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JoeCGiles

@joecgiles.bsky.social

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If we can find a way out of oligarchy, the first priority should be taxing billionaires at Eisenhower rates. Decades of US tax policy insufficiently taxing the wealthiest Americans has become a threat to democracy worldwide. Northern CA.

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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · Nov 7

At least when dinosaurs went extinct it wasn't a handful of greedy dinosaurs that made it happen.

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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1m

Trump is like a mashup of Herschel Walker and Vlaimir Putin.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 2h

Capitalism works. And it's easy to understand. We invest our money in Nvidia so Nvidia can produce more Nvidia chips that Nvidia will sell to Nvidia.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 18m

"Drug companies are going to pay YOU for using their products!"

JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1h

It's as if none of these people lived through the previous Trump regime.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1h

RETAIL INVESTORS JUST BOUGHT $100 BILLION WORTH OF STOCKS IN THE LAST MONTH — THE LARGEST ONE-MONTH RETAIL BUY IN HISTORY, ACCORDING TO MORGAN STANLEY DATA. OVER $100 BILLION FLOWED INTO EQUITIES IN A SINGLE MONTH, MARKING AN UNPRECEDENTED SURGE IN RETAIL BUYING ACTIVITY.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1h

This is the clearest sign yet that Democrats are winning this argument. Nobody is going to buy this desperate B.S. I’m honestly surprised, but the Democrats have managed to back Johnson into a corner.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Mike Johnson: "It's about keeping Congress operating so we can get to healthcare. We always were going to. They're lying to you. Okay? The healthcare issues were always gonna be something discussed, deliberated, contemplated, and debated in October and November."

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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1h

I wonder if Bill Barr did his own dirty work.

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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 1h

"The court is required to continue its constitutional functions"

US judges so far have rejected the Justice Department’s requests to delay more than a dozen legal challenges to Trump administration policies as the government shutdown enters its second week:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Dylan Park-Pettiford @dylanpark.com · 1h

Your daily reminder that protesting a tyrannical government and participating in acts of civil disobedience are the most American things you can do.

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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1h

If the Nobel Committee even considers Trump for a prize, it will be effectively be crapping over the meaning of every prize awarded or to be awarded.

JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1h

You know, instead of this, the United States could have just kept taxing its wealthiest citizens at 91% all along.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4h

Venezuela's Maduro has signed a 10-year Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Russia.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4h

If you have been watching my livestreams, you know exactly what this means. It means we were right in our understanding of who motivated Trump to threaten Maduro regime.

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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1h

The GOP is putting itself in far more liability (politically and even criminally) by being accomplices to Trump than if they stood up to him.

JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1h

Daines isn't Christian.

Trump isn't Christian.

The GOP isn't Christian.

The fascist billionaires who fund the GOP aren't Christian.

MAGA isn't Christian.

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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1h

I notice even without audio that Johnson doesn't have his usual smug demeanor.

JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1h

The "We Murdered Two of My Supporters for a Photo Op" collection.

JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1h

And this doesn't even address the billions in GOP sabotage costs.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1h

Nope.

Protecting a pedophile is more important.

JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 1h

"But it's a good thing we ended all of our DEI initiatives for Trump."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

".. we have this risk of .. people really getting very confused and thinking that .. they shouldn’t use their benefits,” said Hard. “That loss of trust with families is really devastating and it’s really hard to get it back.”

@politico.com #Shutdown #WIC
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

States left in the dark on food aid despite Trump's promise of tariff funds

The shutdown is already interrupting benefits for low-income moms and babies — and agencies don't know when the next check is coming.

www.politico.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

Ninety-three farm bankruptcies in Q2 — nearly double the number from the end of 2024.

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/04/f...

Farm bankruptcies are soaring amid low crop prices, while Trump considers bailout of up to $14 billion | Fortune

In the second quarter, there were 93 bankruptcy filings, up from 88 in the first quarter and nearly double the 47 at the end of 2024.

fortune.com

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Cindi-Be Kind (mostly) @cinian1.bsky.social · 10h

Don’t shop Amazon prime day

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20h

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

www.motherjones.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions.

These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.

AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.

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