@swimjam.bsky.social
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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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THIS IS PERFECT.
February 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
THIS IS PERFECT.
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Let's say there's "waste" and "fraud" in the government.
Well that’s why every department had an inspector general to find and stop it.
But guess what? Trump fired most of these independent auditors who should be insulated from politics.
None of this is about waste and fraud.
Well that’s why every department had an inspector general to find and stop it.
But guess what? Trump fired most of these independent auditors who should be insulated from politics.
None of this is about waste and fraud.
February 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Let's say there's "waste" and "fraud" in the government.
Well that’s why every department had an inspector general to find and stop it.
But guess what? Trump fired most of these independent auditors who should be insulated from politics.
None of this is about waste and fraud.
Well that’s why every department had an inspector general to find and stop it.
But guess what? Trump fired most of these independent auditors who should be insulated from politics.
None of this is about waste and fraud.
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SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series
The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.
www.motherjones.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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There should be no billionaires in government—full stop. Someone who is a billionaire is definitionally not in a position to understand the life of an average voter and—more than this and equally definitionally—has exactly the wrong relationship with the ways the American financial system is broken.
There are at least 11 billionaires among Trump's Cabinet picks—and that doesn't include Elon Musk or Vivek Ramaswamy.
newrepublic.com/post/189109/...
newrepublic.com/post/189109/...
Trump Has Handed Democrats a Fast Way to Build Some Working-Class Cred
The party can use the upcoming confirmation hearings to start to restore its class identity.
newrepublic.com
December 6, 2024 at 8:13 PM
There should be no billionaires in government—full stop. Someone who is a billionaire is definitionally not in a position to understand the life of an average voter and—more than this and equally definitionally—has exactly the wrong relationship with the ways the American financial system is broken.
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Native Americans lived within the San Gabriel Mountains long before Mexico and Spain brought their genocide, and among the sacred places the peoples had was the Valley of the Moon, a special place that still exists and is still visited by the ghosts of the dead:
snark.substack.com/p/bed-of-dre...
snark.substack.com/p/bed-of-dre...
Bed Of Dreams
The Ghosts of Natives
snark.substack.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:21 AM
Native Americans lived within the San Gabriel Mountains long before Mexico and Spain brought their genocide, and among the sacred places the peoples had was the Valley of the Moon, a special place that still exists and is still visited by the ghosts of the dead:
snark.substack.com/p/bed-of-dre...
snark.substack.com/p/bed-of-dre...
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Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp.
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
November 19, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp.
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
Elon Musk owns Twitter/X.
When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
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The reason behind the Rubio pick—the only borderline rational one Trump has made (Waltz as NSA lies over that line)—is now explained.
And yes, it’s about corruption.
Co-POTUS Musk and his fairly obviously racist mom are backing Lara Trump for the Florida Senate seat, and you know she’s getting it.
And yes, it’s about corruption.
Co-POTUS Musk and his fairly obviously racist mom are backing Lara Trump for the Florida Senate seat, and you know she’s getting it.
November 13, 2024 at 12:36 AM
The reason behind the Rubio pick—the only borderline rational one Trump has made (Waltz as NSA lies over that line)—is now explained.
And yes, it’s about corruption.
Co-POTUS Musk and his fairly obviously racist mom are backing Lara Trump for the Florida Senate seat, and you know she’s getting it.
And yes, it’s about corruption.
Co-POTUS Musk and his fairly obviously racist mom are backing Lara Trump for the Florida Senate seat, and you know she’s getting it.
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If you're unhappy and unsettled by Trump's election, don't quit. That's just what they want you to do.
But that doesn't mean you have to do everything the same. Your media and social media habits, for example.
Here's what I'm doing to stay sane, and set myself up to handle what's to come.
But that doesn't mean you have to do everything the same. Your media and social media habits, for example.
Here's what I'm doing to stay sane, and set myself up to handle what's to come.
Authoritarians Want You To Quit
Don't withdraw entirely, but it's OK to partially disengage. The future will be tough, and you're in better position to fight if you stay sane. Here's how I'm adjusting.
www.arcdigital.media
November 12, 2024 at 3:12 PM
If you're unhappy and unsettled by Trump's election, don't quit. That's just what they want you to do.
But that doesn't mean you have to do everything the same. Your media and social media habits, for example.
Here's what I'm doing to stay sane, and set myself up to handle what's to come.
But that doesn't mean you have to do everything the same. Your media and social media habits, for example.
Here's what I'm doing to stay sane, and set myself up to handle what's to come.
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Pretty wild that the likely new Senate Majority Leader Rick Scott also oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in US history.
November 12, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Pretty wild that the likely new Senate Majority Leader Rick Scott also oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in US history.
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WSJ, August 9, 2026: “Elon Musk announces plans to acquire Bluesky social network for $1 billion, citing ‘free speech’ concerns on the popular but money-losing platform”
Expect this, and ask what to do so that this doesn’t happen.
Expect this, and ask what to do so that this doesn’t happen.
November 12, 2024 at 5:23 PM
WSJ, August 9, 2026: “Elon Musk announces plans to acquire Bluesky social network for $1 billion, citing ‘free speech’ concerns on the popular but money-losing platform”
Expect this, and ask what to do so that this doesn’t happen.
Expect this, and ask what to do so that this doesn’t happen.
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America is going to (re)learn this the hard(est) way.
Hardest hit will be those who were told for years and years and years that he is a con man not to be trusted.
They sneered at us.
Now the market will collapse, there'll be new wars abroad, unemployment will spike and they'll lose their shirts.
Hardest hit will be those who were told for years and years and years that he is a con man not to be trusted.
They sneered at us.
Now the market will collapse, there'll be new wars abroad, unemployment will spike and they'll lose their shirts.
November 12, 2024 at 7:03 PM
America is going to (re)learn this the hard(est) way.
Hardest hit will be those who were told for years and years and years that he is a con man not to be trusted.
They sneered at us.
Now the market will collapse, there'll be new wars abroad, unemployment will spike and they'll lose their shirts.
Hardest hit will be those who were told for years and years and years that he is a con man not to be trusted.
They sneered at us.
Now the market will collapse, there'll be new wars abroad, unemployment will spike and they'll lose their shirts.
bsky.app/profile/aoc.... I just want to say thank you for stumping for Harris. It was clear that you, Buttigieg, Obamas and a handful of other public figures put big effort into campaigning. Things didn't turn out how we all wanted but you all deserve props for the hard & joyful work that you did.
bsky.app
November 12, 2024 at 7:36 PM
bsky.app/profile/aoc.... I just want to say thank you for stumping for Harris. It was clear that you, Buttigieg, Obamas and a handful of other public figures put big effort into campaigning. Things didn't turn out how we all wanted but you all deserve props for the hard & joyful work that you did.
Hiking toward Round Top peak in the Carson Pass area. This is where the famed scout Kit Carson led pioneers over the Sierra Nevada.
November 12, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Hiking toward Round Top peak in the Carson Pass area. This is where the famed scout Kit Carson led pioneers over the Sierra Nevada.
Mt Ritter, 13,200ft in the eastern sierra.
November 12, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Mt Ritter, 13,200ft in the eastern sierra.
Some photos of grand trips into the Sierra Nevada this past summer.
November 12, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Some photos of grand trips into the Sierra Nevada this past summer.
Just moved over from the bird space... what a shithole it became!
November 12, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Just moved over from the bird space... what a shithole it became!