A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

And just like that, Republican Unelected Co-President Elon Musk has killed the bill to keep the government from shutting down on Friday. All he had to do was make a few social media posts.

Trump said he’d empower working people, all he’s done is empower the ultra wealthy.

📌“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”

― Lyndon B. Johnson

*(One of the most prescient things ever said by anybody.)

Federal Employment over time. It’s around where it has been for decades.

MLK/FDR backed a federal jobs guarantee, where people who want to work get jobs.

Elon/Trump want to fire hundreds of thousands of workers and cut Medicaid/Medicare to offset tax cuts for the rich.

Hahahahahaha

With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured…the first thought forbidden…the first freedom denied - chains us all, irrevocably.

Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. How fitting that he predicted the current state of our country almost 30 years ago. Worth reading. Happy Birthday, Carl. We miss you. 💙

Hunter S. Thompson from “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72”

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