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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 4h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 10h

fyi
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 11h

Ian Carroll, whom Democratic representative Ro Khanna is featuring in this video, claims Israel invented Holocaust denial to discredit its critics, that the US is controlled by a "Zionist mafia," and that Jews did 9/11.

Really bad that Democrats are platforming overt antisemites like this!

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 17h

I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC.

I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 10h

ro khanna coming out as a hardcore antisemite is a horrifying sign of the times but somehow completely unsurprising for him

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 17h

I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC.

I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.

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cathode_corpse @cathodecorpse.bsky.social · 18h

where do i go to sign the uncommitted apology form

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 18h

Do I have it correct that they really did just go forward with the Biden plan and they’re admitting that Biden never even tried to push it

utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

Gotta hand it to Joe Biden for making sure that only Donald Trump could sign the ceasefire lol

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 13h

Instagram explore feed is just like 70% this now, all AI generated racist slop

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Scott Bessent to make purchases of Hawk Tuah Coin to support investment in strategic partners of systemic importance and achieve fiscally sound economic freedom via lower taxes, higher investment, private sector job creation, and partnering with allies.

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16h

www.propublica.org/article/bide...

A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza

Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Departme...

www.propublica.org

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16h

I do not think you would say this for the DOJ or like OFAC? there is a reason why we respect bureacratic independence

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16h

look, i get we’re all living in the imperial presidency era but there is actually established bureacratic precedent via a set committee who’s professional guidance is usually deferred to. the president overruling this and choosing to not make the report public is actually pretty bad.

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 16h

Grand juries being the piece of the judicial system that holds up is lol

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 16h

Federal charges against a Chicago couple who were arrested for protesting against ICE were dropped after a grand jury refused to indict them.

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16h

frog guy going to gitmo for antifa affiliation (humiliating the regime)

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16h

theyre gonna hold him without trial

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16h

i legit think they just fired everybody at the DOJ with an IQ above 80 and are stuck with the partisan newsmaxx dipshits who cant count their own toes. a decent defense attorney just dunks on these people repeatedly

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16h

like some of these people actually did crimes (like the sandwich guy) so its crazy they cant get anything to stick. this stuff is supposed to fall apart in trial after ruining the defendants life financially and otherwise but they cant even get past the fake rubber stamp check

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16h

the admin being unable to get a grand jury to indict is how you know theyre throwing some pea brained DoJ hacks at their political dissident crushing.

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 17h

the polling was pretty consistent with the election results

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 17h

how do you explain harris immediately polling better than biden after being swapped in

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 17h

the state department formally submitted a rec to the WH to suspend arms shipments!

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 17h

that is not true, the president has well established authority to halt weapons shipments pending state department review for human rights abuses. he specifically ignored and attempted to bury a state department reccomendation on this

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 17h

i am genuinely not sure what you are arguing? that public opinion polling can change over time?

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 17h

what

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 17h

Unlike Chappell Roan I don't hate to say it: I told you so

Though I don't think this is about the political capacity to reign in spending, it's about the program requiring either a higher exchange rate or higher interest rates and Milei not wanting to pay the political price of either

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 18h

The problem, in Argentina, was utterly predictable. Milei repeated the exact same mistake of the 1990s, stabilizing the peso by tying it to the dollar, without having the political capacity to reign in spending (driven by state governments) enough to make that sustainable.

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 17h

substantially better than the counterfactual for downballot races

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