Jeffrey S
@swainhart.bsky.social
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Jeffrey S
@swainhart.bsky.social
· Jun 21
The Trump administration is a corrupt conspiracy masquerading as an elected government.
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If you live in the U.S., PROTEST NOW
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☑️NO NEW WARS
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☑️No corruption
☑️No tax breaks for wealthy and corporations
☑️No more limits on Constitutional rights
☑️No voter disenfranchisement
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December 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you live in the U.S., PROTEST NOW
☑️NO NEW WARS
☑️No ICE
☑️No corruption
☑️No tax breaks for wealthy and corporations
☑️No more limits on Constitutional rights
☑️No voter disenfranchisement
REPOST to amplify your voice
E P S T E I N
F I L E S
T R A N S P A R E N C Y
Vote Blue to heal our democracy💙
☑️NO NEW WARS
☑️No ICE
☑️No corruption
☑️No tax breaks for wealthy and corporations
☑️No more limits on Constitutional rights
☑️No voter disenfranchisement
REPOST to amplify your voice
E P S T E I N
F I L E S
T R A N S P A R E N C Y
Vote Blue to heal our democracy💙
Single payer is the answer. Public funded and accountable healthcare that doesn't rake 15% off the top.
UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims
The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderly
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Single payer is the answer. Public funded and accountable healthcare that doesn't rake 15% off the top.
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Opinion | Trump’s crude remarks about Rob Reiner are unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner.
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Opinion | Trump’s crude remarks about Rob Reiner are unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner.
Professor Richardson spells it out in 24 minutes.
JUST IN: Heather Cox Richardson REVEALS the 40-Year Project That BROKE American Democracy
YouTube video by HCR Core
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Professor Richardson spells it out in 24 minutes.
Private equity never adds value. It is a tool of the extraction class, and should rightfully be outlawed.
After taking over housing and healthcare, private equity is now buying up software used by volunteer fire departments — making it even harder for rural communities to respond to emergencies.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Private equity never adds value. It is a tool of the extraction class, and should rightfully be outlawed.
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There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
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"You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God. He is sent to test you, and many are failing." — Pope Leo XIV
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God. He is sent to test you, and many are failing." — Pope Leo XIV
This is unbelievably disappointing. To do better, we have to BE better. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is unbelievably disappointing. To do better, we have to BE better. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
This is funny, but to be accurate there should be eleven tax cut stockings because that's the actual ratio.
Cartoon by R. J. Matson @rjmatsoncartoons.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is funny, but to be accurate there should be eleven tax cut stockings because that's the actual ratio.
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2/2
...which proposes turning the Donbas into a "free enterprise zone" and kicking out Ukrainian, but not Russian troops. Rigorous exclusion of actual diplomats from the process is vintage Trump.
...which proposes turning the Donbas into a "free enterprise zone" and kicking out Ukrainian, but not Russian troops. Rigorous exclusion of actual diplomats from the process is vintage Trump.
Black Rock chief Larry Fink has turned up as Trump's "personal representative" alongside Witkoff and Kushner in meetings with Ukrainian president Zelenskyy pushing a new Kremlin blessed deal— www.wiwo.de/politik/ausl...
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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...which proposes turning the Donbas into a "free enterprise zone" and kicking out Ukrainian, but not Russian troops. Rigorous exclusion of actual diplomats from the process is vintage Trump.
...which proposes turning the Donbas into a "free enterprise zone" and kicking out Ukrainian, but not Russian troops. Rigorous exclusion of actual diplomats from the process is vintage Trump.
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This is crazy. CRAZY.
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This is crazy. CRAZY.
We are in an information war against the extractive class.
Here's my list of the essential truths about our current crisis that are routinely missing from New York Times coverage: presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
December 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We are in an information war against the extractive class.
I'm surprised they didn't go with Fraktur.
Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman
Memo from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I'm surprised they didn't go with Fraktur.
This!
Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon Is the World's Biggest Online Book Marketplace. It's Filled With AI Knockoffs
Authors say Amazon's knockoff book problem is leaving them frustrated — and making the internet worse in the process.
www.rollingstone.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This!
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What’s collected, who’s affected and all that comes with it ⬇️
Pls read and share
www.onestnetwork.com/post/new-u-s...
Pls read and share
www.onestnetwork.com/post/new-u-s...
New U.S. Rules for Visa Waiver Travelers: Expanded Data Collection, Mandatory Social Media Disclosure, and What It Means for Millions of Visitors
This change represents one of the most far-reaching updates to U.S. travel screening in over a decade, reflecting a broader shift in how gov
www.onestnetwork.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What’s collected, who’s affected and all that comes with it ⬇️
Pls read and share
www.onestnetwork.com/post/new-u-s...
Pls read and share
www.onestnetwork.com/post/new-u-s...
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Wait till they hear about this in the font break room. (or wherever those conversations take place.) @ellecordova.bsky.social
Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman
A cable from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Wait till they hear about this in the font break room. (or wherever those conversations take place.) @ellecordova.bsky.social
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Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
ICE agents followed a Burnsville family home from the store, failed to present a warrant and entered their home with guns drawn. They detained 4 legal citizens who presented documentation, leaving a 7 year-old without parents.
A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.
A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.
ICE agents detained four people from a Burnsville home, according to family members, including a 7-year-old's parents and the husband of a pregnant woman.
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
Grateful as I am, there are 900 US billionaires. Where are they?
NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott increased her donations to nonprofits in 2025, giving $7.1 billion.
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Grateful as I am, there are 900 US billionaires. Where are they?
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Getting ready for 2026 like
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Getting ready for 2026 like
The existence of billionaires reveals a policy failure.
US billionaires have seen their wealth grow by nearly 20% since last year.
Now the over 900 US billionaires hold just about $7 trillion.
Now the over 900 US billionaires hold just about $7 trillion.
December 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The existence of billionaires reveals a policy failure.
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Here's an idea: Any Democrat who wants to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate in 2028 must pledge to rip this cabal of anti-democracy tech fascists out of our government.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Here's an idea: Any Democrat who wants to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate in 2028 must pledge to rip this cabal of anti-democracy tech fascists out of our government.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
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The only garbage here is what’s coming out of his mouth
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The only garbage here is what’s coming out of his mouth
Finally the office of Poet Laureate is getting the respect it deserves.
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Finally the office of Poet Laureate is getting the respect it deserves.