thecaringatheist.bsky.social
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"
August 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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worth remembering that when Trump announced a travel ban in 2017, people literally went to airports to protest. Eight years later, Trump announces a new one and it's not even front page news.

We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.
June 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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This part
May 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The possibility of abduction by a sovereign and imprisonment abroad is one criterion that separates democracies from dictatorships.

The Declaration of Independence called the British king tyrannical for transporting Americans, “beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offenses.”
April 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Remember: The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.

They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.

Don't fall for it.
March 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.

The result is demagoguery and corruption.
February 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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He nails it.
February 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Minnesota Senator Tina Smith bringing the thunder 🔥
February 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.

Read that back.

Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
February 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."
February 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis.

This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day.

www.thenation.com/article/poli...
February 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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This is what oligarchy looks like.
February 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Thousands of investors in Trump’s crypto scheme lost $2 billion in just weeks while the Trump Organization racked up $100 million in trading fees.

Just so happens that the CFPB, which Trump is trying to kill, recently announced new regulations for the crypto industry.

Hello?
Trump and His Family Earned Millions From Trump Coin While 810,000 Others Lost Money: Report
Donald Trump and early investors have earned millions from $TRUMP coin while 813,294 wallets have registered $2 billion in collective losses.
www.rollingstone.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.

$196 billion for three men in 99 days.

Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
February 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Democrats are holding the floor of the United States Senate tonight to fight back against Trump’s nomination of RFK Jr.

We cannot elevate a conspiracy theorist to the top health care job in the country.
February 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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The top health care companies in America spent 95% of their profits to make their CEOs & stockholders obscenely rich.

How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
February 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important

Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone

Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Senator Adam Schiff goes off about Kash Patel at his Senate confirmation hearing:

"How did we get here?!?! Where we are defending a nominee like this, who makes songs with convicts who attack law enforcement? How did we get here?!?"

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
January 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Old Guard Democrats on the hill need to get over their prejudice against digital media and content creators if they want to amplify their messages. Get on every podcast every day. Build audiences. Create a massive digital messaging network. Adapt or get left behind.
January 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Vermonters & Americans need lower electric bills.

I'm outraged that Trump’s EPA put an illegal hold on funding Solar for All, which could lower electric bills for working families by 80% through the installation of solar panels on rooftops. The funding freeze must be rescinded.
January 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Jim Acosta, we are with you.
January 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Egg prices hit record highs this week.

Much of the increase is the result of egg shortages brought on by avian flu.

How has Trump responded? By ordering public health agencies to cease communications with the public.

His presidency is a threat to our health and our wallets.
January 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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On Elon’s trip to Auschwitz:

www.facebook.com/share/p/15Ue...
January 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM