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Layoffs have hit over 1.1M so far this year — the most since the pandemic.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Layoffs have hit over 1.1M so far this year — the most since the pandemic.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
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I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
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I refuse to lose our Republic to a guy with swollen ankles and a tribble on his head.
November 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I refuse to lose our Republic to a guy with swollen ankles and a tribble on his head.
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Just a bunch of paid domestic terrorists in Portland, Maine.
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Just a bunch of paid domestic terrorists in Portland, Maine.
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
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OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
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Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens. n.pr/42BJyMB
Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows
Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.
n.pr
October 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens. n.pr/42BJyMB
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NYT: “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said this week that if New York City needed a federal bailout” under .. Mamdani, .. “Drop dead”.
“.. But Argentina is a different story.”
@colbylsmith.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
“.. But Argentina is a different story.”
@colbylsmith.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
September 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NYT: “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said this week that if New York City needed a federal bailout” under .. Mamdani, .. “Drop dead”.
“.. But Argentina is a different story.”
@colbylsmith.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
“.. But Argentina is a different story.”
@colbylsmith.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
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Why Won’t Farmers Rebel Against Trumponomics? Because They’re Rich.
The majority of “family farmers” aren’t working-class strivers. They’re affluent, politically connected businessmen who know when their next bailout is coming.
The majority of “family farmers” aren’t working-class strivers. They’re affluent, politically connected businessmen who know when their next bailout is coming.
Why Won’t Farmers Rebel Against Trumponomics? Because They’re Rich.
The majority of family farmers aren’t working-class strivers. They’re affluent, politically connected businessmen who know when their next bailout is coming.
newrepublic.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Why Won’t Farmers Rebel Against Trumponomics? Because They’re Rich.
The majority of “family farmers” aren’t working-class strivers. They’re affluent, politically connected businessmen who know when their next bailout is coming.
The majority of “family farmers” aren’t working-class strivers. They’re affluent, politically connected businessmen who know when their next bailout is coming.
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Nobel prize winner says US institutions have collapsed much quicker than expected under the Trump administration. Largely because of the Opus Dei court, US democratic institutions have folded in the face of dictatorship more quickly than those in Hungary, Turkey or the Philippines did.
Americans are ‘deer in the headlights’ in face of Trump assault on free speech, Maria Ressa tells Jon Stewart
Nobel prize winner says US institutions have collapsed much quicker than expected under the Trump administration
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Nobel prize winner says US institutions have collapsed much quicker than expected under the Trump administration. Largely because of the Opus Dei court, US democratic institutions have folded in the face of dictatorship more quickly than those in Hungary, Turkey or the Philippines did.
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Spencer Kuvin, Epstein's victims' lawyer, says the FBI interviewed 40+ girls, some just 14, and prepared a 54-count indictment. Then came the secret plea deal that let Epstein walk. Those interviews are in the files. Kuvin says Alan Dershowitz scoured the girls' MySpace pages to smear them as liars.
September 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Spencer Kuvin, Epstein's victims' lawyer, says the FBI interviewed 40+ girls, some just 14, and prepared a 54-count indictment. Then came the secret plea deal that let Epstein walk. Those interviews are in the files. Kuvin says Alan Dershowitz scoured the girls' MySpace pages to smear them as liars.
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Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…
September 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…
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Stunning footage of a rare dark coloured deer, with estimates suggesting they make up less than 1% of all deer.
August 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Stunning footage of a rare dark coloured deer, with estimates suggesting they make up less than 1% of all deer.
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Maybe there is a reason so many of us have a real “ichy” response to oysters.
It’s evolution telling us, “Don’t eat that!”
Maybe there is a reason so many of us have a real “ichy” response to oysters.
It’s evolution telling us, “Don’t eat that!”
Flesh-eating bacteria in oysters leaves 6 dead
www.independent.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Maybe there is a reason so many of us have a real “ichy” response to oysters.
It’s evolution telling us, “Don’t eat that!”
Maybe there is a reason so many of us have a real “ichy” response to oysters.
It’s evolution telling us, “Don’t eat that!”
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Those Reform nutjobs reminded me:
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Those Reform nutjobs reminded me:
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
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She said she made it 21 years but that’s long enough to know this is bullshit.
In my 53 years I agree.
They’re dehumanizing us.
In my 53 years I agree.
They’re dehumanizing us.
August 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
She said she made it 21 years but that’s long enough to know this is bullshit.
In my 53 years I agree.
They’re dehumanizing us.
In my 53 years I agree.
They’re dehumanizing us.
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Noticing a pattern here.
August 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Noticing a pattern here.