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Feel confused by what is happening in our government?
Listen to this podcast episode!
@gilduran.com is a investigative journalist and explains the WHY.
We can RESIST more effectively if we UNDERSTAND what is happening.
The tech authoritarians destroying our democracy must be stopped.
Listen to this podcast episode!
@gilduran.com is a investigative journalist and explains the WHY.
We can RESIST more effectively if we UNDERSTAND what is happening.
The tech authoritarians destroying our democracy must be stopped.
This is an EXCELLENT read about the broken poverty line. Thanks @profplum99.bsky.social. I wish "financial bluesky" was more a thing.
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” — Plutarch
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” — Plutarch
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is an EXCELLENT read about the broken poverty line. Thanks @profplum99.bsky.social. I wish "financial bluesky" was more a thing.
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” — Plutarch
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” — Plutarch
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Speak up @governor.ca.gov!
"Newsom–positioning himself as a hero of the resistance—has little to say about tech’s role in MAGA fascism. The governor of California could play a powerful role in naming and shaming the wealthy interests underwriting Trump’s attack on democracy, but he remains silent."
"Newsom–positioning himself as a hero of the resistance—has little to say about tech’s role in MAGA fascism. The governor of California could play a powerful role in naming and shaming the wealthy interests underwriting Trump’s attack on democracy, but he remains silent."
A former Palantir exec just published an extortion letter in the Washington Post: Democrats must fund tech oligarchs, abandon antitrust, and create 15 deregulated corporate zones—or “lose.”
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley’s Extortion Letter to Democrats
Ex-Palantir Exec Warns Democrats to Bow Down or Lose the Future
www.thenerdreich.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Speak up @governor.ca.gov!
"Newsom–positioning himself as a hero of the resistance—has little to say about tech’s role in MAGA fascism. The governor of California could play a powerful role in naming and shaming the wealthy interests underwriting Trump’s attack on democracy, but he remains silent."
"Newsom–positioning himself as a hero of the resistance—has little to say about tech’s role in MAGA fascism. The governor of California could play a powerful role in naming and shaming the wealthy interests underwriting Trump’s attack on democracy, but he remains silent."
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A former Palantir exec just published an extortion letter in the Washington Post: Democrats must fund tech oligarchs, abandon antitrust, and create 15 deregulated corporate zones—or “lose.”
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley’s Extortion Letter to Democrats
Ex-Palantir Exec Warns Democrats to Bow Down or Lose the Future
www.thenerdreich.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A former Palantir exec just published an extortion letter in the Washington Post: Democrats must fund tech oligarchs, abandon antitrust, and create 15 deregulated corporate zones—or “lose.”
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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Most Americans agree we need to get money out of politics. If that takes a constitutional amendment, then that's what we have to do. And if that's going to take years, then it's all the more reason to begin pushing now.
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Most Americans agree we need to get money out of politics. If that takes a constitutional amendment, then that's what we have to do. And if that's going to take years, then it's all the more reason to begin pushing now.
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Everyday Americans get nickel and dimed while the rich dodge taxes.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Everyday Americans get nickel and dimed while the rich dodge taxes.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
They struggle to get by while the wealth of the 1% skyrockets.
They see their voices drowned out while the well-connected avoid accountability.
There are two sets of rules in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
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thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
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What did they do?
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What did they do?
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The American people need protection from those who seek to exploit the workers for every last penny.
Some decry this view as "socialism."
I call it fair.
Some decry this view as "socialism."
I call it fair.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The American people need protection from those who seek to exploit the workers for every last penny.
Some decry this view as "socialism."
I call it fair.
Some decry this view as "socialism."
I call it fair.
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
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1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
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In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
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NEW: Foreign food safety inspections have hit a historic low after Trump staffing cuts. The dramatic shift in oversight comes as the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food.
“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.
“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fruit.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Foreign food safety inspections have hit a historic low after Trump staffing cuts. The dramatic shift in oversight comes as the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food.
“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.
“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.
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Curtis Yarvin is planning flee the country.
Steve Bannon is worried about returning to prison.
Don't listen to anyone who says the fascists have already won.
The future is not yet written.
Steve Bannon is worried about returning to prison.
Don't listen to anyone who says the fascists have already won.
The future is not yet written.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Curtis Yarvin is planning flee the country.
Steve Bannon is worried about returning to prison.
Don't listen to anyone who says the fascists have already won.
The future is not yet written.
Steve Bannon is worried about returning to prison.
Don't listen to anyone who says the fascists have already won.
The future is not yet written.
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Venture capitalists want to eat the world.
The playbook: identify a target, flood it with capital, capture the system, cash out.
Today, their target is American democracy—and they're betting big on Trump.
My conversation with @catherinebracy.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_W...
The playbook: identify a target, flood it with capital, capture the system, cash out.
Today, their target is American democracy—and they're betting big on Trump.
My conversation with @catherinebracy.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_W...
'Fentanyl Capitalism': How Tech Venture Capital Is Eating the World | Catherine Bracy x Gil Duran
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Venture capitalists want to eat the world.
The playbook: identify a target, flood it with capital, capture the system, cash out.
Today, their target is American democracy—and they're betting big on Trump.
My conversation with @catherinebracy.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_W...
The playbook: identify a target, flood it with capital, capture the system, cash out.
Today, their target is American democracy—and they're betting big on Trump.
My conversation with @catherinebracy.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_W...
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"Democracy ... [is] being systematically hollowed out and replaced.
The question now is whether democratic societies can recognize this formation for what it is—and build alternatives before the infrastructure of control becomes too deeply embedded to dislodge."
The question now is whether democratic societies can recognize this formation for what it is—and build alternatives before the infrastructure of control becomes too deeply embedded to dislodge."
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"Democracy ... [is] being systematically hollowed out and replaced.
The question now is whether democratic societies can recognize this formation for what it is—and build alternatives before the infrastructure of control becomes too deeply embedded to dislodge."
The question now is whether democratic societies can recognize this formation for what it is—and build alternatives before the infrastructure of control becomes too deeply embedded to dislodge."
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Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.
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🚨BIG NEWS: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social just signed legislation putting public financing of elections on the 2026 ballot of the largest state in America.
Public financing of campaigns was - by far - the most significant factor in @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's ascent. Nothing else even comes close.
Public financing of campaigns was - by far - the most significant factor in @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's ascent. Nothing else even comes close.
October 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🚨BIG NEWS: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social just signed legislation putting public financing of elections on the 2026 ballot of the largest state in America.
Public financing of campaigns was - by far - the most significant factor in @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's ascent. Nothing else even comes close.
Public financing of campaigns was - by far - the most significant factor in @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's ascent. Nothing else even comes close.
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🚨NEW: The key reason @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
is likely to win is the factor nobody in media mentions because it's too threatening to power: Public financing that gave Mamdani enough cash to compete.
This system can be replicated everywhere, which is why oligarchs dont want you to know about it
is likely to win is the factor nobody in media mentions because it's too threatening to power: Public financing that gave Mamdani enough cash to compete.
This system can be replicated everywhere, which is why oligarchs dont want you to know about it
The Real Lesson From Zohran Mamdani’s Ascent
The decisive factor isn’t his ads or charisma. It is the public financing of election campaigns, and it should be replicated across the United States.
www.thenation.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🚨NEW: The key reason @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
is likely to win is the factor nobody in media mentions because it's too threatening to power: Public financing that gave Mamdani enough cash to compete.
This system can be replicated everywhere, which is why oligarchs dont want you to know about it
is likely to win is the factor nobody in media mentions because it's too threatening to power: Public financing that gave Mamdani enough cash to compete.
This system can be replicated everywhere, which is why oligarchs dont want you to know about it
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NEW: Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the Citizens United decision & today released a memoir still defending his ruling that lets oligarchs buy elections - yet he's also saying he worries democracy may not survive.
And none of the media he's granting interviews has asked him about Citizens United.
And none of the media he's granting interviews has asked him about Citizens United.
Anthony Kennedy Is Trying To Find The Guy Who Did This
The retired Supreme Court Justice who authored Citizens United is suddenly worried about the future of democracy.
www.levernews.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
NEW: Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the Citizens United decision & today released a memoir still defending his ruling that lets oligarchs buy elections - yet he's also saying he worries democracy may not survive.
And none of the media he's granting interviews has asked him about Citizens United.
And none of the media he's granting interviews has asked him about Citizens United.
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This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
October 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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According to the numbers, these are the 26 most vulnerable MAGA House representatives. They've spent more time defending “Dear Leader” than the Constitution, and they can be beat. We're pledging to target them all in the 2026 midterms.
See anybody missing? Let us know here: https://t.co/geQUe7ptY6
See anybody missing? Let us know here: https://t.co/geQUe7ptY6
September 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
According to the numbers, these are the 26 most vulnerable MAGA House representatives. They've spent more time defending “Dear Leader” than the Constitution, and they can be beat. We're pledging to target them all in the 2026 midterms.
See anybody missing? Let us know here: https://t.co/geQUe7ptY6
See anybody missing? Let us know here: https://t.co/geQUe7ptY6