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• RT @FountainBkstore: We had a lot of "showrooming" today: people taking pictures of books and buying them from #Amazon in the store and eve… 44 minutes ago
• RT @JohnWDean: Scott Walker has stripped himself of political legitimacy and assured his legacy as a puppet of GOP big money. I once though… 1 day ago
• RT @DanRather: When movies are made of this time, one has a growing sense the inauguration will be a major scene. Moneyed interests frolici… 1 day ago
• RT @davidaxelrod: Yay! Health care is in doubt for 20 million Americans! Whoopee! People with pre-existing conditions may once again be den… 1 day ago
• RT @billmaher: As his speakership winds down and the U S posts "the widest Nov budget deficit on record" let's all reflect on the gutless,… 1 day ago
• RT @natechinen: For those who bemoan jazz's place in popular culture now vs. the good old days, consider: John Coltrane’s 'Giant Steps' and… 1 day ago
• RT @SethAbramson: Lost in all the talk about Cohen and David Pecker and AMI is that Trump has been gaslighting two women he was involved wi… 2 days ago
• RT @mollycrabapple: Take a moment to absorb the depravity of this. Then tell me about those non-racists who are still going to vote for Tru… 2 days ago
• RT @Tin_House: Some bittersweet news. Tin House magazine’s 20th Anniv. Issue, out 6/2019, will be our last. Given the current costs of prod… 2 days ago
• RT @jameskarst: A historical gem that had been lost to history until ... well, about an hour ago. This is Buddy Bolden. First man of jazz.… 2 days ago
• RT @RonanFarrow: Appreciate this incredibly nice shout out to me and, more importantly, the reporting and the sources that make it possible… 2 days ago
• RT @davidaxelrod: Kind of stunning to step back and consider that three people who in the summer of 2016 were principal players around @rea… 3 days ago

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