Eric Smith
@blazersmith.bsky.social
What’s so funny ‘bout peace, love and understanding?
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According to a new WSJ poll, a record-low share of Americans feel optimistic about improving their standard of living, while a record-high say the American dream no longer holds true.
What really happened to the American Dream? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-really-happened-to-the-american
What really happened to the American Dream? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-really-happened-to-the-american
What Really Happened to the American Dream? (Why American capitalism is so rotten, Part 2)
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
According to a new WSJ poll, a record-low share of Americans feel optimistic about improving their standard of living, while a record-high say the American dream no longer holds true.
What really happened to the American Dream? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-really-happened-to-the-american
What really happened to the American Dream? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-really-happened-to-the-american
Not good. Not good for the workers. Not good for the farmers. Not good for food prices. Not good for food pantries. Not good for the country. Seriously, who voted for this?
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Immigration raids leave crops unharvested, California farms at risk — Reuters
Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the U.S...
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June 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Not good. Not good for the workers. Not good for the farmers. Not good for food prices. Not good for food pantries. Not good for the country. Seriously, who voted for this?
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Hi everyone! I'm Eileen Laubacher, the Democrat, retired U.S. Navy Admiral, and mother of five running against Lauren Boebert here in Colorado.
I'd love if you could follow and share to help me get to 3,000 followers. Let's get rid of Boebert in November!
PS... love the fan art!
I'd love if you could follow and share to help me get to 3,000 followers. Let's get rid of Boebert in November!
PS... love the fan art!
May 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hi everyone! I'm Eileen Laubacher, the Democrat, retired U.S. Navy Admiral, and mother of five running against Lauren Boebert here in Colorado.
I'd love if you could follow and share to help me get to 3,000 followers. Let's get rid of Boebert in November!
PS... love the fan art!
I'd love if you could follow and share to help me get to 3,000 followers. Let's get rid of Boebert in November!
PS... love the fan art!
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Regardless of your religion, beliefs, vibe, all of the above, or none of the above, the new Pope is what "good" is supposed to be.
May 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Regardless of your religion, beliefs, vibe, all of the above, or none of the above, the new Pope is what "good" is supposed to be.
Thanks to all the SCOTUS justices that held the line and defended our Republic yesterday. This was not widely reported, but it was super important.
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Supreme Court Rejects Trump Bid to Delay Foreign-Aid Payouts
A divided Supreme Court declined to suspend a lower court’s order that directed the Trump administration to resume nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid funding.
www.wsj.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Thanks to all the SCOTUS justices that held the line and defended our Republic yesterday. This was not widely reported, but it was super important.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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This article might dampen your weekend mood, but it's a must read.
The situation in the US government is already dire, but trying to comprehend what comes next is even more unsettling.
The situation in the US government is already dire, but trying to comprehend what comes next is even more unsettling.
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
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March 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This article might dampen your weekend mood, but it's a must read.
The situation in the US government is already dire, but trying to comprehend what comes next is even more unsettling.
The situation in the US government is already dire, but trying to comprehend what comes next is even more unsettling.
@mcuban.bsky.social @lizcheney.bsky.social @adamkinzinger.bsky.social
You all really need to get together, talk to your friends, craft a message, and get it out there to the people. We need bi-partisan leadership and messaging if We The People are going to be able to rise and end this shit show.
You all really need to get together, talk to your friends, craft a message, and get it out there to the people. We need bi-partisan leadership and messaging if We The People are going to be able to rise and end this shit show.
March 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@mcuban.bsky.social @lizcheney.bsky.social @adamkinzinger.bsky.social
You all really need to get together, talk to your friends, craft a message, and get it out there to the people. We need bi-partisan leadership and messaging if We The People are going to be able to rise and end this shit show.
You all really need to get together, talk to your friends, craft a message, and get it out there to the people. We need bi-partisan leadership and messaging if We The People are going to be able to rise and end this shit show.
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It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. And those in world history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.”
February 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. And those in world history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.”
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Start here with Ronald Reagan: “Perhaps you and I have lived too long with this miracle to properly be appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction.
February 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Start here with Ronald Reagan: “Perhaps you and I have lived too long with this miracle to properly be appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction.
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Keep it up. They will feel it…
Keep it up. They will feel it…
‘They’ve lost my trust’: consumers shun companies as bosses kowtow to Trump — Guardian US
Americans are using their wallet to hurt where it matters – including during Friday’s planned ‘economic blackout’
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March 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Keep it up. They will feel it…
Keep it up. They will feel it…
Amazon just started running commercials to tell us to not forget that many people who sell things on Amazon are small businesses. Great, then let’s do this… …if you find a product that you want from a small business on Amazon, go directly to their website and buy it!!! #boycottthebillionaires
February 26, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Amazon just started running commercials to tell us to not forget that many people who sell things on Amazon are small businesses. Great, then let’s do this… …if you find a product that you want from a small business on Amazon, go directly to their website and buy it!!! #boycottthebillionaires
Oh FFS. If there wasn’t enough anti-american sentiment rising in the world already from this clown. Let’s pour some fuel on the fire while spending $200M of our tax dollars.
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Kristi Noem Says $200 Million DHS Ad Campaign Thanking Trump Was His Idea — Rolling Stone
Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary said he instructed her to make ads that “thank me for closing the border”
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February 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Oh FFS. If there wasn’t enough anti-american sentiment rising in the world already from this clown. Let’s pour some fuel on the fire while spending $200M of our tax dollars.
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Hey everyone! I did an emergency live over on Substack, reminding us all that we will win this thing! Take a look!
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Emergency live: let’s be loud!
A recording from Adam Kinzinger's live video
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February 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Hey everyone! I did an emergency live over on Substack, reminding us all that we will win this thing! Take a look!
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
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Caught a bluebird at Breck today.
February 20, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Caught a bluebird at Breck today.
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apple.news/AOeeD_o2BSla.... I am not an expert on exactly what this would do to the economy, but more agreement between the parties on stuff that is at least trying to help the people is great. Let’s see more!! @adamkinzinger.bsky.social @lizcheney.bsky.social
Opinion | A Josh Hawley-Bernie Sanders Mind Meld — The Wall Street Journal
They want a 10% cap on credit-card rates that would mean less credit.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
apple.news/AOeeD_o2BSla.... I am not an expert on exactly what this would do to the economy, but more agreement between the parties on stuff that is at least trying to help the people is great. Let’s see more!! @adamkinzinger.bsky.social @lizcheney.bsky.social
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Trump acknowledges he would have to clear unexploded ordnance to redevelop Gaza, but U.S. troops are prohibited by law from doing humanitarian demining missions and the State Dept. issued a global stop-work order to all the demining groups it funds www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
Trump Wants to Clear Bombs From Gaza. He’s Sidelined Groups That Would Do It.
Shortly before the president said he would have to clear unexploded bombs to redevelop Gaza, he ordered all U.S.-funded demining groups globally to stop their work.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Trump acknowledges he would have to clear unexploded ordnance to redevelop Gaza, but U.S. troops are prohibited by law from doing humanitarian demining missions and the State Dept. issued a global stop-work order to all the demining groups it funds www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
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The United States has lifted a pause on food donations, the UN World Food Programme said, ending a suspension that an aid watchdog warned had left 500,000 metric tons of food currently at sea or ready to be shipped in limbo reut.rs/4gw2PTO
U.S. lifts pause on food donations for World Food Programme
The United States has lifted a pause on food donations, the U.N. World Food Programme said, ending a suspension that an aid watchdog on Monday warned had left 500,000 metric tons of food currently at sea or ready to be shipped in limbo.
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February 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The United States has lifted a pause on food donations, the UN World Food Programme said, ending a suspension that an aid watchdog warned had left 500,000 metric tons of food currently at sea or ready to be shipped in limbo reut.rs/4gw2PTO
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Here is an idea. Why shouldn’t SCOTUS be able to step in earlier when there is a clear constitutional crisis, and issue injunctions and bench warrants? That might have stopped this pillaging immediately.
February 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Here is an idea. Why shouldn’t SCOTUS be able to step in earlier when there is a clear constitutional crisis, and issue injunctions and bench warrants? That might have stopped this pillaging immediately.
Although the headline is clickbait, this is actually a really balanced and informative article on our current financial situation in the US and why DOGE can’t really fix it and isn’t going to even if it ‘succeeds’
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The blatant lie behind Elon Musk’s power grab — Vox
In his frenetic efforts to increase government “efficiency,” Elon Musk has usurped Congress’s rightful authority over spending while almost certainly breaking a wide variety of federal laws.
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February 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Although the headline is clickbait, this is actually a really balanced and informative article on our current financial situation in the US and why DOGE can’t really fix it and isn’t going to even if it ‘succeeds’
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Keep going Liz!! Time to fight fire with fire!!
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'Damn right': Liz Cheney hits back at Elon Musk on his own site
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) found herself in the crosshairs of MAGA allies again Wednesday and clapped back at Elon Musk who promoted a right-winger's post surfacing her past work in the U.S. Agency...
www.rawstory.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Keep going Liz!! Time to fight fire with fire!!
www.rawstory.com/liz-cheney-2...
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Tesla sales down 63% in France
France took down their Kings
be like the French
This is how you take down the oligarchy
#BoycottTesla #BoycottStarlink #BoycottX www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
France took down their Kings
be like the French
This is how you take down the oligarchy
#BoycottTesla #BoycottStarlink #BoycottX www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tesla Sales Plunge 63% in EU’s Second-Biggest EV Market
Tesla Inc. registrations plummeted 63% last month in France, the European Union’s second-biggest market for battery-electric vehicles.
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Tesla sales down 63% in France
France took down their Kings
be like the French
This is how you take down the oligarchy
#BoycottTesla #BoycottStarlink #BoycottX www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
France took down their Kings
be like the French
This is how you take down the oligarchy
#BoycottTesla #BoycottStarlink #BoycottX www.bloomberg.com/news/article...