Robert
@gurblegooch.bsky.social
What a perfect image: a supplement huckster and a woman dressed in furs at an economic gathering for billionaires telling the poors to work an extra year to help grow the economy.
Dr. Oz: "If we can get the average person to work one more year in their whole lifetime -- just stay in your workplace for one more year -- that is worth about $3 trillion to the US GDP. That's the productivity we would unleash ... if you're sick, you can't work."
January 21, 2026 at 1:59 PM
What a perfect image: a supplement huckster and a woman dressed in furs at an economic gathering for billionaires telling the poors to work an extra year to help grow the economy.
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cool. next ban the rest of it, everywhere
Kalshi could soon be fully banned from operating its sports prediction market in Massachusetts, a state court judge said today.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/k...
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/k...
Kalshi Sports Wagering to Be Banned in Massachusetts, Court Says
Kalshi Inc. could soon be banned from operating its sports prediction market in Massachusetts, a state court judge said Tuesday, backing a state attorney general challenge to the platform as illegal s...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:32 PM
cool. next ban the rest of it, everywhere
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
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excellent work by @theonion.com this month
January 18, 2026 at 12:02 AM
excellent work by @theonion.com this month
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will is right, ICE and the entire trump administration is acting aggressive in hopes that it will silence opposition into submission and it’s important to not give them that. what’s happening in minneapolis will sadly come for us and we need to be ready
I’m physically following them around using my government name telling them to arrest me and they haven’t bothered to arrest me. Also half the US Attorney’s office here in MN just resigned! They do not have a case and they do not have manpower, but their only tool is trying to be menacing.
will not be surprised if the subpoenas are never issued
January 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
will is right, ICE and the entire trump administration is acting aggressive in hopes that it will silence opposition into submission and it’s important to not give them that. what’s happening in minneapolis will sadly come for us and we need to be ready
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Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
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When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways
The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
January 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways
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"i saw a bad post on x" ok well i saw a turd in the toilet but i'm not making you look at a screenshot of it
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
"i saw a bad post on x" ok well i saw a turd in the toilet but i'm not making you look at a screenshot of it
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This FB post is public.
This FB post is public.
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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This FB post is public.
This FB post is public.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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All power to the people
January 15, 2026 at 10:12 PM
All power to the people
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this is very much not the core of the issue. we tolerate all sorts of biological advantages and disadvantages in sports. the real fundamental question here is: why is this one different than the others?
January 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
this is very much not the core of the issue. we tolerate all sorts of biological advantages and disadvantages in sports. the real fundamental question here is: why is this one different than the others?
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People are in the streets in greater numbers than the first Trump term and party ID is shifting more significantly, and yet the Democratic Party has been considerably more accommodationist
New party identification polling from Gallup this week shows Americans are moving against Trump faster than they did in his first term. Adults were R+4 in 2024, now D+8. That 12-pt drop is 3x the change in the first year of his first term.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
Backlash to Trump has been higher in his second term
Gallup's latest data shows Republican party identification down 6 points in Trump's second term — three times the decline in 2017
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
People are in the streets in greater numbers than the first Trump term and party ID is shifting more significantly, and yet the Democratic Party has been considerably more accommodationist
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gavin newsom is a sociopath who believes in nothing, and he’d join ICE himself if he thought it’d win him votes
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 AM
gavin newsom is a sociopath who believes in nothing, and he’d join ICE himself if he thought it’d win him votes
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U.S workers are taking home the smallest share of the economic pie since the feds started collecting the data in 1947.
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
U.S workers are taking home the smallest share of the economic pie since the feds started collecting the data in 1947.
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A buddy in MN shared a drawing a classmate of his kid made. They've been making thank you notes for parents who have volunteered to carpool them to school so their own parents don't have to risk waiting out by the bus stop.
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A buddy in MN shared a drawing a classmate of his kid made. They've been making thank you notes for parents who have volunteered to carpool them to school so their own parents don't have to risk waiting out by the bus stop.
Remember: when we say "Abolish ICE" that includes the support structure aiding them like Palantir.
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Remember: when we say "Abolish ICE" that includes the support structure aiding them like Palantir.
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The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
www.huffpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
Piss is best served over ICE.
Lmao someone threw an open bottle of piss into an ICE vehicle that was driving by
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Piss is best served over ICE.
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
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NEW: An original student debt report at the CFPB exposed loan servicers declining to answer consumer complaints + two private equity firms doing college tuition price-fixing + a giant default crisis.
Trump-CFPB didn't like the report. So they tried to erase it.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump-CFPB didn't like the report. So they tried to erase it.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Watchdog agency scales back student loan report
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the initial report was not in the scope of what is required by federal law and called the author “disgruntled” and “incompetent.”
www.politico.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
NEW: An original student debt report at the CFPB exposed loan servicers declining to answer consumer complaints + two private equity firms doing college tuition price-fixing + a giant default crisis.
Trump-CFPB didn't like the report. So they tried to erase it.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump-CFPB didn't like the report. So they tried to erase it.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Also this quote makes me want to run through a wall
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Also this quote makes me want to run through a wall