

The bill itself is huge, not only monetarily, but in the amount of text. Yet here it is only 2 days later, and already there are plenty of self-appointed experts who will tell you all kinds of things that are in the bill (or not in the bill). Apparently after getting advanced degrees in microbiology and immunology, they went on to law school.


So here's a summary of what IS in the bill:
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11 comments (Latest Comment: 11/17/2021 20:11:37 by Raine)