SmokeyThePear
@smokeythepear.bsky.social
Interested in creating a more equitable world
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Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a $20 billion package to rescue the Argentinian economy.
Too bad that it's basically a gift for one hedge fund manager with ties to Bessent himself.
Too bad that it's basically a gift for one hedge fund manager with ties to Bessent himself.
Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire
A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a $20 billion package to rescue the Argentinian economy.
Too bad that it's basically a gift for one hedge fund manager with ties to Bessent himself.
Too bad that it's basically a gift for one hedge fund manager with ties to Bessent himself.
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"At their core, #WorkerCoops are democratic institutions: businesses owned and governed by their workers, who share both risks and rewards. They offer a model of economic self-determination—rooted in values of equity, solidarity, and accountability." 🌲🌲
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What’s Next? Why Co-ops Are Essential in the Fight for Democracy - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Building community-based economic infrastructure hasn’t been a major element of most democratic strategy, but it should be.
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August 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"At their core, #WorkerCoops are democratic institutions: businesses owned and governed by their workers, who share both risks and rewards. They offer a model of economic self-determination—rooted in values of equity, solidarity, and accountability." 🌲🌲
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Exclusive: In the first half of the year, upheaval from the Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze delayed the delivery of hundreds of USAID shipments of antimalarial and HIV medical supplies to regional warehouses in dozens of countries.
The consequences were deadly.
The consequences were deadly.
Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.
USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...
www.washingtonpost.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Exclusive: In the first half of the year, upheaval from the Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze delayed the delivery of hundreds of USAID shipments of antimalarial and HIV medical supplies to regional warehouses in dozens of countries.
The consequences were deadly.
The consequences were deadly.
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From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.
Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their…
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September 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.
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The Opportunity To Own bill introduced in Massachusetts by COWOP should be considered as a model for each state. Meaningful policy should be directed at increasing worker ownership!
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September 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Opportunity To Own bill introduced in Massachusetts by COWOP should be considered as a model for each state. Meaningful policy should be directed at increasing worker ownership!
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Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Why we need a solidarity economy now wagingnonviolence.org/2025/07/why-...
Why we need a solidarity economy now
As the US face historic cuts to the social safety net, local economic alternatives can meet basic needs and provide opportunities to organize.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Why we need a solidarity economy now wagingnonviolence.org/2025/07/why-...
Boycotts become useless when the vast majority of existing companies are diabolical. The few choices we have are not good enough, we need to build out the solidarity economy and provide an alternative to exploitative business. #solidarity
August 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Boycotts become useless when the vast majority of existing companies are diabolical. The few choices we have are not good enough, we need to build out the solidarity economy and provide an alternative to exploitative business. #solidarity
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Pete Hegseth shared a video espousing views that women are subservient to men and shouldn’t be able to vote.
Trump’s Defense Secretary Seems to Admire Men Who Want to Stop Women From Voting
Pete Hegseth shared a video espousing views that women are subservient to men and shouldn't be able to vote.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Pete Hegseth shared a video espousing views that women are subservient to men and shouldn’t be able to vote.
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Anarcho-capitalism is an ideology that entails stateless, unregulated capitalism. Some believe this system would maximize liberty and freedom. It would do the opposite. Corporations, much like states, have the capacity to behave oppressively. This is why democracy is necessary within both.
July 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Anarcho-capitalism is an ideology that entails stateless, unregulated capitalism. Some believe this system would maximize liberty and freedom. It would do the opposite. Corporations, much like states, have the capacity to behave oppressively. This is why democracy is necessary within both.
The biggest lesson democrats should learn from 2024 is that opposition to awful doesn't make up for embracing mediocre status quo.
April 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The biggest lesson democrats should learn from 2024 is that opposition to awful doesn't make up for embracing mediocre status quo.
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When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
March 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
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"To my friends in Europe...
I am profoundly sorry that Americans are failing you... after you have stood with us over so many years. But...Europe needs to become one of the great powers of the world, and do it fast—or you will get carved up by them."
-@tracinski.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net
I am profoundly sorry that Americans are failing you... after you have stood with us over so many years. But...Europe needs to become one of the great powers of the world, and do it fast—or you will get carved up by them."
-@tracinski.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net
Europe Needs to Rise Swiftly to Counter Trump's Predatory Imperialism
A new geopolitical alliance is taking shape in which America is leading an exploitative and authoritarian axis
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February 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"To my friends in Europe...
I am profoundly sorry that Americans are failing you... after you have stood with us over so many years. But...Europe needs to become one of the great powers of the world, and do it fast—or you will get carved up by them."
-@tracinski.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net
I am profoundly sorry that Americans are failing you... after you have stood with us over so many years. But...Europe needs to become one of the great powers of the world, and do it fast—or you will get carved up by them."
-@tracinski.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net
Conservatives went from "Don't treat on me" to wanna be groveling peasants faster than Shawn Hannity could hit a vape pen.
February 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Conservatives went from "Don't treat on me" to wanna be groveling peasants faster than Shawn Hannity could hit a vape pen.
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NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access.
It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.
It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.
February 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access.
It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.
It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.
This website shows how trickle down economics has destroyed worker's wealth.
trickledown.fail
trickledown.fail
Trickle Down Economics: 40 Years of Failure
Explore how trickle-down economics has failed America. Live data shows growing wealth inequality, stagnant wages, and record corporate profits since Reagan's era.
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February 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This website shows how trickle down economics has destroyed worker's wealth.
trickledown.fail
trickledown.fail
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I missed this entirely:
The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines.
Musk demanded he resign.
He did.
On January 20th.
www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...
The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines.
Musk demanded he resign.
He did.
On January 20th.
www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...
FAA Chief Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign
Michael Whitaker had only been in the role for a year but the SpaceX chief accused him of “harassment.”
www.thedailybeast.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I missed this entirely:
The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines.
Musk demanded he resign.
He did.
On January 20th.
www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...
The FAA Administrator criticized Space X’s safety record and threatened fines.
Musk demanded he resign.
He did.
On January 20th.
www.thedailybeast.com/faa-chief-mi...
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This sudden freeze in federal funding is so sweeping that it could cause widespread harm across our state—delaying disaster recovery, undercutting law enforcement, and affecting children and veterans. It violates constitutional power over federal spending, and I’m taking legal action to stop it.
January 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This sudden freeze in federal funding is so sweeping that it could cause widespread harm across our state—delaying disaster recovery, undercutting law enforcement, and affecting children and veterans. It violates constitutional power over federal spending, and I’m taking legal action to stop it.
I've decided to make rising egg prices my whole personality for the next four years
January 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I've decided to make rising egg prices my whole personality for the next four years
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At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.
Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citiz...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.
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Democrats need leaders, and we need them fast.
January 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Democrats need leaders, and we need them fast.
Time to give up Billionaires! We need to spend our money at places where workers and consumers are treated well. Billionaires won't give up their power we need to take it back. We need a mixture of small businesses, consumer and worker cooperatives and non profits to run our economy.
January 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Time to give up Billionaires! We need to spend our money at places where workers and consumers are treated well. Billionaires won't give up their power we need to take it back. We need a mixture of small businesses, consumer and worker cooperatives and non profits to run our economy.
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We are facing a moment when much will change for the worse, not just in policy, but in the structure of politics itself. We need to be imagining a better America.
A Shadow Cabinet would be a positive form of opposition.
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A Shadow Cabinet would be a positive form of opposition.
snyder.substack.com/p/shadow-cab...
Shadow Cabinet
A Positive Form of Opposition
snyder.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We are facing a moment when much will change for the worse, not just in policy, but in the structure of politics itself. We need to be imagining a better America.
A Shadow Cabinet would be a positive form of opposition.
snyder.substack.com/p/shadow-cab...
A Shadow Cabinet would be a positive form of opposition.
snyder.substack.com/p/shadow-cab...