Shell Game
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Fleeing the insanity of billionaire-owned social media platforms. Looking forward to engaging with smart, creative thinkers who value their fellow humans and the planet.
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There's officially been more accountability for corporate extramarital affairs at Coldplay concerts than there's been for the sitting president covering up a massive sex trafficking operation that targeted children.
“Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met.”
Astronomer CEO resigns after viral Coldplay incident | CNN Business
Andy Byron, the chief executive of New York-based tech company Astronomer, has resigned from his role after he was spotted embracing an employee at a Coldplay concert, according to a LinkedIn post fro...
www.cnn.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
There's officially been more accountability for corporate extramarital affairs at Coldplay concerts than there's been for the sitting president covering up a massive sex trafficking operation that targeted children.
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ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻
July 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻
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The idea of civil rights is that all people are equal members of society, and therefore mechanisms that make people unequal are illegitimate. The far right has built a perverse mirror ideology, in which races are known to be unequal, and therefore mechanisms that make us equal are illegitimate.
Their baseline idea is that inequality between peoples is the natural order of things, and so any effort to reduce inequality is immoral and illegal. They're segregationists, and their ideal world is the antebellum South but they'll settle for the "Redeemer" era as Reconstruction fell to Jim Crow.
July 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The idea of civil rights is that all people are equal members of society, and therefore mechanisms that make people unequal are illegitimate. The far right has built a perverse mirror ideology, in which races are known to be unequal, and therefore mechanisms that make us equal are illegitimate.
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"
July 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"
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Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
July 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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READ THE COMPLAINT: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
READ THE COMPLAINT: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Since 1980, there have been over 400 weather disasters in the US, with total damages over $1 billion.
These disasters have cost $2.9 trillion in total and killed nearly 17,000 people.
Don't tell me we "can't afford" to address the climate crisis.
The truth is we can’t afford not to.
These disasters have cost $2.9 trillion in total and killed nearly 17,000 people.
Don't tell me we "can't afford" to address the climate crisis.
The truth is we can’t afford not to.
July 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Since 1980, there have been over 400 weather disasters in the US, with total damages over $1 billion.
These disasters have cost $2.9 trillion in total and killed nearly 17,000 people.
Don't tell me we "can't afford" to address the climate crisis.
The truth is we can’t afford not to.
These disasters have cost $2.9 trillion in total and killed nearly 17,000 people.
Don't tell me we "can't afford" to address the climate crisis.
The truth is we can’t afford not to.
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Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽
July 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽
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SO make sure EVERYONE KNOWS what is in it
#NOKINGS
#NOICE
#NOFASCISTS
#DEFENDDEMOCRACY
#EMPATHY
#TOLERANCE
#HUMANITY
#dueprocessforall
#RESIST
#NOKINGS
#NOICE
#NOFASCISTS
#DEFENDDEMOCRACY
#EMPATHY
#TOLERANCE
#HUMANITY
#dueprocessforall
#RESIST
July 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
SO make sure EVERYONE KNOWS what is in it
#NOKINGS
#NOICE
#NOFASCISTS
#DEFENDDEMOCRACY
#EMPATHY
#TOLERANCE
#HUMANITY
#dueprocessforall
#RESIST
#NOKINGS
#NOICE
#NOFASCISTS
#DEFENDDEMOCRACY
#EMPATHY
#TOLERANCE
#HUMANITY
#dueprocessforall
#RESIST
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You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher grocery bills.
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher medical bills.
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher utility bills.
That’s their "Big Beautiful Bill" in action.
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher medical bills.
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher utility bills.
That’s their "Big Beautiful Bill" in action.
July 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher grocery bills.
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher medical bills.
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher utility bills.
That’s their "Big Beautiful Bill" in action.
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher medical bills.
You can thank Donald Trump and Republicans for your higher utility bills.
That’s their "Big Beautiful Bill" in action.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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A very sensible list. This shouldn’t be so damned hard.
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
July 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A very sensible list. This shouldn’t be so damned hard.
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Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.
July 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.
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More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.
July 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.
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We're in anticipation of recession territory. US private sector shed 33,000 jobs, first decline in 2 years. It's clear employers are growing weary over Trump tariff impacts and just the continuing levels of uncertainty.
July 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We're in anticipation of recession territory. US private sector shed 33,000 jobs, first decline in 2 years. It's clear employers are growing weary over Trump tariff impacts and just the continuing levels of uncertainty.
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Bartiromo: "We are waiting any moment now to get the jobs number for the month of June. The expectations call for the numbers to be up 95,000. Right now seeing the number -- actually, uh, showing a decline in jobs, uh, down 33,000, uh."
July 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Bartiromo: "We are waiting any moment now to get the jobs number for the month of June. The expectations call for the numbers to be up 95,000. Right now seeing the number -- actually, uh, showing a decline in jobs, uh, down 33,000, uh."
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Breaking: The US lost 33,000 jobs in June. They were expecting to *gain* 100,000.
The private sector lost 33,000 jobs in June, badly missing expectations for a 100,000 increase, ADP says
Economists polled by Dow Jones forecasted an increase of 100,000 for the month.
www.cnbc.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Breaking: The US lost 33,000 jobs in June. They were expecting to *gain* 100,000.
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"The biggest job-killing bill in history."
July 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"The biggest job-killing bill in history."
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If there was ever a time to call your Senator, this is it.
Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
June 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If there was ever a time to call your Senator, this is it.
Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
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Van Hollen: "The real problem is Republicans refuse to ask billionaires to contribute more to the overall good of the country ... they have an obsession with giving tax cuts to very rich people and big corporations and everything else is sacrificed for that cause."
June 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Van Hollen: "The real problem is Republicans refuse to ask billionaires to contribute more to the overall good of the country ... they have an obsession with giving tax cuts to very rich people and big corporations and everything else is sacrificed for that cause."
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This isn’t just a bill.
It’s a fundamental restructuring of American society in which the poor are abandoned, and “immigration jails” outrank healthcare.
Billions taken from one and given to the other.
It’s a fundamental restructuring of American society in which the poor are abandoned, and “immigration jails” outrank healthcare.
Billions taken from one and given to the other.
Judd Legum explains 7 of the things in Trump's megabill:
1. Cuts $930B from Medicaid
2. 16M lose health ins
3. Slashes food asst for poor families by $186B
4. Lower incomes for bottom 40% of families
5. Increases deficit by $3.3T
6. $45B for new immigration jails
7. Billions for defense contractors
1. Cuts $930B from Medicaid
2. 16M lose health ins
3. Slashes food asst for poor families by $186B
4. Lower incomes for bottom 40% of families
5. Increases deficit by $3.3T
6. $45B for new immigration jails
7. Billions for defense contractors
7 things everyone should know about Trump's megabill
The Republican reconciliation legislation, which Trump calls his "big, beautiful bill," is massive.
open.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This isn’t just a bill.
It’s a fundamental restructuring of American society in which the poor are abandoned, and “immigration jails” outrank healthcare.
Billions taken from one and given to the other.
It’s a fundamental restructuring of American society in which the poor are abandoned, and “immigration jails” outrank healthcare.
Billions taken from one and given to the other.
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Is the plan to turn everything over to Elon, with his terrific record of explosions?
The details are not yet finalized, but the budget bill would devastate NASA science and the future of US exploration in space and astronomy. Among many other things. 🔭🧪
www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
June 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Is the plan to turn everything over to Elon, with his terrific record of explosions?
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Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
June 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.