JoeCGiles
@joecgiles.bsky.social
If we can find a way out of oligarchy, the first priority should be taxing billionaires at Eisenhower rates.
Decades of US tax policy insufficiently taxing the wealthiest Americans has become a threat to democracy worldwide.
Northern CA.
Decades of US tax policy insufficiently taxing the wealthiest Americans has become a threat to democracy worldwide.
Northern CA.
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JoeCGiles
@joecgiles.bsky.social
· Nov 7
At least when dinosaurs went extinct it wasn't a handful of greedy dinosaurs that made it happen.
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it would be the honor of my career to be part of the office that prosecutes the lawyers who did this
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
it would be the honor of my career to be part of the office that prosecutes the lawyers who did this
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They really are going with immaculate asymmetry of tariffs, which didn't raise prices when they were imposed but will cut them when they're withdrawn.
KARL: Tariffs have been removed from some food items. How soon do we expect prices on those goods will go down?
HASSETT: The prices for those goods weren't necessarily going up just because of tariffs
KARL: So they might not go down?
HASSETT: The prices for those goods weren't necessarily going up just because of tariffs
KARL: So they might not go down?
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
They really are going with immaculate asymmetry of tariffs, which didn't raise prices when they were imposed but will cut them when they're withdrawn.
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My grandmother took a no-frills airline to Moscow. We only had to pay for the luggage.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My grandmother took a no-frills airline to Moscow. We only had to pay for the luggage.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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ICE deports 'patriot' Purple Heart recipient to Mexico after two tours of duty
ICE deports 'patriot' Purple Heart recipient to Mexico after two tours of duty
Jose Barco-Chirino, who served two tours of duty, was deported to Mexico on Friday, according to ICE, after he allegedly misplaces citizenship paperwork
www.themirror.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
ICE deports 'patriot' Purple Heart recipient to Mexico after two tours of duty
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November 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The Republicans don't believe any of this bullshit. They know how insurance works. They've been bribed by the insurance industry for their entire careers. This is just a lame attempt to hide the fact that they want to deny health care to millions of Americans.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Republicans don't believe any of this bullshit. They know how insurance works. They've been bribed by the insurance industry for their entire careers. This is just a lame attempt to hide the fact that they want to deny health care to millions of Americans.
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New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
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On the bridge this morning for Steelers Sunday!
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
On the bridge this morning for Steelers Sunday!
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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The way our constitutional republic works is that the supreme court is supposed to strike down actions by the executive when they perform an act that is exclusively granted to congress in the constitution. Whether it is a "signature policy" is irrelevant. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The way our constitutional republic works is that the supreme court is supposed to strike down actions by the executive when they perform an act that is exclusively granted to congress in the constitution. Whether it is a "signature policy" is irrelevant. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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I’m almost finished rereading The Grapes of Wrath and I’m feeling as militant now as I did when I first read it as a teenager.
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I’m almost finished rereading The Grapes of Wrath and I’m feeling as militant now as I did when I first read it as a teenager.
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UPDATE: Since launching our own methane-tracking satellite earlier this year, California has helped close 10 large methane leaks in our state.
That pollution reduction is roughly the same as taking 18,000 gas-powered cars off the road for an entire year.
That pollution reduction is roughly the same as taking 18,000 gas-powered cars off the road for an entire year.
California is moving forward with a groundbreaking satellite project to track and reduce methane emissions.
With this innovative technology, we’ll be able to move faster to cut methane emissions — protecting Californians and tackling harmful pollution.
With this innovative technology, we’ll be able to move faster to cut methane emissions — protecting Californians and tackling harmful pollution.
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
UPDATE: Since launching our own methane-tracking satellite earlier this year, California has helped close 10 large methane leaks in our state.
That pollution reduction is roughly the same as taking 18,000 gas-powered cars off the road for an entire year.
That pollution reduction is roughly the same as taking 18,000 gas-powered cars off the road for an entire year.
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Failed Political Gambit: Federalized National Guard troops to withdraw from Portland and Chicago
after a sound legal defeat. Trump administration pulls out after federal judges block the deployment, leaving troops in a holding pattern. It turns out the cavalry wasn't needed, or allowed, to ride in.
after a sound legal defeat. Trump administration pulls out after federal judges block the deployment, leaving troops in a holding pattern. It turns out the cavalry wasn't needed, or allowed, to ride in.
Hundreds of National Guard members to leave Portland, Chicago, source says
Last month, about 200 federalized California National Guard soldiers were sent to Portland, and another 200 federalized Texas National Guard soldiers were sent to Chicago.
www.cbsnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Failed Political Gambit: Federalized National Guard troops to withdraw from Portland and Chicago
after a sound legal defeat. Trump administration pulls out after federal judges block the deployment, leaving troops in a holding pattern. It turns out the cavalry wasn't needed, or allowed, to ride in.
after a sound legal defeat. Trump administration pulls out after federal judges block the deployment, leaving troops in a holding pattern. It turns out the cavalry wasn't needed, or allowed, to ride in.
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We’re pro America. And pro people with critical thinking skills.
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We’re pro America. And pro people with critical thinking skills.
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Never forget that the GOP has no plan and will throw you and your family and friends under the bus while claiming to help you.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Never forget that the GOP has no plan and will throw you and your family and friends under the bus while claiming to help you.
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Banding together as communities.
This is how we win.
This is how we win.
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Banding together as communities.
This is how we win.
This is how we win.
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Narrator: Bovino has now fled Chicago, because he was being held to account for his illegal actions there by the courts -- and is overseeing the assault and kidnapping of people elsewhere in the United States.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Narrator: Bovino has now fled Chicago, because he was being held to account for his illegal actions there by the courts -- and is overseeing the assault and kidnapping of people elsewhere in the United States.
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Any New York Times staffer who wants to explain to me why NYT headlines are so godawful in normalizing Trump should contact me. I'd prefer for you to go on the record, but I would consider granting anonymity. You can contact me through my book authorship website. www.markjacobbooks.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Any New York Times staffer who wants to explain to me why NYT headlines are so godawful in normalizing Trump should contact me. I'd prefer for you to go on the record, but I would consider granting anonymity. You can contact me through my book authorship website. www.markjacobbooks.com
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Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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“The Nobel in economic science went this year to three scholars who illuminated how innovation drives economic growth. They emphasized that this arises from immigration, from great universities, from openness to the world and to ideas.”
Trump kills growth.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Trump kills growth.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Opinion | America’s Formula for Greatness Is Under Threat
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“The Nobel in economic science went this year to three scholars who illuminated how innovation drives economic growth. They emphasized that this arises from immigration, from great universities, from openness to the world and to ideas.”
Trump kills growth.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Trump kills growth.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
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As with every #GildedAge, the ultra-wealthy retreat further into their corners.
@wsj.com
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November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
As with every #GildedAge, the ultra-wealthy retreat further into their corners.
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
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Data-centers make Page One in Washington State.
“.. they cost millions if not billions to build, consume vast amounts of water and power, and generally do not employ significant numbers of people beyond the construction phase ..”
“.. they cost millions if not billions to build, consume vast amounts of water and power, and generally do not employ significant numbers of people beyond the construction phase ..”
November 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Data-centers make Page One in Washington State.
“.. they cost millions if not billions to build, consume vast amounts of water and power, and generally do not employ significant numbers of people beyond the construction phase ..”
“.. they cost millions if not billions to build, consume vast amounts of water and power, and generally do not employ significant numbers of people beyond the construction phase ..”