Gerald Friedman

@gfriedma.bsky.social

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Professor Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate of Columbia (BA) and Harvard (PhD). Author of numerous works in labor history, heterodox economic theory, and Medicare for All. Most recent book is The Case for Medicare for All .. more

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Gerald Carl Friedman is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He became nationally prominent during the 2016 U.S. presidential election after writing an analysis of Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders campaign's policies in which Friedman concluded that these policies would produce significant economic growth in the United States if they were enacted. Friedman also received strong backlash for these remarks, from editorial pundits and fellow academics. .. more

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ThatRoseNoir @thatrosenoir.bsky.social · 8h

So the Epstein files are bringing down everyone except those in the United States, do i have that right?

Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 11h

Every dollar spent on ICE comes out of the mouths of children, from schools, housing, from healthcare.
Instead, we need #medicareforall

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 16h

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 16h

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Myelita Melton @myelita.bsky.social · 16h

Nope. I don’t believe a word she’s says.

Pammy’s #Epstein cover-up.

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Pam Bondi announces 'all' Epstein files have been released including 300 high-profile names (Unilad)

A newly released letter by US Attorney General Pam Bondi states that all the Epstein files have now been released in accordance with the Epstein Files Transp...

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

I think we are going to have a Democratic-controlled Senate.

And all we will need for the leadership of that Democratic Senate to do is hold actual, real, impeachment trials.

As the Constitution requires.

Not the bullshit fake trials like the ones that the Senate held in 2020 and 2021...

Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 17h

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Chris Christie EXPOSES Lindsey Graham on national TV

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 18h

“The contrast is striking: In Europe, some people whose names come up in the Epstein files are facing consequences — but in the U.S., not so much.”

Epstein files fallout takes down elite figures in Europe, while U.S. reckoning is muted

Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Rep. Angie Craig: "The attacks on Black and brown people in Minnesota have been egregious. At the end of the day, what they wanted out of Minnesota was for us to riot. I think this will go down in American history as one of the greatest examples of peaceful resistance from an entire community."

Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 19h

Trump's friend did this
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Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and four European allies say

Intelligence agencies say deadly toxin in skin of Ecuador dart frogs found in Navalny’s body and highly likely resulted in his death

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 19h

Who Is Paying the Trump Tariffs?
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Who Is Paying the Trump Tariffs?

A wonkish guide for the confused

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 22h

15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)

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Jeff 🌈 @jeff1420.bsky.social · 23h

'Miss u': Trump's 'longtime confidant' exposed over intimate emails with Epstein

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'Miss u': Trump's 'longtime confidant' exposed over intimate emails with Epstein

A Donald Trump insider has been revealed to have been in "regular contact" with the late child sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein, including in one email that says "miss u," according to the latest DOJ releas...

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Stephanie Mathis, MLS(ASCP) 😷💜 @stephmu00mls.bsky.social · 1d

#LockGhislaineMaxwellUp!

(At CECOT, Guantanamo Bay, or another even shittier facility rather than the country club to which she got moved!)

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Ghislaine Maxwell Appears to Have Lied on Her Citizenship Application

The revelation could put her citizenship status at risk.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

⚠️ PSA - don’t take health advice from people who snort cocaine off toilet seats.

We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.

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LoriPerkinsRAB @loriperkinsrab.bsky.social · 1d

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ICE affiliated with alleged sex trafficker—among other monsters

Police in Minnesota announced Tuesday that a background checker for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal law enforcement has been arrested as part of an sex trafficking sting. The ...

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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 1d

We hate you for free!!!!!

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

Great sitting down with Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about everything from the courage we saw in Minnesota, to how Democrats can be true to our values and get stuff done, to how we’re building a community of changemakers at the Obama Foundation. youtube.com/watch?v=uI-hgSE5QIw

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 1d

Ghislaine Maxwell lied on her US citizenship application. She checked the no box when asked if she had ever procured anyone for prostitution.

She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.

Ghislaine Maxwell Appears to Have Lied on Her Citizenship Application — The New Republic

The revelation could put her citizenship status at risk.

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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 1d

Ghislaine Maxwell lied on her US citizenship application. She checked the no box when asked if she had ever procured anyone for prostitution.
She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Ghislaine Maxwell Appears to Have Lied on Her Citizenship Application — The New Republic

The revelation could put her citizenship status at risk.

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem Put Her Foot In Her Mouth And Says The SAVE Act Quiet Part Out Loud
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Kristi Noem Put Her Foot In Her Mouth And Says The SAVE Act Quiet Part Out Loud

Republicans are trying to sell the SAVE Act as "election integrity" by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who has nothing to do with elections, blew that up by saying the quiet part out loud.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."

Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d

Reasons for hope?
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Axios AM

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d

MAHA does this. Childrens's blood on their hands
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This Is How a Child Dies of Measles

When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak

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Vincenzo @vincenzodon.bsky.social · 1d

A 2023 Rand Corporation analysis revealed that, since 1975, $79 trillion in wealth had been transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. (Massive Wealth Transfer).

Trump, Extreme Wealth Concentration, and Our Societal Crisis | Common Dreams

The US government simply has not done enough to ensure that the livelihoods of all Americans are protected or improved in this new Gilded Age. What it has done is made sure the rich get richer by the ...

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d

Martha Washington’s enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom – but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit
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