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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · Feb 13

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How do republicans persuade people to vote against their own interests?

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 1h

He’s fine.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 3h

Word

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 9h

Exactly.
Biden and general establishment complacency has lead is to today’s mess.

It’s going to continue to get worse.

And effective opposition has yet to emerge.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 1d

Masks and Camo don’t make any sense for law enforcement. These are meant to create fear, chaos and intimidation.

The cops in Chicago have “To serve and protect” as their motto.
Fear, chaos and intimidation have no role to play in service or protection.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 2d

Making a memorial service about yourself.

*Chef’s kiss* narcissism.

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 2d

Making a memorial service about yourself.

Chef’s kiss narcissism.

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 2d

GOP
Guardians of the Pedophiles.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 2d

The most salient issue of today is that this so called “Trump era” we are living in is unambiguously awful.

This should be brought home and reinforced again and again.

Trump can’t hide from his record here- he’s been the biggest cheerleader of everything’s shit for the last 10 years.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 3d

This will cause pointless suffering.

I’m not a religious person but wasting food is a sin.

José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 3d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting and revealing.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 5d

MGT,
Do something!!!!!

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 6d

Yes.
The billionaires amass so much money that they become unmoored from normal moral conventions. Their money comes from capital assets- not work/labor- so having skills, intelligence, education, integrity- are no longer necessary for living a privileged and comfortable life.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 6d

This

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 7d

Must read! Most autocrats are actually quite *insecure.* Here's what we can learn about how Zimbabwe's democracy defenders are seizing on the weaknesses and fighting back:
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Autocratic regimes appear strong — until they’re not.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 8d

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 7d

All this concern about autism-
has anyone figured out what causes assholery?
Shitbaggery?

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 8d

[whispers] it’s pudding time

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 8d

Yes, exactly- it’s amazing.

Also public NSF/DARPA/NIH investment creating trillions in private tech wealth-

But no wealth tax…

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 8d

What a weak industry….one that *will die* if it has to follow the law.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 8d

This is just another way billionaires avoid paying taxes. They grow rich and fat on our dime.

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 8d

Amplifying here

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AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 8d

Truth, justice, fairness: liberal ideas

These idea are so potent and contagious that it takes an oligarchy everything it has to try to stop them.

But they can’t and won’t

They will just keep trying and failing