@franthony.bsky.social
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After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
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The horrific tragedy in Minneapolis is a repeat of other horrifying mass casualty events.
Knowing there’s no political will to tackle the underlying problems driving this epidemic, please consider:
1. Donating blood. It’s life saving
2. Get trained in basic life support. It can also save a life
Knowing there’s no political will to tackle the underlying problems driving this epidemic, please consider:
1. Donating blood. It’s life saving
2. Get trained in basic life support. It can also save a life
August 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The horrific tragedy in Minneapolis is a repeat of other horrifying mass casualty events.
Knowing there’s no political will to tackle the underlying problems driving this epidemic, please consider:
1. Donating blood. It’s life saving
2. Get trained in basic life support. It can also save a life
Knowing there’s no political will to tackle the underlying problems driving this epidemic, please consider:
1. Donating blood. It’s life saving
2. Get trained in basic life support. It can also save a life
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What they've done to LA and are doing to DC they want to do to a city near you. We know this becasue they are saying it; and we know this because they just greenlighted $171 billion more for their secret police.
Comer: "We're gonna support doing this in other cities if it works out in Washington DC. We spend a lot on our military. Our military has been in many countries around the world for the past two decades walking the streets trying to reduce crime. We need to focus on the big cities in America now."
August 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What they've done to LA and are doing to DC they want to do to a city near you. We know this becasue they are saying it; and we know this because they just greenlighted $171 billion more for their secret police.
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💰 The New Yorker puts a number on it—
$3.4 billion
That’s how much Trump & his family have profited from his presidency, estimates David Kirkpatrick.
(Mentions my reporting too.)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
$3.4 billion
That’s how much Trump & his family have profited from his presidency, estimates David Kirkpatrick.
(Mentions my reporting too.)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How Much Is Trump Profiting Off the Presidency?
A comprehensive estimate of how much Trump and his family are making, from hotel mega-deals to crypto schemes, has been elusive—until now.
www.newyorker.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
💰 The New Yorker puts a number on it—
$3.4 billion
That’s how much Trump & his family have profited from his presidency, estimates David Kirkpatrick.
(Mentions my reporting too.)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
$3.4 billion
That’s how much Trump & his family have profited from his presidency, estimates David Kirkpatrick.
(Mentions my reporting too.)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Stop what you're doing and listen to this warning from @marcelias.bsky.social about the real reason for Trump's National Guard deployment in DC.
August 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Stop what you're doing and listen to this warning from @marcelias.bsky.social about the real reason for Trump's National Guard deployment in DC.
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@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Trump has never said 'I wish her well' to any Epstein victims, just Ghislaine Maxwell youtu.be/RrIGsqWvmSU?...
July 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Trump has never said 'I wish her well' to any Epstein victims, just Ghislaine Maxwell youtu.be/RrIGsqWvmSU?...
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"Those best positioned [in Hungary] to uphold democratic norms chose the comfort of an illusion over the courage of action. They were and are invisible by choice.... The lesson of Hungary is this: We cannot claim to care about democracy only when it costs nothing."
July 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Those best positioned [in Hungary] to uphold democratic norms chose the comfort of an illusion over the courage of action. They were and are invisible by choice.... The lesson of Hungary is this: We cannot claim to care about democracy only when it costs nothing."
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Congrats to Lisa Murkowski on voting for a bill that she herself admitted was not ready in hopes that the House would change it. Now it’ll become law. She had the power to stop it, and instead chose to become complicit. That’s her legacy.
July 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Congrats to Lisa Murkowski on voting for a bill that she herself admitted was not ready in hopes that the House would change it. Now it’ll become law. She had the power to stop it, and instead chose to become complicit. That’s her legacy.
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Hopefully this puts to bed a whole lot of misconceptions. Like Republicans being good people, fiscally responsible people, people of faith, and that they're policies are for the working people and their families.
I truly hope this puts a definitive end to the perpetual insistence by Democrats that they can compromise with Republicans. You can't. These people are extreme, depraved, and shameless. They just stripped healthcare from 17 million people to give themselves a tax cut.
July 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Hopefully this puts to bed a whole lot of misconceptions. Like Republicans being good people, fiscally responsible people, people of faith, and that they're policies are for the working people and their families.
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It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Tim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friend
After a hug with Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz eulogized slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman as “the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history.”
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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I think going to war with Iran is a terrible idea, but no one believes this “two weeks” bit. He’s used it a million times before to pretend he might be doing something he’s not. It just makes America look weak and silly.
beyond parody -- Trump, through Karoline Leavitt, announces he'll make his decision about whether to strike Iran "within the next two weeks"
June 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I think going to war with Iran is a terrible idea, but no one believes this “two weeks” bit. He’s used it a million times before to pretend he might be doing something he’s not. It just makes America look weak and silly.
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For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from:
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
June 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from:
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
-Sinking poll numbers
-A devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Harmful trade wars
-Unleashing the military on American soil
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism
We must remain on high alert. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
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I have been a Dodgers fan my whole life & I’m proud of that.
NEW: The Los Angeles Dodgers say they have denied entry to ICE agents who arrived at the stadium and "requested permission to access the parking lots."
June 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I have been a Dodgers fan my whole life & I’m proud of that.
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Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder
The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.
www.newyorker.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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“Most of that grant money is appropriated by Congress for the National Institutes of Health to disburse to fund biomedical research after a lengthy application process by individual scientists, work that is not typically done at trade schools…”
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump considers redirecting $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools
President Donald Trump said he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools.
www.reuters.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Most of that grant money is appropriated by Congress for the National Institutes of Health to disburse to fund biomedical research after a lengthy application process by individual scientists, work that is not typically done at trade schools…”
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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An absolutely outrageous level of ignorance for the SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
An absolutely outrageous level of ignorance for the SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
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"You shouldn't be within a thousand miles of the directorship of the IRS" -- Elizabeth Warren grilled IRS commissioner nominee Billy Long so hard that he was left stammering and shaking by the end of her questioning
May 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"You shouldn't be within a thousand miles of the directorship of the IRS" -- Elizabeth Warren grilled IRS commissioner nominee Billy Long so hard that he was left stammering and shaking by the end of her questioning
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Biden old, Trump old. Biden good president. Trump bad president.
May 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Biden old, Trump old. Biden good president. Trump bad president.
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Make sure the "not in constitutional crisis yet" people see this one.
WELKER: Your secretary of state says everyone who's here, citizens and non-citizens, deserve due process. Do you agree?
TRUMP: I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.
WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution?
TRUMP: I don't know
TRUMP: I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.
WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution?
TRUMP: I don't know
May 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Make sure the "not in constitutional crisis yet" people see this one.
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One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
March 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
My Twitter (I refuse to call it by a one letter name) is just a blank screen today. Does this mean I’ve been banned?
March 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My Twitter (I refuse to call it by a one letter name) is just a blank screen today. Does this mean I’ve been banned?
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Elon Musk should not be anywhere near the federal government. Repost if you agree.
March 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Elon Musk should not be anywhere near the federal government. Repost if you agree.
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I’m pretty sure this is what voters want from their elected officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
March 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I’m pretty sure this is what voters want from their elected officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
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I always think back to that 2016 Hillary ad in which a piano salesman in New Jersey got stuffed by Trump and had to settle for a fraction of what he was owed because he couldn’t afford litigation
whyy.org/articles/new...
whyy.org/articles/new...
March 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I always think back to that 2016 Hillary ad in which a piano salesman in New Jersey got stuffed by Trump and had to settle for a fraction of what he was owed because he couldn’t afford litigation
whyy.org/articles/new...
whyy.org/articles/new...