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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 3h

I grew up in the rust belt too. I grew up in poverty too, heck I’m still in to some degree. What is his actual problem? You had an Ivy education, you were a successful author, you’re a techbro, your mom is clean, you are vice president of the country. Why are you still an asshole? #jdvance

Markvz @markvzmaximvz.bsky.social · 3h

ABC cut JD Vance’s mic this morning after Vance lied about Tom Homan accepting a $50k bribe and accused George Stephanopoulos of engaging in “far-left journalism”.
substack.com/@earthoverbi...

Abbey Rose (@earthoverbillionaires)

ABC cut JD Vance’s mic this morning after Vance lied about Tom Homan accepting a $50k bribe and accused George Stephanopoulos of engaging in “far-left journalism”.

substack.com

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 4h

Health claims deniers are basically modern day executioners working on behalf of a corporate crime syndicate and they should be treated with disgust by society, especially in a nation that racks up tens of thousands of preventable medical deaths per year

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 4h

This is disgusting and we need to seize it back. Millions will prosper.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 13h

The existence of billionaires is a policy failure.

ceej @ceej.online · 15h

someone with a billion dollars no longer experiences the world as 99% of humanity would recognize it, and so any “analysis” or critique of society they offer is fatally, irrevocably flawed. dracula complaining about the price of groceries

ceej @ceej.online · 18h

the disastrous refusal of the self-styled silicon valley technokings to keep anyone in their lives capable of questioning their increasingly incomprehensible politics has lead to a crisis of thinking so severe that a fifty-eight year old man believes something is important because he knows about it

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 1d

Portland, Oregon 2025. Never forget.

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t see “good” American men doing anything to stop these men? Still waiting….

Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 1d

Early showing tickets to Wicked: For Good on November 17th! #wicked #wickedforgood

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Wicked: For Good (2025) Tickets & Showtimes

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 1d

#TTPD really was such a beautiful album. #taylorswift #swiftie

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 1d

#taylorswift #joealwyn #TLOAS

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 1d

Silver Spring baby 🖤 #swiftie

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 2d

Just sharia law Muslims colonizing Idaho in another Trump grift. He’d sell the Taliban our national parks for a shiny new yacht.

Axios @axios.com · 2d

NEW: Qatar will build an air force facility at Idaho's Mountain Home Airbase, the U.S. and Qatar jointly announced today.

Qatar to build air force facility on U.S. base in Idaho

Laura Loomer and other MAGA figures expressed shock and outrage, but the deal was long in the making.

www.axios.com

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 2d

I work in tech in the states. My Canadian counterparts have been suffering from unemployment for awhile due to too many Indians flooding their country. Those are the jobs he’s talking about. He’s going to flood his own country with the bottomless supply of Indian visas.

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, but why are we helping a Muslim country with sharia law? Why are we giving them a foothold in America? Keep in mind Trump has been attacking Mexicans for months at this point.

Tamzin Winter @tzwinter.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, so now I have perspective.

This is from a deal in 2017 when Trump was president.

It's not building a new base, but building facilities on an existing base to support trainees.

According to the article, Singapore military trainees have been there since '09. We likely do this at other bases.

$12 billion deal may bring hundreds of Qatar, US Air Force members to Idaho base

www.stripes.com

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 2d

Why are we helping a country with sharia law?

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 2d

Singapore doesn’t have Sharia law.

Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, they exist only to stockpile more currency and assets, and grift. They have no self- control over their own greed. It is the sole (soul) driver of their current lives. Look into his father. They are *all* exactly the same.

kaymac1953.bsky.social @kaymac1953.bsky.social · 3d

The Lever:

Earlier this year, Jared Kushner — a self-described “earnest businessman with no political ambitions” — took a majority stake in an Israeli firm financing new settlements constructed in occupied Palestinian territory...

A blast from the past:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’

Donald Trump’s son-in-law also says Israel should bulldoze an area of the Negev desert and move Palestinians there

www.theguardian.com

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 3d

So now #joealywn is in this movie about William Shakespeare's real life, including his son Hamnet (which inspired Hamlet)....

Taylor & Joe = "our souls understood each other, but our lives couldn't".... #taylorswift #hamnet 😭

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYcg...

HAMNET - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters This Thanksgiving

YouTube video by Focus Features

www.youtube.com

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 3d

#AI has legitimate use cases, but it’s not profitable to the degree the techbros have bet on it. This is another Metaverse, AR/VR, Zuck’s smart glasses situation. The vast majority of the population won’t use it enough to create the level of profit desired by big tech.

Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 3d

AI being shoved down our throats everywhere is exhausting, but I believe it's genuinely a positive signal. Tech companies aren't doing this because it's successful technology that is making them money. They're doing it because it's not and they're not. This is an extinction burst, not real growth.

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 3d

They find ways to move the money out of gov, usually old reliable is government contracts with random private sector companies. It’s always all a robbery or grift. That’s the real reason our country is broke - corruption and greed.

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4d

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 3d

Canada currently has an 8% unemployment rate and growing…

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 3d

The existence of billionaires (and soon trillionaires) is a policy failure that has allowed greed and corruption to multiply exponentially.

Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 3d

Quiet gov that actually helps the 99%, like when we had Obama. #gavinnewsom

deadline.com/2025/10/gavi...

Gavin Newsom Signs Bill That Restricts Loudness Of Commercials On Streaming Services

California's governor signed the legislation that had no opposition.

deadline.com

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 3d

#eattherich

Anne-Marie W. Clark 👩‍👧‍👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️ @amwclark.bsky.social · 4d

This comic is more than 10 years old.

(Image credit: Tom Toles | Copyright 2014 Universal Press Syndicate)
https://theweek.com/cartoons/427052/political-cartoon-campaign-midterm-elections-senate

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 3d

*Or* we could raise taxes on the 1% currency hoarders and use that money to give every citizen universal healthcare like every other western country. The existence of billionaires in the USA is a policy failure. #eattherich

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Wandery ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ @wandery.bsky.social · 3d

Recruiter and HR rep jobs require about 1 working brain cell and it always shows. The worst recruiter I’ve run into was at #lockheedmartin. I actually wish I had reported the one that called me b/c she was the rudest, most disrespectful POS I’ve ever encountered.

J @margielamadman.bsky.social · 3d

been searching for a new job for a few months now. One thing i’ve noticed since I graduated college is a clear decline in the level of respect companies have for you in the job market

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