Ray Lister
@electricraypdx.bsky.social
International Lead Organizer for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, father of two wonderful young men, proud to be woke.
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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.
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.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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.
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.
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Concentration camps with blanket immunity from prosecution seems like a bad thing.
The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.
If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity
In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.
www.levernews.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Concentration camps with blanket immunity from prosecution seems like a bad thing.
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One of the most important charts in the world - from
Rush Doshi in the New York Times.
Without its allies, the United States is woefully behind China in metrics of raw economic power.
Too bad the US president does not seem to get it.
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Rush Doshi in the New York Times.
Without its allies, the United States is woefully behind China in metrics of raw economic power.
Too bad the US president does not seem to get it.
1/
September 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
One of the most important charts in the world - from
Rush Doshi in the New York Times.
Without its allies, the United States is woefully behind China in metrics of raw economic power.
Too bad the US president does not seem to get it.
1/
Rush Doshi in the New York Times.
Without its allies, the United States is woefully behind China in metrics of raw economic power.
Too bad the US president does not seem to get it.
1/
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I call bullshit. They are just making shit up now and while we are at it there are legitimate questions about Tyler Robinson now as well. Starting with he didn't have a rifle when he went up the stairs to the roof and he didn't have one when he jumped off the roof.
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I call bullshit. They are just making shit up now and while we are at it there are legitimate questions about Tyler Robinson now as well. Starting with he didn't have a rifle when he went up the stairs to the roof and he didn't have one when he jumped off the roof.
The Skydance - Paramount merger moved forward because Paramount fired Colbert. Firing Kimmel is how Nexstar will get Trump's FCC to approve their purchase of Tegna broadcasting.
September 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Skydance - Paramount merger moved forward because Paramount fired Colbert. Firing Kimmel is how Nexstar will get Trump's FCC to approve their purchase of Tegna broadcasting.
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Release the Epstein files!!!
September 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Release the Epstein files!!!
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
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Andrew Cuomo is now using boxing metaphors to insult Zohran Mamdani. However, he forgets that footage of his in-ring career exists on the internet. Here's Cuomo vs. Tony Mosco.
August 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Andrew Cuomo is now using boxing metaphors to insult Zohran Mamdani. However, he forgets that footage of his in-ring career exists on the internet. Here's Cuomo vs. Tony Mosco.
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Russia was never a hoax
The 2020 election wasn’t stolen
Tariffs are a tax on you
Haitians didn’t eat pets
The Epstein files exist
The 2020 election wasn’t stolen
Tariffs are a tax on you
Haitians didn’t eat pets
The Epstein files exist
July 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Russia was never a hoax
The 2020 election wasn’t stolen
Tariffs are a tax on you
Haitians didn’t eat pets
The Epstein files exist
The 2020 election wasn’t stolen
Tariffs are a tax on you
Haitians didn’t eat pets
The Epstein files exist
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People are slamming Mamdani for “trying to do too much at the age of 33” and frankly they have a point because we have zero examples from history of a 33-year-old brown immigrant who opposed the elites & condemned greed while demanding access to food, healthcare, housing, & loving all thy neighbors.
June 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
People are slamming Mamdani for “trying to do too much at the age of 33” and frankly they have a point because we have zero examples from history of a 33-year-old brown immigrant who opposed the elites & condemned greed while demanding access to food, healthcare, housing, & loving all thy neighbors.
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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.
They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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Democrats voting with crypto bros and talking about "abundance" instead of actually talking about the policies people would actually vote for is, at best, negligence and at worst, sabotage.
Huge opportunity for a political party that believes government can do good things. Public opinion is finally shifting after 50 years of right wing anti-government propaganda. This isn't the time for cowering and throat clearing www.cnn.com/2025/06/01/p...
June 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Democrats voting with crypto bros and talking about "abundance" instead of actually talking about the policies people would actually vote for is, at best, negligence and at worst, sabotage.
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
I want a forensic analysis of where Musk's gang of trust fund assholes were leading up to the election. I'm not convinced the election was fair anymore. Maybe I never was.
April 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I want a forensic analysis of where Musk's gang of trust fund assholes were leading up to the election. I'm not convinced the election was fair anymore. Maybe I never was.
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A Chicago Bulls hoodie
makes Kilmar Garcia a gang member
the same way a shiny gold cross
makes Karoline Leavitt a Christian.
makes Kilmar Garcia a gang member
the same way a shiny gold cross
makes Karoline Leavitt a Christian.
April 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A Chicago Bulls hoodie
makes Kilmar Garcia a gang member
the same way a shiny gold cross
makes Karoline Leavitt a Christian.
makes Kilmar Garcia a gang member
the same way a shiny gold cross
makes Karoline Leavitt a Christian.
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Florida: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez (20) is being held in the Leon County Jail, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien."
Lopez-Gomez is a U.S. Citizen, born in the USA. He showed his U.S. birth certificate in court. The judge held him in jail anyway.
This is Fascism.
Lopez-Gomez is a U.S. Citizen, born in the USA. He showed his U.S. birth certificate in court. The judge held him in jail anyway.
This is Fascism.
April 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Florida: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez (20) is being held in the Leon County Jail, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien."
Lopez-Gomez is a U.S. Citizen, born in the USA. He showed his U.S. birth certificate in court. The judge held him in jail anyway.
This is Fascism.
Lopez-Gomez is a U.S. Citizen, born in the USA. He showed his U.S. birth certificate in court. The judge held him in jail anyway.
This is Fascism.
I've been saying for a while that it's only a matter of time before Union organizers become targets. I'm reality, if we don't become targets, we're probably not doing our jobs.
We are heartbroken and outraged to learn that Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while dropping his partner off at work. He is reportedly being held at a private detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. 🧵
ICE arrests WA farmworker activist in Sedro-Woolley
Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez, 25, has organized on behalf of farmworkers' rights in Washington state since he was 14 years old.
www.seattletimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I've been saying for a while that it's only a matter of time before Union organizers become targets. I'm reality, if we don't become targets, we're probably not doing our jobs.