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economics A thorough defense of Modern Monetary Theory Cory Doctorow

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corruption Addressing inequality is foreign policy, not domestic Cory Doctorow

music THE BUREAU: Part Six, The History of Telepathic Infant-Based Mind Control of U.S. Presidents Ethan Persoff

politics Sheryl Sandberg ordered Facebook staff to investigate George Soros after he gave THIS speech (READ IT) Xeni Jardin

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