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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: "We have to understand the authoritarian administration and the affordability crisis as twin crises that New Yorkers are facing at the same time."

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WIRED @wired.com · 18h

Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings and sexual assaults in several states, warns an FBI bulletin to law enforcement agencies issued last month.

The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves

In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

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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Nate @palm7x.bsky.social · 2d

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Nate @palm7x.bsky.social · 2d

#tacoman
#trumphlation
#ungildedage
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Images of wealthy monarchs or autocrats revelling in excess even as the masses struggle for bread are more commonly associated with the likes of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette of France.’
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3d

What he said: 💯 🎯

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Nate @palm7x.bsky.social · 3d

#tacoman
#uncivilwar
#gotgestapo?
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants.
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate.
-Somewhere, quietly, JD says to Pete:
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Nate @palm7x.bsky.social · 3d

#tacoman
#MDGA
#makedepressiongreatagain!
Again, Donald, this is one metric you don't have to out do W. and Obama in.
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Trump knows we weren't actually 'great' in the Great Depression right?

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Nate @palm7x.bsky.social · 4d

#tacoman
#25thamendmentnow!
Donald's next round of curtailing the First Amendment.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

Every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.

He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.

Remember this.

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Nate @palm7x.bsky.social · 5d

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Nate @palm7x.bsky.social · 5d

#taco
#tacoman
#tacotrade
#trumphlation
#RESIGN!
Donald thinks he will last till his meeting with Xi in Beijing next April.

Ha!

Doubtful at best, but that would only be 4 months from the traditional Republican resignation date!

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5d

If he wasn't in the #EPSTEIN_Files, a hardbound copy embossed in gaudy gold would be readily available for sale at his MAGA Merch site for the low, low price of $500, or IF YOU ACT NOW, a personally signed copy for the more-than-reasonable price of $1K: Courtesy of the gross greedy #GrifterInChief.💰

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Nate @palm7x.bsky.social · 6d

#tacoman
#epsteingate
Donald must really think he is running out of material to distract us from the Epstein Files. He's now had to breakout a page from Putin's playbook and us the other 'N' word he's not supposed to say.
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Senator Kerry decrying President W. Bush's inability to say the word 'nuclear' in the run-up to the 2004 presidential election in JibJabs' 'This Land's Flash animation.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 6d

"Resuming nuclear testing looks weak and petulant, not strong and confident," writes Tom Nichols. "No American president should ever let the Kremlin get under his skin—especially not where nuclear weapons are concerned."

Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons

The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

"I supported the For the People Act when the the Dems put it forward in 2021. Do you remember how many Republicans voted for that bill?"

"No on Prop 50" Chair: [silence]

"It was zero. Not a single Republican voted for independent redistricting commissions nationwide."

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WIRED @wired.com · 6d

The US government shut down 30 days ago. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who have struggled to pay bills, worked side gigs, and relied on free food programs to get by. www.wired.com/story/federa...

Federal Workers Are Barely Making It Through the Government Shutdown

The US government shut down 30 days ago. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who have struggled to pay bills, worked side gigs, and relied on free food programs to get by.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.

That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.

Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 6d

Still awaiting my George $oros payment for showing up at #NoKINGS_Day & staying until noon.

Somebody slipped this 20 under my door, but something about it seems fake.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

"To any governors or state legislators out there... if you are in a position where you have the power to redraw your maps... if you have the ability to meet this moment with the urgency that it deserves, I'm calling on you to do exactly what we're doing in California and to fight fire with fire."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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Nate @palm7x.bsky.social · 10d

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Nate @palm7x.bsky.social · 10d

#taco
#tacoman
#tacotrade
#trumphlation
Donald, do you really think taxing the the US people an extra 10% for their Canadian purchases is just punishment for them speaking truth to power and your ill perceived slights?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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