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The most salient issue of today is that this so called “Trump era” we are living in is unambiguously awful.

This should be brought home and reinforced again and again.

Trump can’t hide from his record here- he’s been the biggest cheerleader of everything’s shit for the last 10 years.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 1d

This will cause pointless suffering.

I’m not a religious person but wasting food is a sin.

José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 2d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting and revealing.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 3d

MGT,
Do something!!!!!

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 5d

Yes.
The billionaires amass so much money that they become unmoored from normal moral conventions. Their money comes from capital assets- not work/labor- so having skills, intelligence, education, integrity- are no longer necessary for living a privileged and comfortable life.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 5d

This

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 5d

Must read! Most autocrats are actually quite *insecure.* Here's what we can learn about how Zimbabwe's democracy defenders are seizing on the weaknesses and fighting back:
share.protectdemocracy.org/s/tcnxdVaV

Autocratic regimes appear strong — until they’re not.

share.protectdemocracy.org

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 6d

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 5d

All this concern about autism-
has anyone figured out what causes assholery?
Shitbaggery?

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 6d

[whispers] it’s pudding time

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, exactly- it’s amazing.

Also public NSF/DARPA/NIH investment creating trillions in private tech wealth-

But no wealth tax…

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 6d

What a weak industry….one that *will die* if it has to follow the law.

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 6d

This is just another way billionaires avoid paying taxes. They grow rich and fat on our dime.

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 6d

Amplifying here

youtu.be/dthbi4lzO58?...

AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 7d

Truth, justice, fairness: liberal ideas

These idea are so potent and contagious that it takes an oligarchy everything it has to try to stop them.

But they can’t and won’t

They will just keep trying and failing

Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 7d

Imagine you are a victim of a terrible crime- maybe your family was the victim.

Maybe your child has been kidnapped.
Imagine that.

Now imagine that this is the man in charge of the group *the lead investigator* you need to work with in order to possibly see your child alive again.

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 7d

And the Epstein files are sitting on her desk right?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8d

Highest long-term inflation expectations in 18 months. (March 2024)

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 8d

NY FED: SEPTEMBER ONE-YEAR AHEAD EXPECTED INFLATION 3.4% VS. AUGUST’S 3.2% NY FED: SEPTEMBER THREE-YEAR AHEAD EXPECTED INFLATION UNCHANGED AT 3% NY FED: SEPTEMBER FIVE-YEAR AHEAD EXPECTED INFLATION 3% VS. AUGUST’S 2.9%

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Fresh forest air @openthewindows.bsky.social · 8d

Says the man who’s still on his parent’s wireless family plan.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8d

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 9d

im going to go out on a limb and say, this is psychotic

it's instructive to ask, what would have stopped them from doing this? what could anyone have done differently that would have led them to conclude this extraordinary thing was unnecessary? and the answer is nothing

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 9d

UPDATE: Hegseth today called up 400 members of the Texas National Guard, with Gov. Abbott's apparent permission, to be deployed "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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