@kaarstenf.bsky.social
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Without UBI and progressive taxes, most systems are doomed to collapse due to a positive feedback loop of growing inequality in wealth redistribution.
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Without UBI and progressive taxes, most systems are doomed to collapse due to a positive feedback loop of growing inequality in wealth redistribution.
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ICE and DHS are separating young children from their parents and disappearing them.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
ICE and DHS are separating young children from their parents and disappearing them.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
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Imagine this world... working together more!!
This is a subtle thing, but I think I would COLLABORATE more if there was UBI.
When fund my own creative pursuits (e.g., music, blogging, streaming, ect), I can rarely afford to pay other people to join in and I feel very strongly that no creator should contribute for free.
But if we BOTH had UBI…
When fund my own creative pursuits (e.g., music, blogging, streaming, ect), I can rarely afford to pay other people to join in and I feel very strongly that no creator should contribute for free.
But if we BOTH had UBI…
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Imagine this world... working together more!!
Such a great read!!
The absolutely awesome Canadian author, Robert J. Sawyer has written quite a few Indigenous characters into his books. He has even waxed philosophical about Indigenous relationships to land without ever needing to present himself as Indigenous. (apihtawikosisan.com/2012/01/ques...)
Questioning assumptions, Sawyer did it, will you?
I’ve been reading a lot of Robert J. Sawyer lately, because as pointed out by Adam Shaftoe and Matt Moore in the fall 2011 On Spec, he’s a Canadian Sci-Fi author who is surprisingly opt…
apihtawikosisan.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Such a great read!!
This is the way!
If they want to slow down the Trump administration, Democrats should begin promising this *now*
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is the way!
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RFK Jr. has NO business being health secretary and his conspiracy theories are going to get people killed.
This cannot continue—Republicans should join me in calling for RFK Jr. to be FIRED.
This cannot continue—Republicans should join me in calling for RFK Jr. to be FIRED.
CDC in turmoil after agency backpedals on rejecting vaccines-autism link
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), who voted to confirm Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he pledged not to remove language stating vaccines do not cause autism from the CDC website, condemne...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
RFK Jr. has NO business being health secretary and his conspiracy theories are going to get people killed.
This cannot continue—Republicans should join me in calling for RFK Jr. to be FIRED.
This cannot continue—Republicans should join me in calling for RFK Jr. to be FIRED.
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Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
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8 Senate Democrats have agreed to vote yes on Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill, setting us on a path towards a national healthcare crisis.
With so much at stake, we need leaders who won’t be afraid to hold the line.
➡️ Sign the petition opposing any cuts to Medicaid:
With so much at stake, we need leaders who won’t be afraid to hold the line.
➡️ Sign the petition opposing any cuts to Medicaid:
NO CUTS to Medicaid!
Cutting or defunding programs like Medicaid would create major gaps in state funding and devastate state budgets. We're running out of time to protect our health care. Tell Congress NO CUTS to…
MoveOn.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
8 Senate Democrats have agreed to vote yes on Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill, setting us on a path towards a national healthcare crisis.
With so much at stake, we need leaders who won’t be afraid to hold the line.
➡️ Sign the petition opposing any cuts to Medicaid:
With so much at stake, we need leaders who won’t be afraid to hold the line.
➡️ Sign the petition opposing any cuts to Medicaid:
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I held a shadow hearing in Chicago to see firsthand the violence and cruelty that ICE has been inflicting on our communities.
It’s outrageous. We need a humane, comprehensive path forward to reforming our immigration system — NOT this.
It’s outrageous. We need a humane, comprehensive path forward to reforming our immigration system — NOT this.
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I held a shadow hearing in Chicago to see firsthand the violence and cruelty that ICE has been inflicting on our communities.
It’s outrageous. We need a humane, comprehensive path forward to reforming our immigration system — NOT this.
It’s outrageous. We need a humane, comprehensive path forward to reforming our immigration system — NOT this.
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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End Trump’s Epstein cover-up.
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
End Trump’s Epstein cover-up.
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Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
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This this this. No elected official should be able to trade in stocks. @whitehouse.senate.gov has traded $27 million dollars in single stocks (according to NASDAQ). It's not just the GOP, this is an issue across both parties and both houses.
What's one way Congress can regain the American peoples' trust?
By preventing lawmakers from using their positions of power to trade stocks on what amounts to insider information.
A ban is past due.
By preventing lawmakers from using their positions of power to trade stocks on what amounts to insider information.
A ban is past due.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This this this. No elected official should be able to trade in stocks. @whitehouse.senate.gov has traded $27 million dollars in single stocks (according to NASDAQ). It's not just the GOP, this is an issue across both parties and both houses.
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Summers must be removed from his post at Harvard.
"Summers declined to comment on Wednesday beyond referring to previous remarks in which he acknowledged 'regretting my past associations with Mr. Epstein.' (...Summers is a contributing writer for The New York Times Opinion section.)"
They don't mention the IQ email
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
They don't mention the IQ email
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Bantered Regularly With Larry Summers
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Summers must be removed from his post at Harvard.
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I’m in!
What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’m in!
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Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
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A vote to release the #EpsteinFiles is expected early December!
“It’s past time for Congress to restore its role as a check and balance on this administration. That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files — justice cannot wait another day.” — Rep. Grinalva 👏
“It’s past time for Congress to restore its role as a check and balance on this administration. That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files — justice cannot wait another day.” — Rep. Grinalva 👏
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A vote to release the #EpsteinFiles is expected early December!
“It’s past time for Congress to restore its role as a check and balance on this administration. That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files — justice cannot wait another day.” — Rep. Grinalva 👏
“It’s past time for Congress to restore its role as a check and balance on this administration. That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files — justice cannot wait another day.” — Rep. Grinalva 👏
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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This is significant www.axios.com/local/chicag...
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is significant www.axios.com/local/chicag...
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NEVER FORGET: The GOP House Congress got a VACATION for 2 months, while federal workers got $0 paychecks and 42M Americans didn’t get their SNAP.
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
NEVER FORGET: The GOP House Congress got a VACATION for 2 months, while federal workers got $0 paychecks and 42M Americans didn’t get their SNAP.
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#GVerse MoveOn calls for Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov to step down from leadership.
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
Progressive group MoveOn calls on Schumer to step aside
"Inexplicably, some Senate Democrats, under Leader Schumer's watch, decided to surrender."
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#GVerse MoveOn calls for Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov to step down from leadership.
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
“Around 80% of MoveOn members that the group surveyed said that Schumer should quit his leadership position.”
It is time to let someone else take the wheel & lead!
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Dem Senators aren't for us unless they're for removing Chuck Schumer. Now is the time to highlight corruption in the Dem caucus and clean house.
Too many Senate Dems are bought and paid for and will fuck us and our entire democracy for their greed and the dark $$ that controls them.
Too many Senate Dems are bought and paid for and will fuck us and our entire democracy for their greed and the dark $$ that controls them.
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Dem Senators aren't for us unless they're for removing Chuck Schumer. Now is the time to highlight corruption in the Dem caucus and clean house.
Too many Senate Dems are bought and paid for and will fuck us and our entire democracy for their greed and the dark $$ that controls them.
Too many Senate Dems are bought and paid for and will fuck us and our entire democracy for their greed and the dark $$ that controls them.
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For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
For the first time all year, Democrats were riding high and the regime was on the ropes.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
If Senate leadership’s goal was to demobilize and depress rank-and-file Democrats, they could not have played their cards better.
This is why we’ve launched the largest primary program that we’ve ever run.
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This is news our family and our community needed this morning. I bet you did, too.
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is news our family and our community needed this morning. I bet you did, too.