R Michael Torrey
@armichael.bsky.social
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Photographer, Writer, Musician, occasional asshole. Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer chances.
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R Michael Torrey
@armichael.bsky.social
· May 14
Trump is proposing a $1 trillion military budget.
Roughly half of US defense spending goes to private military contractors, with investigations finding that these companies routinely price-gouge.
Oh, and the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
"Fiscal responsibility."
Roughly half of US defense spending goes to private military contractors, with investigations finding that these companies routinely price-gouge.
Oh, and the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
"Fiscal responsibility."
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R Michael Torrey
@armichael.bsky.social
· May 10
“The Constitution is clear — and that, of course, is the supreme law of the land — that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,” Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, told reporters. “So it’s an option that we’re actively looking at.”
WATCH: Stephen Miller says Trump administration is 'actively looking at' suspending habeas corpus
Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, said the administration is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the country illegally.
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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
R Michael Torrey
@armichael.bsky.social
· Apr 30
Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal.
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration.
See how this works?
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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social
· Apr 28
