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Professor Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate of Columbia (BA) and Harvard (PhD). Author of numerous works in labor history, heterodox economic theory, and Medicare for All. Most recent book is The Case for Medicare for All .. more

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Gerald Carl Friedman is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He became nationally prominent during the 2016 U.S. presidential election after writing an analysis of Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders campaign's policies in which Friedman concluded that these policies would produce significant economic growth in the United States if they were enacted. Friedman also received strong backlash for these remarks, from editorial pundits and fellow academics. .. more

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 22h
Fuck this shit
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“Too much Jewish money.”

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 22h
Rioter Pardoned by Trump Found Guilty of Child Sex Abuse
Trump's pedophile protection program
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Rioter Pardoned by Trump Found Guilty of Child Sex Abuse
"A man who took part in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and later pardoned by Donald Trump was found guilty on Tuesday of multiple child sexual abuse charges in Florida," The
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22h
The House voted to rescind tariffs Trump imposed on Canada last year, delivering a symbolic but politically consequential rebuke Republicans had fought for a year to block. In a 219 to 211 vote, six Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in backing the resolution.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
House votes to disapprove of Trump's Canada tariffs
Six Republicans voted in favor of the resolution, which now goes to the Senate. The president would almost certainly veto it.
www.politico.com

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 1d
Pam Bondi has been a complete and total failure at her job. The Epstein survivors showed more courage just by being in that room than she did under oath. She refused to answer questions and chose complicity.

America deserves better.

Reposted by Gerald Friedman, Richard M. Carpiano

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them

(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
image from today's hearing

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Pam Bondi appears to have just committed a federal crime by lying under oath.

Ted lieu just caught her in a lie and called for her resignation live on TV.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
The Real Jobs Story Was in the Fine Print politicalwire.com/2026/02/11/t...
The Real Jobs Story Was in the Fine Print
The Labor Department reported this morning that the economy added 130,000 jobs in January. That’s the headline. But it’s not the story. The real news was buried in the revisions: what had previously b...
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
MAHA kills. Blood on their hands
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The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
Remember their names
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 1d
The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
After viewing the files briefly yesterday, Raskin told Andrew Solender of Axios that when he searched the files for President Donald Trump’s name, it came up “more than a million times.”
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February 10, 2026
As of yesterday, members of Congress who sit on the House or Senate Judiciary Committees can see unredacted versions of the Epstein files the Department of Justice (DOJ) has already released.
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
FWIW
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Jeffrey Epstein's Former Inmate Alleges 'There's No Way' Pedophile Killed Himself While in Jail
A former inmate of Jeffrey Epstein claimed that the pedophile didn't commit suicide in jail while awaiting trial in August 2019. Fraudster Mark Shapiro was in the same jail — New York's Metropolitan C...
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
Simone Weil once noted, “Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, and boring.” And that’s what this documentary is accidentally showing us: the barren and monotonous evil of this American moment.

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Evil is boring and so is the Melania movie | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
Get more from Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz on Patreon
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
What’s new in the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines and why it matters (or doesn't)
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What’s new in the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines and why it matters (or doesn't)
Federal nutrition advice has evolved over the years.
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
Dumber than Tuberville?

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
In Trump's instinct to punish and desecrate, a rejection of the values of King David forward.com/opinion/8042...
In Trump's instinct to punish and desecrate, a rejection of the values of King David
President Trump's supporters sometimes compare him to King David. His response to tragedies like Renee Good's death shows they're not alike.
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
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Congressmen name six wealthy men ‘likely incriminated’ in Epstein files
Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie reveal names they say DoJ redacted ‘for no apparent reason’
www.theguardian.com

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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
We can have #medicareforall. Starting with the states.

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Time For State-Based Single Payer: The New York Health Act | Health Affairs Forefront
There is an alternative to the One Big Beautiful Bill’s approach of kicking millions of people off their health care and closing rural hospitals: States could adopt single-payer laws that would create...
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
We need #medicareforall
People get it.
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Polls Show Americans are Ready for Medicare for All - Public Citizen
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
Retiring. Not saying he's resigning. Not yet?
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
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US House votes down tariff rule in rebuke to Trump
Lawmakers reject proposal by Republican leadership that would have blocked votes to challenge president’s trade policy
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
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269 Days to the Election: Thank Minnesota | Paula Poundstone
YouTube video by Paula Poundstone
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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 1d
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Major fail for Trump Admin. Grand jurors stop Justice Dept plan to prosecute Democrats in Congress
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did

THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d
“Too much Jewish money.”
@chinanationalist.bsky.sovial “It’s relevant because there’s too much Jewish money in politics and we need to get it out.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d
During a congressional visit, Congressman Joaquin Castro discovered that babies as young as two months old are being held at the Dilley, Texas Family Concentration Camp. (February 10, 2026)