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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 15d

The federal government is shut down because Trump & Congressional Republicans want higher healthcare costs for working people, even stripping care from millions.

Why? To give tax giveaways to billionaires, while expanding the fastest growing class in America: the working poor.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 15d

The President prides himself on “The Art of the Deal.” Well, now’s the time for him to make a deal.

Lower health care costs—don’t shut down the government.

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 15d

The polling is clear: Voters want Congress to stop their health care costs from skyrocketing.

And come Nov. 1, those health care costs could cost families an extra $3,500+ a year.

It’s a crisis Trump heard about for the first time yesterday.

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Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · 15d

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 15d

Hey so we're doing our fall fundraising campaign and I want to share with you why it's so important. 🧵
secure.actblue.com/donate/tap-f...

I just donated to The American Prospect

My donation supports independent, fact-checked, professional journalism, which is now more valuable than ever before.

secure.actblue.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 16d

exactly like the Chinese surveillance state

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 17d

"Democracy is an outdated software system"
Gil Duran on The Nerd Reich
youtu.be/z2W3tmCBEnE?...

Gil Duran on Trump, Tech, and “The Nerd Reich”

YouTube video by Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California

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Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · 21d

Amen, brother Matthew

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 21d

happy bday writer William Faulkner, b.1897, New Albany, MS.

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”

Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · 21d

Good news for consumers

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21d

BREAKING: Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations that it tricked people into paying for Prime, and sabotaged their attempts to cancel.

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Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · 25d

Great interview about "free speech" rights in the US vs Britain -- as well as many people's conflicted support of "free speech". If you only support "free speech" for people you agree with, you're not really supporting "free speech".

Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 28d

Jimmy Kimmel is off air, people are getting fired for opinions about Charlie Kirk, so why is the White House worked up about free speech … in Britain?
I tried to break it down with Asma Khalid @asmamk and Tristan Redman on the BBC’s Global Story podcast.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Global Story - Why Trumpworld is obsessed with free speech in Britain - BBC Sounds

US Republicans are obsessed with criticizing UK's free speech amidst a crackdown at home

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mike Wendling @wendling.bsky.social · 28d

Jimmy Kimmel is off air, people are getting fired for opinions about Charlie Kirk, so why is the White House worked up about free speech … in Britain?
I tried to break it down with Asma Khalid @asmamk and Tristan Redman on the BBC’s Global Story podcast.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Global Story - Why Trumpworld is obsessed with free speech in Britain - BBC Sounds

US Republicans are obsessed with criticizing UK's free speech amidst a crackdown at home

www.bbc.co.uk

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 25d

So many people are canceling Disney+ over the Kimmel suspension that the cancellation page crashed.

Did you cancel too?

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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 26d

Billionaires claim their wealth is just “on paper.” Funny, since they borrow against it to buy yachts, mansions, even companies.

This week’s Closer Look shows how the #EqualTaxAct & Billionaires Income Tax would ensure ultra-wealthy pay their fair share.
patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...

Our money always wins in the tax arena

patrioticmillionaires.org

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Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · 26d

"...for working people. And throughout the world today, digital technologies and artificial intelligence undermine jobs and democracy through excessive automation, massive data collection, and intrusive surveillance."

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Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · 26d

"The wealth generated by technological improvements in agriculture during the European Middle Ages was captured by the nobility and used to build grand cathedrals while peasants remained on the edge of starvation. The first hundred years of industrialization in England delivered stagnant incomes...

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Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · 26d

"A thousand years of history and contemporary evidence make one thing clear. Progress depends on the choices we make about technology. New ways of organizing production and communication can either serve the narrow interests of an elite or become the foundation for widespread prosperity."

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Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · 26d

Good journalism is happening. It's important. And it could use more funding and readers.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26d

OK I subscribe to Wired and a bunch of other things and right now will subscribe to Verge and 404. And will add a plea for ProPublica.

nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · Sep 12

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · 26d

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 27d

The US government and especially the State Dept are now fine with this kind of thing
apnews.com/article/char...

Foreign disinformation about Charlie Kirk's killing seeks to widen US divisions

Russia moved quickly to exploit conservative activist Charlie Kirk's shooting death at a Utah college, with groups linked to the Kremlin spreading false and misleading claims that experts say are desi...

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · Aug 5

📖💬💥 Read Power and Progress: The Mini-Comic!

Developed with @joelchristiangill.bsky.social and the BU Visual Narrative MFA program, based on Power & Progress by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social & @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social

shapingwork.mit.edu/power-and-pr...

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Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · Sep 15

Excellent conversation on political violence in the US. Why it's increasing and what elected officials could do to lower its risk.

Barbara F. Walter @barbarafwalter.com · Sep 14

Our conversation just dropped. Here it is:

America’s New Age of Political Violence — with Barbara F. Walter

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Sep 12

Wrote about the week. How the shooter's ID didn't appear to matter to ppl. How the discourse takes place in very same spaces that incubate/perpetuate hate & violence. How shooters now know that their acts will be flattened, analyzed, argued over & amplified. How all of this feels so dark & poisonous

Something Is Very Wrong Online

Our political conversations take place in very same spaces that incubate and perpetuate unthinkable violence.

www.theatlantic.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Sep 9

"On August 29, the State Department leadership notified staff that it was terminating more than two dozen agreements...designed to create common language and tactics to push back against Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and terrorist influence campaigns overseas..."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars

The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · Sep 13

I think substack.com/@baselmushar... wrote an excellent piece about why housing is less affordable.It's a deep drive into Dallas housing Mkt -- from affordable to not. He finds that small builders losing access to financing > only a handful of large builders > $$$homes

substack.com/@baselmushar...

Messing With Texas: How Big Homebuilders and Private Equity Made American Cities Unaffordable

Dallas was one of the last big cities in America where a working family could buy a house. No longer. And it's not because of zoning policy—it's because of corporate consolidation and private equity.

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Tanya Tussing @tanyatussing.bsky.social · Sep 13

I really appreciate your work. You have the unusual ability to say the tough things that need to be said in a fair way -- which takes a lot of precision. And I appreciate you being a strong advocate for kindness and respect. Look forward to reading/listening to your wise, important thoughts.