Peter Key
peterlkey.bsky.social
Peter Key
@peterlkey.bsky.social
Son of cartoonist/writer Ted Key, freelance writer, spiced wafer addict.
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

In this time of growing Christian Nationalism, it is important to remember the *real* history of Thanksgiving. The Puritans didn't just come to the New World to flee persecution, they came here so they could be the ones doing the persecution.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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I’m sorry, but if Democrats were in power, would this not be in the headlines every single day?
Average electricity cost increase since Jan:

Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%

NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%

Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Excuse Me While I Felch

A floozy newsie named Nuzzi got all boozy and told RFK Twosie he could suck something oozy from where she goes number twosie. The mere thought makes me woozy.

by Maureen Dowd
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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NY FED: The rejection rate for all types of credit (auto loan, credit card, credit card limit increase, mortgage, mortgage refinance) over past 12 months rose to a series high of 24.8% in October.

(via Liz Ann Sonders)
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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MTG has been in Congress since 2020 & is resigning Jan 5, 2026. I just want to point out one thing.

She spent 5 years attacking the left & never feared for her life.

She spent 5 weeks mildly critiquing MAGA & the backlash is so severe she is resigning.

5 years vs 5 weeks. That says it all.
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Peter Baker: A thinking man’s Olivia Nuzzi
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Dick Cheney was a war criminal who presided over the trauma and deaths of thousands. He's a terrible human being.
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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this is the correct way to react to anything the president says-
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Musk has apparently manipulated Grok so much that it says he's a better athlete than LeBron James and a funnier comedian than Jerry Seinfeld.

Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Wake up America! We have a problem in US with religious extremists imposing their religious beliefs as law. Currently 12 states imposed a total abortion ban based on religious beliefs. That is what "sharia law" looks like--it must be stopped! #ChristianShariaLaw #ShariaLaw
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Always appreciated Storm 🥰. Reposted
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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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.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Eighty-one-year-old Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, who stopped maturing as a human being in 1957 expects the rest of the country to be like her - eager to erase the work of Martin Luther King and all other courageous individuals who risked their lives fighting racism.

Fuck Kay Ivey.
Not our America.
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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This is very sad.
Todd was one of the best at weaving storytelling, with humour and music. An absolute gem. RIP
youtu.be/qA_jvAUmzbM?...
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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This is important context from Julie K. Brown.

With alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM