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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · 7d

It is important that we do not separate politics from economics.

Extreme wealth disparities undermine our democracy, increase political inequality & makes us vulnerable to the arbitrary power of oligarchs.

Here are a couple of graphs illustrating the extreme concentration of material resources 👇🏻

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 7d

NEW: Since 1989, the share of U.S. wealth owned by the top 0.1% has grown nearly 60%.

In the same time, the share owned by the bottom 50% of households has declined 26%.

This is wealth concentration.

IPS scholars @chuck77.bsky.social and @ocampomar.bsky.social in @inequality.org:

Billionaire Wealth Concentration Is Even Worse than You Imagine

The share of U.S. wealth held by the top 0.1 percent has grown nearly 60 percent since 1989.

inequality.org

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · 8d

Sounds like an argument for worker-ownership of businesses where workers decide, democratically, how to distribute the surpluses/profits they produce 👍🏻

Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like being an employer is a luxury. If you can’t afford to pay a living wage or keep yourself afloat that’s not our societal problem to save you from yourself. You also shouldn’t get to pocket all your profits while your employees can’t afford to survive

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · 8d

I have a theory that the authoritarian agenda of the Trump administration is upstream from Florida's fanatical and undemocratic state politics.

The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 9d

Rubio’s 🤮 only sadness is losing the chance to test fascist tools on his own people.

House Moves To Deny Secretary Of State Marco Rubio’s Power To Revoke U.S. Citizens’ Passports Over Their Speech - NewsBreak

Following widespread backlash over possible infringement of the First Amendment rights, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to cut the provision from

www.newsbreak.com

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10d

A historic moment here at Sheridan Circle as the four sons of Orlando Letelier (former Chilean ambassador & government official and fellow at my office) approach the place where their father was assassinated by a car bomb planted by General Pinochet’s thugs 49 years ago.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 9d

We are $37 trillion in debt.

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · 15d

I'm sorry, but Milei is not that important of an ally for the US to dedicate our taxes to bail out a president who considers any state intervention in the economy an attack on liberty.

Everyone warned of the dangers of shock therapy. Let them suffer the consequences of libertarianism.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16d

Breaking news: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said 'all options' are on the table for the Trump administration to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility on.ft.com/3W5D9W4

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · 20d

There is no law or censorship regime on the books (yet), but this action against Jimmy Kimmel is an assault to our civil liberties.

All individuals and the press are now vulnerable to the temperament of the Trump administration.

There is no freedom if we all have to watch and filter what we say.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 20d

this is quite genuinely insane, and I want to believe the backlash to this will be severe

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments

www.nytimes.com

Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · 25d

The case that the US carried out an extrajudicial killing and committed a war crime grows stronger.

The US 'did not even know if there were drugs on the boat' and the strike was designed to '[elicit] a response from Maduro and provoke him.'

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · 27d

"Even if one accepted [the administration's] premise, if the boat had already turned away, that would undermine what they saw as an already weak claim of self-defense."

I really hope there are mechanisms to hold the Trump administration accountable for war crimes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It

www.nytimes.com

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Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 28d

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'

Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.

Here, he tells us his story.

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · 29d

It was a pathetic display of bowing and scraping.

WIRED @wired.com · Sep 5

Last night’s dinner with Trump and Big Tech wasn’t a policy meeting. It was basically 'The Bachelor,' except instead of roses, the prize was the president’s approval.

All the President’s Tech CEOs

At a White House dinner Thursday night, America’s tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump.

www.wired.com

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · 29d

Right now is the perfect time to trial balloon a millionaires' tax in both Texas and Florida.

The net migration of millionaires that both states received has not helped or benefited Texans or Floridians.

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · Sep 4

The legal justification for this is dubious.

Marco Rubio will sell the country security in order to throw a veil over the war crimes his blood-stained State Department is carrying out.

www.justsecurity.org/119982/legal...

Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean

The Trump administration’s extraordinary lethal attack on this purported smuggling vessel raises significant potential legal issues.

www.justsecurity.org

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · Sep 3

I am convinced the US will not invade Venezuela, but it's unsurprising that a country that materially supports genocide in Gaza breaks international law by bombing a vessel.

We may never know the full details, but Rubio's State Department is not afraid to commit war crimes just to grandstand.

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Sep 3

Maduro Warns U.S. Seeking Regime Change in Venezuela as U.S. Attacks Boat, Killing 11

President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. attacked a boat in the southern Caribbean, killing 11 people. Trump claimed the boat was carrying drugs from Venezuela, but offered no proof of the claim. Th...

www.democracynow.org

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · Aug 24

I appeared on a Uruguayan podcast last week, Es la hora de hablar, & spoke about Álvaro Uribe's historic guilty verdict.

The US invested a lot in strengthening Colombia's judicial system, but the Trump administration is denouncing the verdict for ideological reasons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw60...

Impacto de la condena a Álvaro Uribe: justicia, política y democracia en Colombia

YouTube video by Píldoras Digitales

www.youtube.com

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · Aug 20

NEW: Trump's National Guard deployment in D.C. is costing taxpayers up to and over $1 million per day, IPS @nationalpriorities.bsky.social researcher @hannahomestead.bsky.social calculated in newly released findings. “It’s unconscionable."

@nickturse.bsky.social in @theintercept.com:

Price Tag for Trump’s D.C. Military Surge: At Least $1 Million a Day

An analysis conducted for the Intercept found that the militarization of D.C. could end up costing hundreds of millions.

theintercept.com

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jcmtahoe.bsky.social @jcmtahoe.bsky.social · Aug 18

@ocampomar.bsky.social explaining how government/city run grocery stores actually work - help debunk the BS propaganda and share please

youtube.com/watch?v=f2pZ...

Understanding Zohran’s Food Desert Solution | Omar Ocampo | TMR

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

youtube.com

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · Aug 5

"From June 2024 to June 2025, groceries got more expensive in every category tracked by BLS... the cost of food is rising faster than the overall inflation rate."
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Forbes @forbes.com · Aug 4

The cost of food has risen faster than overall inflation in the last year.

Almost 90% Of Americans Are Worried About The Cost Of Groceries

The cost of food has risen faster than overall inflation in the last year.

www.forbes.com

Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · Aug 5

As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s public ownership proposal offers a direct solution to market failures and food deserts.
inequality.org/article/how-...

How City-Owned Grocery Stores Can Tackle Food Insecurity

As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s public ownership proposal offers a solution to market failures.

inequality.org

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · Aug 1

Nayyib Bukele just reformed El Salvador's constitution to eliminate term limits. He wants to be president for life.

I am sure Marco Rubio (🙄) is somewhere drafting a statement expressing his concerns over Salvadoran democracy and that he's ready to impose sanctions.

elpais.com/america/2025...

Bukele reforma la Constitución para permitir la reelección presidencial indefinida

El cambio constitucional, aprobado por la Asamblea leal al presidente, modifica los cimientos de las reglas del juego electoral

elpais.com

Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · Jul 28

Despite immense pressure from the Colombian right and the United States, former president Álvaro Uribe is found guilty of "bribing and intimidating witnesses as part of investigations into his links to narco and paramilitary organizations."
www.piratewireservices.com/p/uribe-foun...

Uribe found guilty in historic ruling

Colombian courts say the former president intimidated and bribed witnesses as part of investigations into his links to narcos and paramilitaries

www.piratewireservices.com

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Sam Pizzigati @sgp.bsky.social · Jul 27

Time to puncture once and for all the myth of “millionaire tax flight.” The stats show no grand exodus by the rich out of jurisdictions that raise tax rates on their wealthiest. @patrioticmillionaires.org #taxtherich #inequality

Millionaires won't leave if you tax them

Jul 24, 2025

patrioticmillionaires.org

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · Jul 25

NEW: 1 in 5 homes in California are now owned by investors. If homes continue to be built at prices that are only affordable to these profiteers, then the housing crisis will be "a never-ending cycle," points out IPS scholar @ocampomar.bsky.social in @us.theguardian.com:

A fifth of California homes are investor-owned as state’s affordability crisis deepens – report

New figures show that the Golden state’s rate of investor-owned homes is 19%, with mountain regions up to 83%

www.theguardian.com

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · Jul 23

First Bolsonaro in Brazil, now the Trump administration is expressing "concern" over Álvaro Uribe in Colombia. Judicial meddling by the US should not be tolerated, and we cannot condition foreign aid on whether Trump and Marco Rubio allies get acquittals.
www.infobae.com/colombia/202...

Congreso de EE. UU. plantea reducir a la mitad ayuda a Colombia por tensiones con Gobierno Petro

El texto divulgado por la comisión incluye consideraciones críticas sobre decisiones recientes del gobierno colombiano

www.infobae.com

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