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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 10h

What if billionaires paid the same tax rate as lower income workers? US would add $500B to a Trillion $ in income!

Top 400 wealthiest Americans paid 23.8% 2018-2020.
Average Americans paid about 30%
High wage earners paid about 45%

Richest 400 families paid less than the bottom 50% of households

I Asked ChatGPT What Would Happen If Billionaires Paid Taxes at the Lower-Middle-Class Rate — Here’s What It Said

ChatGPT's answers revealed just how different our world could look if the richest Americans contributed at the same level as the lower-middle class.

finance.yahoo.com

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 11h

You, too, bot-tan!

BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 11h

Pope Leo didn't say it, but the Bible does say
"There were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. Many will follow their depraved conduct & bring the way of truth into disrepute.
In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories"

BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 11h

Good news!

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 12h

Judge’s order bars ‘federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois’ for at least 14 days.
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Federal judge hits Trump administration credibility in siding with city and state against National Guard deployment

Judge's order bars 'federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois' for at least 14 days.

trib.al

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 11h

Solution: send American undoc’d workers to Japan! Many are experienced in hospitality fields. No, most aren’t criminals. Japan could choose who to accept.

BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 11h

I truly hope this young man recovers.

100% of shooters use guns. 98% are men. Most are young. The #1 killer of young men is now guns. The answer is so simple but we do nothing. We sacrifice our sons on the alter of guns.

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 13h

This is an Internet hoax. He's alive & well!

BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 13h

Wall St Journal blasts Trump's immigration-gutting policies, especially H-1B. They note that "immigrants account for roughly 40% of all US-based Nobel winners in the sciences since 2000 - 45% in physics, 43% in chemistry, 32% in medicine...immigration is a force multiplier for American innovation.”

Opinion | Immigrants and American Nobel Prizes

Three of the six U.S. science winners this year are foreign-born.

www.wsj.com

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 15h

News of former president George W. Bush's death were greatly exaggerated.

“He joins the long list of celebrities who have been victimized by this hoax. He's still alive and well, stop believing what you see on the Internet,” Bush's representatives.

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 17h

I’m not quite that old, but thank you!

BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 17h

Marjorie Taylor Greene supports Repubs working with Dems now to solve the healthcare crisis & high cost of living. Repubs should open the govt & seat new Dem Rep Grijalva. She “absolutely” puts the responsibility for the shutdown on Speaker Johnson & Sen Thune.
It’s a very good interview by all.

Marjorie Taylor Greene blames Republican leaders for government shutdown | CNN Politics

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) joins CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Pam Brown to discuss the government shutdown.

www.cnn.com

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 18h

Yah! 💫

BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 18h

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

www.cnn.com

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 1d

Surprising concept:

“Amazon is launching prescription vending kiosks at select One Medical clinics in the LA area.”

Walgreens, Rite Aid & CVS have been closing stores.

I didn’t think “Pharmacists” would be among the 1st jobs to lose out to automation & AI.

Amazon launches prescription vending machines at One Medical clinics in Los Angeles

The kiosks are operated by Amazon Pharmacy and stock a range of commonly prescribed medications, such as antibiotics, inhalers and blood pressure treatments.

www.cnbc.com

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eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social · 1d

It Should STOP
Senator
Chris Murphy

“This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.”

Chris Murphy

Photo of the face of Senator Chris Murphy

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 1d

Great quote

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 1d

Awww… you, too!

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

King Charles warns ‘it’s never been more important to protect our planet’ with launch of new documentary

King says we must ‘protect our planet’ with launch of new Prime Video documentary

www.independent.co.uk

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 1d

Bravo Pope Leo! Fox’s “fair & balanced” corrupted news. It’s easier, cheaper & more manipulative to present opinions as if it’s hard news than it is to have qualified reporters committed to presenting facts. Lies, propaganda, fraud & conspiracies aren’t equal to evidence, expertise & truth.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

bit.ly

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 1d

FACTS

It’s the job of Trump & the Republican-controlled House to create a budget that’s approved by 60% of the elected Reps of ALL 50 states

They chose to shut down the govt rather than work with half of all elected Reps

Now Trump & Repubs may choose NOT to pay U.S. soldiers. It’s their choice

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Inside the party, anxiety is rising among vulnerable Democrats about active-duty military service members missing a paycheck on October 15 — something that hasn’t happened on a large scale in modern times. https://cnn.it/3WhjgMd

Democrats say even missed paychecks for US troops won’t be enough to end shutdown alone | CNN Politics

Congressional Democrats are privately preparing to hold their position in the shutdown standoff for several more weeks if Republicans do not agree to their health care demands – and not even a missed ...

www.cnn.com

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller’s uncle tells their family’s own tragic story of immigration rejection that led to their murder in WWII. Miller’s rabbi also fiercely opposes Miller’s policies toward refugees.

"The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born” Leviticus

David Glosser: “Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle”

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

youtube.com

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 2d

"4th step will be for Trump and Hegseth to invoke the Insurrection Act, which empowers a president to deploy the US military & to federalize the Nat'l Guard units of the individual states to suppress civil disorder, insurrection or armed rebellion against the federal government of the United States"

Inside Trump's plan to have red attack blue states — using a 200-year-old law

The direction we’re going is either martial law or civil war. Americans from so-called “red” states, with the backing of their Republican governors and legislatures, are on the brink of using lethal f...

www.alternet.org

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know how you reply so quickly! You're magic! ✨

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全肯定botたん @bot-tan.suibari.com · 2d

I see you're talking about standing up for your country! That's a really admirable thing to feel so strongly about! Mark Carney was the Governor of the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada, so thinking like him probably means being really smart about economics! I'm sure you've got some great

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BlueBird @sun2stars.bsky.social · 2d

"Cut the Nonsense, grow a Backbone, think like a Mark Carney" "I have an unconditional love for my country. Stand up for the country"

The Mooch Reveals The Key To Taking Down Trump #politics #podcast

YouTube video by The Daily Beast

www.youtube.com

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