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Roccafella @roccafella07.bsky.social · Jan 26

“Now is not the time to give up. We must buckle down and continue the fight for our rights. As John Lewis famously said, ‘We have to get into some good trouble.’”

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Mongo, The Dog Who Was A Whale @mongo.bsky.social · 1d

When Reagan took office in 1981, the National Debt was $934 billion. When Reagan left in 1989, it was $2.6 Trillion -- a 270% increase. Reagan spent more than the taxes he raised, boosting the National Debt for eight years, confident it would be handled by other, future Presidents...

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Roccafella @roccafella07.bsky.social · 1d

🇺🇸💰 The U.S. national debt just hit $38 TRILLION a record high!
📈💸 That’s up $2 trillion since the start of 2025.
⚠️⏰ Fastest jump outside the pandemic era time to talk fiscal responsibility!
#USDebt

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 19d

Even in countries that chose *not* to impose retaliatory tariffs on US spirits, our spirits exports have plummeted. Exports to UK and Japan declined >23% YoY, while exports to the EU were down 12%.
Canada did retaliate - and US exports there fell 85%.
www.distilledspirits.org/wp-content/u...

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Roccafella @roccafella07.bsky.social · 20d

🇺🇸💸 The U.S. just sent $20B to Argentina 🇦🇷 while China 🇨🇳 hasn’t bought a single U.S. soybean 🌱 since May. Argentina cut tariffs so China buys from THEM instead of US. Our farmers 🚜 are hurting. How is this a “good deal” for America? 🤔 #AmericaFirst #Farmers #Trade

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 22d

Las Vegas is slumping. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t...

"the city is in the midst of a tourism downturn, with an 11 percent decline in visitor volume since last year"

What’s Wrong With Las Vegas?

www.nytimes.com

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Roccafella @roccafella07.bsky.social · 22d

It’s malpractice that they’ve not gone directly at that population who are benefiting most off their policies.

Roccafella @roccafella07.bsky.social · 23d

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Roccafella @roccafella07.bsky.social · Sep 25

Why do we have so many men amongst us willing to step forward and handle women or anyone like this, even in spite of 10-15 cameras on him? This is deeply troubling.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Sep 25

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Sep 23

Excellent.

Josiah Walrus @josiahwalrus1.bsky.social · Sep 23

Three indie media outlets in Chicago have teamed up to boost the reach of their reporting on the ICE presence there. They're all on bluesky. The Triibe @thetriibe.com , Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com , and Unravelled @unraveledpress.com
L.A. TACO interviews them here: lataco.com/chicago-ice-...

How L.A.'s Playbook Can Guide Chicago's Fight Against ICE ~ L.A. TACO

With ICE terrorizing Chicago, independent media outlets The Triibe, Unraveled Press and The Chicago Reader joined forces to report on ICE’s activities in the city and suburbs. We spoke with them about...

lataco.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Sep 23

W. Kamau Bell to Jemele Hill at #TAF25: “It is so gross what Joe Rogan has done, not only to discourse in this country, but just to comedy ... He has made comedy worse again.”

Watch here: http://bit.ly/46a5DUE

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 23

Attempting to rig elections on his behalf.

Turning the military on citizens.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · Sep 23

A big objective here is to keep people busy confronting and analyzing obvious nonsense and while they steamroll over whatever they want

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ItTakesAVillageGenius @villagegenius.bsky.social · Sep 21

For Schumer to not step down right now after watching on the sidelines is frankly insane. He should retire, make up a health thing, whatever. Make way for a fighter.

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wakandangriot.bsky.social @wakandangriot.bsky.social · Sep 21

Agree in principle with your overall point. Ruskin, however, voted to honor Charlie Kirk.

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Roccafella @roccafella07.bsky.social · Sep 21

And the people I know who hold themselves out to be Christians who have repeatedly voted for him🤦🏾‍♂️

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · Sep 21

I hold you responsible.
You chose this.
You chose him.
For likely the third time, you had a chance to reject his vitriol, condemn his criminality, prevent his lawlessness, denounce his bigotry—and you flat-out refused. More than that, you celebrated it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...

To The People I Know Who Voted for Him,

To the people I know who voted for him,

johnpavlovitz.substack.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 21

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Roccafella @roccafella07.bsky.social · Sep 10

Putin feels empowered to do whatever he wants. Likely feels like this is the best environment he’ll ever have to expand.

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Teeshasmom @teeshasmom2.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Sep 7

PRITZKER: “.. The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke.”

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Sep 7

“.. ‘We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity,’ the USTA said in the memo.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

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Roccafella @roccafella07.bsky.social · Sep 5

The evidence is clear Donald Trump is making job creation great again in America.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Sep 5

COLORADO GOVERNOR’SOFFICE OF STATE PLANNING & BUDGETING:

“.. the effective tariff rate in Colorado has increased sevenfold since last year ..”

@colorado.gov
drive.google.com/file/d/1Y_-7...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Aug 31

Remember the Goolsbee Rule, also called the “pathological irony of crisis”: If you lose credibility, your statements begin to mean the opposite of what you say.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · Aug 31

I wouldn't make a big distinction between the situation for Black women and Black men. The labor market situation for both has deteriorated sharply since January. The Black unemployment has risen a full pp to 7.2%, the white rate hasn't budged at 3.7%

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · Aug 31

“Black women are the canaries in the coal mine, the exclusion happens to them first ... And if any other cohort thinks it’s not coming for them, they’re wrong. This is a warning, and it’s a stark one." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

Screenshot of a NYT graphic:

'"Black women lost 319,000 jobs in the public and private sectors between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period

White men saw the largest increase among groups, 365,000, over the same time period."

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Roccafella @roccafella07.bsky.social · Sep 1

Small problem we have 70 Million wackos perfectly fine with what he’s doing. We need to first get past that