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Returned my Tesla - liberation day
A recording from Baratunde Thurston's live video
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Welcome to Juke Church: A Communal Breakdown of Sinners
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1:04:40
Speak Easy Live: Schumer, SXSW, and More Babies Dancing to Kendrick
What Dems should do and the Joy of Benson Boone.
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1:16:01
On America’s Birthday, Frederick Douglass, the Haudenosaunee, and Unrecognized Founders
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July Still Slaps
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1:31:42
I saw Sinners twice. So should you
This movie encodes messages the authoritarians want to ban
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6:46
💛 A Thank You Gift for Your Support – José Andrés Conversation
I'm giving paid subs a chance at early access to my conversation with him
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A brief report from Downtown Los Angeles
Finding and spreading peace against a narrative of fear
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What should the Democratic Party Do
A big boooo to Chuck Schumer and some good climate news?
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2:59
The Politics of Grievance, Protest Power, and a Roast for the Ages
Plus I shared the ever-changing tariff logic and preview How To Citizen's return
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1:25:35
Talking returning my Tesla and more with Dean Obeidallah!
A recording from our lunchtime live video
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Dean Obeidallah
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29:36
Grieving Two Peoples
A human way to approach these times
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Democracy!!!
SCOTUS and POTUS and Backlash OH MY, but we still got each other
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