Serena Fix
@alessandrafix.bsky.social
British person living in Cambridge, Mass
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WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Nuclear block is in fact your friend here bsky.app/profile/fain...
I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
October 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Nuclear block is in fact your friend here bsky.app/profile/fain...
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This is why I say the country is already in a civil war - the GOP already treats the other political side as the enemy. You cannot have a normal political environment with this level of demonization. And it is *drastically* one-sided against the left.
The problem with stopping escalatory violence is that it requires political factions to see the other side as not an enemy. You can't only find violence targeted at yourself as abhorrent.
Which is difficult to square with months of cheerleading for deploying the military to Democratic-run cities.
Which is difficult to square with months of cheerleading for deploying the military to Democratic-run cities.
September 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is why I say the country is already in a civil war - the GOP already treats the other political side as the enemy. You cannot have a normal political environment with this level of demonization. And it is *drastically* one-sided against the left.
Sunday thought: He’s losing
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Sunday thought: He’s losing
Friends,
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September 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Sunday thought: He’s losing
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White folks who are still clinging to narrow, outdated thinking; you are fossils in today’s political climate. In a world that’s becoming more Black, more Brown, more multicultural by the hour, your way of thinking is dead and buried, even if you don’t realize it yet. 👇🏾
August 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
White folks who are still clinging to narrow, outdated thinking; you are fossils in today’s political climate. In a world that’s becoming more Black, more Brown, more multicultural by the hour, your way of thinking is dead and buried, even if you don’t realize it yet. 👇🏾
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"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
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August 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
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Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.
Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case
The voting system manufacturer claimed the news channel made false statements about the company.
www.politico.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.
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Not a firing synapse in sight, not a cognitive thought.
Not a twinkling of intelligence behind those barely opened eyes! Vapid, vacant, mindless drivel attempting to form phrases despite lacking a single directive from the emptiness that is the cranium from which they sprang!
Not a twinkling of intelligence behind those barely opened eyes! Vapid, vacant, mindless drivel attempting to form phrases despite lacking a single directive from the emptiness that is the cranium from which they sprang!
June 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Not a firing synapse in sight, not a cognitive thought.
Not a twinkling of intelligence behind those barely opened eyes! Vapid, vacant, mindless drivel attempting to form phrases despite lacking a single directive from the emptiness that is the cranium from which they sprang!
Not a twinkling of intelligence behind those barely opened eyes! Vapid, vacant, mindless drivel attempting to form phrases despite lacking a single directive from the emptiness that is the cranium from which they sprang!
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This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊
June 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is the way to stand up to these bullies! Respect ✊
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Four years of college shouldn’t be the only gateway to the middle class
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Four years of college shouldn’t be the only gateway to the middle class
Thinking about education reform in the Trump era
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May 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Four years of college shouldn’t be the only gateway to the middle class
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Going unnoticed, Democrats have been winning most of the smaller elections in previously Trump friendly districts. Creeping into power again like ivy.
Going unnoticed, Democrats have been winning most of the smaller elections in previously Trump friendly districts. Creeping into power again like ivy.
Democrat Clinches Huge Upset Victory in NY State Senate Special Election, Wins District Trump Won By 55 Points in November - Democratsfacebooktwitteremail
democrats.org
May 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Going unnoticed, Democrats have been winning most of the smaller elections in previously Trump friendly districts. Creeping into power again like ivy.
Going unnoticed, Democrats have been winning most of the smaller elections in previously Trump friendly districts. Creeping into power again like ivy.
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ATTENTION WORLD LEADERS: You are under no obligation to accept an invitation to the White House. You are not at his beck and call. By now, he only wants to see you if he feels like crapping on you. If he wants to meet you, he can come to you.
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
May 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
ATTENTION WORLD LEADERS: You are under no obligation to accept an invitation to the White House. You are not at his beck and call. By now, he only wants to see you if he feels like crapping on you. If he wants to meet you, he can come to you.
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
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I refuse to get distracted by trivialities like this when new stories are breaking about Biden struggling through a 2023 interview.
May 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I refuse to get distracted by trivialities like this when new stories are breaking about Biden struggling through a 2023 interview.
And now for something completely different. First grandchild, a boy named Luca. Revere Beach, Boston.
May 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
And now for something completely different. First grandchild, a boy named Luca. Revere Beach, Boston.
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the best thing America is doing for the world right now is "serving as a warning"
April 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
the best thing America is doing for the world right now is "serving as a warning"
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I’m afraid this is correct. bsky.app/profile/grav...
I don’t really give a shit how much of a conservative this makes me sound like, but the United States has suffered an existential collapse in the civic virtue of our citizens necessary to sustain a liberal democracy.
April 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I’m afraid this is correct. bsky.app/profile/grav...
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This is a very good point that I haven't seen made yet.
It's not just Trump that is undermining trust in the US. It is also the inability of US institutions to stop him.
And even if you make that "inability to stop him so far," it's already too far to maintain trust.
It's not just Trump that is undermining trust in the US. It is also the inability of US institutions to stop him.
And even if you make that "inability to stop him so far," it's already too far to maintain trust.
From what I'm seeing in Europe, the real game changer here isn't really the Trump admin itself, but how quickly American elites - political, corporate, institutional and academic - just failed to respond and resist in any meaningful way.
US prestige culture, as seen from abroad, just evaporated.
US prestige culture, as seen from abroad, just evaporated.
April 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is a very good point that I haven't seen made yet.
It's not just Trump that is undermining trust in the US. It is also the inability of US institutions to stop him.
And even if you make that "inability to stop him so far," it's already too far to maintain trust.
It's not just Trump that is undermining trust in the US. It is also the inability of US institutions to stop him.
And even if you make that "inability to stop him so far," it's already too far to maintain trust.
Good time for Rubio to resign and King Charles to rescind his invitation 😔
February 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Good time for Rubio to resign and King Charles to rescind his invitation 😔
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Very informative story, tons of new stuff here, very much worth your time:
How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Very informative story, tons of new stuff here, very much worth your time:
10 more reasons for modest optimism
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open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
10 more reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
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February 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
10 more reasons for modest optimism
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Exactly. Blue states should opt out and band together.
Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"
February 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM