Scout
@bsbduck.bsky.social
Hopeful person. Strongly believe government should help everyone toward the Common Good.
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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The guy who put a 19 year old named Big Balls in charge of gutting key government services: “experience matters when lives are at stake”
December 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The guy who put a 19 year old named Big Balls in charge of gutting key government services: “experience matters when lives are at stake”
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Don’t use Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Don’t use Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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DOJ official Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation in March.
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
Top DOJ Official Todd Blanche Shut Down Crypto Enforcement While Holding Crypto Assets
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, exper...
www.propublica.org
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
DOJ official Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation in March.
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
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The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
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Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying www.france24.com/en/americas/... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
www.france24.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
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“it is illegal for you not to like me”
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“it is illegal for you not to like me”
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When I hear this, I think of the people who were in the streets in Ferguson in 2014-2015 for 375 days STRAIGHT while the national guard was called up and people were being brutalized by cops in the streets for WEEKS. Complete amnesia.
“Why aren’t you in the streets” is a slap in the face to all of those people who been in the streets since Occupy
December 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
When I hear this, I think of the people who were in the streets in Ferguson in 2014-2015 for 375 days STRAIGHT while the national guard was called up and people were being brutalized by cops in the streets for WEEKS. Complete amnesia.
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See: On the Money: Trump Blows Down Wind
open.substack.com/pub/themoney...
open.substack.com/pub/themoney...
On the Money: Trump Blows Down Wind
We all will pay more for electricity if he kills offshore wind farms
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
See: On the Money: Trump Blows Down Wind
open.substack.com/pub/themoney...
open.substack.com/pub/themoney...
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December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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The numbers are in. More people watched the bootlegged 60 Minutes CECOT segment than watched Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.
December 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The numbers are in. More people watched the bootlegged 60 Minutes CECOT segment than watched Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.
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President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
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To watch a “It’s a Wonderful Life” for the 50th time is to confirm that MAGA is totally bogus.
Even in 1946 nobody was rooting for Mr. Potter.
#MerryChristmas
Even in 1946 nobody was rooting for Mr. Potter.
#MerryChristmas
December 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
To watch a “It’s a Wonderful Life” for the 50th time is to confirm that MAGA is totally bogus.
Even in 1946 nobody was rooting for Mr. Potter.
#MerryChristmas
Even in 1946 nobody was rooting for Mr. Potter.
#MerryChristmas
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December 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
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A million pages is conservatively 400 bankers boxes.
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A million pages is conservatively 400 bankers boxes.
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Telluride ski resort owner Chuck Horning will close the ski area Dec. 27 when patrollers are planning to go on strike
Telluride ski resort owner Chuck Horning will close the ski area Dec. 27 when patrollers are planning to go on strike
The 78-member Telluride ski patrol union announced Wednesday it would strike on Dec. 27 after months of failed contract negotiations
coloradosun.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Telluride ski resort owner Chuck Horning will close the ski area Dec. 27 when patrollers are planning to go on strike
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John Nichols
John Fugelsang and Pope Leo XIV remind us that Christian nationalism and capitalism get in the way of the message of the season.
The post The Christmas Narrative Is About C...
John Fugelsang and Pope Leo XIV remind us that Christian nationalism and capitalism get in the way of the message of the season.
The post The Christmas Narrative Is About C...
The Christmas Narrative Is About Charity and Love, Not Greed and Self-Dealing
John Fugelsang and Pope Leo XIV remind us that Christian nationalism and capitalism get in the way of the message of the season.
www.thenation.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
John Nichols
John Fugelsang and Pope Leo XIV remind us that Christian nationalism and capitalism get in the way of the message of the season.
The post The Christmas Narrative Is About C...
John Fugelsang and Pope Leo XIV remind us that Christian nationalism and capitalism get in the way of the message of the season.
The post The Christmas Narrative Is About C...
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At a time when performative politics has become the norm, we’ve tried to do something different:
To show up — everywhere.
To listen.
And to deliver results.
We hosted events in 50 different cities this year — including yesterday in Timnath.
And we’re just getting started!
To show up — everywhere.
To listen.
And to deliver results.
We hosted events in 50 different cities this year — including yesterday in Timnath.
And we’re just getting started!
December 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
At a time when performative politics has become the norm, we’ve tried to do something different:
To show up — everywhere.
To listen.
And to deliver results.
We hosted events in 50 different cities this year — including yesterday in Timnath.
And we’re just getting started!
To show up — everywhere.
To listen.
And to deliver results.
We hosted events in 50 different cities this year — including yesterday in Timnath.
And we’re just getting started!
My Memphis family tells me it's an occupied city. Frightening.
“I am more scared in the last month than in the last 20 years. I thought they were gonna kick down the door and take me away.”
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social hid out with an immigrant family in Memphis, where the onslaught of ICE has reshaped daily life, drawing comparisons to 1930s Germany.
@samanthamichaels.bsky.social hid out with an immigrant family in Memphis, where the onslaught of ICE has reshaped daily life, drawing comparisons to 1930s Germany.
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
My Memphis family tells me it's an occupied city. Frightening.
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I do wish more candidates and elected Dems would do this.
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I do wish more candidates and elected Dems would do this.
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If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
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BREAKING:
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
December 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
BREAKING:
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5