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No, private industry does not meet people's needs better than a government by, of and for the people can. Check out my latest and share.
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Trump’s Move to Take Over DC Golf Courses Exemplifies How Privatization Hurts Americans Economically and Crushes Democracy, Equality, and Affordability — All Things Being Equal
The more federal administrations surrender our ownership of the country to private interests, the more un-egalitarian our society becomes and the less control we the people have over resources and hen...
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December 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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From a farmers, to student loan borrowers, to anyone paying for electricity, everyday Trump does something to make you suffer.there are easy things he could do to invest in all of us and make life better. Take a look at my latest to connect the dots. www.allthingsbeingequal.net/news-and-ana...
Trump Continues His Unrelenting Attack on Americans’ Economic Well-Being — All Things Being Equal
Denying the economic experiences struggling Americans are relating as well as the data telling the story of rising prices and stagnant wage growth, Donald Trump called the now politically central issu...
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December 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
atbe.bsky.social
Recognizing the personhood and human and civil rights of all is the paramount project of any society that wants to call itself humane and civilized. Following my piece on Baldwin, this article also reflects on what it means to take care of our children.
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When It Comes to Gender, Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Wrong on the Science and the Poetry (Copy) — All Things Being Equal
Of course, true scientific practice would record and recognize all the forms of life we see occurring in nature, not deny or dismiss them.  It is culturally prejudicial norms that term intersex c...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
atbe.bsky.social
James Baldwin can help us understand a lot about our contemporary world.
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James Baldwin Reminds Us of What’s Really Important about the Epstein Files, RFK’s Anti-Vaxing Campaigns, and the GOP’s overall Trumpist Cruelty — All Things Being Equal
Baldwin boils down any political or moral menu to its most basic element: the need, the imperative, to take care of and do right by the world’s children. Think about it. What if we assessed any politi...
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December 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Trump signed the megabill on July 4. Is the megabill patriotic?
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July 4 Reflection on the GOP Megabill: Is Attacking Fellow Americans’ Lives and Well-Being Patriotic? — All Things Being Equal
This bill, which Trump signed into law on July 4, suggesting it bore some relation to the nation’s historical quest for a sovereignty characterized by freedom, rooted in the principle that all people ...
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July 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
atbe.bsky.social
Trump signed the megabill on July 4. Is the megabill patriotic?
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July 4 Reflection on the GOP Megabill: Is Attacking Fellow Americans’ Lives and Well-Being Patriotic? — All Things Being Equal
This bill, which Trump signed into law on July 4, suggesting it bore some relation to the nation’s historical quest for a sovereignty characterized by freedom, rooted in the principle that all people ...
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July 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
atbe.bsky.social
Another review from Debbie Albano from the Roger Ebert Film Festival.
Imagine DEMOCRACY!
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Review: Coppola’s “Megalopolis” imagines feminist democracy as salvation for the American Republic — All Things Being Equal
In a virtual interview following the showing of “Megalopolis,” Francis Ford Coppola spoke with the audience about what he had hoped to address with his film. “Like Ancient Rome, we are in danger of lo...
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April 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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All Things Being Equal has contributing writer Debbie Albano dispacthed to the Roger Ebert Film Festival in Champaign, IL. She will be sending us reviews. Here's one:
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Review: Does John Ford’s “classic” film THE SEARCHERS promote or challenge America’s racist and anti-egalitarian traditions? — All Things Being Equal
This film may be responsible in no small measure for the persistent racism of the U.S. towards the native people of North America. The lead character, Ethan Edwards, a former Confederate soldier,...
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April 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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April 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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If you're looking for signs of the spirit of democracy alive and well, check this out. @chrislhayes.bsky.social @paigebueckers.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @aoc.bsky.social @alexwags.bsky.social @velshi.bsky.social @thomhartmann.bsky.social
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Paige Bueckers and the Spirit of Democracy . . . and Dependence — All Things Being Equal
In an egalitarian world, the recognition that all people are created equal entails creating a material social world and political economy that meets the needs and provides for the well-being of each i...
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April 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
atbe.bsky.social
If you're looking for signs of the spirit of democracy alive and well, check this out. @chrislhayes.bsky.social @paigebueckers.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @aoc.bsky.social @alexwags.bsky.social @velshi.bsky.social @thomhartmann.bsky.social
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Paige Bueckers and the Spirit of Democracy . . . and Dependence — All Things Being Equal
In an egalitarian world, the recognition that all people are created equal entails creating a material social world and political economy that meets the needs and provides for the well-being of each i...
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April 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
atbe.bsky.social
Listen up: Paige knows basketball and democracy.
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Paige Bueckers and the Spirit of Democracy . . . and Dependence — All Things Being Equal
In an egalitarian world, the recognition that all people are created equal entails creating a material social world and political economy that meets the needs and provides for the well-being of each i...
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April 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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What does "America First" mean? Let's explore and see why Trump isn't putting Americans first but rather putting us in peril.
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Part I: Is Trump Putting America First–or in Danger?: The Question of Trade — All Things Being Equal
Trump is not correcting a trade imbalance; he’s creating one to the detriment of not just U.S. businesses and the U.S. economy but to the material lives of Americans living in that economy who will be...
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April 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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it is truly wild that, as the authors here note, every argument against the plain text reading of the citizenship clause requires twists, turns, contortions and leaps that would make simone biles look like an amateur
The Birthright Citizenship Clause Means Exactly What It Says: The Textual and Historical Implausibility of Alternative Interpretations Offered by the Trump Administration and Conservative Commentators...
UC Davis Law professor Vikram David Amar and Illinois Law professor Jason Mazzone discuss the scope and original intent of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, particularly in response to a....
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March 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.
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March 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America.

Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
Because DOGE has shut down USAID's payment system (Phoenix), our housing electricity and the electricity in our USAID building have not been paid for. Mission leadership has informed us that the only reason our electricity is on is because we've asked for an extension from the electric company. The Mission asked for a waiver but because our payment system is down, the Treasury has no way to issue money to USAID and State Department representatives here are hesitant to make payments on our behalf for fear of not being reimbursed. 7. Once the electricity goes out in our homes, we lose access to our security cameras and radios. Again, I live in a high-risk post, so access to security systems is very important to me. 8. I have been told by Mission leadership that the cell phone and internet bills are due this week with no way to pay them. This is despite the so-called "waiver" process that has been allegedly implemented to preserve such access. 9. Our cell phones and radios are also the only way to communicate with the Regional Security Office about security threats. We have access to no other USAID security systems. The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer on the building’s 6th floor, according to a Feb. 25 invoice obtained by POLITICO. There is also a child’s play area decorated with a stuffed animal and toys, according to a photo of the room shared with POLITICO. “People are definitely … sleeping there,” said one GSA staffer.
March 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
atbe.bsky.social
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a major cause of inflation rarely talked about.
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If Americans want lower food and energy prices, they should support and thank Zelensky and berate Trump — All Things Being Equal
Trump promised during his campaign to address inflation and lower costs for Americans, particularly food and energy costs. Yet if he really wished to honor this promise, he would be advocating for swi...
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March 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Yes, Trump's policies are designed to tank the economy and disempower Americans. See my latest.
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Consumer Confidence Declines: Why Trump’s Plan May be to Tank the Economy — All Things Being Equal
The attack on American working families is real, and that attack is taking place through Trump’s efforts to undermine the economic well-being of Americans by destroying the economy and starving the go...
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March 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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atbe.bsky.social
Trump wants to starve the beast--meaning end democratic government to usher in oligarchic rule.
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How to Understand Trump’s “Starve the Beast” Politics and the Authoritarian Agenda — All Things Being Equal
As Bruce Bartlett explained the concept in a 2007 article, “The idea is that if revenues are unilaterally reduced, this reduction will lead to a higher budget deficit, which will force legislators to ...
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March 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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March 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Holy shit! Check out how angry the crowd is at Republican Rep. Keith Self’s town hall in Wylie, Texas today.

That’s another huge angry crowd in a deep red district!
March 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
atbe.bsky.social
Trump wants to starve the beast--meaning end democratic government to usher in oligarchic rule.
www.allthingsbeingequal.net/features-and...
@velshi.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @thomhartmann.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @ocasio-cortez.house.gov @wagnertonight.msnbc.com
How to Understand Trump’s “Starve the Beast” Politics and the Authoritarian Agenda — All Things Being Equal
As Bruce Bartlett explained the concept in a 2007 article, “The idea is that if revenues are unilaterally reduced, this reduction will lead to a higher budget deficit, which will force legislators to ...
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March 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
atbe.bsky.social
Trump wants to starve the beast--meaning put an end to deliberative democratic government to usher in oligarchic rule.
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How to Understand Trump’s “Starve the Beast” Politics and the Authoritarian Agenda — All Things Being Equal
As Bruce Bartlett explained the concept in a 2007 article, “The idea is that if revenues are unilaterally reduced, this reduction will lead to a higher budget deficit, which will force legislators to ...
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March 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM