Gerald Friedman
@gfriedma.bsky.social
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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

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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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
As a Professor Emerita from the University of Arizona and an alumna, the UA *cannot* accept Trump’s “compact” aka selling their academic soul to the Devil.

This moment is when UA decides whether they will stand by academic freedom and integrity or become a tool of The Regime.
U of A president breaks silence on White House compact
University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella sent an email to the campus community about the White House’s proposed higher education compact, a week after receiving it.
tucson.com
sarapartridge.bsky.social
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

gfriedma.bsky.social
Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris url:
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gfriedma.bsky.social
That Trump and his loyalists are standing with the autocrat Putin rather than democracy is clearer every day.
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October 10, 2025
All of President Donald J.
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gfriedma.bsky.social
More Trump corruption. Why am I not surprised
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Children that were kidnapped by invading Russian barbarians, not displaced.

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mjfree.bsky.social
ONLY ONE MAN INCITED AN INSURRECTION IN THE USA!!!!

🩸🩸🩸 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 🩸🩸🩸

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realjfairclough.bsky.social
Just five more minutes, mother!

😊😊😊😊😊😊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

#bluesky #nature #animals #wildlife

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itunesbrian.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving weekend in Canada!

I feel badly when family has to cook, so I offered to bake a cake. Just finished decorating it. Black Forest. I used up the last of my Swiss Kirschwasser (bought in 1985 in Europe). Croatian cherries on the inside, Italian Amarena cherries on top.
Black Forest cake. Black Forest cake. Black Forest cake. Made with Croatian cherries. Black Forest cake.
adamkinzinger.substack.com
Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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larrycolvin.bsky.social
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do."

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simple-truth.bsky.social
Other Super Bowl Halftime performers:
U2: Not American citizen
Paul McCartney: Not American citizen
Rolling Stones: Not American citizens
Phil Collins: Not American citizen
Shakira: Not American citizen
Rihanna: Not American citizen
Sting: Not American citizen

Bad Bunny: Actual American citizen

thetnholler.bsky.social
Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane