Desert Muse
@desertmuse.bsky.social
A cranky desert critter that lives under your bed.
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The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
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Himes: It was exceedingly hard to watch. Even if you stipulate that it is a war, there is a very specific prohibition against killing individuals who have been removed from the fight. And there is no question that these individuals were removed from the fight.
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Himes: It was exceedingly hard to watch. Even if you stipulate that it is a war, there is a very specific prohibition against killing individuals who have been removed from the fight. And there is no question that these individuals were removed from the fight.
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Trump promised Americans he would lower prices on day one.
For the next 317 days he has broken that promise.
For the next 317 days he has broken that promise.
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump promised Americans he would lower prices on day one.
For the next 317 days he has broken that promise.
For the next 317 days he has broken that promise.
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So Trump is going to spend all of next year gaslighting voters that the economy is running perfectly and he's a stable genius.
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
Axios on X: "Scoop: Trump plots a travel blitz to tout his economy https://t.co/zu0uab2rJa" / X
Scoop: Trump plots a travel blitz to tout his economy https://t.co/zu0uab2rJa
x.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So Trump is going to spend all of next year gaslighting voters that the economy is running perfectly and he's a stable genius.
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
We're almost a year into this train wreck of an Administration, he knows he owns this economy now.
x.com/axios/status...
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It was physically impossible for that boat to reach anywhere close to the United States, even before it was a flaming upside-down wreck, and Tom Cotton knows that. He's not that stupid, he just thinks everyone else is. This kind of dishonesty is inseparable from egotistical arrogance.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It was physically impossible for that boat to reach anywhere close to the United States, even before it was a flaming upside-down wreck, and Tom Cotton knows that. He's not that stupid, he just thinks everyone else is. This kind of dishonesty is inseparable from egotistical arrogance.
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Somali immigrants make our country stronger.
President Trump is yet again trying to demonize people who contribute to our communities to justify his cruel anti-immigrant agenda.
President Trump is yet again trying to demonize people who contribute to our communities to justify his cruel anti-immigrant agenda.
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Somali immigrants make our country stronger.
President Trump is yet again trying to demonize people who contribute to our communities to justify his cruel anti-immigrant agenda.
President Trump is yet again trying to demonize people who contribute to our communities to justify his cruel anti-immigrant agenda.
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US voters have ranked economic insecurity as their top concern for 40 consecutive months.
www.stephensemler.com/p/why-afford...
www.stephensemler.com/p/why-afford...
Why “affordability” suddenly matters in Washington
Polygraph | Newsletter n°324 | 3 Dec 2025
www.stephensemler.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
US voters have ranked economic insecurity as their top concern for 40 consecutive months.
www.stephensemler.com/p/why-afford...
www.stephensemler.com/p/why-afford...
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The Black Death was history's worst documented demographic disaster. New research shows it was also a bizarre anomaly, the unlikely result of volcanic eruptions, multiple consecutive poor harvests in Italy, a war between Genoa, Venice and the Mongols, AND a Black Sea plague outbreak. @science.org
Medieval volcano may have indirectly sparked Europe’s Black Death
Crop failures caused by eruptions possibly forced grain imports from plague-ridden regions
www.science.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Black Death was history's worst documented demographic disaster. New research shows it was also a bizarre anomaly, the unlikely result of volcanic eruptions, multiple consecutive poor harvests in Italy, a war between Genoa, Venice and the Mongols, AND a Black Sea plague outbreak. @science.org
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Dropping these magazines silences the perspectives of women and Black students and robs all students of valuable learning opportunities.
All students have the freedom to express themselves on campus.
All students have the freedom to express themselves on campus.
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Dropping these magazines silences the perspectives of women and Black students and robs all students of valuable learning opportunities.
All students have the freedom to express themselves on campus.
All students have the freedom to express themselves on campus.
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Louisiana’s hunting and wildlife authority is one of more than 1,000 state and local agencies that have partnered with US immigration authorities this year alone. www.wired.com/story/story/...
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE
Louisiana’s hunting and wildlife authority is one of more than 1,000 state and local agencies that have partnered with US immigration authorities this year alone.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Louisiana’s hunting and wildlife authority is one of more than 1,000 state and local agencies that have partnered with US immigration authorities this year alone. www.wired.com/story/story/...
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Just awful. Infecting America with junk science, now from the very top. Without a doubt more Americans are going to get sick or die because of RFK Jr. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just awful. Infecting America with junk science, now from the very top. Without a doubt more Americans are going to get sick or die because of RFK Jr. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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The New York mayor-elect's victory has energized the European left, with politicians casting themselves as their country's version of Mamdani, and strategists eager to study how he won. n.pr/4izOubu
Europe's left is taking notes on Mamdani's successful campaign for New York mayor
The New York mayor-elect's victory has energized the European left, with politicians casting themselves as their country's version of Mamdani, and strategists eager to study how he won.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The New York mayor-elect's victory has energized the European left, with politicians casting themselves as their country's version of Mamdani, and strategists eager to study how he won. n.pr/4izOubu
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A gripping conversation with Jon Lee Anderson, who traveled to eastern DRC for the @newyorker.com and told Carolyn Beeler @theworld.org what he saw and heard. Insightful stuff.
Produced by the incredible @joyhackel.bsky.social
theworld.org/segments/202...
Produced by the incredible @joyhackel.bsky.social
theworld.org/segments/202...
Why war in eastern DRC continues to smolder - The World from PRX
Leaders of Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are slated to travel to Washington this week to sign a peace deal overseen by US President Donald Trump. New Yorker journalist Jon Lee Anderson visit...
theworld.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A gripping conversation with Jon Lee Anderson, who traveled to eastern DRC for the @newyorker.com and told Carolyn Beeler @theworld.org what he saw and heard. Insightful stuff.
Produced by the incredible @joyhackel.bsky.social
theworld.org/segments/202...
Produced by the incredible @joyhackel.bsky.social
theworld.org/segments/202...
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Breaking news: The Pentagon’s top watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated security protocols meant to protect U.S. troops by using a personal device to share sensitive operational details on the messaging app Signal.
Watchdog finds Hegseth violated Pentagon protocol in ‘Signalgate’ affair
The Defense Department inspector general finds Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Pentagon protocol in use of Signal to share highly sensitive U.S. attack plans, according to officials who have s...
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Breaking news: The Pentagon’s top watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated security protocols meant to protect U.S. troops by using a personal device to share sensitive operational details on the messaging app Signal.
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Jeffries needs to go.
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Jeffries needs to go.
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Guess who we were listening to this year?
Drop your favorite artist in the comments 🎤
Drop your favorite artist in the comments 🎤
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Guess who we were listening to this year?
Drop your favorite artist in the comments 🎤
Drop your favorite artist in the comments 🎤
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Ever since the first SpaceX Starlink satellites were launched in 2019, astronomers have warned that satellite constellations will contaminate images of the night sky.
A new study finds that in the next 2 decades, even space-based telescopes could face the same issue. https://scim.ag/3XyjcIw
A new study finds that in the next 2 decades, even space-based telescopes could face the same issue. https://scim.ag/3XyjcIw
Satellite fleets pose problems for space telescopes, too
Proposed “megaconstellations” would contaminate images from telescopes in low-Earth orbit, including Hubble
scim.ag
December 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ever since the first SpaceX Starlink satellites were launched in 2019, astronomers have warned that satellite constellations will contaminate images of the night sky.
A new study finds that in the next 2 decades, even space-based telescopes could face the same issue. https://scim.ag/3XyjcIw
A new study finds that in the next 2 decades, even space-based telescopes could face the same issue. https://scim.ag/3XyjcIw
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While millions of families struggle to put food on the table Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Mark Zuckerberg own more wealth than the bottom HALF of Americans.
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
While millions of families struggle to put food on the table Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Mark Zuckerberg own more wealth than the bottom HALF of Americans.
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
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Pretty much sums up the moment.
Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Pretty much sums up the moment.
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The threats from unchecked AI are real — worker displacement, corporate surveillance, invasion of privacy, environmental destruction, unmanned warfare.
Today, a tiny number of billionaires are shaping the future of AI behind closed doors. That is unacceptable. That must change.
Today, a tiny number of billionaires are shaping the future of AI behind closed doors. That is unacceptable. That must change.
The threats from AI are real | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The threats from unchecked AI are real — worker displacement, corporate surveillance, invasion of privacy, environmental destruction, unmanned warfare.
Today, a tiny number of billionaires are shaping the future of AI behind closed doors. That is unacceptable. That must change.
Today, a tiny number of billionaires are shaping the future of AI behind closed doors. That is unacceptable. That must change.
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Anti-abortion groups are pushing to ban abortion coverage for anyone who gets tax credits to pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
The big sticking point in the White House’s health care proposal
For many GOP members, an expansion of abortion restrictions in Obamacare is a must-have in any tentative health care plan.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Anti-abortion groups are pushing to ban abortion coverage for anyone who gets tax credits to pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
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Millions of people are living paycheck to paycheck. They're struggling with the cost of food, housing, and other basic necessities. 70% of U.S. adults say the American Dream is dead.
How does Trump respond?
By crying about how the word "affordability" is a "Democrat scam."
Hello?
How does Trump respond?
By crying about how the word "affordability" is a "Democrat scam."
Hello?
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Millions of people are living paycheck to paycheck. They're struggling with the cost of food, housing, and other basic necessities. 70% of U.S. adults say the American Dream is dead.
How does Trump respond?
By crying about how the word "affordability" is a "Democrat scam."
Hello?
How does Trump respond?
By crying about how the word "affordability" is a "Democrat scam."
Hello?
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This is Donald Trump's economy — tax cuts for billionaires, fewer jobs for poor and working American families. www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...
Private Employers Shed Most Jobs Since 2023 Last Month
A historic decline comes as Wall Street anticipated slight growth through the month.
www.forbes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is Donald Trump's economy — tax cuts for billionaires, fewer jobs for poor and working American families. www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...
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"Even if they make telemedicine illegal, even if they ban mifepristone, even if there’s a national abortion ban, we’re still going to be having abortions and helping each other have abortions. Fundamentally, it is unstoppable." @shoutyourabortion.bsky.social
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Shout Your Abortion Short Films Seek to Normalize Keeping Abortion Pills at Home: ‘You Always Have Options’
Shout Your Abortion's new campaign are short, powerful films that demystify abortion pills and encourage women and girls to keep them on hand.
msmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"Even if they make telemedicine illegal, even if they ban mifepristone, even if there’s a national abortion ban, we’re still going to be having abortions and helping each other have abortions. Fundamentally, it is unstoppable." @shoutyourabortion.bsky.social
msmagazine.com/2025/12/02/a...
msmagazine.com/2025/12/02/a...