GetTheCheeseToSickBay
@mrgrapes.bsky.social
I'm an old who is addicted to Cities:Skylines and surfskating. I have a lot of fucks to give, including but not limited to; trump, the patriarchy, christian nationalists, nazis, MAGA cultists, regressive shitheads, and racists.
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For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
January 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void.
This is why we must fix the system.
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Maduro was born in Colombia. He was not qualified to be the president of Venezuela. He was a narco trafficker surrounded by narco generals and narco nephews. Not fit to lead.
The current US president is not fit to lead either. He's a Russian asset, traitor to the US, EU, Ukraine and more...
The current US president is not fit to lead either. He's a Russian asset, traitor to the US, EU, Ukraine and more...
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Maduro was born in Colombia. He was not qualified to be the president of Venezuela. He was a narco trafficker surrounded by narco generals and narco nephews. Not fit to lead.
The current US president is not fit to lead either. He's a Russian asset, traitor to the US, EU, Ukraine and more...
The current US president is not fit to lead either. He's a Russian asset, traitor to the US, EU, Ukraine and more...
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The Trump administration position is that OTHER PRESIDENTS can be held responsible, BUT NOT THE US PRESIDENT.
Totally fucked up.
Totally fucked up.
January 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The Trump administration position is that OTHER PRESIDENTS can be held responsible, BUT NOT THE US PRESIDENT.
Totally fucked up.
Totally fucked up.
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If Nicolás Maduro stands trial in the United States and gets convicted of 34 felonies, does that mean he’s qualified to be our next president now?
Just checking what the standards are these days.
Just checking what the standards are these days.
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
If Nicolás Maduro stands trial in the United States and gets convicted of 34 felonies, does that mean he’s qualified to be our next president now?
Just checking what the standards are these days.
Just checking what the standards are these days.
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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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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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I won’t sugarcoat it: this was an exhausting, cruel, terrible year. On this week’s Coffee Klatch, Heather and I try to make sense of what the country endured in 2025 — and what lessons we can take into 2026.
Did We Learn Anything in 2025? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I won’t sugarcoat it: this was an exhausting, cruel, terrible year. On this week’s Coffee Klatch, Heather and I try to make sense of what the country endured in 2025 — and what lessons we can take into 2026.
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SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
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Sneaky-ass French took a page straight out of the Achaeans' playbook. It was right there right under our noses the whole time, but we finally found it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Sneaky-ass French took a page straight out of the Achaeans' playbook. It was right there right under our noses the whole time, but we finally found it.
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What happened to this RFK Jr.?
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
What happened to this RFK Jr.?
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#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.
#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights
#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.
#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights
#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights
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Organizations across Missouri shared stories of pregnant women who are facing labor in isolation, their husbands deported and the fear of the same fate keeping them housebound, at times too afraid to seek medical care. (@missouriindependent.com)
Undocumented mothers in Missouri fear ICE as they navigate pregnancy and postpartum
Oscarina gave birth to her son without her husband after he was deported from Missouri months earlier. Advocates, activists and attorneys say many undocumented mothers are foregoing medical care out of fear of being detained and deported.
www.kcur.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Organizations across Missouri shared stories of pregnant women who are facing labor in isolation, their husbands deported and the fear of the same fate keeping them housebound, at times too afraid to seek medical care. (@missouriindependent.com)
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Classic Karen Slayer. Watch til the end.
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Classic Karen Slayer. Watch til the end.
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They're worried about striking fishing boats, while Donald Trump turns around and pardons this guy???
“Juan Orlando Hernández helped to facilitate the importation of an almost unfathomable 400 tons of cocaine to this country: billions of individual doses sent to the United States.... — US DOJ"
“Juan Orlando Hernández helped to facilitate the importation of an almost unfathomable 400 tons of cocaine to this country: billions of individual doses sent to the United States.... — US DOJ"
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
They're worried about striking fishing boats, while Donald Trump turns around and pardons this guy???
“Juan Orlando Hernández helped to facilitate the importation of an almost unfathomable 400 tons of cocaine to this country: billions of individual doses sent to the United States.... — US DOJ"
“Juan Orlando Hernández helped to facilitate the importation of an almost unfathomable 400 tons of cocaine to this country: billions of individual doses sent to the United States.... — US DOJ"
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Quiet part, meet out loud.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Quiet part, meet out loud.
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.