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Lush the Goat 🐐 (Just watching over the Herd) @lusciousthegoat.bsky.social · 28m

Musings from the Barn🐑🐐

No matter how busy your weekend, some bouncing sheep and floppy ears is exactly what you need to take a quick break and enjoy a smile. Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends to the north and while times are complicated, there is still so much to be grateful for in the world💚

Crouton & Friends 🐮 @mcrouton.bsky.social · Apr 30

The flock loves when I visit.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Also lying:
- your own eyes
- every bit of video evidence
- the fabric of reality itself

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h

Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1h

"The U.S. is two economies. There's an enormous AI boom going on, huge investments, particularly in data centers. If you took that out of the numbers and you just looked at the non-AI parts of the economy, it's basically flatlining. We're on the cusp of a non-AI recession."
-- Me

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 1h

Oh just Trump riding around his golf club telling his rich members "your taxes are coming down" while the government is shut down with thousands losing their jobs, people losing health insurance and kids going hungry….totally normal stuff

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h

There are, of course, ways to save money in this business. Many US clothing factories run on what's known as a "piece rate" system, where workers are paid per operation, not by the hour. This system allows factories to skirt minimum wage laws.

It's also how we get US sweatshops

A garment worker peeking out behind some sewing equipment.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h

In the clothing industry, the term CMT stands for "cut, make, trim." It means you are paying someone to cut, make, and trim the garment. Essentially, it's your manufacturing labor cost without taking into account the cost of material.

The CMT price for making a shirt in the US is about $35.

A worker measuring a part of a shirt on a work table.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h

The cost of fabric will depend on what you're buying.

— Chinese-made shirt fabric will cost you about $3 or $4 per yard.
— Portuguese fabric will cost about $5 or $6 yard.
— Turkish fabric is $8 or $9.
— Italian fabric can be higher.

To make a shirt, you need 1.75 yards.

Some finish shirt fabric in a swatch book.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3h

The amount of money we are giving to Argentina amounts to $450 per resident of that country. But we're not even giving it to people there who need it, we're giving it to prop up Elon's pal, the corrupt President of that country, who'll then shovel some of it into the pockets of Trump's friends here.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

“America First.”

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T Ferguson @tferguson2018.bsky.social · 3h

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T Ferguson @tferguson2018.bsky.social · 3h

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3h

Today and every day, we recognize the hardworking Illinoisans who work around the clock to put food on our tables and carry on our proud agricultural traditions.

Know that we’ll always have your back.

Happy National Farmer’s Day!

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Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co · 4h

What are you talking about @jd-vance-1.bsky.social??

Low income women are not going to get their food benefits because YOU *cut* them in your Big Ugly Bill!

It’s shameful how much you flat out lie.

You are in charge. Open the government.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

NEW: Trump meant to send a Truth Social DM to Pam Bondi about indicting his rivals. That sounds like official business, so I'm filing a FOIA for her DMs, plus those of five other cabinet members. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/my-latest-...

My Latest FOIA: Trump's Truth Social DMs

Recently, Trump posted a message to Pam Bondi that was meant to be a direct message. I want to know what other official messages he's sending to cabinet members.

www.muellershewrote.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 7h

Trump’s fraud stunt with the tariffs on China, cost the US economy $1.65 trillion, which was wiped out in seconds.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 8h

here's today's post: "Republicans are losing, and they know it" — they’ve MAGA’d themselves into a corner.
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Republicans are losing, and they know it

they’ve MAGA’d themselves into a corner

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h

The Trump administration has now reversed the layoffs of a lot of federal employees. At the CDC, officials said some staff were mistakenly terminated due to a procedural error.

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T Ferguson @tferguson2018.bsky.social · 4h

Happy Thanksgiving guys!!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Q: Who is Mike Johnson being threatened by? I mean, if he's not bringing the House back, releasing the Epstein files ... he seems scared

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think so ... Do I think he's really up to the task? No.

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 4h

figures i saw suggest we are currently eating about 40% of the costs of these tariffs at the consumer level. as inventories turn over in the coming months projections are to look for more like 60%+. shit is expensive already!!

xfiles s10e13: atomic bog @jessicapancakes.bsky.social · 4h

pre tariff denial brain too

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