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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 2h

Germany, your leader is an extremist.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Friedrich Merz says Syrians no longer have reason for asylum in Germany

Chancellor suggests deportations could begin ‘in the near future’ as government seeks to counter rise of AfD

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · Aug 26

NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️

x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia

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Nadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 2h

Wel met omvolkings-racisten in een kabinet zitten, maar niet met brave groene en rode rakkers. Niet alleen politieke arrogantie, maar ook totale minachting voor de democratie en voor iedereen die nog wél gelooft in grondrechten en waardigheid.

Yesilgöz herhaalt: VVD stapt niet in kabinet met GL-PvdA

Vóór de ontmoeting met Kamervoorzitter Martin Bosma (PVV) dinsdag heeft VVD-lijsttrekker Dilan Yesilgöz herhaald dat haar partij niet in een coalitie stapt met GroenLinks-PvdA. Een samenwerking met di...

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 7h

overigens ook gewoon schandalig dat de Yesilgöz GL/PVDA uitsluit. Er is geen enkele legitieme grond om die partij resoluut uit te sluiten (zoals we bij PVV en FvD wel hebben omdat die de grondwet niet respecteren), en daardoor ontloopt ze haar politieke verantwoordelijkheid.

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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 4h

How Democracies Die

Bram van Gendt @bramvangendt.bsky.social · 3d

De VVD: "Wij gaan niet met die geradicaliseerde GL-PvdA in zee; zij zijn uit het midden gerukt."

De VVD heeft plannen die een bedreiging vormen voor de democratische rechtsorde, terwijl GL-PvdA de democratie versterkt.

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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 19h

A poem I wrote some months ago showed up at my door today in the first issue of the relaunched Southerly magazine.

OMAR SAKR

Walking to day-care in the genocide
The primary selling point of a pram
Has never been articulated by an ad.
My son yells out his discoveries -
Tree, rock, motorbike, cloud, a bee!
I walk behind him unseen, grief-struck
And let the tears come without fear
That my weeping will drive him
To worry. O holy carriage, hold fast
His wonder, and my wet confession
Of this, a father's sole reprieve.

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Leendert van der Ent @entlorient.bsky.social · 17h

Europa moet haar eigen techplatforms ontwikkelen en de Amerikaanse eruit gooien. Het zijn puppets van Trump's autoritaire regime geworden.

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Aiyana Ishmael @aiyanaish.bsky.social · 1d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 18h

What a closing message. Unapologetic, reclaiming socialism after Trump called him a communist.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio

There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.

Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio

There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.

Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

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Rob Bloemkolk @robbloemkolk.bsky.social · 1d

‘En deze oppositieleider (Wilders) is niet uit op een constructieve bijdrage aan een stabiel landsbestuur, maar op het langzaam en doelgericht afbreken van vertrouwen in elkaar, in instituties, journalistiek, rechtspraak en elke vorm van controle op de macht.’

www.demorgen.be/meningen/uit...

Uiterst rechts is uiterst groot in Nederland – en dat mag niet wennen

Rosan Smits is politicoloog en adjunct-hoofdredacteur van De Correspondent, waar dit stuk eerder verscheen. Recent publiceerde zij het boek Dit is fascisme.

www.demorgen.be

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garci32 @garci32.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul Park @pauljunhyuk.bsky.social · 1d

The right defends social and economic inequality.

The left resists and wants to remove social and economic inequality.

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Peter Jones @pjones188.bsky.social · 1d

The right believes in greed and selfish

The left believes in sharing and fairness

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Partly because so many formerly leftwing parties have turned to the right, there's a lot of confusion about what right and left mean in politics. I hope this helps:

The right defends economic power.

The left resists economic power.

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Eline Slootweg @elinems.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!

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@Marcel @elsschot.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Joost Prinsen 😔🕯🙏

Gecondoleerd Noraly Beyer. Wens je veel sterkte toe met dit grote verlies.

youtube.com/watch?v=qE6w...

"Ben Ali Libi" voorgedragen door Joost Prinsen

YouTube video by Jacco Toma

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Oxfam Novib @oxfamnovib.bsky.social · 1d

Slapend stinkend rijk worden. Het kan. En mag... Terwijl superrijke miljardairs steeds rijker worden, worstelen miljoenen mensen wereldwijd om rond te komen.

Extreme rijkdom is geen succesverhaal, maar een systeemfout. Investeer in een eerlijke wereld: belast de superrijken! 💰➡️🌍

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Eline Slootweg @elinems.bsky.social · 1d

Ben benieuwd, mooie foto! De link werkt helaas niet optimaal. Misschien aanpassen

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no! Not our beloved fossil fuel company doing something shitty.

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal

Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process

www.theguardian.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

If we are to survive SNAP benefits being cut, communities will need to come together, organize, and likely step in where these programs have disappeared. This isn’t something that hasn’t been done before! It can be done again! These programs partly exist because needs were NOT being met.

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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 2d

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 2d

“We planted rice this year for the first time because we thought rice was gonna be a moneymaker. Turn out, all commodity prices [are] in the dump.” https://capitalbnews.org/black-farmers-tariffs-trade-war-impact/

As Tariffs Rise, One Family’s Fields Tell the Real Cost of the Trade War

A third-generation commodity crop farmer in Louisiana is facing losses as a result of the Trump administration’s trade war.

capitalbnews.org

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Jan 28

"How to Cook Like the People You Just Deported"
"authentic ethnic flavors for bigots who don't deserve them"

The cover of a cookbook.

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