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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Just a reminder that immigrants are good for society and the economy. https://youtu.be/LCl9-uaKzv8?feature=shared
The Truth About Immigrants and the Economy | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
August 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Just a reminder that immigrants are good for society and the economy. https://youtu.be/LCl9-uaKzv8?feature=shared
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The rich don’t spend the money they have, and the poor don’t have money to spend.
This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending.
Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared
This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending.
Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared
The Real Reason the Economy Might Collapse | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
August 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The rich don’t spend the money they have, and the poor don’t have money to spend.
This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending.
Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared
This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending.
Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared
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What should Blue States do if Red States super-gerrymander? Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
What Blue States should do if Red States super-gerrymander
How to avoid a race to the bottom
robertreich.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What should Blue States do if Red States super-gerrymander? Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
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For too long, our government stopped vigorously enforcing laws that keep Corporate America in check.
Corporations got more powerful while our basic economic freedoms went unprotected.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
Corporations got more powerful while our basic economic freedoms went unprotected.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For
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July 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For too long, our government stopped vigorously enforcing laws that keep Corporate America in check.
Corporations got more powerful while our basic economic freedoms went unprotected.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
Corporations got more powerful while our basic economic freedoms went unprotected.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
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It’s been less than a month since deadly floods swept through central Texas.
Naturally, Texas state Republicans are laser-focused on…carrying out Trump’s demand to gerrymander the state’s congressional map so he won't lose the House next year.
Priorities.
Naturally, Texas state Republicans are laser-focused on…carrying out Trump’s demand to gerrymander the state’s congressional map so he won't lose the House next year.
Priorities.
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It’s been less than a month since deadly floods swept through central Texas.
Naturally, Texas state Republicans are laser-focused on…carrying out Trump’s demand to gerrymander the state’s congressional map so he won't lose the House next year.
Priorities.
Naturally, Texas state Republicans are laser-focused on…carrying out Trump’s demand to gerrymander the state’s congressional map so he won't lose the House next year.
Priorities.
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UnitedHealthcare is raising premiums for policyholders in New York and Washington after spending $9B on stock buybacks last year.
Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.
This is why we need Medicare for All.
Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.
This is why we need Medicare for All.
Health Insurers Are Hiking Premiums as Their Profits Balloon
The US’s six largest health insurers reported massive profits last year, doling out billions on stock buybacks and divid
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July 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
UnitedHealthcare is raising premiums for policyholders in New York and Washington after spending $9B on stock buybacks last year.
Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.
This is why we need Medicare for All.
Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.
This is why we need Medicare for All.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
July 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Since January, Trump has:
- slashed billions from Medicaid, SNAP, & public broadcasting
- cut taxes for the ultra-rich
- gutted worker & consumer protections
- used his office to make himself richer
- turned America into a police state
He's burning the country to the ground.
- slashed billions from Medicaid, SNAP, & public broadcasting
- cut taxes for the ultra-rich
- gutted worker & consumer protections
- used his office to make himself richer
- turned America into a police state
He's burning the country to the ground.
Celebrating the sixth-month mark of his second term, Trump said the United States is the 'hottest' and most respected Country anywhere in the World."
Trump celebrates 6-month mark in office, touts US as 'most respected country' in the world
Celebrating the sixth-month mark of his second term, Trump said the United States is the 'hottest' and most respected Country anywhere in the World."
bit.ly
July 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Since January, Trump has:
- slashed billions from Medicaid, SNAP, & public broadcasting
- cut taxes for the ultra-rich
- gutted worker & consumer protections
- used his office to make himself richer
- turned America into a police state
He's burning the country to the ground.
- slashed billions from Medicaid, SNAP, & public broadcasting
- cut taxes for the ultra-rich
- gutted worker & consumer protections
- used his office to make himself richer
- turned America into a police state
He's burning the country to the ground.
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"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves."
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
The Wise Words of Superman
I watched the greatest Superman, Christopher Reeve, deliver this speech about what "family values" really means at the 1
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July 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves."
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
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Trump is shafting his base economically in three ways most Trump voters don’t see or know. It’s important that they do. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-three-ways-trump-is-shafting
July 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Trump is shafting his base economically in three ways most Trump voters don’t see or know. It’s important that they do. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-three-ways-trump-is-shafting
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Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel spent $15 million helping JD Vance win a U.S. Senate seat.
That investment is clearly continuing to pay off.
Big money corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to the top.
That investment is clearly continuing to pay off.
Big money corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to the top.
The Pentagon just announced a no-bid contract that will be awarded to Palantir for "the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into the field of geospatial intelligence."
This means Palantir will have unprecedented access to maps, satellite imagery, GPS data, and more.
This means Palantir will have unprecedented access to maps, satellite imagery, GPS data, and more.
July 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel spent $15 million helping JD Vance win a U.S. Senate seat.
That investment is clearly continuing to pay off.
Big money corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to the top.
That investment is clearly continuing to pay off.
Big money corrupts our politics and erodes our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to the top.
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UnitedHealth allegedly misused AI to deny medical claims.
Delta plans to use AI to set individualized flight ticket prices for passengers.
AI data centers from companies like Meta and X are reportedly harming nearby residents.
The list of harms from AI goes on and yet...
Delta plans to use AI to set individualized flight ticket prices for passengers.
AI data centers from companies like Meta and X are reportedly harming nearby residents.
The list of harms from AI goes on and yet...
Trump Administration Plans to Give A.I. Developers a Free Hand
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
UnitedHealth allegedly misused AI to deny medical claims.
Delta plans to use AI to set individualized flight ticket prices for passengers.
AI data centers from companies like Meta and X are reportedly harming nearby residents.
The list of harms from AI goes on and yet...
Delta plans to use AI to set individualized flight ticket prices for passengers.
AI data centers from companies like Meta and X are reportedly harming nearby residents.
The list of harms from AI goes on and yet...
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SCOTUS is allowing Trump to fire (at least for now) the three Democrat-appointed members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The CPSC regulates safety of everyday consumer products.
Guess who recently sued the agency and claimed that it's unconstitutional?
Amazon.
The CPSC regulates safety of everyday consumer products.
Guess who recently sued the agency and claimed that it's unconstitutional?
Amazon.
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
SCOTUS is allowing Trump to fire (at least for now) the three Democrat-appointed members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The CPSC regulates safety of everyday consumer products.
Guess who recently sued the agency and claimed that it's unconstitutional?
Amazon.
The CPSC regulates safety of everyday consumer products.
Guess who recently sued the agency and claimed that it's unconstitutional?
Amazon.
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Trump is now gutting environmental, labor, and consumer protections by ordering federal agencies to stop enforcing rules he doesn't like.
It's a huge giveaway to big business at the expense of the rest of us.
The mad king is making a mockery of the rule of law.
It's a huge giveaway to big business at the expense of the rest of us.
The mad king is making a mockery of the rule of law.
May 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump is now gutting environmental, labor, and consumer protections by ordering federal agencies to stop enforcing rules he doesn't like.
It's a huge giveaway to big business at the expense of the rest of us.
The mad king is making a mockery of the rule of law.
It's a huge giveaway to big business at the expense of the rest of us.
The mad king is making a mockery of the rule of law.
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I’m just waiting to find out how this is Joe Biden’s fault.
May 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I’m just waiting to find out how this is Joe Biden’s fault.
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When Trump...
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
May 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
When Trump...
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
-Holds a private dinner for his crypto coin buyers
-Promotes Teslas on the White House driveway on behalf of a multibillionaire who spent $277M backing him
-Uses state visits to advance his hotel business
It's corruption, plain and simple.
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A disgusting new level of propaganda.
Karoline Leavitt wasted taxpayer dollars plastering mug shots across the White House lawn — like trophies.
Lies. Fear. Dehumanization. All to distract us from their own failures.
Karoline Leavitt wasted taxpayer dollars plastering mug shots across the White House lawn — like trophies.
Lies. Fear. Dehumanization. All to distract us from their own failures.
April 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A disgusting new level of propaganda.
Karoline Leavitt wasted taxpayer dollars plastering mug shots across the White House lawn — like trophies.
Lies. Fear. Dehumanization. All to distract us from their own failures.
Karoline Leavitt wasted taxpayer dollars plastering mug shots across the White House lawn — like trophies.
Lies. Fear. Dehumanization. All to distract us from their own failures.
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We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.
April 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.
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Make sure you're following @haleyformi.bsky.social here on Bluesky, to help amplify her winnable Senate campaign!🙏💪
Holy shit— this campaign launch ad from @HaleyforMI for the Michigan Senate race is so f’ng good!
Republicans want this seat so badly they can taste it. But with candidates like Haley in the race, they don’t stand a chance.
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Republicans want this seat so badly they can taste it. But with candidates like Haley in the race, they don’t stand a chance.
act.link/gi-hsffmjo
- YouTube
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April 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Make sure you're following @haleyformi.bsky.social here on Bluesky, to help amplify her winnable Senate campaign!🙏💪
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Since Trump took office:
Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%
Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%
April 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Since Trump took office:
Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%
Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%
BuhBuh X ✌️
Officially deactivated Twitter.
It feels right, Brian. It feels right.
Officially deactivated Twitter.
It feels right, Brian. It feels right.
April 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
BuhBuh X ✌️
Officially deactivated Twitter.
It feels right, Brian. It feels right.
Officially deactivated Twitter.
It feels right, Brian. It feels right.
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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
March 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.