Nathan Becker
@netbacker.bsky.social
Unpacking economic myths! "Taxpayer dollars" rhetoric has racist roots & blocks public good. The real crisis? Private household debt—not national debt—crushing families.
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https://thedeficitdelusion.substack.com/
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https://thedeficitdelusion.substack.com/
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Nathan Becker
@netbacker.bsky.social
· Apr 3
1/ How did we arrive at a point where the richest man on earth can unilaterally slash social security benefits that people have earned through decades of work?
A thread on the strategic dismantling of our social safety net 🧵
#Entitlement #SocialSecurity
#Medicare
#DOGEcuts
A thread on the strategic dismantling of our social safety net 🧵
#Entitlement #SocialSecurity
#Medicare
#DOGEcuts
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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Need majority vote in House to impeach.
Takes 67 Senate seats to convict.
Impeachment without conviction is akin to taking a shower with clothes on.
Tried in 2X and failed.
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Days until midterm elections. That has to be the focus.
Takes 67 Senate seats to convict.
Impeachment without conviction is akin to taking a shower with clothes on.
Tried in 2X and failed.
3️⃣3️⃣0️⃣
Days until midterm elections. That has to be the focus.
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Need majority vote in House to impeach.
Takes 67 Senate seats to convict.
Impeachment without conviction is akin to taking a shower with clothes on.
Tried in 2X and failed.
3️⃣3️⃣0️⃣
Days until midterm elections. That has to be the focus.
Takes 67 Senate seats to convict.
Impeachment without conviction is akin to taking a shower with clothes on.
Tried in 2X and failed.
3️⃣3️⃣0️⃣
Days until midterm elections. That has to be the focus.
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This time there is no bailout for working class Americans.
The people who caused it, wanted it to happen.
It will trigger the most egregious wealth transfer (to the oligarchs) in history, making them too big to fail…or jail.
The people who caused it, wanted it to happen.
It will trigger the most egregious wealth transfer (to the oligarchs) in history, making them too big to fail…or jail.
December 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This time there is no bailout for working class Americans.
The people who caused it, wanted it to happen.
It will trigger the most egregious wealth transfer (to the oligarchs) in history, making them too big to fail…or jail.
The people who caused it, wanted it to happen.
It will trigger the most egregious wealth transfer (to the oligarchs) in history, making them too big to fail…or jail.
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Great financial crisis? You mean when the housing market collapsed, banks went under, our GDP sank, the working class lost trillions in net worth and unemployment soared?
Seems like a repeat of the last time we tried to bully the world with isolationist tariffs.
Not good.
Seems like a repeat of the last time we tried to bully the world with isolationist tariffs.
Not good.
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Great financial crisis? You mean when the housing market collapsed, banks went under, our GDP sank, the working class lost trillions in net worth and unemployment soared?
Seems like a repeat of the last time we tried to bully the world with isolationist tariffs.
Not good.
Seems like a repeat of the last time we tried to bully the world with isolationist tariffs.
Not good.
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TrumPedo is upset with releasing the Epstein files because “People Will Be Hurt.”
Time to play, “Name the Hurt People!”
Time to play, “Name the Hurt People!”
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
TrumPedo is upset with releasing the Epstein files because “People Will Be Hurt.”
Time to play, “Name the Hurt People!”
Time to play, “Name the Hurt People!”
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Why, in the war between Ukraine and Russia, is America the first to surrender?
-- a future Ukrainian proverb
-- a future Ukrainian proverb
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Why, in the war between Ukraine and Russia, is America the first to surrender?
-- a future Ukrainian proverb
-- a future Ukrainian proverb
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Basically, if the President calls someone a "terrorist", on whatever highly creative grounds he wants, then the US military salutes and says, "yessir, they are a legitimate military target"? And Congress has nothing to do with it?
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Basically, if the President calls someone a "terrorist", on whatever highly creative grounds he wants, then the US military salutes and says, "yessir, they are a legitimate military target"? And Congress has nothing to do with it?
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The problem in the "Global War on Terror" (which shaped this Admiral's thinking and practice) wasn't that Congress didn't authorize force - it did - but that this authorization was so vague and open-ended that Presidents (D & R) began to feel they could apply it to basically anything.
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The problem in the "Global War on Terror" (which shaped this Admiral's thinking and practice) wasn't that Congress didn't authorize force - it did - but that this authorization was so vague and open-ended that Presidents (D & R) began to feel they could apply it to basically anything.
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I just think that if you want to create experimental societies you should formally renounce the protection of the existing one that empowers you
The only true freedom is statelessness!
The only true freedom is statelessness!
The Financial Times finally covers the Network State cult.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I just think that if you want to create experimental societies you should formally renounce the protection of the existing one that empowers you
The only true freedom is statelessness!
The only true freedom is statelessness!
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The Financial Times finally covers the Network State cult.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
December 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Financial Times finally covers the Network State cult.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
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Note: "Deportation Judges," not immigration judges. No need to apply if you don't get the agenda.
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Note: "Deportation Judges," not immigration judges. No need to apply if you don't get the agenda.
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when you're a size 8 but the 10 was on sale
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
when you're a size 8 but the 10 was on sale
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The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
This every day!
Just a reminder that Aaron Swartz was threatened with 50 years of jail time for downloading public domain documents and meanwhile AI companies bulk download copyrighted works
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This every day!
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Someone who once worked for this guy told me he was at a party where everyone was in one way or another, economically dependent upon him. Under those circumstances you don't get much pushback for dumb statements. When they do encounter that pushback, they think its wokeness that must be destroyed.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Someone who once worked for this guy told me he was at a party where everyone was in one way or another, economically dependent upon him. Under those circumstances you don't get much pushback for dumb statements. When they do encounter that pushback, they think its wokeness that must be destroyed.
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if and when Dems retake power, purging the gov't of them has to be a priority. And Dems will have to learn to be ruthless.
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
if and when Dems retake power, purging the gov't of them has to be a priority. And Dems will have to learn to be ruthless.
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Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
wrd.cm
December 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
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The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
The Nerd Reich
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the inter...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
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Stephen Miller thinks it’s terrible that I can vote
December 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Stephen Miller thinks it’s terrible that I can vote
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Imagine thinking that people come to America to "access unlimited welfare for life"
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Imagine thinking that people come to America to "access unlimited welfare for life"
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