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Michael Goodwin

@economixcomix.bsky.social

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I wrote Economix, a graphic novel explaining the economy, available here: https://shorturl.at/K7WWr You must of course steer clear of pirated versions, like this one, right here, at this link, one free click away: http://bit.ly/3nGyFnN.

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Michael Goodwin @economixcomix.bsky.social · 5d

New comic!

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 11h

Old Boy looks like shit.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 1d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who worked there, the reason CAP isn't trying is because they're not a liberal Heritage Foundation devoted to generational furtherment of liberal ideals. They were a 501c3 dedicated to making Hillary Clinton and possibly her daughter president and they catastrophically failed at it

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

The very well funded Center for American Progress has been in operation since 2004. The Democrats do not have “nothing” they’re just not trying.

LouFromBoston @loufromboston.bsky.social · 1d

The Republicans have a very well organized think-tank (Heritage Foundation) for strategizing and coordination of messaging. They control what we are seeing day to day.

The Democrats have nothing. No sense of leadership, no direction, no messaging. We need a think-tank asap!!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Everything they are doing & saying right now is very obviously meant to clear the way for mass repressive violence.

Fact checking is not going to do shit.

Talking about kitchen table issues is not going to do shit.

We need open, unapologetic defiance & conflict.

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Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 1d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack.

As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all.

Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know what Democrats think of this either, but I do know what Democrats SHOULD think about something suggested by a conniving viper who has fucked them over on every single occasion she's had the opportunity

Burgess Everett tweet: "One of Sen. Collins idea to break logjam: Dems give votes to reopen government with a “commitment” to negotiate on ACA premium tax credits. She says it’s not entirely clear what Democrats think of this"

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Michael Goodwin @economixcomix.bsky.social · 1d

World War II was. The Holocaust wasn't.

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Michael Goodwin @economixcomix.bsky.social · 1d

But also: Fuck the man. The man sucks.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 2d

Social media is a utility that should not be owned by private, for-profit companies run by random people who routinely go insane. It should be a publicly owned service, like the post office.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

We wanted to understand Democratic Socialists of America. So we talked to two old guys who voted for Trump. (Yes, this is literally the article.)

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Michael Goodwin @economixcomix.bsky.social · 2d

You know what? Screw it, I'm running for President.

My program:

Apparently the president can now sink random boats if he says there are drugs on board.

You know which boats actually do have drugs on board? Billionaires' yachts.

So: if elected, I will sink all the billionaires' yachts.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 2d

Remember when these guys ran a completely fabricated story about trans kids sourced to a single bigot who worked at St Louis Children’s Hospital and it got so much traction that they ended a bunch of programs for trans kids because of all the bomb threats

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 4d

Young people: We don't want global climate catastrophe

Elected Dems: Hello 911? Send SWAT

Young ppl: We don't want genocide

Elected Dems: Hello 911? Send SWAT

The worst adults in any given room: We have illegally occupied this federal building

Elected Dems: Hello social media? This is a crime

Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · Jul 20

ICE just prevented me from entering an immigration detention facility in my district—a clear violation of federal law.

Members of Congress have the right to immediately access these facilities. Listen here 👇

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

wow I wonder why my entire body was in the air in the first place

Meatball Rob @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely INSANE use of passive voice in this CNN piece

just incredible

@katmabu.bsky.social “landed on the ground” during the protest???

At least one other person, who identified herself on social media as Kat Abughazaleh, a former journalist also running for Congress, landed on the ground during that same protest after she was pushed by a federal law enforcement agent in a camouflage uniform wearing a full face covering, sunglasses and a helmet, video by CNN affiliate WBBM showed.

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 5d

In all the endless discussions of LLMs, there’s a point that is, on one level, obvious, but that I feel does not get sufficiently foregrounded: LLMs are transforming material that people have put up on the internet.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 5d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Michael Goodwin @economixcomix.bsky.social · 5d

References at economixcomix.substack.com/p/mamdanis-r...

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Michael Goodwin @economixcomix.bsky.social · 5d

New comic!

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Jennifer Berkshire @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social · 5d

Whatever you think about James Talarico's chances, key ingredient missing from this take is that his ascendancy has been powered by deep opposition to school vouchers in Texas. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Opinion | He’s Young, Talented and Openly Religious. Is He the Savior Democrats Have Been Waiting For?

www.nytimes.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 6d

Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded.

“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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