Martin
@maaj710.bsky.social
I never got the chance to know my two grandfathers, but was fortunate enough to have two amazing grandmothers. Both have been hit by alzheimers (one now recently gone). What a horrid curse.
Not to dismiss the severity of other diseases, but I truly think alzheimers is the worst there is.
Not to dismiss the severity of other diseases, but I truly think alzheimers is the worst there is.
April 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I never got the chance to know my two grandfathers, but was fortunate enough to have two amazing grandmothers. Both have been hit by alzheimers (one now recently gone). What a horrid curse.
Not to dismiss the severity of other diseases, but I truly think alzheimers is the worst there is.
Not to dismiss the severity of other diseases, but I truly think alzheimers is the worst there is.
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He is right and it did exactly as they intended. It’s always been an issue of abuse and control, a transfer of wealth upward while the poor and middle class suffer:
The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
April 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
He is right and it did exactly as they intended. It’s always been an issue of abuse and control, a transfer of wealth upward while the poor and middle class suffer:
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Syria: The largest statue of Hafez Assad in the country has been destroyed. The Assad dictatorship lasted for 53 years from 1971. Ruled first by Hafez, then his son Bashar.
December 10, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Syria: The largest statue of Hafez Assad in the country has been destroyed. The Assad dictatorship lasted for 53 years from 1971. Ruled first by Hafez, then his son Bashar.
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📌Under Joe Biden:
-Record 16 million jobs created
-Lowest average unemployment rate of any administration in 50 yrs
-Incomes up $4,000 over prices
-Inflation at world-best 2%
-Economy grew more than any presidential term this century
Dems lose election because of economy.
Absolutely INSANE.
-Record 16 million jobs created
-Lowest average unemployment rate of any administration in 50 yrs
-Incomes up $4,000 over prices
-Inflation at world-best 2%
-Economy grew more than any presidential term this century
Dems lose election because of economy.
Absolutely INSANE.
December 7, 2024 at 8:46 PM
📌Under Joe Biden:
-Record 16 million jobs created
-Lowest average unemployment rate of any administration in 50 yrs
-Incomes up $4,000 over prices
-Inflation at world-best 2%
-Economy grew more than any presidential term this century
Dems lose election because of economy.
Absolutely INSANE.
-Record 16 million jobs created
-Lowest average unemployment rate of any administration in 50 yrs
-Incomes up $4,000 over prices
-Inflation at world-best 2%
-Economy grew more than any presidential term this century
Dems lose election because of economy.
Absolutely INSANE.
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NBC News reports that Jay-Z has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl with Diddy in 2000, according to a civil lawsuit.
December 8, 2024 at 11:49 PM
NBC News reports that Jay-Z has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl with Diddy in 2000, according to a civil lawsuit.
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Mine is not a horror story, per se, but having lived in both Germany and France, I can tell you, I *hate* the US profit-driven medical system. People who defend it are either making money on it, don't know any better, or are ideologically blinded.
Here @jasonkoebler.bsky.social writes his friend was filling out surveys/games to get few dollars off essential medication. People are outpouring their "horrendous, inhumane, heartbreaking experiences with a profit-driven, private American healthcare system" www.404media.co/behind-the-b...
December 7, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Mine is not a horror story, per se, but having lived in both Germany and France, I can tell you, I *hate* the US profit-driven medical system. People who defend it are either making money on it, don't know any better, or are ideologically blinded.
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WATCH: Assad statue brought down as regime's 53-year grip on power comes to an end
December 8, 2024 at 7:09 AM
WATCH: Assad statue brought down as regime's 53-year grip on power comes to an end
Only form of social media I've used over the last decade was Twitter. Since Elon took over, its quality has drastically plummeted.
I like Bluesky, but it isn't good enough yet. So far, just seems to be an echo chamber for the left. And I'm a Dem saying this.
I like Bluesky, but it isn't good enough yet. So far, just seems to be an echo chamber for the left. And I'm a Dem saying this.
December 6, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Only form of social media I've used over the last decade was Twitter. Since Elon took over, its quality has drastically plummeted.
I like Bluesky, but it isn't good enough yet. So far, just seems to be an echo chamber for the left. And I'm a Dem saying this.
I like Bluesky, but it isn't good enough yet. So far, just seems to be an echo chamber for the left. And I'm a Dem saying this.
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The culture wars, the race wars, the gender wars...all smoke screens for the war they don't want you to fight.
The class wars.
The class wars.
December 6, 2024 at 2:11 PM
The culture wars, the race wars, the gender wars...all smoke screens for the war they don't want you to fight.
The class wars.
The class wars.
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Ah, the faces of cowardice.
December 5, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Ah, the faces of cowardice.
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Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner’s ties to China, frequently referring to Musk as a “circus monkey” and a puppet for the Chinese Communist Party.
Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China | CNN Politics
Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner’s ties to China, frequently referring ...
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner’s ties to China, frequently referring to Musk as a “circus monkey” and a puppet for the Chinese Communist Party.
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Response to coups by elected leaders:
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
December 3, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Response to coups by elected leaders:
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
- South Korea: blocked by mass mobilization of citizens
- Brazil: coup leader indicted, barred from politics
- United States: coup leader re-elected with majorities in the legislature and a compliant Supreme Court
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The final House results have now landed as 220-215 for the GOP. That means the House majority came down to the 3 NC seats the GOP flipped thanks to its brand new gerrymander.
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
December 4, 2024 at 1:17 AM
The final House results have now landed as 220-215 for the GOP. That means the House majority came down to the 3 NC seats the GOP flipped thanks to its brand new gerrymander.
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.
I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
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Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
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I am watching with grave concern over the actions of the South Korean president to declare martial law, all because the opposition has blocked his agenda and impeached his cabinet.
Democracy is under assault across much of the world. We must be on highest guard here as well as Trump takes office.
Democracy is under assault across much of the world. We must be on highest guard here as well as Trump takes office.
December 3, 2024 at 2:25 PM
I am watching with grave concern over the actions of the South Korean president to declare martial law, all because the opposition has blocked his agenda and impeached his cabinet.
Democracy is under assault across much of the world. We must be on highest guard here as well as Trump takes office.
Democracy is under assault across much of the world. We must be on highest guard here as well as Trump takes office.
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Call me crazy, but I think Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted for fraud by the SEC, sending Trump $18 million should be a bigger story
The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post
The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post
A Chinese national, charged with fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 million
Chinese Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun paid $6.2 million for a banana — sold by Sotheby's as conceptual art — and then ate it last Friday.
popular.info
December 3, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Call me crazy, but I think Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted for fraud by the SEC, sending Trump $18 million should be a bigger story
The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post
The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post
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Shout out to bill barr for keeping all of this shit to himself so he can stick it in a book for later, regardless of how much it fucked up the entire country.
Fuck you.🖕
Fuck you.🖕
December 1, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Shout out to bill barr for keeping all of this shit to himself so he can stick it in a book for later, regardless of how much it fucked up the entire country.
Fuck you.🖕
Fuck you.🖕
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Trump is seizing control of the investigative and prosecutorial powers of the state by staffing them with the most conspiratorial and blindly loyal nominees : Gaetz/Bondi, Patel, Gabbard.
Political retribution is his priority. The rest of governing he doesn’t care about.
Political retribution is his priority. The rest of governing he doesn’t care about.
December 1, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Trump is seizing control of the investigative and prosecutorial powers of the state by staffing them with the most conspiratorial and blindly loyal nominees : Gaetz/Bondi, Patel, Gabbard.
Political retribution is his priority. The rest of governing he doesn’t care about.
Political retribution is his priority. The rest of governing he doesn’t care about.
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"He's methodically appointing people who will completely destroy any limits on his power." @radiofreetom.bsky.social on the breaking news that Trump is nominating Kash Patel as FBI Director.
December 1, 2024 at 1:29 AM
"He's methodically appointing people who will completely destroy any limits on his power." @radiofreetom.bsky.social on the breaking news that Trump is nominating Kash Patel as FBI Director.
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I definitely feel less and less interested in Twitter, but I appreciate this because it has the exact vibe I'd use to describe how it feels right now. A man desperate for relevance makes escalating levels of bad decisions in pursuit of the love of a man who lacks empathy or morals
December 1, 2024 at 3:28 AM
I definitely feel less and less interested in Twitter, but I appreciate this because it has the exact vibe I'd use to describe how it feels right now. A man desperate for relevance makes escalating levels of bad decisions in pursuit of the love of a man who lacks empathy or morals
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Trump just selected him to be FBI Director (this clip is from 2023 with Bannon when Kash was vying to be CIA Director)
December 1, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Trump just selected him to be FBI Director (this clip is from 2023 with Bannon when Kash was vying to be CIA Director)
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This is wild. Dems would have taken control of Congress 218-217 had we won 2022 North Carolina Supreme Court races. But instead, GOP won the NC Supreme Court and gerrymandered 3 Dem seats into completely non-existence. Instead R’s now control the house 220-215.
November 28, 2024 at 8:47 PM
This is wild. Dems would have taken control of Congress 218-217 had we won 2022 North Carolina Supreme Court races. But instead, GOP won the NC Supreme Court and gerrymandered 3 Dem seats into completely non-existence. Instead R’s now control the house 220-215.
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
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25% tariff on all Canadian imports will devastate gas prices. Shown here are all the cross border imports of Canadian oil. Keep in mind that a lot of US oil cannot be directly used/refined in the U.S.— we actually export U.S. “light” crude and instead import “heavy” crude to use in U.S.
November 26, 2024 at 2:41 AM
25% tariff on all Canadian imports will devastate gas prices. Shown here are all the cross border imports of Canadian oil. Keep in mind that a lot of US oil cannot be directly used/refined in the U.S.— we actually export U.S. “light” crude and instead import “heavy” crude to use in U.S.