Neil DiFranco
@difranco.me
Husband, father, troublemaker, problem solver, REALTOR®️, pilot🛩️, avgeek, runner🏃, swimmer🏊, diver🤿
Business didn’t originate to maximize shareholder returns.
It existed to solve problems, meet real needs, and provide value to a community.
Profit was once the result of doing that well — not the purpose.
Somewhere along the way, that flipped. And we’re living with the consequences.
It existed to solve problems, meet real needs, and provide value to a community.
Profit was once the result of doing that well — not the purpose.
Somewhere along the way, that flipped. And we’re living with the consequences.
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Business didn’t originate to maximize shareholder returns.
It existed to solve problems, meet real needs, and provide value to a community.
Profit was once the result of doing that well — not the purpose.
Somewhere along the way, that flipped. And we’re living with the consequences.
It existed to solve problems, meet real needs, and provide value to a community.
Profit was once the result of doing that well — not the purpose.
Somewhere along the way, that flipped. And we’re living with the consequences.
If Adam Smith taught an economics class today, most modern economists arguing that corporations should focus primarily on shareholder profits would fail.
Economics wasn’t born to serve markets — it was born to balance markets with morality.
Economics wasn’t born to serve markets — it was born to balance markets with morality.
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If Adam Smith taught an economics class today, most modern economists arguing that corporations should focus primarily on shareholder profits would fail.
Economics wasn’t born to serve markets — it was born to balance markets with morality.
Economics wasn’t born to serve markets — it was born to balance markets with morality.
I have this crystal ball that comes in handy as a prop for making an occasional point. Everyone knows crystal balls aren't real, but this one did the most remarkable thing today.
Kinda crazy, what do you think it means
Kinda crazy, what do you think it means
June 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I have this crystal ball that comes in handy as a prop for making an occasional point. Everyone knows crystal balls aren't real, but this one did the most remarkable thing today.
Kinda crazy, what do you think it means
Kinda crazy, what do you think it means
Gulag in the Glades - No one wastes money like Trump and his Republican enablers. I guess FEMA funds are not needed elsewhere.
ground.news/article/flor...
ground.news/article/flor...
Florida building 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention centre in Everglades
Florida has begun building a detention centre - dubbed the 'Alligator Alcatraz' - to temporarily hold migrants on an air strip in the Everglades.
ground.news
June 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Gulag in the Glades - No one wastes money like Trump and his Republican enablers. I guess FEMA funds are not needed elsewhere.
ground.news/article/flor...
ground.news/article/flor...
Trump and Republicans have successfully brought manufacturing back to America in the form of an entirely new industry - Emergencies. I'm just not sure how Americans benefit from manufactured emergencies...
June 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trump and Republicans have successfully brought manufacturing back to America in the form of an entirely new industry - Emergencies. I'm just not sure how Americans benefit from manufactured emergencies...
1- As we approach the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army's founding, it's worth remembering that it was created to support resistance against imperial authority.
June 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1- As we approach the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army's founding, it's worth remembering that it was created to support resistance against imperial authority.
Took a year off because somebody needed back surgery, but we're back and we finally got our 10th Broad Street Run! 🏃😊🏅
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Took a year off because somebody needed back surgery, but we're back and we finally got our 10th Broad Street Run! 🏃😊🏅
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SATURDAY NIGHT - NOT The White House Correspondents Dinner PPV - the lineup is insane and it’s guaranteed to raise a smile. Www.Meethook.live/not
April 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
SATURDAY NIGHT - NOT The White House Correspondents Dinner PPV - the lineup is insane and it’s guaranteed to raise a smile. Www.Meethook.live/not
How disturbing is it that more than 0 "Supreme Court" Justices can't properly interpret a pre-school book? And we're supposed to believe they can interpret the Constitution?
April 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
How disturbing is it that more than 0 "Supreme Court" Justices can't properly interpret a pre-school book? And we're supposed to believe they can interpret the Constitution?
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The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
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Friendly reminder. In the United States, criminals are entitled to due process. Even if you pay hush money rig an election, steal top secret documents, or incite a mob to overthrow the government; no matter how egregious your crimes, you’re entitled to due process.
April 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Friendly reminder. In the United States, criminals are entitled to due process. Even if you pay hush money rig an election, steal top secret documents, or incite a mob to overthrow the government; no matter how egregious your crimes, you’re entitled to due process.
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Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...
Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Department of Medicaid department in 2022 gave powerful prescription drug middlemen the boot and created a new system. The result: Fees paid to pharmacies were boosted more than 1,200% while ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...
constitution.congress.gov
April 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...
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“If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought,” - George Orwell
The words we use matter. So let's say what's actually happening. New from @anatosaurus.bsky.social
The words we use matter. So let's say what's actually happening. New from @anatosaurus.bsky.social
Fascism and the English language
The words we use matter. So let's say what's actually happening.
contrarian.substack.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought,” - George Orwell
The words we use matter. So let's say what's actually happening. New from @anatosaurus.bsky.social
The words we use matter. So let's say what's actually happening. New from @anatosaurus.bsky.social
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The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Cory Booker breaks the record
Crawford wins
Weil and Valimont slash the margin
Elon Musk is poison.
Good day for democracy.
Crawford wins
Weil and Valimont slash the margin
Elon Musk is poison.
Good day for democracy.
April 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Cory Booker breaks the record
Crawford wins
Weil and Valimont slash the margin
Elon Musk is poison.
Good day for democracy.
Crawford wins
Weil and Valimont slash the margin
Elon Musk is poison.
Good day for democracy.
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Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.
HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled
Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.
www.npr.org
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.
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Thank you, @timmiller.bsky.social, for recording this last night, and for speaking so powerfully on behalf of many of us against his shameful act by the Trump administration, which means--and one hates to say this--by the government of the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LSc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LSc...
This Isn’t a Mistake — It’s Evil
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Thank you, @timmiller.bsky.social, for recording this last night, and for speaking so powerfully on behalf of many of us against his shameful act by the Trump administration, which means--and one hates to say this--by the government of the United States.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LSc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LSc...
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You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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🔑 Coming Soon in the highly sought-after Flourtown section of Springfield Township!
🏡 This charming 1939 stone colonial blends timeless character with modern updates. Showings start on 3/27—don’t miss your chance to tour this beautiful home!
#ComingSoon #RealEstate #Flourtown #GreaterPhil
🏡 This charming 1939 stone colonial blends timeless character with modern updates. Showings start on 3/27—don’t miss your chance to tour this beautiful home!
#ComingSoon #RealEstate #Flourtown #GreaterPhil
March 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🔑 Coming Soon in the highly sought-after Flourtown section of Springfield Township!
🏡 This charming 1939 stone colonial blends timeless character with modern updates. Showings start on 3/27—don’t miss your chance to tour this beautiful home!
#ComingSoon #RealEstate #Flourtown #GreaterPhil
🏡 This charming 1939 stone colonial blends timeless character with modern updates. Showings start on 3/27—don’t miss your chance to tour this beautiful home!
#ComingSoon #RealEstate #Flourtown #GreaterPhil
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We don't spend a penny on marketing. It's all word of mouth for @costplusdrugs.com
That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !
That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !
March 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We don't spend a penny on marketing. It's all word of mouth for @costplusdrugs.com
That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !
That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word !
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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March 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🏠Thinking about making a move this spring? 🌺
Get the inside scoop on what to expect with these Guides. They cover key market trends, expert forecasts, and what it all means for your move.
Want a copy? Just send us a message.
#HomeBuying #HomeSelling #SpringMarket #RealEstate #GreaterPhilly
Get the inside scoop on what to expect with these Guides. They cover key market trends, expert forecasts, and what it all means for your move.
Want a copy? Just send us a message.
#HomeBuying #HomeSelling #SpringMarket #RealEstate #GreaterPhilly