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The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
The Nerd Reich
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the inter...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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MyTaxReceipt shows you a breakdown of how your U.S. federal taxes get spent — enter your Zip code and the amount you paid in Federal taxes (or you can use the default average for your Zip code). It generates a receipt-style summary showing what portion goes to defense, healthcare, interest on debt..
MyTaxReceipt.org
See exactly where your federal income taxes go — and message Congress about it in one click.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
MyTaxReceipt shows you a breakdown of how your U.S. federal taxes get spent — enter your Zip code and the amount you paid in Federal taxes (or you can use the default average for your Zip code). It generates a receipt-style summary showing what portion goes to defense, healthcare, interest on debt..
People join in voter initiatives to end citizens united in their states. If your state doesn’t have a voter initiative process, start fighting for one. figure out a way to keep your politician from trading in the stock market and prohibit them from being a lobbyist in your state for a few years
December 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
People join in voter initiatives to end citizens united in their states. If your state doesn’t have a voter initiative process, start fighting for one. figure out a way to keep your politician from trading in the stock market and prohibit them from being a lobbyist in your state for a few years
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Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Voters should know that their legislators are out of control. Owned by billionaires and weird oligarchs who want to tear the people in this country a part so they can institute some weird imagined society from the 1600s. Voter initiatives, legislative recalls, on the ground organizing everywhere.
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Voters should know that their legislators are out of control. Owned by billionaires and weird oligarchs who want to tear the people in this country a part so they can institute some weird imagined society from the 1600s. Voter initiatives, legislative recalls, on the ground organizing everywhere.
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Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
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Yeah, it's capitalism.
Americans’ affordability crisis isn’t tariffs’ fault — it’s something much deeper
Costs for the “Unaffordability Five” — housing, food, healthcare, childcare and energy — were rising long before Trump’s trade war.
www.marketwatch.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Yeah, it's capitalism.
This. Democrats have just made excuse after excuse not to help working people and the marginalized when they’re in power. Do nothings.
the biggest lie in american politics, probably only second to bush lying us into iraq, has been democrats constantly telling us "we just can't..." only to watch republicans do whatever the fuck they want over and over and over. makes me sick.
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This. Democrats have just made excuse after excuse not to help working people and the marginalized when they’re in power. Do nothings.
Democrats need to start running local ads in all red states about job losses, small business losses, health costs, and the economy now. Start getting local people to tell their stories. Don’t wait until the midterms.
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Democrats need to start running local ads in all red states about job losses, small business losses, health costs, and the economy now. Start getting local people to tell their stories. Don’t wait until the midterms.
There should be way more lawsuits. Black People have been fired solely based on the color of their skin. apnews.com/article/ntsb...
Black men who were fired from key transportation boards accuse Trump of a pattern of discrimination
Two Black men who were fired by President Donald Trump from the National Transportation Safety Board and the U.S.
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
There should be way more lawsuits. Black People have been fired solely based on the color of their skin. apnews.com/article/ntsb...
This is a good read and so disheartening. Hope he gets to resume his work one day.
I just finished reading this article and it's very, very good. Corporate power is the problem underneath so many other problems.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
How I Became a Populist
My time at the Federal Trade Commission—before Donald Trump fired me—totally changed the way I see our political divide.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is a good read and so disheartening. Hope he gets to resume his work one day.
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WSJ: Costco Joins Companies Suing Trump Administration Over Tariffs
By Sarah Nassauer and Gavin Bade
The retailer is one of the biggest companies to seek a refund should Supreme court strike down emergency tariffs
Gift link!
By Sarah Nassauer and Gavin Bade
The retailer is one of the biggest companies to seek a refund should Supreme court strike down emergency tariffs
Gift link!
Costco Joins Companies Suing Trump Administration Over Tariffs
The retailer is one of the biggest companies to seek a refund should the Supreme court strike down emergency tariffs
www.wsj.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
WSJ: Costco Joins Companies Suing Trump Administration Over Tariffs
By Sarah Nassauer and Gavin Bade
The retailer is one of the biggest companies to seek a refund should Supreme court strike down emergency tariffs
Gift link!
By Sarah Nassauer and Gavin Bade
The retailer is one of the biggest companies to seek a refund should Supreme court strike down emergency tariffs
Gift link!
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Do any Los Angeles folks follow me? If yes, you might be interested in this mutual aid group that is raising funds for toy drives for immigrant families in Southern California and beyond. www.gofundme.com/f/angelitos2...
Donate to Support Angelitos sin Miedo: Holiday Hope, organized by Rosa Vazquez
Across the country, millions of children are entering this Christmas season wit… Rosa Vazquez needs your support for Support Angelitos sin Miedo: Holiday Hope
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December 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Do any Los Angeles folks follow me? If yes, you might be interested in this mutual aid group that is raising funds for toy drives for immigrant families in Southern California and beyond. www.gofundme.com/f/angelitos2...
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In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Praying for anyone who is looking for a job right now.
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Praying for anyone who is looking for a job right now.
Judges need to order monitors to go into detention centers. To interview people, to monitor conditions, to document transgressions.
December 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Judges need to order monitors to go into detention centers. To interview people, to monitor conditions, to document transgressions.
Do you love your country? Do you love the people, plants, animals, and land in your country? Do you wish the best for everyone under the sky?
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Do you love your country? Do you love the people, plants, animals, and land in your country? Do you wish the best for everyone under the sky?
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
The only thing that’s happened is that the very rich got a tax cut, our debt rose, and Americans are losing jobs, and unable to afford anything.
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The only thing that’s happened is that the very rich got a tax cut, our debt rose, and Americans are losing jobs, and unable to afford anything.
Shameful. Praying for these families and a health system that doesn’t bankrupt sick people
Last year, 320,000 Canadians filed bankruptcy due to their medical bills.
Oopsie, I meant Americans. The Canadian number is slightly lower: zero.
Oopsie, I meant Americans. The Canadian number is slightly lower: zero.
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Shameful. Praying for these families and a health system that doesn’t bankrupt sick people
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They are working so hard for this race. Please help in any way you can. I donated and have signed up to phone bank. A couple hours can move 10 votes. That adds up.
Let’s do this! I swear on all I have, if she wins it will change EVERYTHING. Trust me on this.
They are working so hard for this race. Please help in any way you can. I donated and have signed up to phone bank. A couple hours can move 10 votes. That adds up.
Let’s do this! I swear on all I have, if she wins it will change EVERYTHING. Trust me on this.
THANKFUL AND FIRED UP Grateful for my team, friends, family, and the incredible support from across the state and country. Starting tomorrow, we've got phonebanking and canvassing every day, including...
TikTok video by Rep. Aftyn Behn
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November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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They are working so hard for this race. Please help in any way you can. I donated and have signed up to phone bank. A couple hours can move 10 votes. That adds up.
Let’s do this! I swear on all I have, if she wins it will change EVERYTHING. Trust me on this.
They are working so hard for this race. Please help in any way you can. I donated and have signed up to phone bank. A couple hours can move 10 votes. That adds up.
Let’s do this! I swear on all I have, if she wins it will change EVERYTHING. Trust me on this.
I wonder how many people sat at a table with a family member or friend who has been recently laid off?
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I wonder how many people sat at a table with a family member or friend who has been recently laid off?
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Public education is a public good; its main purpose should be to develop well informed, critical thinking people who can maintain the democracy
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Public education is a public good; its main purpose should be to develop well informed, critical thinking people who can maintain the democracy
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If the state of Delaware prohibited companies incorporated there from spending on elections in any way, Citizens United would be dead in the water.
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
If the state of Delaware prohibited companies incorporated there from spending on elections in any way, Citizens United would be dead in the water.
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!