@essemcole.bsky.social
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So many of my recent conversations have centered around friends feeling helpless. I remind them of small gestures that can have an impact on others. Kids that see their parents emailing & calling officials. staying informed, overhearing intelligent and respectful debate between adults WILL matter
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In 2024, a full-time worker needed to earn $32.11 an hour to afford rent on a modest two-bedroom home in the U.S.
Reminder that the federal minimum wage is still $7.25.
Reminder that the federal minimum wage is still $7.25.
June 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In 2024, a full-time worker needed to earn $32.11 an hour to afford rent on a modest two-bedroom home in the U.S.
Reminder that the federal minimum wage is still $7.25.
Reminder that the federal minimum wage is still $7.25.
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And for half a century, ‘German’ was a word burdened with the stigma of Nazism—regardless of who you were.
May 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And for half a century, ‘German’ was a word burdened with the stigma of Nazism—regardless of who you were.
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What’s wrong with them
May 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
What’s wrong with them
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If we can afford to give another $664 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% and spend over $1 trillion on the Pentagon, we can afford health care for the working people of this country.
May 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If we can afford to give another $664 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% and spend over $1 trillion on the Pentagon, we can afford health care for the working people of this country.
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As Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill moves to the Senate, we must make it clear: There is nothing “beautiful” about giving huge tax breaks to billionaires while cutting health care, nutrition and education for working families.
It is grossly immoral and, together, we must defeat it.
It is grossly immoral and, together, we must defeat it.
May 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill moves to the Senate, we must make it clear: There is nothing “beautiful” about giving huge tax breaks to billionaires while cutting health care, nutrition and education for working families.
It is grossly immoral and, together, we must defeat it.
It is grossly immoral and, together, we must defeat it.
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We believe the people should govern.
Not the billionaires. Not the corporations. The people.
Not the billionaires. Not the corporations. The people.
May 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We believe the people should govern.
Not the billionaires. Not the corporations. The people.
Not the billionaires. Not the corporations. The people.
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Worker power is the way
May 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Worker power is the way
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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Bringing this to Bsky bc @steverattner.bsky.social hasn't posted it yet and it's so critical. The entirety of the cuts to Medicaid and food benefits are to pay for tax cuts for people earning more than half a million a year.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
May 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Bringing this to Bsky bc @steverattner.bsky.social hasn't posted it yet and it's so critical. The entirety of the cuts to Medicaid and food benefits are to pay for tax cuts for people earning more than half a million a year.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
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🚨🚨🚨Important!
Inside Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”: Judicial Silencing (Sec. 80121(h)). This might be the most authoritarian section in the entire 1,100+ page bill.
May 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨🚨🚨Important!
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The “big, beautiful” bill ain’t beautiful—it’s bullshit.
House Republicans just voted for the largest cut to SNAP & Medicaid in U.S. history—turning their backs on their own damn constituents: the working people they were sent here to represent.
They don’t serve the people. They serve the rich.
House Republicans just voted for the largest cut to SNAP & Medicaid in U.S. history—turning their backs on their own damn constituents: the working people they were sent here to represent.
They don’t serve the people. They serve the rich.
May 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The “big, beautiful” bill ain’t beautiful—it’s bullshit.
House Republicans just voted for the largest cut to SNAP & Medicaid in U.S. history—turning their backs on their own damn constituents: the working people they were sent here to represent.
They don’t serve the people. They serve the rich.
House Republicans just voted for the largest cut to SNAP & Medicaid in U.S. history—turning their backs on their own damn constituents: the working people they were sent here to represent.
They don’t serve the people. They serve the rich.
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The US desperately needs more doctors, engineers & highly educated workers. But we’re telling students that if they want a higher education, they have to go into debt.
Other countries understand how important it is to invest in their young people. We should be doing the same.
Other countries understand how important it is to invest in their young people. We should be doing the same.
May 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The US desperately needs more doctors, engineers & highly educated workers. But we’re telling students that if they want a higher education, they have to go into debt.
Other countries understand how important it is to invest in their young people. We should be doing the same.
Other countries understand how important it is to invest in their young people. We should be doing the same.
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“I will not yield to disrespectful men.” - Rep. @aoc.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“I will not yield to disrespectful men.” - Rep. @aoc.bsky.social
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According to a study by Penn Wharton, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that pays for tax breaks for the rich by cutting Medicaid leads to a $700 LOSS in income for the working class, a $1,000 LOSS in income for the poor & a $389,000 INCREASE for the top 0.1%.
We must defeat it.
We must defeat it.
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
According to a study by Penn Wharton, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that pays for tax breaks for the rich by cutting Medicaid leads to a $700 LOSS in income for the working class, a $1,000 LOSS in income for the poor & a $389,000 INCREASE for the top 0.1%.
We must defeat it.
We must defeat it.
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He thinks there’s a cargo ship full of VCR tapes steaming toward the Port of Blockbuster that he’s going to exact these tariffs upon, doesn’t he
May 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
He thinks there’s a cargo ship full of VCR tapes steaming toward the Port of Blockbuster that he’s going to exact these tariffs upon, doesn’t he
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We need the best educated workforce in the world.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
April 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We need the best educated workforce in the world.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
We need the best teachers in the world.
We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.
No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
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This is what a rigged economy looks like:
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
April 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is what a rigged economy looks like:
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker.
In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker.
This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker.
That has got to change.
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The power of the people is always greater than the people in power.
April 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The power of the people is always greater than the people in power.
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We must stand up and speak out, not because something is left or right, but if it is right or wrong.
April 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
We must stand up and speak out, not because something is left or right, but if it is right or wrong.
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Impeach.
Convict.
Remove.
Convict.
Remove.
April 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Impeach.
Convict.
Remove.
Convict.
Remove.
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Trump’s playbook is simple: punish anyone who stands in his way.
This ain’t law and order—it’s a rise of authoritarianism in real time.
This ain’t law and order—it’s a rise of authoritarianism in real time.
FBI arrests Wisconsin judge for obstruction of ICE agents, Kash Patel says
In a post he quickly deleted, Patel said that Dugan obstructed "an immigration arrest operation last week."
www.axios.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Trump’s playbook is simple: punish anyone who stands in his way.
This ain’t law and order—it’s a rise of authoritarianism in real time.
This ain’t law and order—it’s a rise of authoritarianism in real time.
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Let’s be clear. Trump's arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration.
This latest attack is about one thing: unchecked power.
It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party to stand up to his growing authoritarianism.
This latest attack is about one thing: unchecked power.
It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party to stand up to his growing authoritarianism.
April 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Let’s be clear. Trump's arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration.
This latest attack is about one thing: unchecked power.
It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party to stand up to his growing authoritarianism.
This latest attack is about one thing: unchecked power.
It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party to stand up to his growing authoritarianism.