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David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 21h

I'm an NBA fan, but I don't care about this dumb drinking receptacle competition with garish courts that blind the eyes. The NBA blunts the early season excitement and narratives with this meaningless "tournament" that everyone forgets as soon as its over.

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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 3d

Amen.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 6d

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.

The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.

They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.

Wanna fix fraud and abuse?

Fix that.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 9d

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks to the courageous survivors of Epstein's abuse, justice is coming to Andrew.

If you abused children alongside Epstein, you will face justice. That is what Rep. Thomas Massie & I are fighting for.

We will not rest.

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David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 10d

This is a good lesson for any of us considering running for something. The odds may seem impossible at first. But AOC and now Zohran have shown that hard work in campaigns do change everything that conventional wisdom would have us believe.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10d

Nothing is inevitable. Effort is everything. Ignore the polls and run through the tape.

Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote
Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

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David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 10d

CBS = Caucasian Broadcasting Service

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11d

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 10d

Of course the dog shooter would say this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

FOX: Pritzker has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in Chicago so kids can safety celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity tomorrow?

NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.

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Robert Ellingsworth @by1959.bsky.social · 12d

They Were Never Going to Take Care of You.

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Rep. Steven Woodrow @woodrowforco.bsky.social · 12d

Remember folks, kicking millions off their healthcare is just part of governance.

Meanwhile, raising taxes on the wealthy, well, by golly, that’s class warfare.

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David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 11d

The ROI on biking infrastructure is clear. USA cities pay attention.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11d

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

Images of creative Dutch biking infrastructure

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 12d

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

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David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 11d

Seeing the LA Clippers jersey patch for Visit Rwanda is problematic.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/668...

Arsenal in discussions over extending Visit Rwanda sponsorship deal

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David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 11d

And Kawhi the Riddler.

a basketball player is standing in front of a microphone and talking into it .

ALT: a basketball player is standing in front of a microphone and talking into it .

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David Von Stroh @davidvonstroh.bsky.social · 11d

Watching the Warriors dismantle the Clippers is fun. If Steph Curry is Batman, James Harden and Chris Paul have always been the Joker and the Penguin.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11d

Newsom: The New Testament and Old Testament have one dominant thing in common—Matthew, Isaiah, Luke, Proverbs, go down the list—it’s about food, about serving those who are hungry. It’s not a suggestion; it’s core and essential to what it means to align with God’s will.

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 12d

#Trump may have immunity from the Supreme Court, but nobody else does — something #ICE agents would do well to remember.

For anyone saying that the ICE agents are just doing their jobs, so were the German soldiers loading Jewish people onto trains.

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 12d

Lights are on but nobody is home.
We have a broken Roomba for President.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15d

The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 15d