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As expected, not as promised

How Trump’s promise to slash energy bills in half has failed across the US
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/trump-energy-bill-prices-increase?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#energy #costofliving #policyfailure
How Trump’s promise to slash energy bills in half has failed across the US
Guardian analysis shows electricity bills were up 6.7% last year, and much higher in some states, and gas bills up 5.2%
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:39 PM
paulstewartii.bsky.social
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Over decades, this creates:

• fewer beds
• unstaffed beds
• higher costs
• less flexibility
• worse system planning

All while demand keeps rising.
#HealthcareCrisis #PolicyFailure
January 17, 2026 at 1:31 AM
fairstartmovement.bsky.social
When cost-benefit models ignore children, injustice becomes policy.

#PolicyFailure #FairStartReform #ChildRights #EthicalEconomics #JusticeMatters
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
potculturemagazine.com
Good morning. Today at 10 AM CST, we expose a quiet ballot strategy aimed at undoing legal weed and regulated cannabis markets. #PotCultureMagazine #Cannabis #420community #CannabisCulture #Politics #CannabisNews #Weed #LegalWeed #WeedLife #Prohibition #PolicyFailure #Advocacy
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January 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
democracymatters.bsky.social
As of 2025, the total amount of money in the world is estimated to be $150 trillion, based on the broadest definition of money (M3), which includes physical currency, bank deposits, and liquid assets.

#TaxBillionaires #PolicyFailure #USPol
December 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
democracymattersalot.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
As of 2025, the total amount of money in the world is estimated to be $150 trillion, based on the broadest definition of money (M3), which includes physical currency, bank deposits, and liquid assets.

#TaxBillionaires #policyfailure #USpol
December 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
handle.invalid
IMF ignores its own report to okay $1.29 bn loan for Pakistan yespunjab.com?p=198854

#IMF #PakistanEconomy #Corruption #GovernanceCrisis #IMFLoan #EconomicReforms #GlobalEconomy #FiscalMismanagement #PakistanNews #DebtCrisis #PolicyFailure
IMF ignores its own report to okay $1.29 bn loan for Pakistan - Yes Punjab News
IMF approves $1.29 billion for Pakistan despite a report flagging deep-rooted corruption and governance failures.
yespunjab.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
potculturemagazine.com
Tomorrow at 10 AM CST. LEGAL WEED OLD RULES: The drug war didn’t end. It learned new rules. #PotCultureMagazine #Cannabis #CannabisCulture #Druglaws #420Community #CannabisCommunity #DrugPolicy #CannabisNews #Weed #DrugWar #Weedlife #Legalization #PossessionArrests #PolicyFailure
Promotional graphic for Pot Culture Magazine showing two computer monitors handcuffed together, one with a cannabis leaf icon and the other with a justice scale icon, beneath the headline “Tomorrow at 10 AM CST: Legal Weed, Old Rules,” illustrating how legalization remains bound by outdated laws. PotCultureMagazine.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
inclusionchick.bsky.social
“Every #Billionaire is a #PolicyFailure.”

Heard #AOC say that in 2018 and I’ve been chanting it ever since.
interfluidity.com Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · Dec 15
"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
jemoyer.bsky.social
We fund war on cocaine, but alcohol kills 6× more Americans. End the policy mismatch. Focus on structural alcohol regulation now. #AlcoholCrisis #PolicyFailure
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
potculturemagazine.com
Bad Seeds in Washington reveals how a single line in a federal bill puts cannabis genetics at risk nationwide.

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#PotCultureMagazine #420Community #CannabisCulture #Cannabis #CannabisNews #Seeds #SeedBan #CannabisCommunity #Weed #Politics #PolicyFailure
A dark, stormy view of the U.S. Capitol building in the background with cannabis seeds scattered across a reflective surface in the foreground. Bold yellow text reads “BAD SEEDS IN WASHINGTON,” with a red banner above labeled “POLICY FAILURE.” The Pot Culture Magazine logo appears in the lower right corner, and the website address and copyright line run across the bottom edge.
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
lavanyadeepak.bsky.social
🖋 When welfare becomes warfare, the aged are made to queue while the agile ride home with rations.

This isn’t welfare. It’s selective privilege disguised as policy. #PolicyFailure #ThayumanavarScheme
December 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
potculturemagazine.com
Reefer Report Card Vol. 26: Cannabis panic is in full tilt, from scromiting fear to federal hemp squeeze.
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#PotCultureMagazine #420Community #CannabisCulture #Cannabis #ReeferReport #WeekInWeed #CannabisNews #PolicyFailure #Advocacy #Panic #Scromiting #THC
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December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
potculturemagazine.com
The Legalization Mirage. Local bans, zoning tricks, and opt-out politics keep legal cannabis unreachable for millions.

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#PotCultureMagazine #420Community #CannabisCulture #Cannabis #Legalization #CannabisNews #PolicyFailure #RetailZoning #LocalLaws #Weed
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December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
breezeinbusan.bsky.social
Busan looks full of activity—innovation zones, hubs, festivals—yet its universities empty, its talent leaves, and its future narrows.
A city moving constantly, but not forward. breezeinflow.com/busan-news/a...
#Busan #Korea #RegionalPolicy #UrbanDecline #Inequality #PolicyFailure
A City Full of Activity, Empty of Future | Busan news | Breeze in Busan
Busan presents a striking contradiction: a city saturated with innovation programs, workation zones and startup hubs, yet steadily losing the people and industries that once defined its strength. Its ...
breezeinflow.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
flybirdiebirdie.bsky.social
Driver staring at his phone entering a traffic circle. I nearly got smushed #FairmountPark shouldn’t be a cut-thru for ppl rushing to work @bikeaction.org @bcgp.bsky.social @5thsqadvocacy.org @councilmemberjg.bsky.social #FairmountPark #VisionZero #Cycling #BikeSafety #BikeCommuter #PolicyFailure
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
potculturemagazine.com
Hemp Industry Strikes Back reveals how Congress tried to wipe out a legal market and why the next year will be critical.

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#PotCultureMagazine #420Community #Politics #LegalFight #HempIndustry #HempNews #PolicyFailure #Bullshit #HempMarket
A protest scene outside the U.S. Capitol at golden hour, with a close-up of a hand holding a large black and yellow sign that reads “HEMP INDUSTRY STRIKES BACK.” Beside it, a tall hemp plant is held above the crowd, its leaves lit dramatically by the sun. Protesters fill the background, carrying signs opposing a hemp ban. The Pot Culture Magazine logo and ©2025PotCultureMagazine/ArtDept appear along the bottom.
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
potculturemagazine.com
Morning. Coming up at 10 AM CST, the industry Congress tried to erase is not backing down. Hemp Industry Strikes Back. #PotCultureMagazine #HempIndustry #Hemp #Politics #HempNews #LegalBattle #HempCulture #PolicyFailure #Prohobition #Jobs #HempMarket #420Community #Weedlife
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
communityconnective.com.au
Productivity Commission Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement Review finds the Agreement is not effective
www.pc.gov.au/inquiries-an...

#MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #ProductivityCommission #AusPol #MentalHealthReview #PolicyFailure #HealthReform
Inquiry Report - Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement Review
The review found the Agreement is not effective and a new policy architecture is needed to articulate the collective actions that will deliver changes to the mental health and suicide prevention syste...
www.pc.gov.au
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
potculturemagazine.com
The Last Prisoners of Weed, legalization for some, life for others. From Russell to Allen to Rubis, we expose the justice America pretends is done.

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#PotCultureMagazine #420Community #Cannabis #DrugWar #PrisonersOfWeed #CannabisCulture #PolicyFailure
A Pot Culture Magazine feature image titled The Last Prisoners of Weed. The design shows a shadowed figure standing near a barred prison cell door under dim orange lighting. Large orange text reads: “The Last Prisoners of Weed.” Below, smaller white text reads: “Legal cannabis earns billions while thousands remain locked away for the same plant.” Branding along the bottom reads “PotCultureMagazine.com | ©2025PotCultureMagazine/ArtDept.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
truesignalmedia.bsky.social
When a family of four needs $30K a year before deductibles, that’s not a market — that’s a rigged system.

Real reform means breaking Big Pharma, hospital price gouging, and insurance rackets. Not reshuffling plans.

#HealthcareCrisis #PolicyFailure
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
revdrmatthewfox.bsky.social
What does it mean when a society moves from 15 #billionaires to 800 in a generation: How did this happen? What are the consequences? How are we all affected? How much does this explain the #despair & #fear & #outrage marking our times & politics? It is about #policyfailure. bit.ly/3WCdoxc
Does America (and the Earth) Have a Billionaire Problem? - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Chuck Collins directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy studies. I confess I have a bias toward anyone who has the “common good” in their everyday vocabulary—it...
bit.ly
November 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
news-x.bsky.social
USDA refused to tap $5B SNAP contingency fund, reserved for disasters. 🏛️ CA, NY, VA stepping up w/ state funds, but Alaska finds it "not feasible" to replace federal aid. #PolicyFailure
October 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
potculturemagazine.com
Morning. Today at 10 AM CST. Michigan calls it infrastructure; the industry calls it theft. A 24 percent tax hits growers first and roads second. #PotCultureMagazine #CannabisTax #LegalWeed #Michigan #Weed #NORML #CannabisCulture #Cannabis #Politics #PolicyFailure #Weedlife
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October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
potculturemagazine.com
America Still Arrests for Weed, Just Pretends It Doesn’t. Over 204K busted last year for a “legal” plant. Same war, new costume.

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#PotCultureMagazine #420Community #CannabisCulture #Cannabis #WeedLaws #CannabisArrests #PolicyFailure #Weedlife #WeedNews
Editorial feature image for Pot Culture Magazine showing a person being handcuffed by a police officer, emphasizing continued cannabis arrests in the United States. The background shows blurred police lights, and the overlaid headline reads: “America still arrests for weed, just pretends it doesn’t.” The Pot Culture Magazine logo and copyright ©2025PotCultureMagazine/ArtDept appear at the bottom with the website address centered in yellow text.
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM