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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 14m

The super rich can't afford to pay taxes! They're too broke from buying up all the news conglomerates in the world so they can use them to convince everyone that they can't afford to pay taxes!

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 33m

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 12h

Have I ever been to New York? No.
Do I have any plans to visit New York? Also no.

Will I be tuning into this? Oh, hell yes. Absolutely.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

TONIGHT @ 7:00pm:

Our Time Has Come
Rally Livestream on IG + YouTube

Feat.
Attorney General Tish James
Rep. Nydia Velázquez
Rep. Adriano Espaillat
CM Chi Ossé
@kristengonzalez.bsky.social
Lina Khan
Natasha Cloud
The Kid Mero

MC'd by @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

Big colorful graphic of Zohran smiling that says, "Our Time Has Come: Rally Tonight" and a list of speakers.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 16h

The US right-wing used to flip out over stuff like gay wedding cakes or people saying "happy holidays", because they said it was a war on Christianity .

Now, there are masked goons camping outside of churches to try and kidnap parishioners. An actual war, on actual Christians.

And they love it.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 17h

I was basically doing a play on this classic piece from WW2.

WW2 anti-nazi poster. "When you ride ALONE you ride with Hitler! Join a Car sharing club TODAY!". Image of a man driving in a car with a traced outline of Hitler in the passenger seat.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 18h

I appreciate your thoughts! Thanks!

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 20h

Seeing the momentum build for the Green Party under ZP has been really amazing to see! This is the sort of thing that happens when you field a candidate that actually expouses progressive values, and doesn't waste political capital chasing far-right voters who would never ever support them anyway.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Lower Bills.

Protect our NHS.

And invest in our communities.

Let's make hope normal again.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com

John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 21h

It seriously cannot be overstated how much US officials and executives who are cranky about the boycott can get fucked.

Deal with your Fascism problem, and then we can talk. Until then, the boycott stands.

Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 21h

The US trade war & annexationist push against Canada. H/t @sueinnovates.bsky.social. Apparently, Americans are the victims. Missing, except for a vague comment: 10 months in, there is zero acknowledgement of political agency or the possibility of change on the US side.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

www.cnn.com

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 1d

Parents who let their kids use AI are raising a generation who will be completely unable to think for themselves. The perfect subjects for authoritarianism.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 1d

They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”

After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”

And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 1d

Landslide victory. I'm calling it.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 1d

It's a thankless job, and he'll never please everyone, but I for one am very grateful that we have a competent and dignified PM, at a time when competence and dignity is in very short supply.

Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 1d

When you drink US booze, you're drinking with ICE.

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 1d

85% drop of American liquor sales to Canada.
We were their biggest market.
Now we're done.
Bye bye mon cowboy.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group | CBC News

American spirit exports to Canada "plummeted" 85 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States calling the situation "very troubling" as consumers in ...

www.cbc.ca

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like once you get to a certain plateau of wealth where no one around you ever stands up to you or offers genuine feedback, the mind starts to atrophy and become vestigial. It's sort of like a financial/intellectual megafauna syndrome.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 2d

Happy "Thank Fuck We Live in Canada" Day!

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 2d

I saw someone say something to the effect of "ICE is a federal jobs guarantee for racists and domestic abusers" and, hoooooo boy, if that isn't hitting the nail on the head.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 2d

This is how you do religion properly.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 2d

The profound inhumanity and sadistic violence of the Trump regime is only outweighed by the incredible bravery, compassion, and basic decency of the everyday people who are risking everything to defy Fascism, and protect their neighbours.

It's a time of monsters, yes, but also Heroes.

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2d

We are in a time of frightening darkness but people are still stepping up and doing the right thing.
We must keep kicking at the authoritarian darkness until it bleeds daylight.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 2d

Fascists: Don't call us kidnappers and human traffickers!

Also Fascists: Could we get blanket immunity for human trafficking, please?

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity

In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

www.levernews.com

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 2d

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 2d

Epic Handshake meme. "Jared Leto" + "Black Holes" = "Negative Star Power"

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 2d

Cowards and collaborators love to pretend that supporting basic human rights for trans people makes you unelectable.

Well, Zohran Mamdani is going to give everyone a masterclass in why sticking up for trans folks isn't just the correct moral choice, it's how we defeat Fascism.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 2d

You don't beat Fascism by offering Fascism-Lite. You don't meet hatred and lies halfway.

The modern international fascist movement can't be defeated with compromise. It can only be defeated by an unapologetic championing of universal human rights, and basic human decency.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 2d

People of all faiths need to unite and condemn the despicable evil of the Trump regime, and Christians especially bear the responsibility for shutting down christofascist blasphemy and apostasy.

Kudos to the Pope for picking the side of basic human compassion, instead of sadistic bigotry.

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