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A reminder that to be on the right side of history, we don’t have to do EVERYTHING, but we have to do as much as we can.
Don’t submit!
Don’t submit!
With the national and international news bringing anguish almost every day, I think it’s important to keep a tally of what is still good and beautiful in our lives and in the world, lest we succumb to despair. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-7e8
July 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A reminder that to be on the right side of history, we don’t have to do EVERYTHING, but we have to do as much as we can.
Don’t submit!
Don’t submit!
Lina Khan was an absolute powerhouse at the FTC.
Trump's Justice Department won’t seek an injunction to block T-Mobile's acquisition of U.S. Cellular.
One of the largest wireless providers will now get even bigger.
With that size comes more power — and less freedom for you. https://youtu.be/twdgxIJZDns?si=teRWdFu28u7I5EYf
One of the largest wireless providers will now get even bigger.
With that size comes more power — and less freedom for you. https://youtu.be/twdgxIJZDns?si=teRWdFu28u7I5EYf
How Monopolies Secretly Steal Your Freedom (ft. Lina Khan)
What is freedom? Are you really free if your groceries or medicine are so expensive that you can’t afford them? Or if yo
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July 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Lina Khan was an absolute powerhouse at the FTC.
KKK/Nazi bastards.
Fascism. Call it what it is.
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
July 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
KKK/Nazi bastards.
Oh look, it’s the Gestapo. While these authoritarian simps posture, the billionaire class is destroying the environment and the economic security of society.
On Monday, heavily armed federal officers, flanked by National Guard troops, fanned out across MacArthur Park in Los Angeles reportedly as a “show of presence.”
This is unacceptable and unnecessary. Everyone should be able to gather in public places free from intimidation and harassment.
This is unacceptable and unnecessary. Everyone should be able to gather in public places free from intimidation and harassment.
Heavily armed immigration agents descend on L.A.'s MacArthur Park
Agents on horseback and in armored vehicles participated in a daytime raid in the heart of Los Angeles' immigrant community.
www.latimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Oh look, it’s the Gestapo. While these authoritarian simps posture, the billionaire class is destroying the environment and the economic security of society.
Here’s an easy way to learn and get more involved. Attend the No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - knowledge is power y’all.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
July 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Here’s an easy way to learn and get more involved. Attend the No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - knowledge is power y’all.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Only people that now control the resources and the political machine that control those resources (land, materials, zoning, ordinances, etc…) can live the American Dream.
They’re corporate and fascist robber barons.
They’re corporate and fascist robber barons.
According to a new report, nearly 27% of homes sold in Q1 of 2025 were bought by real estate investors — the highest share in at least five years.
If we want to make housing affordable for working people, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?si=vGkgsj8jyHBFtUyW
If we want to make housing affordable for working people, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?si=vGkgsj8jyHBFtUyW
How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich
Rent is skyrocketing and home buying is out of reach for millions. One big reason why? Wall Street. Let me explain.
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July 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Only people that now control the resources and the political machine that control those resources (land, materials, zoning, ordinances, etc…) can live the American Dream.
They’re corporate and fascist robber barons.
They’re corporate and fascist robber barons.
And the GoP and Reich wing have spent decades trying to convince the public that federal workers are just the “welfare queens” of the workforce.
Hogwash.
Hogwash.
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
July 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
And the GoP and Reich wing have spent decades trying to convince the public that federal workers are just the “welfare queens” of the workforce.
Hogwash.
Hogwash.
KIDS in Texas are dead because of Trump and Musk’s DOGE cuts to the federal weather service.
Period. Fuck these people.
Period. Fuck these people.
July 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
KIDS in Texas are dead because of Trump and Musk’s DOGE cuts to the federal weather service.
Period. Fuck these people.
Period. Fuck these people.
Share this with every Christian you know. If they get mad, they’re fascist in “Christian” clothing.
July 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Share this with every Christian you know. If they get mad, they’re fascist in “Christian” clothing.
“Christo-fascists.”
July 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“Christo-fascists.”
I believe it was FDR that spoke about the fact that no society would be safe from demagogues without personal economic stability.
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
July 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I believe it was FDR that spoke about the fact that no society would be safe from demagogues without personal economic stability.
This is why we need the new blood and the anti status quo people that have been popping up.
the big questions for american democracy going forward seem to be (1) can the GOP actually build the federal police state they just funded, (2) in time to finish before democratic checks can be established, and (3) whether dems gaining power would actually try to stop/dismantle it
July 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is why we need the new blood and the anti status quo people that have been popping up.
Yeah. Be sure to call every red hat cuck you see a “fucking traitor.”
July 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Yeah. Be sure to call every red hat cuck you see a “fucking traitor.”
Big murderous bigoted bill.
A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn
Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Big murderous bigoted bill.
And that’s exactly how the turd Reich wants it.
If we are tethered to our jobs, paycheck to paycheck, we can’t make waves.
#resist
If we are tethered to our jobs, paycheck to paycheck, we can’t make waves.
#resist
60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
May 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
And that’s exactly how the turd Reich wants it.
If we are tethered to our jobs, paycheck to paycheck, we can’t make waves.
#resist
If we are tethered to our jobs, paycheck to paycheck, we can’t make waves.
#resist
Just a reminder this Memorial Day.
Dipshit Donnie
Made fun of POWs…
Dishonored Arlington with a photo op…
Snubbed Gold Star Families…
Dodged the draft with his fortune…
He’s not a patriot. He’s a tyrant.
Dipshit Donnie
Made fun of POWs…
Dishonored Arlington with a photo op…
Snubbed Gold Star Families…
Dodged the draft with his fortune…
He’s not a patriot. He’s a tyrant.
May 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Just a reminder this Memorial Day.
Dipshit Donnie
Made fun of POWs…
Dishonored Arlington with a photo op…
Snubbed Gold Star Families…
Dodged the draft with his fortune…
He’s not a patriot. He’s a tyrant.
Dipshit Donnie
Made fun of POWs…
Dishonored Arlington with a photo op…
Snubbed Gold Star Families…
Dodged the draft with his fortune…
He’s not a patriot. He’s a tyrant.
While Afrikaaners make up 8% of South Africa’s population, and yet own 87% of the land.
Who is being persecuted again? Bullshit.
Who is being persecuted again? Bullshit.
May 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
While Afrikaaners make up 8% of South Africa’s population, and yet own 87% of the land.
Who is being persecuted again? Bullshit.
Who is being persecuted again? Bullshit.
This is for all of those in red districts that somehow thought the bronze bloated baron gave a single shit about them.
After-tax income under the Trump/GOP budget:
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
This is what class warfare looks like.
-People making less than $17/k year: LOSE $1000
-People making between $17k and $51k/yr: LOSE $700
-People making over $4.3M/year: GAIN $389,000
This is what class warfare looks like.
May 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is for all of those in red districts that somehow thought the bronze bloated baron gave a single shit about them.
The Israel lobby is a perfect example of why we must get money out of politics.
How the hell can we remain complicit, as we supply an already over-armed regime to slaughter civilians?
How the hell can we remain complicit, as we supply an already over-armed regime to slaughter civilians?
Israel's blockade of food and humanitarian aid entering Gaza has caused catastrophic mass starvation and death.
By continuing to supply Israel with military aid, the U.S. is complicit in this bloodbath.
There's no moral clarity in wreaking vengeance on innocent people.
By continuing to supply Israel with military aid, the U.S. is complicit in this bloodbath.
There's no moral clarity in wreaking vengeance on innocent people.
May 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Israel lobby is a perfect example of why we must get money out of politics.
How the hell can we remain complicit, as we supply an already over-armed regime to slaughter civilians?
How the hell can we remain complicit, as we supply an already over-armed regime to slaughter civilians?
To everyone with GOP relatives and friends, that they haven’t cut out completely…
Cuts like this from the regime are a travesty. Show them who the real enemy of their well being is.
Medicare, VA, medical research, climate change research, union rights, and human rights - under attack by GOP.
Cuts like this from the regime are a travesty. Show them who the real enemy of their well being is.
Medicare, VA, medical research, climate change research, union rights, and human rights - under attack by GOP.
The proposal moving through Congress would be the biggest cut to Medicaid in history and kick millions off their health coverage.
Fight over Medicaid cuts heats up as House Republicans release bill
The legislation includes work requirements, stricter eligibility checks, citizenship verification and new limits on federal funding for Medicaid to states. It met swift Democratic opposition.
www.nbcnews.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
To everyone with GOP relatives and friends, that they haven’t cut out completely…
Cuts like this from the regime are a travesty. Show them who the real enemy of their well being is.
Medicare, VA, medical research, climate change research, union rights, and human rights - under attack by GOP.
Cuts like this from the regime are a travesty. Show them who the real enemy of their well being is.
Medicare, VA, medical research, climate change research, union rights, and human rights - under attack by GOP.
Jfc. If people can’t see the continuing rape of the anti corruption laws that govern a civil society, then we’re lost.
“…[In] possibly the biggest foreign gift ever received by the US government…the Trump administration plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747-800 plane as a donation from the Qatari royal family that will be upgraded to serve as Air Force One.”
A “DONATION”. Sure, Jan.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...
A “DONATION”. Sure, Jan.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...
Trump Is to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Jfc. If people can’t see the continuing rape of the anti corruption laws that govern a civil society, then we’re lost.
This is defcon 1 in terms of shitfuckery. This pencil necked fascist cuntosaurus is emulating much of Heinrich Hemmler’s early pushes.
Get off the couch, the sideline, or whatever euphasim fits, and in touch with your legislative district, Indivisible, 50501, Mayday, Unions… #resist
Get off the couch, the sideline, or whatever euphasim fits, and in touch with your legislative district, Indivisible, 50501, Mayday, Unions… #resist
this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This is defcon 1 in terms of shitfuckery. This pencil necked fascist cuntosaurus is emulating much of Heinrich Hemmler’s early pushes.
Get off the couch, the sideline, or whatever euphasim fits, and in touch with your legislative district, Indivisible, 50501, Mayday, Unions… #resist
Get off the couch, the sideline, or whatever euphasim fits, and in touch with your legislative district, Indivisible, 50501, Mayday, Unions… #resist
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this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
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DOGE was never about "efficiency."
May 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
DOGE was never about "efficiency."
Another day, and another absolute travesty for the history of our country.
Where the hell is Kilmar Albrego Garcia? SCOTUS unanimously ruled that dumb ass Donnie and his regime must bring him home.
How about actually being the party of law and order for once in your miserable history?
Where the hell is Kilmar Albrego Garcia? SCOTUS unanimously ruled that dumb ass Donnie and his regime must bring him home.
How about actually being the party of law and order for once in your miserable history?
May 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Another day, and another absolute travesty for the history of our country.
Where the hell is Kilmar Albrego Garcia? SCOTUS unanimously ruled that dumb ass Donnie and his regime must bring him home.
How about actually being the party of law and order for once in your miserable history?
Where the hell is Kilmar Albrego Garcia? SCOTUS unanimously ruled that dumb ass Donnie and his regime must bring him home.
How about actually being the party of law and order for once in your miserable history?