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mvario

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Trump savings accounts a ‘back door for privatizing Social Security,’

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Trump’s newborn savings accounts a ‘back door for privatizing Social Security,’ Bessent says

The accounts, known as ‘Trump accounts,’ were set up in the GOP’s new tax and spending law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

www.washingtonpost.com

July 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM

mvario

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A Better Future - emptywheel

www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/26/a...

#VoteProgressive #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #WealthTax #SecondBillOfRights #FDRDemocrats #AOC2028

A Better Future - emptywheel

But the billionaires and their allies will burn money and the planet to control our future.

www.emptywheel.net

July 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM

mvario

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Establishment holds emergency meeting to come up with smear for Corbyn's new party

www.normalisland.co.uk/p/establishm...

#StandWithCorbyn #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #EndAidToIsrael #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #BDS #StopAIPAC

Establishment holds emergency meeting to come up with smear for Corbyn's new party

The establishment has gone into panic mode after Jeremy Corbyn launched a website where people can sign up to support his new party.

www.normalisland.co.uk

July 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM

mvario

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Jeremy Corbyn launches new party to 'take on the rich and powerful'

www.bbc.com/news/article...

#StandWithCorbyn #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #EndAidToIsrael #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #BDS #StopAIPAC

Jeremy Corbyn launches new party to 'take on the rich and powerful'

The former Labour leader joins forces with fellow Independent MP Zarah Sultana to launch "a new kind of political party".

www.bbc.com

July 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM

mvario

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Trump Labor Dept To Help More Workers Earn Less Than Minimum Wage, Also Maybe Die?

www.wonkette.com/p/trump-labo...

#UnionStrong #FightFor30 #VoteProgressive #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #SecondBillOfRights #FDRDemocrats #GeneralStrike

July 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM

mvario

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On The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Vandalism In Service Of Inherited Wealth | Techdirt

www.techdirt.com/2025/07/23/o...

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On The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Vandalism In Service Of Inherited Wealth

Peter Shane’s devastating analysis in The Atlantic has performed the invaluable service of documenting what many suspected but few could prove: that Chief Justice John Rob…

www.techdirt.com

July 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM

mvario

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Mamdani Shows How To Frontrun, Defuse, And Reframe Right-Wing Outrage | Techdirt

www.techdirt.com/2025/07/22/m...

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Mamdani Shows How To Frontrun, Defuse, And Reframe Right-Wing Outrage

Democratic politicians have a chronic problem: they keep accepting Republican framing instead of creating their own. They run scared of Fox News, moderate their positions to appease the unappeasabl…

www.techdirt.com

July 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM

mvario

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Shocking: Working Class Actually Quite Fond Of Left-Wing Economic Policies

www.wonkette.com/p/shocking-w...

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July 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM

mvario

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Instagram Suspends Zohran Mamdani’s account, Leaked Memo Cites ‘National Interest’ as Meta Tilts Right

nycjournals.com/2025/07/21/i...

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Instagram Suspends Zohran Mamdani’s account, Leaked Memo Cites ‘National Interest’ as Meta Tilts Right

On Monday, July 21st, Instagram temporarily suspended the account of Zohran Mamdani, a New York State Assembly member and NYC mayoral candidate. The suspension, which lasted approximately 3 hours b…

nycjournals.com

July 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM

mvario

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Health Insurers Are Hiking Premiums as Their Profits Balloon

jacobin.com/2025/07/heal...

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Health Insurers Are Hiking Premiums as Their Profits Balloon

The US’s six largest health insurers reported massive profits last year, doling out billions on stock buybacks and dividends. That hasn’t stopped them from pushing for sharp hikes to Americans’ insura...

jacobin.com

July 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM

mvario

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David Hogg on the DNC Election, Zohran Mamdani's Win, and Progressive Challengers in Democrat Primaries | Teen Vogue

www.teenvogue.com/story/david-...

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David Hogg: Democrats Have A "Courage Problem" and Need Strong Primary Challengers to Survive

"Given the fact that we've talked for about 15 years about how Democrats have a messaging problem, it's gone beyond a messaging problem. It is a messenger problem."

www.teenvogue.com

July 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM

mvario

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Sir Keir Starmer says "women of Diane Abbott's colour should not be lecturing white men on racism"

www.normalisland.co.uk/p/sir-keir-s...

#LabourScum #RemoveStarmer #VoteProgressive #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires

Sir Keir Starmer says "women of Diane Abbott's colour should not be lecturing white men on racism"

Ever since she disgusted Sir Keir Starmer's voter base by becoming the UK's first black female MP, Diane Abbott has been met with ridicule from all the people who understand racism better than she doe...

www.normalisland.co.uk

July 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM

mvario

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Apple quietly lobbied to stop ‘Right to Repair’ bill, records show

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#RightToRepair #RightToOwn #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #VoteProgressive #SaveDemocracy #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #AOC2028

Apple quietly lobbied to stop ‘Right to Repair’ bill, records show

Apple itself never publicly testified against the legislation, which would have helped Floridians fix broken iPhones. But the company has tentacles into most of the organizations that did.

jasongarcia.substack.com

July 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM

mvario

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The Real Reason the GOP Hates the Dept. of Education

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#SavePublicEducation #VoteMamdani #VoteProgressive #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #SecondBillOfRights #FDRDemocrats #AOC2028

The Real Reason the GOP Hates the Dept. of Education

The Supreme Court fails to turn in its assignment explaining why Trump can do fractions on the Education Department

thefuckingnews.substack.com

July 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM

mvario

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The Allies Of the Billionaires - emptywheel

www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/14/t...

#VoteProgressive #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #WealthTax #SecondBillOfRights #FDRDemocrats #AOC2028

The Allies Of the Billionaires - emptywheel

We weaken the filthy rich by attacking their allies.

www.emptywheel.net

July 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM

mvario

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#VoteMamdani #VoteProgressive #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #WealthTax #SecondBillOfRights #FDRDemocrats #AOC2028

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 11

I'm thrilled to welcome the support of four distinguished members of the NYC Council who have worked to protect our public resources, improve quality of life, and create safer, more affordable neighborhoods.

Thank you Shekar Krishnan, Rita Joseph, Pierina Sanchez and Shaun Abreu!

July 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM

mvario

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New York’s Financial Crowd Rushes to Build Anti-Mamdani War Chest

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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#VoteMamdani #VoteProgressive #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #WealthTax #SecondBillOfRights #FDRDemocrats #AOC2028

Exclusive | New York’s Financial Crowd Rushes to Build Anti-Mamdani War Chest

A new group plans to raise $20 million to stop the democratic socialist in the city’s mayoral race.

www.wsj.com

July 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM

mvario

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#VoteMamdani #VoteProgressive #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #WealthTax #SecondBillOfRights #FDRDemocrats #AOC2028

July 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM

mvario

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How the DLC, third-way neoliberals destroyed FDR's party

slate.com/news-and-pol...

archive.today/9LNP2

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Democrats Are at a Historic Low Point. A Certain Kind of Advice Brought Them Here—and They Can’t Stop Listening to It.

During the Reagan revolution, Democrats settled on a new way to win—and it’s destroying them now.

slate.com

July 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM

mvario

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#VoteProgressive #StopNeoliberalism #WorkingClassNotDonorClass #TaxTheRich #NoBillionaires #WealthTax #SecondBillOfRights #FDRDemocrats #AOC2028

Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · Jul 10

‘Newsom—a would-be leader of the national opposition—called the Kilmar Abrigo Garcia case a “distraction.”’ The Gettysburg Address it wasn’t.

(**Should** the Gettysburg Address have been more concerned with kitchen-table issues?)”
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