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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market.

Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army.

Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.

Morning Brew ☕️ @morningbrew.extwitter.link · 1d

BREAKING: Amazon Web Services

A massive AWS outage early this morning sent major websites and apps down for several hours

Tracking site Downdetector has received over 8 million reports around the globe

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Little Miss FAFO @nofuxgiven.bsky.social · 17h

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MoveOn @moveon.org · 50m

We smashed all expectations on No Kings Day – with people all across the country pouring into the streets to defend our democracy.

Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social)

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 58m

He’s doing his best to make us like one of his failed ventures.

A tweet from Jessica Riedl reads: “That it took the White House 9 months to figure this out is economic malpractice.” Below it, a tweet from Unusual Whales says: “BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on ‘products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States,’ per WSJ.”

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

Absolutely outrageous!! 😡

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 1h

We're back to sharks and batteries, folks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "Buttigieg spent billions fixing the air traffic control. They used copper wire going into glass wire. Any union electrician here or any non-union electrician would say you can't hook copper into glass. It doesn't work. They spent billions, turned on the system & it was stone cold blank"

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 4h

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT

"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

www.bloomberg.com

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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 7h

With so much going on, I almost completely forgot about that piece.of shit Ted Cruz.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Ted finally deleted this lie over 24 hours later. Only the 900th time he has posted a fake right-wing internet lie. You would think a US Senator would take a few minutes to make sure these things are legit, but we are talking about Ted Cruz.

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 1d

This is not "Childish" it's "Sadistic & Sick"

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 7h

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files

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SpringForward🌻☘️🥀🌺🦋 🇺🇦 🇨🇦💙 @springforward1.bsky.social · 14h

Amanda @kicks17.bsky.social · 2d

Sitka, Alaska No Kings Day! @50501movement.bsky.social @moveon.org @womensmarch.com @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 17h

Two days ago, he took a shit on the American people. Today, he began demolishing the People’s House. That’s all he does. He shits on people, and he destroys things. Bcuz he’s a horrible person. I blame him a lot for the death & destruction he’s caused. I blame his enablers & his appeasers even more.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 17h

Jeff Bezos could give every American a million dollars and still have enough left over to ruin space for the rest of us.

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 20h

Republican math.

Can afford: Trump ballroom, $40 Billion Argentina bailout, massive tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires

Can’t afford: health care for Americans, SNAP for struggling Americans, tax relief for middle class families.

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Phoenix Rising @62walterp.bsky.social · 1d

Kids get it, adults, not so much !!! 🙄 🤔

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Doug Leonard @takenoprisoners.bsky.social · 20h

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 1d

It was a master class in restraint, self-control and discipline. Great job everyone. 🪶✨

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JOY2U2 🤣👀💋🦋🍒🍷🌈✒️🏳️‍🌈♥️ @lookingforjoy.bsky.social · 22h

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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 1d

End Citizens United In Your State

Citizens United held that government may not regulate a corporation’s right to spend obscene amounts of money in elections.

But the court did not define what a corporation is—it could not.

State Government can do that.

www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant

By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.

www.americanprogress.org

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

BREAKING: The MeidasTouch Network has officially been named the #1 publisher in the country and The MeidasTouch Podcast the #1 podcast overall according to new industry data released by Podscribe, the leading independent audio and video analytics firm.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23h

Trump using a Chinese* excavator to destroy the White House is a bit on the nose as metaphors go.

*Volvo is owned by Geely Holding, a Chinese company.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.

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