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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 1d

These folks wouldn’t be “supreme” of any kind, even if they had a bucket of sour cream & tomatoes dumped on them.

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 2d

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 2d

Just be grateful you weren't using UPS to get a package from abroad--they're literally destroying people's packages, rather than do the new tariff paperwork for them! Saw this in a recent NBC News story.

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 2d

I'm (fortunately) not privy to what goes on over at the Med School, but it just seems a giant, hot mess and has so for the decade + that I've been here.

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 2d

So different than over here at Wayne State, which is *heavily* a union shop--including a strong faculty / academic staff union.

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 3d

In the middle-ish, next to a table?

Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 3d

Opinion wrote by AI

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 4d

If only it was aimed at a certain golf course…

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 4d

It’s exactly like the one Rose Bowl I’ve attended in person!

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 4d

JFC.

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 4d

Between this morning’s Tigers’ loss & whatever is going on with UM’s offense in this USC game, it’s been kind of a sucky day of sports fandom here in southeast Michigan.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 4d

The museums are being shutdown.
Are we great yet?
Everyone’s being fired.
Are we great yet?
Food is rotting in our fields.
Are we great yet?
The market’s crashing greatly.
Diseases are now running rampant.
At what point aren’t we great?
Our military’s in line at food banks.
So super great.

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 4d

TBF, so does their defense!

Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 4d

This is going to feel like a very, very long game… 😢

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 4d

This seems incredibly problematic going forward…

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 4d

A big deal for inflation and also whether you’ll have reliable food supplies, due to Trump policy choices.

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 4d

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 4d

Not at all. Purely anecdotal, but I have a friend who’s 12th kid has Down’s Syndrome and they adopted a baby shortly afterwards who also had Down’s. They’re now in public school & thriving there.

Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 5d

We’re going to need a full night of sleep AND a nap tomorrow… uhhh, today. 💤🥱

Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 5d

I’m just like “please, Tigers, just score so this can end soon?”

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 5d

(Everyone watching in the Eastern time zone on the right there.)

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 5d

So tired. So very tired…

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 5d

“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.”

Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 5d

Did someone literally pull the plug on these? 😂

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Michelle LaLonde @petitecarcajou.bsky.social · 5d

I mean, where else is your mind going to go, thinking about agricultural futures?

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