@retiredpa1.bsky.social
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For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
August 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
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The voiceover is like a bedtime story 🛏️ 🤣
Zingerman's Bakehouse
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Zingerman's Bakehouse
Ann Arbor, Michigan
August 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The voiceover is like a bedtime story 🛏️ 🤣
Zingerman's Bakehouse
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Zingerman's Bakehouse
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
August 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
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"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night:
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
Let’s Create “Town Hall Night in America”
It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy
oldgoats.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night:
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
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"Mr. Kennedy’s focus on unverified treatments has frustrated some doctors in Gaines County, who have been trying to explain to patients that there is no antiviral for measles and that they have little control over which patients suffer serious symptoms..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"Mr. Kennedy’s focus on unverified treatments has frustrated some doctors in Gaines County, who have been trying to explain to patients that there is no antiviral for measles and that they have little control over which patients suffer serious symptoms..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
Just one more stupid thing this farce of a government is stumbling into.
"non-MH [mental health] VA staff around my cubicle can hear my sessions." The therapist said they were "worried about issues of licensure [and] ethics code violations related to confidentiality."
popular.info/p/veterans-a...
popular.info/p/veterans-a...
Veterans Administration therapists forced to provide mental health counseling in open cubicles
As part of the Trump administration's frenzied push to end remote work arrangements for federal government workers, the Veterans Administration (VA) is forcing therapists to provide mental health coun...
popular.info
March 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Just one more stupid thing this farce of a government is stumbling into.
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(At the end of the 90's)
“We could be headed for techno-fascism.”
Writer Paulina Borsook called the valley’s worship of male power “a little reminiscent of the early celebrants of Eurofascism from the 1930s.
Those voices were largely drowned out by the techno-enthusiasts of the time."
“We could be headed for techno-fascism.”
Writer Paulina Borsook called the valley’s worship of male power “a little reminiscent of the early celebrants of Eurofascism from the 1930s.
Those voices were largely drowned out by the techno-enthusiasts of the time."
‘Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley
The industry’s liberal reputation is misleading. Its reactionary tendencies – celebrating wealth, power and traditional masculinity – have been clear since the dotcom mania of the 1990s
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
(At the end of the 90's)
“We could be headed for techno-fascism.”
Writer Paulina Borsook called the valley’s worship of male power “a little reminiscent of the early celebrants of Eurofascism from the 1930s.
Those voices were largely drowned out by the techno-enthusiasts of the time."
“We could be headed for techno-fascism.”
Writer Paulina Borsook called the valley’s worship of male power “a little reminiscent of the early celebrants of Eurofascism from the 1930s.
Those voices were largely drowned out by the techno-enthusiasts of the time."
