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Teeg Dougland

@arobertbitter.bsky.social

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Most people go right as they get older. I keep going left. Must be dyslexic. I'm afraid I've got some bad news boys.

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Teeg Dougland @arobertbitter.bsky.social · Jul 28

I have a lot of new followers so I need to make clear a rule that I've had for 20 years on social media. Unless I know you and/or you have my tacit approval, do not @ me or post directly to my TL. I will immediately block you.

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Teeg Dougland @arobertbitter.bsky.social · 50m

Somebody(s) is going to need their cash back and the PE fund they gave it to is going to say, "...and it's gone."

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 5d

I remember when Obama appointed Homan to run ICE deportations in 2013, and when gave Homan an award for extraordinary accomplishment in 2015.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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Teeg Dougland @arobertbitter.bsky.social · 5h

Undoubtedly they've already rated $trillions of private equity dreck "AAA"

By the end of 2009, over half the collateralized debt obligations by value issued at the end of the housing bubble that rating agencies gave the highest "triple-A" rating to were "impaired".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_...

Credit rating agencies and the subprime crisis - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Teeg Dougland @arobertbitter.bsky.social · 5h

"By the end of 2009, over half of the collateralized debt obligations by value issued at the end of the housing bubble (from 2005–2007) that rating agencies gave their highest "triple-A" rating to, were "impaired"..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_...

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Just Some Guy @utopianparallax.bsky.social · 6h

At the last No Kings march in San Antonio, maybe every third chant was pro-Palestine. I don't know where that was coming from - not the organizers, for sure - but everyone joined right in.

Dem politicians should consider joining the American mainstream on this issue 🤷‍♂️

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 8h

Can report back from the Charlotte No Kings that "free Palestine" is now, if not the normie lib position, then at least fully accepted among the normie libs. Lots of signs and flags scattered about, no apparent drama at all.

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Robot Girl (Warranty Void) @queererthing.bsky.social · 6h

look I'm actually not really 'anti' the no kings stuff even if I hate the people running it but you people need to decide if this is 'we can't wait for the midterms, the time for voting is OVER' or if it's just a normie engagement thing because uh you know what the first thing implies right?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 7h

If you were out in the streets today, thanks. If you left feeling inspired, please seek out local ways that you can keep organizing with others.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 10h

I basically agree. There are a lot of good ways to criticize Israel, morally, strategically, cynically, genuinely, but the issue is that in the historical sense there was basically zero tolerance for substantive criticism and Mamdani's criticisms are substantive. The difference today: he is winning.

I don't think that there's some magic combination of words to defeat the Israel Lobby, in fact there are a lot of low-hanging-fruit ways to criticize Israel, it's just a question of whether American politicians want to do it and face the cost the Lobby will impose
; Armand Domalewski & @Ar... •1d honestly framing a critique of Israel in a patriotic American context is genius. a remarkably talented communicator x.com/jacobin/

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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · Nov 17

Folks griping about bsky as an "echo chamber"

You know what sounds nice to me? A bustling but peaceful village that kicks out nazis whenever they turn up. We tried 'social media as world public square' and it turns out it sucks. I want to try Vibrant Village With Nice People And No Nazis.

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 10h

it would be cool if executives used clemency to systematically reduce prison populations (say, releasing most senior citizens each year) rather than isolated instances of political favoritism or capitulation to organizing

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Teeg Dougland @arobertbitter.bsky.social · 10h

I need to know if Dracula could beat Triangle Man.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12h

I think Dracula could defeat Frankenstein but I don’t think Count Chocula could defeat Frankenberry and that speaks to the richness of the characters

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Teeg Dougland @arobertbitter.bsky.social · 10h

Do you ship them off to Guantanamo to disappear and never be heard from again? Do you make them sign a confession in English that they can't read saying they are gang members smuggling fentanyl into the US over 500 miles outside the ships range? Do they just die "of their injuries" after the attack?

Teeg Dougland @arobertbitter.bsky.social · 10h

So you've been using random fishing boats off the Venezuelan coast for target practice and to make snuff films for that creepy guy high up in the administration who likes that thing for whatever reason, and now you got a couple survivors. What to do?

Teeg Dougland @arobertbitter.bsky.social · 10h

I read these stories and pity any normal people still working inside the Trump administration. They're told to do random useless stuff based on a nothing meeting and have to be saying to each other, "Can you believe we're doing this? Why are we doing this?". www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-z...

Trump says both Ukraine and Russia should declare victory after meeting with Zelenskyy: "Let history decide!"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited to ask President Trump for more military aid as the war with Russia persists.

www.cbsnews.com

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 11h

"In [Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan's] findings, they identify that once 3.5 percent of a country's population is engaged in sustained nonviolent protest, authoritarian regimes find it difficult, if not impossible, to carry out their agendas."
#USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Why the No Kings Protests Matter

The Trump administration has made it clear that it fears mass, nonviolent protests more than anything else.

theintercept.com

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prince egregious, heir apparent @sonofahurricane.bsky.social · 11h

For Prison Banned Books Week, I want to say: it is worse than maybe it ever has been regarding censorship in prisons. It is worse than five years ago. It is worse than 50 years ago.

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Philip Bite Marks @philipmarks87.bsky.social · 1d

Crown of Fire 2 #chalktober #art #halloween

Charcoal, white chalk, and soft pastel drawing on blue toned paper of a woman with a small smirk and the top part of her head is completely made of fire. Black smudgy background

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Karen “the good kind” @kpsinging.bsky.social · 1d

WTAF

Supposedly the State Department Bluesky account with a post that says
Give us a follow so we can update you on how the Democrats' partisan shutdown is harming America's national security.
(we also heard this is a great place to research visa revocations)

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1d

I do regret to inform you that the official US Department of Labor bsky account is in fact now posting extremely racist very Nazi looking genAI slop

Emerald Lavigne: 90s anime woman dysphoria haver @leftoidsadhu.bsky.social · 1d

Probably worth unfollowing @dol.gov - it's Trump's now

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Teeg Dougland @arobertbitter.bsky.social · 1d

Really should be the singular "year" as they are all from 2024 or 2025.

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shaka 🦁👑 @beejonson.me · 1d

Liberal democracy is the kinda democracy that's tied to capitalism. It's a "democracy" that can only survive with capitalism. We exist in DICTATORSHIPS OF THE CAPITALIST RULING CLASS. Our media, politicians, and everyday lives are bought and paid for by the ruling class (billionaires)!

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BladeRunner 999 @pigdaddy666.bsky.social · 1d

You can look at American history and see that the most prosperous eras for the largest numbers of working class people where when labor unions had the most power. Organizing and unionizing and collective bargaining
libcom.org/article/time...

Timeline of U.S. labor history

libcom.org

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2d

"I might die if I stop going to the doctor."

"KFF estimated earlier this month that the average ACA recipient will see their premiums increase by 114% next year."

Some plans "are expected to increase dramatically." "$559 per month this year, will cost $2,736 [..] next year."
#USA #Healthcare

ACA Marketplace Previews Show Staggering Premium Spikes Due to GOP Subsidy Cuts | Common Dreams

"I might die if I stop going to the doctor," said one Tennessee resident whose premiums jumped from $10 to $1,140 a month.

www.commondreams.org

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