Santi Esposito💙
@santiesposito.bsky.social
Progressive guy from Byron Bay, Australia🦘🇦🇺
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If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money.
They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
So true, the democratic party needs to get rid of rich donor control of the party and back democratic socialist candidates
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#Capitalism isn’t #freedom. It’s #coercion dressed as choice.
Economist @claraemattei explains why, and why it matters today.
📍Watch the full explainer: youtu.be/lPBmGP8CDus
#FreeForum
Economist @claraemattei explains why, and why it matters today.
📍Watch the full explainer: youtu.be/lPBmGP8CDus
#FreeForum
What Is Capitalism? Not What You Think
YouTube video by FREE – Forum for Real Economic Emancipation
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#Capitalism isn’t #freedom. It’s #coercion dressed as choice.
Economist @claraemattei explains why, and why it matters today.
📍Watch the full explainer: youtu.be/lPBmGP8CDus
#FreeForum
Economist @claraemattei explains why, and why it matters today.
📍Watch the full explainer: youtu.be/lPBmGP8CDus
#FreeForum
This graph says it all about wealth inequality today.
Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
September 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This graph says it all about wealth inequality today.
This is what we need, organisations like this backing progressive and young candidates
Fresh proof that young progressives are changing politics!
@amandalitman.bsky.social reminds us that “values-first, voter-first” campaigns inspired and ignite change.
@amandalitman.bsky.social reminds us that “values-first, voter-first” campaigns inspired and ignite change.
After the loss of 2024, these progressive candidates are making politics fun again: 'We can win anywhere'
Run For Something founder Amanda Litman says progressives like Zohran Mamdani are building a new future of political leadership.
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is what we need, organisations like this backing progressive and young candidates
So true, the democratic party needs to get rid of rich donor control of the party and back democratic socialist candidates
If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money.
They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
August 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
So true, the democratic party needs to get rid of rich donor control of the party and back democratic socialist candidates
It's the rich flooding politics with campaign donations that gives them so much control. We have to get that money out of the electoral system.
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the oligarchy and return power to the people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0pRIBRcDk
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the oligarchy and return power to the people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0pRIBRcDk
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It's the rich flooding politics with campaign donations that gives them so much control. We have to get that money out of the electoral system.
So true, the free market is a total myth
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
August 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So true, the free market is a total myth
Less pay for CEOs and shareholders, higher pay for workers
The explosion in CEO pay relative to the pay of workers isn’t because CEOs have become so much more valuable than before.
They've just gamed the system to line their pockets.
Is it any wonder why so many working people feel the game is rigged against them? (It is.)
They've just gamed the system to line their pockets.
Is it any wonder why so many working people feel the game is rigged against them? (It is.)
August 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Less pay for CEOs and shareholders, higher pay for workers
Workers should be paid a much higher ratio of wages compared to CEOs and shareholders. 632 to 1 shows how skewed capitalism currently is.
The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios.
At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024.
Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570.
That’s a ratio of 632 to 1.
How can anyone defend this?
At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024.
Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570.
That’s a ratio of 632 to 1.
How can anyone defend this?
August 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Workers should be paid a much higher ratio of wages compared to CEOs and shareholders. 632 to 1 shows how skewed capitalism currently is.
CEO and shareholder profits are coming from suppressing wages for working class people.
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
August 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
CEO and shareholder profits are coming from suppressing wages for working class people.
It's this buying up of houses by rich investors that is driving our housing crisis.
Over a quarter of all homes sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors.
If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared
If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared
How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
August 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's this buying up of houses by rich investors that is driving our housing crisis.
So true, democratic socialists need to take over from the corporate democrats
Political parties have control over the terms of primary elections.
The DNC has the power to ban Super PAC spending.
If Democrats really want to become the party of working people and fight the forces that brought us Trump, they must disavow Big Money.
The DNC has the power to ban Super PAC spending.
If Democrats really want to become the party of working people and fight the forces that brought us Trump, they must disavow Big Money.
August 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
So true, democratic socialists need to take over from the corporate democrats
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I'm not against success. I'm against hoarding money. No billionaires means less lobbying & fewer politicians serving donors instead of people.
And the argument that they will move to countries with lower tax rates? Sure let them live in Russia, Nigeria, Lebanon or El Salvador. Not gonna happen.
And the argument that they will move to countries with lower tax rates? Sure let them live in Russia, Nigeria, Lebanon or El Salvador. Not gonna happen.
Zohran Mamdani says 'I don't think we should have billionaires'
Mamdani, the presumptive Democratic nominee to be the next mayor of New York City and a self-identified democratic socialist, on Sunday said billionaires contribute to inequality.
www.nbcnewyork.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I'm not against success. I'm against hoarding money. No billionaires means less lobbying & fewer politicians serving donors instead of people.
And the argument that they will move to countries with lower tax rates? Sure let them live in Russia, Nigeria, Lebanon or El Salvador. Not gonna happen.
And the argument that they will move to countries with lower tax rates? Sure let them live in Russia, Nigeria, Lebanon or El Salvador. Not gonna happen.
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Not a surprise, they only got in bed with Cuomo because they found him inevitable. As he is not, they're gone.
Two major labor unions that backed Cuomo’s failed NYC Democratic mayoral bid are set to endorse Mamdani.
Two major NYC unions back Mamdani’s general election bid for mayor
Mamdani scored an upset win over Andrew Cuomo, who received labor backing during his failed primary bid.
www.politico.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Not a surprise, they only got in bed with Cuomo because they found him inevitable. As he is not, they're gone.
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There is no greater indication of how awful and prevalent misogyny is than how poorly women’s reproductive health is funded and handled. Plastic surgery though, we’ve made leaps and bounds of growth.
June 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
There is no greater indication of how awful and prevalent misogyny is than how poorly women’s reproductive health is funded and handled. Plastic surgery though, we’ve made leaps and bounds of growth.
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Just three years after the horrific and racist mass shooting at Tops, I know these recent reports of individuals with guns in the parking lot are terrifying.
I want to assure our Buffalo community that they are safe, and we are #BuffaloStrong.
www.wgrz.com/article/news...
I want to assure our Buffalo community that they are safe, and we are #BuffaloStrong.
www.wgrz.com/article/news...
Men caught with ghost guns near the Tops on Jefferson Avenue
Two men are facing serious charges after an armed encounter near the Jefferson Avenue Tops — the same store forever marked by tragedy in 2022.
www.wgrz.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Just three years after the horrific and racist mass shooting at Tops, I know these recent reports of individuals with guns in the parking lot are terrifying.
I want to assure our Buffalo community that they are safe, and we are #BuffaloStrong.
www.wgrz.com/article/news...
I want to assure our Buffalo community that they are safe, and we are #BuffaloStrong.
www.wgrz.com/article/news...
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Happy Pride, New York!
I will always stand up for your right to live proudly, love openly, and simply be who you are.
I will always stand up for your right to live proudly, love openly, and simply be who you are.
June 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Happy Pride, New York!
I will always stand up for your right to live proudly, love openly, and simply be who you are.
I will always stand up for your right to live proudly, love openly, and simply be who you are.
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Republicans want to cut $1 TRILLION from Medicaid.
That’s millions of seniors, kids, and disabled Americans losing care.
That’s rural hospitals closing.
That’s lives at risk – all to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
#SaveMedicaid #ProtectOurCare
That’s millions of seniors, kids, and disabled Americans losing care.
That’s rural hospitals closing.
That’s lives at risk – all to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
#SaveMedicaid #ProtectOurCare
June 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Republicans want to cut $1 TRILLION from Medicaid.
That’s millions of seniors, kids, and disabled Americans losing care.
That’s rural hospitals closing.
That’s lives at risk – all to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
#SaveMedicaid #ProtectOurCare
That’s millions of seniors, kids, and disabled Americans losing care.
That’s rural hospitals closing.
That’s lives at risk – all to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
#SaveMedicaid #ProtectOurCare
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Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his beautiful wife and newborn son.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.
June 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his beautiful wife and newborn son.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
Each one of the 104 days he spent detained was a grave injustice.
From the moment of his detention, @ccrjustice.org + @aclu.org engaged my office as we worked closely to help secure his release. They did remarkable work here.
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Massive amounts of money get wasted in politics and many people don't even know what happens to their money after donating.
So here's how I've spent my campaign's resources over the last three months:
So here's how I've spent my campaign's resources over the last three months:
June 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Massive amounts of money get wasted in politics and many people don't even know what happens to their money after donating.
So here's how I've spent my campaign's resources over the last three months:
So here's how I've spent my campaign's resources over the last three months:
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So just to recap:
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
June 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So just to recap:
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
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This is beautiful. All of this. Check out this creator's Playlist on his tt account from watermark
June 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This is beautiful. All of this. Check out this creator's Playlist on his tt account from watermark
it used to be a pillar of western society that police always are identifiable and approachable to the public, this is so sad to see now
June 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
it used to be a pillar of western society that police always are identifiable and approachable to the public, this is so sad to see now