@josephruiz.bsky.social
pro-choice vs anti-choice. pro-union vs serfdom.
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https://youtube.com/@kpopaspirations
Increase the capital gains tax first.
It's been 15 years since WA voters last walloped a state income tax. Now Democrats may try again — in part because of the incredible riches amassed since then.
‘Tax the rich’ may be reaching a boiling point in WA
www.seattletimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Increase the capital gains tax first.
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This is part of the Trump administration’s Epstein Files release — 119 pages of Grand Jury testimony, fully redacted.
This is not transparency. This is a cover-up. Follow the law and release ALL of the damn files.
This is not transparency. This is a cover-up. Follow the law and release ALL of the damn files.
December 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is part of the Trump administration’s Epstein Files release — 119 pages of Grand Jury testimony, fully redacted.
This is not transparency. This is a cover-up. Follow the law and release ALL of the damn files.
This is not transparency. This is a cover-up. Follow the law and release ALL of the damn files.
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John Deere got this video taken off our YouTube for two weeks. It took our lawyers reaching out to YouTube to get it back up.
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
John Deere got this video taken off our YouTube for two weeks. It took our lawyers reaching out to YouTube to get it back up.
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
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This is called “breaking the law.”
Today’s deadline isn’t optional. It’s mandatory. Release ALL of the damn files. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Today’s deadline isn’t optional. It’s mandatory. Release ALL of the damn files. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
DOJ won’t meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files
The delay means the White House is in apparent conflict with a law President Donald Trump signed in November.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is called “breaking the law.”
Today’s deadline isn’t optional. It’s mandatory. Release ALL of the damn files. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Today’s deadline isn’t optional. It’s mandatory. Release ALL of the damn files. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
DO NOT LET YOUR CAT USE YOUR TOILET.
Sewage treatment plants cannot clean the fucked shit in cat poop.
Sewage treatment plants cannot clean the fucked shit in cat poop.
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
DO NOT LET YOUR CAT USE YOUR TOILET.
Sewage treatment plants cannot clean the fucked shit in cat poop.
Sewage treatment plants cannot clean the fucked shit in cat poop.
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🚨 Attn: if you are enrolled in the SAVE plan, and qualify for relief now, you must act within the next two weeks or you could face substantial financial penalties. www.forbes.com/sites/adammi...
www.forbes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
🚨 Attn: if you are enrolled in the SAVE plan, and qualify for relief now, you must act within the next two weeks or you could face substantial financial penalties. www.forbes.com/sites/adammi...
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In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
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Over 20 million Americans are about to see their health insurance rates skyrocket.
Instead of addressing that, the House GOP is going home for the holidays.
Just so happens they won't be in town to answer tough questions about the Epstein files, either.
Instead of addressing that, the House GOP is going home for the holidays.
Just so happens they won't be in town to answer tough questions about the Epstein files, either.
House Republicans call early Christmas break before Epstein files release
Under a recently signed federal law, the Justice Department had a Friday deadline to release materials concerning Epstei
www.newsweek.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Over 20 million Americans are about to see their health insurance rates skyrocket.
Instead of addressing that, the House GOP is going home for the holidays.
Just so happens they won't be in town to answer tough questions about the Epstein files, either.
Instead of addressing that, the House GOP is going home for the holidays.
Just so happens they won't be in town to answer tough questions about the Epstein files, either.
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The proposed rule targeting healthcare for transgender and gender diverse people is cruel, and unnecessary. Under the law in WA, necessary healthcare for transgender people is lawful and legally protected. Proposed rules are not the law – nothing has changed in WA.
December 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The proposed rule targeting healthcare for transgender and gender diverse people is cruel, and unnecessary. Under the law in WA, necessary healthcare for transgender people is lawful and legally protected. Proposed rules are not the law – nothing has changed in WA.
They assumed shelter inflation for October to be zero.
Economists estimated a 3.1% rise.
Inflation Slowed To 2.7% Last Month—Below Expectations
Economists estimated a 3.1% rise.
www.forbes.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
They assumed shelter inflation for October to be zero.
DNC still trying to figure out how they can do the absolute bare minimum to barely win in 2026 and 2028 and barely implement barely helpful policies.
I am not a DNC member anymore, but it’s a mistake not to do the introspection. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
The D.N.C. Is Scrapping Its Report on What Went Wrong in 2024
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
DNC still trying to figure out how they can do the absolute bare minimum to barely win in 2026 and 2028 and barely implement barely helpful policies.
Yup. Those hurdles are how corporate and lazy democrats can implement “progressive” policies on PAPER without actually having to implement them in practice.
Zohran Mamdani explains that thousands and thousands of New Yorkers are already eligible for free and reduce public transportation, but because of the bureaucratic hurdles they never get enrolled in the program.
That's why he wants to just make the bus free.
That's why he wants to just make the bus free.
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Yup. Those hurdles are how corporate and lazy democrats can implement “progressive” policies on PAPER without actually having to implement them in practice.
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The Trump Admin wants to turn the clock back to 2008 and let Wall Street run wild.
We all know how that ended – with taxpayers bailing out Wall Street while millions lost their homes and got fired from their jobs.
Donald Trump could be setting the stage for the next crash.
We all know how that ended – with taxpayers bailing out Wall Street while millions lost their homes and got fired from their jobs.
Donald Trump could be setting the stage for the next crash.
Bessent: "These 2008, 2009, 2010 financial rules were too tight. They hamstrung the American financial system. It was time for a change ... we have to take the financial system out of this straitjacket ... the regulated system is too constrained."
December 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Trump Admin wants to turn the clock back to 2008 and let Wall Street run wild.
We all know how that ended – with taxpayers bailing out Wall Street while millions lost their homes and got fired from their jobs.
Donald Trump could be setting the stage for the next crash.
We all know how that ended – with taxpayers bailing out Wall Street while millions lost their homes and got fired from their jobs.
Donald Trump could be setting the stage for the next crash.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
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NY AG Letitia James has sued UPS for stealing millions in wages from its seasonal holiday workers.
UPS' CEO made over $24M last year — over 436x her median worker's pay.
This is a reminder that states can step up and protect workers when Trump's federal government refuses to.
UPS' CEO made over $24M last year — over 436x her median worker's pay.
This is a reminder that states can step up and protect workers when Trump's federal government refuses to.
December 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NY AG Letitia James has sued UPS for stealing millions in wages from its seasonal holiday workers.
UPS' CEO made over $24M last year — over 436x her median worker's pay.
This is a reminder that states can step up and protect workers when Trump's federal government refuses to.
UPS' CEO made over $24M last year — over 436x her median worker's pay.
This is a reminder that states can step up and protect workers when Trump's federal government refuses to.
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I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
“Number of people employed part time for economic reasons was 5.5 million in Nov, an increase of 909k from Sept. These individuals would have preferred full-time employment but were working part time cuz their hours had been reduced or they were unable to find full-time jobs.”BLS
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“Number of people employed part time for economic reasons was 5.5 million in Nov, an increase of 909k from Sept. These individuals would have preferred full-time employment but were working part time cuz their hours had been reduced or they were unable to find full-time jobs.”BLS
And wages crater
Netflix AND Paramount are trying to buy Warner Brothers right now.
So what does that mean for you?
Your streaming prices could skyrocket.
So what does that mean for you?
Your streaming prices could skyrocket.
Netflix AND Paramount are trying to buy Warner Brothers right now.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And wages crater
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1. Make a “deal”.
2. Get needlessly and mercilessly thrown under a bus.
@nytimes.com @thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
2. Get needlessly and mercilessly thrown under a bus.
@nytimes.com @thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
December 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
1. Make a “deal”.
2. Get needlessly and mercilessly thrown under a bus.
@nytimes.com @thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
2. Get needlessly and mercilessly thrown under a bus.
@nytimes.com @thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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I was thrilled to meet with Mayor Michelle Wu (@mayorwu.boston.gov) today at Boston City Hall. I can't think of anyone better to learn from about what it takes to be an effective, progressive big-city mayor.
December 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I was thrilled to meet with Mayor Michelle Wu (@mayorwu.boston.gov) today at Boston City Hall. I can't think of anyone better to learn from about what it takes to be an effective, progressive big-city mayor.