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We rise from the ground up to reclaim democracy for regular, working Americans. Our mission is to forge a future where every voice shapes a nation that prioritizes fairness, resilience, and community over exclusion and greed.

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Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 9

Unapologetically #bluecollar + proud of it. We care for elders, teach your kids, run circles around you in an excavator, truck your goods, train your horses, shovel your shit, pick up your garbage, flip your hamburgers, check out your groceries. #WeAreAmerica #WiseUpRiseUp #RiseUpRegular #MayDay

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · May 27

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Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · May 1

May Day is the heartbeat of the working class, a day to unite and rise together! Let's stand shoulder to shoulder, celebrating our strength and resilience, while boldly resisting the divisive legacy of Trump. Today, we honor labor, solidarity + fight for a fairer future—together, we are unstoppable!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Apr 30

April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.

A drone view of detainees forming the letters SOS with their bodies in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, where Venezuelans at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling are held, in Anson, Texas, U.S. April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Paul Ratje

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Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Apr 29

and today :D Karoline Leavitt calling Amazon listing Trump Tariffs online hostile and political. Absolute shite administration.

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Apr 29

I would just like to take a moment to exercise my constitutional rights today to say that Karoline Leavitt is a lying, hypocritical twat, and that the President of the United States is a lying sack of shit. Also, you missed this sign on the WH lawn, you fucking goblins.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Apr 18

The Dallas ICE office is involved in a mass removal effort targeting nearly 200 people — many without removal orders — scheduled to be deported to El Salvador today.

This is not just cruel – it is lawless. I refuse to stay quiet while families are being torn apart, and lives are being put at risk.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Apr 18

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · Apr 19

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Gerry Joyce-Magladene @deaconbluesky.bsky.social · Apr 9

War hero schools a chickenhawk.

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Stacy💙🌊🦜🪴🍅 @johnsonstacy.bsky.social · Mar 31

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Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 31

It's encouraging to see a new group of energetic politicians and citizens emerging to counter the MAGA madness.

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 24

brilliant work, fucking morons. @realDonaldTrump Houthi PC small group all the top officials in a signal text chain? Just casually texting each other war plans, timing and weapons? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG W UR BRAIN HOLES?! THIS IS WHY TV PERSONALITIES SHOULD NOT BE IN CHARGE OF SECURITY AND SAFETY.

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 21

70% of Americans live PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK and don't have $500 in savings. How are we supposed to participate in an evolved society if we are kept desperate? (We aren't) #WiseUpRiseUp #DemandLivingWages #DJTLies

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 21

William Hogarth – "The Rake’s Progress" (1733-1735)
Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, UK Mocking decadence of court. skewers moral failings of elite, including kings like George II, whose courts were rife corruption. Royal indulgence enables societal decay, calling monarchs to task for complicity.

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 21

Francisco Goya – "The Third of May 1808" (1814)
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain: Targeting Napoleon’s regime, the work broadly condemns kings and rulers who wield power brutally, holding them accountable for the blood of the innocent. Goya’s visceral depiction demands reckoning for such atrocities.

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 21

Citizens have been refusing tyranny and calling leaders to account for centuries. DO NOT COMPLY. It is your civil right to criticize, question, and be skeptical. Question authority. #Resist #RiseUpRegular #WiseUpRiseUp #SpeakThroughArt #GetLoud #GetWild #Protest

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 21

Hans Holbein the Younger – "The Ambassadors" (1533)
National Gallery, London, UK - This painting subtly mocks the vanity and arrogance of the powerful—including monarchs like Henry VIII, Holbein’s patron—reminding them that their grandeur is temporary and accountable to inevitable decay. #resist

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 21

Pieter Bruegel the Elder – "The Triumph of Death" (c. 1562)
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain - skeletons wreaking havoc on humanity, with kings, nobles + peasants alike falling to death’s impartial scythe. A crowned skeleton clutches a king’s robes, dragging him down. #resist

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 21

Ambrogio Lorenzetti – "The Allegory of Good and Bad Government" (1338-1339) Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy
Contrasts effects of just + tyrannical rule. The "Bad Government" panel depicts a crowned figure, often interpreted as a corrupt ruler or tyrant, surrounded by Cruelty, Treason + Fraud. #resist

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Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 18

Taxing the top 20 at 90% ($2.34T), next 20 at 75% ($675B), and next 60 at 50% ($600B) totals $3.615 trillion. That’s spot-on for the $3–4 trillion kickstart—surplus at the low end, slightly short at the high end. It could rebuild war-torn economies and slash poverty for a year...

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 18

With $3.615 trillion:
Low End ($3T): We’re $615 billion ahead—a surplus.
High End ($4T): We’re $385 billion short.

This lands us squarely in the target zone, covering 90–120% of the goal depending on the exact need.

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 18

Kickstart $3–4 trillion—a one-time push to halve global poverty (3.5 billion people below $6.85/day) and rebuild conflict zones.

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 18

Applying the Tax Rates

Top 20 at 90%: 90% of $2.6 trillion = $2.34 trillion.

Next 20 at 75%: 75% of $900 billion = $675 billion.

Next 60 at 50%: 50% of $1.2 trillion = $600 billion.

Total haul: $2.34T + $675B + $600B = $3.615 trillion.

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 18

Total wealth of the top 100:
$2.6T + $900B + $1.2T =

$4.7 trillion.

Top 100 typically hold 35–40% of all billionaire wealth (~$12 trillion globally).

Rise Up Team @riseupregular.bsky.social · Mar 18

Next 60 (41–100): Here, net worths fall from ~$30B to ~$10B. Top 100 hold ~$4.5–5T total.

Sub top 40’s ~$3.5T($2.6T + $900B) leaves ~$1–1.5T for #41–100.

Call it $1.2 trillion for these 60.