@twelvetrees.bsky.social
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The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. youtube.com/watch?v=IjiLaLj1ZZE&feature=youtu.be
The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
Robert Reich
youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. youtube.com/watch?v=IjiLaLj1ZZE&feature=youtu.be
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The vast majority of Americans are opposed to AI and oligarchy, but both of our major political parties are too corrupted by billionaire control to stand up for the people.
Americans Hate AI. Which Party Will Benefit?
Party insiders are divided on how to channel Americans’ growing fear of AI.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The vast majority of Americans are opposed to AI and oligarchy, but both of our major political parties are too corrupted by billionaire control to stand up for the people.
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When one makes up that many lies it's inevitable the lies will conflict with each other. It's more proof that it's all been lies.
December 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
When one makes up that many lies it's inevitable the lies will conflict with each other. It's more proof that it's all been lies.
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for the love of god, AI systems aren't "just tools that are neither good nor evil in and of themselves". AI systems *are* tools of capitalism. they exist as tools of capitalism. there is no AI system "in and of itself" outside of capitalism
December 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
for the love of god, AI systems aren't "just tools that are neither good nor evil in and of themselves". AI systems *are* tools of capitalism. they exist as tools of capitalism. there is no AI system "in and of itself" outside of capitalism
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This isn’t gaffe level incompetence; it’s a fundamental inability to distinguish aggressor from victim.
No country should ever be represented like this.
Future textbooks won’t struggle with this moment. 👇
No country should ever be represented like this.
Future textbooks won’t struggle with this moment. 👇
December 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This isn’t gaffe level incompetence; it’s a fundamental inability to distinguish aggressor from victim.
No country should ever be represented like this.
Future textbooks won’t struggle with this moment. 👇
No country should ever be represented like this.
Future textbooks won’t struggle with this moment. 👇
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When Putin arrived in the USA in January, Trump rolled out a literal red carpet and then personally met him at the foot of the airplane steps.
When Zelinskyy arrived today, not only did Trump not greet him at the airport, NO US OFFICIAL MET HIM.
And yet Trump wants us to believe he is impartial.
When Zelinskyy arrived today, not only did Trump not greet him at the airport, NO US OFFICIAL MET HIM.
And yet Trump wants us to believe he is impartial.
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
When Putin arrived in the USA in January, Trump rolled out a literal red carpet and then personally met him at the foot of the airplane steps.
When Zelinskyy arrived today, not only did Trump not greet him at the airport, NO US OFFICIAL MET HIM.
And yet Trump wants us to believe he is impartial.
When Zelinskyy arrived today, not only did Trump not greet him at the airport, NO US OFFICIAL MET HIM.
And yet Trump wants us to believe he is impartial.
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A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.
What researchers have discovered about maternal, infant health under Texas' abortion laws
In the more than four years since the state of Texas significantly restricted access to abortion, medical researchers have been studying the health effects of that policy change.
medicalxpress.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.
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I think a lot about how King Henry VIII planned this elaborate, expensive tomb to be buried in, but then nobody followed up on it when he died. And now he’s interred under a simple marble slab.
December 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I think a lot about how King Henry VIII planned this elaborate, expensive tomb to be buried in, but then nobody followed up on it when he died. And now he’s interred under a simple marble slab.
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Nothing about this is normal. I don't even know where to start other than to say again -- this is not normal.
December 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Nothing about this is normal. I don't even know where to start other than to say again -- this is not normal.
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Once you understand he’s a gangster, it all makes sense.
December 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Once you understand he’s a gangster, it all makes sense.
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Donald Trump often doesn’t know what he’s talking about and no one else does either. But when he talks, people still listen, trying to make sense out of streams of nonsense.
December 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Donald Trump often doesn’t know what he’s talking about and no one else does either. But when he talks, people still listen, trying to make sense out of streams of nonsense.
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Taxpayers are paying public servants to redact the Epstein Files 😐😐😐
December 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Taxpayers are paying public servants to redact the Epstein Files 😐😐😐
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Take some time to watch to my conversation with Senator Cory Booker. We discuss the fight for democracy and how we need a bold, forward-looking moral vision that gives people something worth fighting for, not just something to fight against.
Enjoy, learn and share. youtu.be/6Re34Djnw8U?...
Enjoy, learn and share. youtu.be/6Re34Djnw8U?...
The Silent Threat To Democracy (And How We Stop It) | Sen. Cory Booker
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Take some time to watch to my conversation with Senator Cory Booker. We discuss the fight for democracy and how we need a bold, forward-looking moral vision that gives people something worth fighting for, not just something to fight against.
Enjoy, learn and share. youtu.be/6Re34Djnw8U?...
Enjoy, learn and share. youtu.be/6Re34Djnw8U?...
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The US invented the solar panel & wind turbine, notes @billmckibben.bsky.social:
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables
The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The US invented the solar panel & wind turbine, notes @billmckibben.bsky.social:
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I’m curious where this kind of overconfidence comes from.
To me, most likely case is still that Republicans hold the senate, the MAGAfication of the judiciary continues, and threats to the rule of law escalate.
To me, most likely case is still that Republicans hold the senate, the MAGAfication of the judiciary continues, and threats to the rule of law escalate.
December 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I’m curious where this kind of overconfidence comes from.
To me, most likely case is still that Republicans hold the senate, the MAGAfication of the judiciary continues, and threats to the rule of law escalate.
To me, most likely case is still that Republicans hold the senate, the MAGAfication of the judiciary continues, and threats to the rule of law escalate.
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For those who care about healthcare , this Substack is one of the best
Arkansas -- yes, Arkansas-- has partially mitigated ACA premium hikes for the subsidy-eligible. New Jersey should take notes
xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/tale-of-tw...
xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/tale-of-tw...
Tale of two states: Effects of strict silver loading or the lack thereof in the 2026 ACA marketplace
Arkansas took extreme action to offset the likely expiration of ePTC in 2026.
xpostfactoid.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
For those who care about healthcare , this Substack is one of the best
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This Needs To Stop!🛑
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
December 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This Needs To Stop!🛑
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
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omg...
and our corporate media isn't reporting on this at all...
and our corporate media isn't reporting on this at all...
December 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
omg...
and our corporate media isn't reporting on this at all...
and our corporate media isn't reporting on this at all...
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If you think switching which corporate owned legacy media outlet you consume is the solution, you don't really understand how deep the problem is. It's not just ABS, CBS, WaPo or the LA Times. It's the system in which they work.
The only solution is to support pro-democracy independent media.
The only solution is to support pro-democracy independent media.
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
If you think switching which corporate owned legacy media outlet you consume is the solution, you don't really understand how deep the problem is. It's not just ABS, CBS, WaPo or the LA Times. It's the system in which they work.
The only solution is to support pro-democracy independent media.
The only solution is to support pro-democracy independent media.
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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CNN
USDA cut nearly ONE BILLION $ from programs supporting food purchases from local farmers.
Trump is rolling out a $12 billion aid package to farmers in February (too late).
When Trump met with farmers there were no black farmers allowed in the audience or at the table" because of DEI"
USDA cut nearly ONE BILLION $ from programs supporting food purchases from local farmers.
Trump is rolling out a $12 billion aid package to farmers in February (too late).
When Trump met with farmers there were no black farmers allowed in the audience or at the table" because of DEI"
December 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
CNN
USDA cut nearly ONE BILLION $ from programs supporting food purchases from local farmers.
Trump is rolling out a $12 billion aid package to farmers in February (too late).
When Trump met with farmers there were no black farmers allowed in the audience or at the table" because of DEI"
USDA cut nearly ONE BILLION $ from programs supporting food purchases from local farmers.
Trump is rolling out a $12 billion aid package to farmers in February (too late).
When Trump met with farmers there were no black farmers allowed in the audience or at the table" because of DEI"