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The Common-Sense Idealist

@sensibleidealist.bsky.social

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pro-Democracy, pro-Working Class, pro-Common-Sense, pro-Privacy, pro-Union, pro-civil-liberties, pro-human-rights. Anti-authoritarianism, anti-oligarchy, anti-kleptocracy, and anti-dishonesty. We can argue about the rest later. #purplerevolution

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The Common-Sense Idealist @sensibleidealist.bsky.social · 6d

Common-Sense Idealism, Part 1: Rethinking the American Economy for the Working Class

(This is a draft script for a video I may someday make.)

What if I told you the United States could be a place where working-class households could thrive—without sacrificing any personal liberties?

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 16h

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 7h

My letter to the mainstream media:

We will get through this, eventually. But you will not. We will remember each and every sellout.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 6h

Make no mistake. This nonsense about Antifa is directly tied to the 2026 and 2028 elections. It’s the “crisis” they will use as justification to shut down key voting centers.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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The Common-Sense Idealist @sensibleidealist.bsky.social · 15m

Really, pbs?

Alt Me Again @altmeagain.bsky.social · 7h

Is #PBS OK? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ASsKhp/

@pbs is promoting the suggestion that enslaved people were Thomas Jefferson's partners in revolution, along with the other "ordinary" members of the Continental Congress. Let's talk about why that's n...

TikTok video by Tad Stoermer

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

📽️ WATCH: In 2016, the Mississippi River broke through a levee and wiped out 1,200 acres of Steve Williams’ farmland.

He signed up for a federal program in 2019 to retire the damaged fields. But instead of help, he and his daughter had to spend years farming the unfarmable: https://propub.li/3KFetS7

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 7h

No it won't end apartheid or dismantle the Occupation but I still want Netanyahu in the Hague and though it may be a fool's hope, I hope to see him there.

Along with every member of his government and every western politician who supplied him.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

The face of Evil.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2h

A high risk pregnant woman in Texas is advised to go out of state prior to delivery.

She learns about the abortion ban & how it puts women’s lives at risk.

She regrets her vote.

Rather than provide support, her husband insults the “liberal doctor” and refuses to leave Texas. 1/2

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 13h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Ricci Sergienko, Esq. @riccisergienko.bsky.social · 1d

You shouldn't underestimate the government's intent on following thru on these operations. That's why lawyers saying things like "Trump can't do that! The law doesn't allow it!" is so dangerous.

Plenty of examples to pull from: 40s-50s red scare, COINTELPRO, cold war COIN, post 9/11 "anti-terror"

RootsAction @rootsaction.org · 1d

For years, local governments & police departments have cooperated with federal agencies through the Joint Terrorism Task Forces. Now, through Trump's new NPSM-7 directive, these task forces will focus on “leftist” groups.

History shows us what happens when our movements are targeted by the feds.

In NSPM-7, “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” President Trump directs the Justice Department, the FBI, and other national security agencies and departments to fight his version of political violence in America, retooling a network of Joint Terrorism Task Forces to focus on “leftist” political violence in America. This vast counterterrorism army, made up of federal, state, and local agents would, as Trump aide Stephen Miller said, form “the central hub of that effort.”

NSPM-7 directs a new national strategy to “disrupt” any individual or groups “that foment political violence,” including “before they result in violent political acts.”

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The Common-Sense Idealist @sensibleidealist.bsky.social · 11h

We have got to force corporations to start paying fair value for the taxpayer-funded infrastructure they use. #commonsenseidealism #purplerevolution

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13h

Utility rates are rising in 41 states due to the increased demand from data centers on the electric grid.

www.businessinsider.com/energy-conse...

AI data centers are driving up electricity bills. Energy-saving hacks might not help lower them.

Data centers are driving up consumers' electricity costs, but experts say energy conservation hacks won't lower bills much. Here's what to do instead.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

“The law does not permit this kind of prolonged deprivation of an individual’s liberty without any allegations or charges of violating the law,” said Jean Elizabeth Reisz, an attorney representing Marin, who is also a USC law professor.

lataco.com/bayron-rovid...

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 12h

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Alt Me Again @altmeagain.bsky.social · 18h

Bookshop.org are doing an anti-prime sale. Free shipping on tons of books. #antiprime #Amazon #bookshopdotorg #resist #3e #endoligarchy

New Books

Books Worth Canceling Plans For Discover extraordinary new releases: a groundbreaking thriller blending Indigenous wisdom with extraterrestrial fiction, the first novel in over a decade by the ic...

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The Common-Sense Idealist @sensibleidealist.bsky.social · 13h

A complete overhaul of the Constitution because it has been allowed to stagnant too long. Domestic bad actors (usually billionaires) and foreign enemies have learned its weaknesses and how to exploit them.

Template for the new Constitution is in my posts.

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 19h

We at The Steady State have studied the indicators of authoritarianism for decades — usually dry words in intelligence reports. But sometimes, a single photograph says it all.

Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive all at once. It creeps in under cover of “order,” cloaked in uniforms, justified by fear.

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The Common-Sense Idealist @sensibleidealist.bsky.social · 13h

Never forget: your granny/auntie/neighbor died of COVID because a struggling economy (which would have admittedly followed sensible precautions to limit the spread of the virus) would have been bad for Trump’s re-election chances.

#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 15h

Never underestimate the corrupt things a government will do—such as letting a dangerous virus run rampant while convincing everyone it’s harmless or just a cold. #COVID

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 15h

You’ll never be able to convince me ripping an American citizen out of their Chicago apartment in the dead of night, zip tying their hands and refusing to let them call their lawyer is ‘America First’

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h

Oil companies in Texas requested permission to burn off or release more than 195 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year — enough to power more than 3 million homes and generate millions in tax revenue had the gas been captured.

W/ @insideclimatenews.org & @texastribune.org

Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.

The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h

1,000+ people currently imprisoned in Louisiana were convicted by split juries — ruled unconstitutional in 2020.

Yet the state Supreme Court has declined to grant new trials, and lawmakers have repeatedly denied a reexamination of their cases.

With @veritenews.org

An Unconstitutional “Jim Crow Jury” Sent Him to Prison for Life. A New Law Aims to Keep Him There.

Five years ago, the Supreme Court decided that nonunanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional. But for this Louisiana prisoner — and hundreds of others — “tough on crime” state leaders have ensured t...

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 17h

At a time when we should be guaranteeing health care to all Americans as a human right, President Trump and his Republican colleagues are threatening to make our broken system even worse by doubling premiums for more than 20 million Americans.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 17h

Government shutdowns come with real consequences for Americans:

-Limited air traffic safety oversight
-Delayed Social Security applications
-Federal workers aren't paid
-SNAP funding could run out & more.

Meanwhile, Trump continues construction of the White House ballroom...

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 22h

Whereas stealing artists’ work is killing their industry, so…

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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