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A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people.

Expert commentary from a 30-year veteran of US politics. Here at Hopium we work on strategies to defeat MAGA, tell our story more effectively, and ensure freedom and democracy prevail. Expect sharp analysis, live events, and all sorts of Hopium!

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Stories, poems, thoughts & more stories: the Alphabet Soup in my mind just keeps simmering.

Opening the future by understanding the past.

It's worse than you think

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Michael Podhorzer on politics, economics, and democratic crises.

A Daily Newsletter of Renaissance Thinking about Progressive Politics, Economics, Science, and the Political News Issues of Our Day

Everything I'm too lazy to put in a book. Mostly politics, media, and culture.

On a queer day, you can read forever. (I write about everything. Politics, sociology, art, poetry. And share my fiction and non-fiction) Guardian of one Gazan family, whose lives I report faithfully.

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A reflection on today's news through the lens of hope.

News and discussion on trans legislation and life.

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I'm just trying to understand what's going on.

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

When broken is the fix.

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I was born in Flint, Michigan and raised on a dirt street by loving parents, two sisters and a lot of Green Giant in a can.