LKL
@lkllucas.bsky.social
Happily married business owner and former Marketing Manager, Florida East for USA Today/Gannett No DM’s Please.
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“The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $79 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
That's $79 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.”
— @Robert Reich
That's $79 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.”
— @Robert Reich
Don Knight (@themidnightmanuscripts)
“The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $79 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
That's $79 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the...
substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $79 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
That's $79 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.”
— @Robert Reich
That's $79 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.”
— @Robert Reich
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Prices keep rising:
All food +3.0%
Inflation +3.0%
Heating oil +7.8%
Electricity +6.8%
Natural gas +54.1%
Health insurance will skyrocket in 2026:
Employer ins +7.0%
Small group ins +11.0%
ACA overall +26.0%
ACA subsidized +114.0%
Millions of Americans are struggling in Trump's economy.
#FDT #ETTD
All food +3.0%
Inflation +3.0%
Heating oil +7.8%
Electricity +6.8%
Natural gas +54.1%
Health insurance will skyrocket in 2026:
Employer ins +7.0%
Small group ins +11.0%
ACA overall +26.0%
ACA subsidized +114.0%
Millions of Americans are struggling in Trump's economy.
#FDT #ETTD
December 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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So your energy bill is skyrocketing because of AI data centers and now you'll have rolling blackouts like a developing country. At what point do we arrest the criminal billionaires???
December 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
So your energy bill is skyrocketing because of AI data centers and now you'll have rolling blackouts like a developing country. At what point do we arrest the criminal billionaires???
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🎉 BREAKING: WE DID IT! 🎉
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
🎉 BREAKING: WE DID IT! 🎉
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!
This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.
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You know, I'm 70 years old, and I've been thru hell, climbed close to heaven, and touched back down here on Earth, which had everything necessary for humans to thrive. Greed has destroyed much. Maybe it's too late to save it. But we need to try.
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You know, I'm 70 years old, and I've been thru hell, climbed close to heaven, and touched back down here on Earth, which had everything necessary for humans to thrive. Greed has destroyed much. Maybe it's too late to save it. But we need to try.
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While we concern ourselves about SNAP benefits…
December 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
While we concern ourselves about SNAP benefits…
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Since we can’t ever expect Mike Johnson to do the right thing, we’re forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits. And we only need four more members to sign the petition to make it happen.
Help us move the needle! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Help us move the needle! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Since we can’t ever expect Mike Johnson to do the right thing, we’re forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits. And we only need four more members to sign the petition to make it happen.
Help us move the needle! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Help us move the needle! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Democratic leaders have introduced a discharge petition designed to force consideration of legislation to extend expiring ACA tax credits for another three years.
Tell Congress: Support a discharge petition to force a vote on the ACA tax credits
Tell Congress: Support a discharge petition to force a vote on the ACA tax credits
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Democratic leaders have introduced a discharge petition designed to force consideration of legislation to extend expiring ACA tax credits for another three years.
Tell Congress: Support a discharge petition to force a vote on the ACA tax credits
Tell Congress: Support a discharge petition to force a vote on the ACA tax credits
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♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
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Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.
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Not The POTUS nor the United States Supreme Court justices, or both, together, still can not rewrite the United States Constitution.
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Not The POTUS nor the United States Supreme Court justices, or both, together, still can not rewrite the United States Constitution.
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Founding fathers can’t be blamed for not writing a constitution strong enough to curb the actions of a malignant narsisistic psychopath felon backed by a whole cabinet of incompetent sycophants propped up by a bought & payed for Supreme Court
But the Republicans can for not rebelling now #Epstein
But the Republicans can for not rebelling now #Epstein
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Founding fathers can’t be blamed for not writing a constitution strong enough to curb the actions of a malignant narsisistic psychopath felon backed by a whole cabinet of incompetent sycophants propped up by a bought & payed for Supreme Court
But the Republicans can for not rebelling now #Epstein
But the Republicans can for not rebelling now #Epstein
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
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"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst."
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst."
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
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"There is no way that [Trump] should have time to have a conversation with me about Indiana mapmaking when that’s not his business, for starters. But secondly, doesn’t he have anything better to do? I can make a big list of things that are more important for him to focus on."
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"There is no way that [Trump] should have time to have a conversation with me about Indiana mapmaking when that’s not his business, for starters. But secondly, doesn’t he have anything better to do? I can make a big list of things that are more important for him to focus on."
I agree. Was this Wharton?
Reading this feels like being yelled at by a calculator having a stroke.
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I agree. Was this Wharton?
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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This! ... . ‼️
Reviewing account locations on X shows the value of transparency in digital communication. It’s hard to pretend to be an American when you’re posting from Russia. 
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This! ... . ‼️
Unreal but it surprising.
1/ The Wall Street Journal reports that the main focus of the US-Russia peace talks is to get commercial advantage for American companies, and personal benefits for individuals linked to the Trump Administration. European officials are said to be shocked by the plans. ⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Unreal but it surprising.