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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 23h

Breaking: Today is officially one of the biggest days of protest in American history.

Over 7 million Americans turned out to No Kings events to stand up against MAGA fascism.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Sanders: Today, October 18th 2025, there are more people out on the streets in more communities all over our country than we have ever seen in American history

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IndivisiblePHL ❌👑 @indivisiblephl.bsky.social · 1d

#IndivisiblePhiladelphia is pleased to share that Philadelphia’s Police Department reported ZERO incidents during today’s #NoKings Rally & March despite 25000+ in attendance. #GOBIRDS #IndivisblePA @indivisible.org @indivisiblepa.bsky.social

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

We stayed classy. #NoKings

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 1d

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

After gutting Medicare and Medicaid to fund tax breaks for the rich, Trump and Republicans are now refusing to stop insurance premiums from skyrocketing.

Meanwhile, California will make CalRx insulin available at $11 a pen starting Jan. 1st.

We are not the same.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 2d

Mass layoffs from the Republican Shutdown, the cost of Trump’s reckless tariffs, a court ruling against Trump, and more.

Here are your weekly 3 bad things and 3 good things you need to know!

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 2d

It’s day 17 of the Republican Shutdown, and approximately 750,000 federal workers have been furloughed and are missing paychecks.

Workers and their families deserve better. Republicans must end this shutdown now.

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 1d

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ashley8.bsky.social @ashley8.bsky.social · 1d

Thousands of us took a stand today to say No Kings in America! #NoKingsSeattle

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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 1d

Washington state does not need or want the president to militarize our streets.

Violent crime in Seattle and across Washington state is dropping.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

#A_NewHope ✊

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

NYPD announces that zero arrests were made at the massive No Kings protests today after Republicans spent days claiming the protestors are violent terrorists.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 3d

DAILY MEMO: ICE Rips Mom From Her Infant, Takes U.S. Citizens and Parents After School Drop-off, and Assaults Worker with a Taser 🧵 2 parts

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 3d

It’s been three weeks since Adelita Grijalva won her election, but Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in — all because she would be the final signature needed on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.

He’s denying AZ-07 a voice in Congress. Swear her in now.

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💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · 15d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15d

This is not a fight about tax credits.
This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 15d

@sanders.senate.gov on Trump lying that the shutdown is over funding healthcare for illegal immigrants: "This is what demagogues historically have done: pick on a helpless minority. Trans people, undocumented people... You blame them for all of the problems facing society. And the rich get richer."

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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 15d

Mark Kelly: “lf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 15d

After some of the biggest health care cuts in American history, Trump and his Republicans are now promoting one of the biggest health care cost increases in American history.

They can lie to our faces all they want, but that’s what the GOP's government shutdown is all about.

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