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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · 2d

That's what First World countries do. Don't think we are in that category anymore.

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · 4d

Is it Caturday again already?
Henry Rollins and Dusty Rose are ready for it!

#caturday
#catsofbluesky
#blackcats
#snowshoecats

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6d

I’ll be glad when we run this regime out of power and we do something about those ICE assholes.

They should be tried for their crimes against humanity.

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · 9d

Mmmm... Fresh out of the dryer

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Hunt The Economist @hunttheeconomist.bsky.social · 10d

Every country has a powerful right wing that argue “if you tax the wealthy, they’ll leave”

We need to start calling their bluff.

We need to make it so the ultra wealthy either contribute enough to be a positive part of society, or be globally shunned and unable to extract further funds from us.

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 18d

"...in America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other."

--Thomas Paine

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20d

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.

We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · 20d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Oct 2

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · Sep 27

Henry Rollins here thinks Jackson may be a distant relative, maybe?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 22

Every tyrant in history has sought to stifle criticism of himself and his regime.

But America was founded on criticism.

American democracy was built on dissent.

Every institution, group, firm, or individual that surrenders to Trump’s wanton tyranny invites more of it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 2

The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich.

It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.

You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense — yet that's what this GOP budget is all about.

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · Jun 13

This random guinea fowl showed up in the backyard this morning...

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · Jun 12

My people came here in the mid 1600's fleeing religious oppression and economic oppression. Pretty sure none of them applied for a visa or citizenship. Unless you are indigenous, you descend from immigrants.

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · May 30

If there is paperwork to be done, Henry Rollins is here to help!

#catsofbluesky
#catsky
#blackcats

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · May 12

Republicans are deploying every trick in the book to gut Medicaid while claiming they’re not cutting it.

The CBO estimates the latest GOP plan would kick nearly 9 million people off Medicaid.

Why?

To fund tax cuts that will disproportionately benefit corporations and the rich.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Apr 26

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · Apr 11

This fucking asshole. The condition now known as autism was around long before vaccines. Some of us older folks were obviously autistic before we were vaccinated during the 1960's. But the vaccines did keep us from dying.

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · Apr 11

music.youtube.com/watch?v=cpWN...

Jesus Was A Radical

YouTube video by Ron Gallo - Topic

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · Mar 19

Henry's ready for Tongue out Tuesday!

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · Mar 5

Yes, whiskers

#catsofbsky
#blackcats
"Henry Rollins

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Mar 4

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

—FDR, 1937

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John Isbell @jisbell321.bsky.social · Feb 22

Here's my toothless boy, Henry Rollins. He was suffering from stomatitis, which was destroying his teeth. He went from quiet and aloof to cuddly, demanding lap cat.

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