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I’ve been in politics for over a half-century. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people. https://youtu.be/sP0pRIBRcDk?si=o8uynfvuoVhcX7p8
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people. https://youtu.be/sP0pRIBRcDk?si=o8uynfvuoVhcX7p8
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952,
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June 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I’ve been in politics for over a half-century. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people. https://youtu.be/sP0pRIBRcDk?si=o8uynfvuoVhcX7p8
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people. https://youtu.be/sP0pRIBRcDk?si=o8uynfvuoVhcX7p8
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@kathy328.bsky.social Please share with people (with thousands of followers) and ‘worthy’ media outlets. Maybe someone will hold criminals accountable?? substack.com/home/post/p-...
She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.
How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.
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June 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@kathy328.bsky.social Please share with people (with thousands of followers) and ‘worthy’ media outlets. Maybe someone will hold criminals accountable?? substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Government by the few, of the few and for the few - why we need to end the #TrumpRegime NOW
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Government by the few, of the few and for the few - why we need to end the #TrumpRegime NOW
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Things you should only have to do once in a lifetime, if that.
June 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Things you should only have to do once in a lifetime, if that.
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BREAKING: Judge Breyer declines to delay his preliminary injunction schedule and restraining order on the National Guard deployment in LA, so the injunction against Trump STANDS and the timeline that was issued MUST be adhered to despite any possible ruling from the 9th Circuit.
June 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
BREAKING: Judge Breyer declines to delay his preliminary injunction schedule and restraining order on the National Guard deployment in LA, so the injunction against Trump STANDS and the timeline that was issued MUST be adhered to despite any possible ruling from the 9th Circuit.
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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
June 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
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Bob Costas nailed it. 🎯
June 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Bob Costas nailed it. 🎯
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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
June 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Los Angeles a “city of criminals” and not a city of immigrants. But like its name, Los Angeles is a city of angels. We protect and look out for one another, especially the most vulnerable.
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Good to get this on camera. Holding people accountable now, and watch their future actions based on these statements.
Chair of House Veteran Affairs Committee angrily denies Trump Admin’s proposed 83,000 VA job cuts after disabled U.S. Army veteran confronts him. #VANotForSale
May 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Good to get this on camera. Holding people accountable now, and watch their future actions based on these statements.
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Crockett: Instead of the President cosplaying as the next pope, he may want to cosplay as an actual President of these United States. That means he may have to do a little bit of research and understand that he swore a an oath to defend and protect the constitution.
May 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Crockett: Instead of the President cosplaying as the next pope, he may want to cosplay as an actual President of these United States. That means he may have to do a little bit of research and understand that he swore a an oath to defend and protect the constitution.
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In this video, The Intellectualist examines whether economic inequality in the U.S. today is worse than pre-revolutionary France.
Using Federal Reserve, CBO data, and economic history, we reveal a shocking answer: the wealth gap in America is worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXY...
Using Federal Reserve, CBO data, and economic history, we reveal a shocking answer: the wealth gap in America is worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXY...
Why America's Economic Inequality in 2024 Is Worse Than Pre-Revolutionary France
In this video, The Intellectualist explores a report by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, Trends in the Distribution of Family Wealth, 1989 to 2019, that...
www.youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In this video, The Intellectualist examines whether economic inequality in the U.S. today is worse than pre-revolutionary France.
Using Federal Reserve, CBO data, and economic history, we reveal a shocking answer: the wealth gap in America is worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXY...
Using Federal Reserve, CBO data, and economic history, we reveal a shocking answer: the wealth gap in America is worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXY...
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Children incarcerated at the Jackson Parish Jail in Louisiana say they’ve been held in solitary confinement, sprayed with mace, and shot with pepper balls.
The fact remains: No prison is a safe prison for children.
The fact remains: No prison is a safe prison for children.
Louisiana Sent Kids to Adult Jail That Violated Scores of Regulations, Reports Say
Investigators found the Jackson Parish Jail violated state rules 83 times between July and February—12 times more than the second-worst jail.
theappeal.org
May 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Children incarcerated at the Jackson Parish Jail in Louisiana say they’ve been held in solitary confinement, sprayed with mace, and shot with pepper balls.
The fact remains: No prison is a safe prison for children.
The fact remains: No prison is a safe prison for children.
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@npr.org showing us how it’s done.
The Public Broadcasting Act specifically prohibits “any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States” from exercising “any supervision, direction, control, over educational television or public broadcasting.“
#HoldTheLine #Resist
The Public Broadcasting Act specifically prohibits “any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States” from exercising “any supervision, direction, control, over educational television or public broadcasting.“
#HoldTheLine #Resist
NPR goes in on Trump’s EO defunding public media: “We will challenge this Executive Order using all means available.”
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g...
May 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@npr.org showing us how it’s done.
The Public Broadcasting Act specifically prohibits “any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States” from exercising “any supervision, direction, control, over educational television or public broadcasting.“
#HoldTheLine #Resist
The Public Broadcasting Act specifically prohibits “any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States” from exercising “any supervision, direction, control, over educational television or public broadcasting.“
#HoldTheLine #Resist
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Follow the Two Rogers Rule:
Don't do what they wouldn't.
Absolutely do what they would.
#BeAGoodNeighbor
#PunchANazi
Don't do what they wouldn't.
Absolutely do what they would.
#BeAGoodNeighbor
#PunchANazi
May 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Follow the Two Rogers Rule:
Don't do what they wouldn't.
Absolutely do what they would.
#BeAGoodNeighbor
#PunchANazi
Don't do what they wouldn't.
Absolutely do what they would.
#BeAGoodNeighbor
#PunchANazi
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I have friends on that wall.
I know people on that wall.
I saw firsthand sacrifices that the people named on the USAID Memorial Wall made for their country, for their fellow citizens and for the people that they served. We will not forget.
This administration kills everything it touches.
I know people on that wall.
I saw firsthand sacrifices that the people named on the USAID Memorial Wall made for their country, for their fellow citizens and for the people that they served. We will not forget.
This administration kills everything it touches.
The Memorial Wall honoring USAID employees who lost their lives in service was taken down today. We will not forget. 😢🇺🇲
wtop.com/government/2...
wtop.com/government/2...
Memorial wall to fallen USAID staffers is removed from the agency’s former building - WTOP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Contractors hired by the Trump administration have removed a memorial wall to fallen staffers from the now-closed headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development…
wtop.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I have friends on that wall.
I know people on that wall.
I saw firsthand sacrifices that the people named on the USAID Memorial Wall made for their country, for their fellow citizens and for the people that they served. We will not forget.
This administration kills everything it touches.
I know people on that wall.
I saw firsthand sacrifices that the people named on the USAID Memorial Wall made for their country, for their fellow citizens and for the people that they served. We will not forget.
This administration kills everything it touches.
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" We have the right to go out and put together a sandwich and have it not kill us. That's a fundamental right, and the country is stronger when that right is in place." from the woman who literally wrote the book on food safety in the US: buttondown.com/theswordandt...
How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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April 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
" We have the right to go out and put together a sandwich and have it not kill us. That's a fundamental right, and the country is stronger when that right is in place." from the woman who literally wrote the book on food safety in the US: buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs
An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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April 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
- Mahatma Gandhi -
April 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
- Mahatma Gandhi -
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Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
April 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.