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Wide interests, valuing humanity, save democracy, resist!, anti-fascist, 💙, anti-maga
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americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires...
Billionaire contributions by election cycle shows near zero from 1990 to 2010, then jumps dramatically in 2016, 2018 and 2020 to $2.6B
October 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Excellent keys to defying tyranny from Stephen Consalvo on mastodon https://mastodon.social/@stephenconsalvo/115390992565135274
October 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Seems that the Trump administration is interested in promoting the questionable fintech around blockchain while killing the proven expertise in all the other innovative areas.
https://www.theblock.co/post/374852/sec-chair-atkins-charts-pro-innovation-path-crypto-regulation
Photo of SEC chair Atkins.
October 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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The lack of ethics and the total immorality of Trump, as well as his cronies and Netanyahu and the Israeli governmental leaders, demonstrates how society today is dominated by this international crime syndicate.

https://mastodon.social/@MugsysRapSheet/115372696068536330
October 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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The 4 major sites contributing to radicalization are not included. They are major donors to Trump.

We’re All Looking For The Social Media Platform That Did This www.levernews.com/were-all-loo...
Text from the article demonstrating how the most incendiary social media sites are being overlooked because of their contributions to Trump.
September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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As Trump Recession Looms, New WSJ Poll Backs Call for Democrats to Embrace Economic Populism www.commondreams.org/news/trump-r...
Graph: People like me have a good chance of improving our standard of living
September 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Every well meaning group in American society needs to follow this example of grass roots activism to fight against the hatred and bigotry of the christian white nationalists.
August 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Mass Layoffs at John Deere Follow Depressed Sales Caused by Trump Tariffs

https://www.commondreams.org/news/john-deere-layoffs-tariffs?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=02c3325939-Top+News%3A+Thur.+8%2F15%2F25_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c56d0ea580-601459777
JOHN DERRE A person sits in a tractor at the John Deere exhibition at the NAMPO agricultural festival in Bothaville, South Africa on May 15, 2025. (Photo by Paul Botes/AFP via Getty Images)
August 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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From The Lever daily.

The big, beautiful bill will account for the largest upward transfer of wealth from a single piece of legislation in American history.

https://www.cbo.gov/interactive/2025-reconciliation-act
Graph from the CBO on Big Beautiful Bill showing how the rich get dramatically richer and the poor dramatically poorer.
August 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Found this on Mastodon today. Succinct and 100% accurate.

https://qoto.org/@TheOldGuy/114992795319994172
"You say you're after criminals - yet you come without warrants. You call us lazy - yet you arrest us at work. You say we don't contribute - yet you track us through our taxes. You call us illegal - yet you seize us at our hearings. Maybe this isn't justice at all. Maybe you're just white supremacists."
August 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Perhaps Trump wants the Epstein story to go away for personal reasons. He never cares about anyone other than himself. This case is very incriminating.
Photo of Trump and Katie embraced. With text of Katie’s statement in the case. KATIE JOHNSON: "Mr. Trump had another girl and I dress as maids and pretend to clean the room. The other girl, Maria, was 12 years old. Mr. Trump ordered us to carry out a string of sex acts on each other and on him. After he finished he said "we both could have done better" and then left." (from her sworn affidavit about the 3rd encounter where Trump raped her when she was 13 years old. Her words have never been retracted or debunked. CASE 1:16-cv-07673-RA).
July 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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LAPD Chief instructs officers to verify identity of federal immigration agents. Detail instructions are strong, forcing transparency and accountability.
*-*-x-k LAPD chief instructs officers to verify identity of federal immigration agents LAPD OFFICERS RESPONDING TO A SCENE ARE REQUIRED TO: *REQUEST A SUPERVISOR IF ONE IS NOT PRESENT *VERIFY CREDENTIALS OF THE SUPERVISOR OR AGENT IN CHARGE IF NOT CLEARLY IDENTIFIED *CAPTURE THAT - IDENTIFICATION ON BODY CAMERA TO ENSURE "TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY"
July 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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‪cnbc.com/2025/07/11/trump-budg…‬
Interesting that the lawfully independent Fed is under Vought’s scrutiny yet hasn’t mentioned Trump’s gold plating WH molding, major unnecessary WH renovations, tearing out gardens for patios, etc. Such waste is apparently okay if Trumpnis doing it.
CNBC Headline about Vought criticizing Powell, vowing to investigate Fed renovations.
July 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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https://bsky.app/profile/jorth.me/post/3lta6cxfbt3ch
My comments on Luttig’s essay.
July 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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https://bsky.app/profile/jorth.me/post/3lta6cxfbt3ch
My comments on Luttig’s essay.
July 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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https://bsky.app/profile/jorth.me/post/3lta6cxfbt3ch
My comments on Luttig’s essay
July 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Organize for July 17.
“March in Peace. Act in Power.”
This is the follow on to the No Kings day of protests.

https://goodtroubleliveson.org
Graphic from goodtroubleliveson.org announcing the July 17 “March in Peace. Act in Power.”
June 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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And it gets worse. Trump really knows failure while helping his wealthy friends. Until it all comes crashing down.
Graph updated to show “Combined Effects of the House-Passed OBBA and Tariffs.
June 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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“That 4 percent income decline for the poorest 10 percent of Americans is the scale of economic damage you’d expect from a severe recession. But here it is being deliberately inflicted on the poorest Americans.”

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Graph showing “Average annual Change in Household Resources as a Percentage of Current Law Income After Transfers and Taxes 2026 to 2034”
June 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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There are no chaos fires. The night curfew is very tiny compared to the overall scope of the city, as shown in this map.
Map of Los Angeles showing a tiny circle around the curfew zone to compare with the rest of the city space
June 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Trump, Noem, and Hegseth are lying to you in order to justify removal of your freedoms in order to instill the authoritarian and fascist control over your lives. Do not believe their lies!
Map of Los Angeles showing the tiny spot of curfew compared with the rest of the community.
June 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Whistleblower Lawsuit Exposes Trump’s Secret ICE Plot ‪levernews.com/whistleblower-la…‬
“Accuses the Trump administration of using a secret subpoena to force Colorado officials to ignore state laws and hand over private financial information of residents sponsoring unaccompanied immigrant children.
Photo of ICE at a residence with the article headline
June 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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“THE “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT” ELIMINATES THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH—THREATENING THE STABILITY OF THE TREASURY MARKET”
https://www.crisesnotes.com/the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-eliminates-the-office-of-financial-research/
Photo of sinking Titanic along with the second half of the headline: “Threatening the Stability of the Treasury Market”
June 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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War Is Peace, Gas Is Now “Clean Energy”
Secretive dark money groups are pushing states to redefine methane gas, undermining renewable energy initiatives.

https://www.levernews.com/war-is-peace-gas-is-now-clean-energy/
Headline for the article on anti-green groups pushing to identify methane as “green”.
June 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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from Stocktwits
U.S. debt rose $12T in the last 5 years. It took 221 year for the debt to get to the first $12T.
Graph posted on Stoicktwits showing how the US debt took 221 years to reach $12T and then only 5 years to reach the last $12T
June 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM