Mike Lowder
@mclowder.bsky.social
Deafflatusized sailor; fermenter of chiles; retired attorney. I spend most of my time with dogs.
Director of Corporate Awesomeness at ANTIFA.
Immigration is good; and the US needs it.
https://bsky.app/profile/mclowder.bsky.social/post/3ked3qi33tc2d
Director of Corporate Awesomeness at ANTIFA.
Immigration is good; and the US needs it.
https://bsky.app/profile/mclowder.bsky.social/post/3ked3qi33tc2d
Reposted by Mike Lowder
With his positive contribution, Koum is not exceptional. Refugees+asylees in the United States contributed $124 billion more in taxes than they took in benefits, during 2005–2019, at all levels of government.
aspe.hhs.gov/reports/fisc...
Benefits to new immigrants are an investment, not a handout.
aspe.hhs.gov/reports/fisc...
Benefits to new immigrants are an investment, not a handout.
The Fiscal Impact of Refugees and Asylees at the Federal, State, and Local Levels from 2005-2019
Between 1990 and 2022, the United States welcomed over 2.1 million refugees and accepted over 800,000 asylees. While the purpose of granting visas to refugees and asylees is humanitarian, they do impa...
aspe.hhs.gov
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
With his positive contribution, Koum is not exceptional. Refugees+asylees in the United States contributed $124 billion more in taxes than they took in benefits, during 2005–2019, at all levels of government.
aspe.hhs.gov/reports/fisc...
Benefits to new immigrants are an investment, not a handout.
aspe.hhs.gov/reports/fisc...
Benefits to new immigrants are an investment, not a handout.
Reposted by Mike Lowder
As always, the mainstreaming and emboldening of far-right politics finds its roots in mainstream public actors
Without their conscious enabling, the far right would not be the threat it is today
Without their conscious enabling, the far right would not be the threat it is today
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
As always, the mainstreaming and emboldening of far-right politics finds its roots in mainstream public actors
Without their conscious enabling, the far right would not be the threat it is today
Without their conscious enabling, the far right would not be the threat it is today
Reposted by Mike Lowder
Signs you might be far white authoritarian party (#3269):
Leavitt: "Refugee admissions into the country right now are essentially at 0, with the exception of Afrikaners fleeing persecution in South Africa."
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Signs you might be far white authoritarian party (#3269):
Reposted by Mike Lowder
Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3268):
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3268):