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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22h

Under Trump, wealthy Americans are getting ahead while everyone else is falling behind.

Our economy should work for all Americans – not just the wealthy.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1h

This week, THOUSANDS of people in Massachusetts are getting notices that Republicans have increased their health insurance premiums. By a lot.

These changes could mean some people have to drop their coverage altogether.

I will not stop fighting to lower the cost of health care.

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robelid.bsky.social @robelid.bsky.social · 4h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/b...

A significant group of Americans are falling behind on their car payments - an economic warning sign | CNN Business

A key group of American borrowers is falling significantly behind on their car loans. It’s yet another sign that the US economy is forming some serious cracks, leaving the most vulnerable in financial...

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robelid.bsky.social @robelid.bsky.social · 5h

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The Everything Recession

First Washington, then the nation?

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robelid.bsky.social @robelid.bsky.social · 5h

The portrayal of workers And citizens will never be good enough if a hundred percent coverage and messaging starts taking place. is why Barack Obama and bernie sanders have to hold rallies Across america and begin truthful and full information about affordability crises and citizens cold civil wars

robelid.bsky.social @robelid.bsky.social · 5h

To be honest no one will ever find out how bad the conditions are because affordability crises are not being measured at a citizens levels. It never has. Only the economic conditions of the system is told throughout financial markets which is not accurate and whole partedly with all of the details

robelid.bsky.social @robelid.bsky.social · 5h

Wages has shrunken a lot, the conditionshas gotten worse, even worse than at any time in history. The economy, cold civil wars everywhere, health,political,tech, economic and climate pandemics there will be more downturns even if it is slowdown after slowdown, or actual recessions, depressions

robelid.bsky.social @robelid.bsky.social · 5h

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The U.S. Economy is in Worse Shape Than it Looks

No recession so far, but the no-hiring economy is hurting workers

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robelid.bsky.social @robelid.bsky.social · 11h

No wonder everything is broken, that there is no effective messaging of the democratic party.The concerns and conditions are not being focused on. Everything is not working. Cold civil wars everywhere, economic, health, political, climate and tech pandemics, recessions,depressions and stagflation.

robelid.bsky.social @robelid.bsky.social · 11h

Measure the economic conditions on affordability crises on citizens not wall street and the financial markets. That is why cold civil wars everywhere have brewed up to the soil. Stop the financial, republicans ,political, tech elite from purges that damages world citizens everyday. Extra income

robelid.bsky.social @robelid.bsky.social · 12h

Amazon wants to replace over six hundred thousand jobs in the first rounds of executive action. Tech companies wants to have complete automation of the economy and jobs. Total controls and monopolies. Corruption and a path to no prosperity, poverty for citizens. They need more income now today

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

In the middle of all Trump’s distractions, pay attention to the fundamental issue:

While the richest people are getting richer, tens of millions of people are struggling to pay for rent & groceries.

Now 15 million Americans are going to be thrown off health care. Unacceptable.

Shutdown Day 20 | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 19h

Big Tech oligarchs are coming for your job.

Jeff Bezos will be replacing 600,000 jobs at Amazon with robots. His vision: fully automate operations.

Amazon's not alone. That's the direction of every major corporation.

AI & robotics must benefit workers, not the top 1%.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23h

Amazon, the second largest employer in the U.S., aims to replace more than half a million jobs with robots, internal documents show.

Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots

Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations.

nyti.ms

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 17h

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 16h

After months of needless delay, the Trump administration has finally agreed to follow the law and forgive student loan debt for borrowers who have been waiting decades for relief.

This will be life changing for millions of working class Americans.

Trump administration agrees to deliver more student loan forgiveness

The Trump administration has agreed to forgive student debt under income-driven repayment programs it had partially blocked.

www.cnbc.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 21h

Donald Trump is sending soldiers into American cities.

Federal agents are acting on Trump and Stephen Miller's agenda, disappearing loved ones and taking away our due process — trampling on the rights generations of Americans fought to secure.

That's Trump's America.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 19h

I'm proud to help lead the United Nations' #COP30 Local Leaders Forum next month in Brazil.

Regional leaders — from mayors to governors — are uniquely able to turn ambitious plans to tackle the climate crisis into reality at the local level.

California is all-hands-on-deck in this fight.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 16h

Sending troops to San Francisco? Do it and we’ll sue.

We don’t bow to kings. We defend the Constitution.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

Q: Are you going to send federal troops and the National Guard to San Francisco?

Trump: "We're going to go to San Francisco...We're going to go to San Francisco and we're going to make it great...Don't forget, I can use the Insurrection Act."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has shredded the Constitution. He's taken an axe to checks and balances. Now he's literally taking a bulldozer to the White House to build a ballroom while the government is shut down. When we say "No Kings," this is why.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h

Cost of the Argentina bailout Trump is trying to finance: $40B.

That same amount could fund almost two years of extended ACA subsidies, or two years of full SNAP benefits, or nearly all of the annual Medicare cuts from Trump's Big Ugly Bill.

Priorities.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

Trump's shutdown isn't just imperiling millions of Americans' healthcare coverage.

Nearly 42M people could lose critical food assistance when SNAP funding runs out in two weeks.

Republicans think this shutdown is about punishing Democrats. But in reality, it hurts everyone.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

The grifter-in-chief knows no bounds.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21h

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h

ICE has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.

You read that right — SEVEN HUNDRED PERCENT.

Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

Under Mike Johnson, the House has conducted just 20 days of business in the last 16 weeks and refused to swear in Democrat Adelita Grijalva.

Don't forget what this is really about: keeping the release of the Epstein Files at bay.

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robelid.bsky.social @robelid.bsky.social · 12h

The eu will prioritize affordability and housing in the next years to prevent right wing populists to enter government. Health care subsidies goes out of date the first of november. Obama is back doing rallies, podcasts, speeches etc. He can tell the truth about affordability, republicans