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American Plutocracy

@Got1milk

Moving to bluesky https://t.co/Ar3OZ9n89P Econ. inequality is fueling division, hatred, extremism; suffocating decency & opportunity. Its also weakening our chosen econ. model

United States Katılım Kasım 2011
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Sen. Bernie Sanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders@SenSanders·
Israel & Saudi Arabia pushed the U.S. to attack Iran. Netanyahu killed 72,000 people in Gaza, mostly women & children. Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that allows no opposition. These are the leaders who want to bring “freedom” to Iran? Does anyone really believe that?
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Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder@TimothyDSnyder·
How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S. snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack-i…
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Lauren@cabsav456·
I don't think people are fully grasping how broken our government actually is right now. Today's Pam Bondi hearing was 5 hours of pure venom. Both sides are so furious they can barely stand to be in the same room. They are not acting, and it's very obvious that the anger doesn't switch off when the cameras turn off. These people are supposed to be colleagues, but they literally despise each other. Our country was embarrassed on the world stage today. Again. These people can't even talk to each other, let alone pass meaningful legislation that will improve our lives (or fix existing legislation). Our government is not functioning. They do not seem to be representing us. So wtf do we do to fix this? Serious question
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American Plutocracy@Got1milk·
@unusual_whales McClain was in the financial sector most of her life - she knows/knew exactly what she was doing and you do as well. Read about her mortgage company Hantz Financial...it's quite interesting...and certainly very unpopular with consumers of what they offer.
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unusual_whales@unusual_whales·
BREAKING: Listen to this. Reporter: "Your husband bought stock in Elon Musk's xAI days before the Pentagon expanded its role. Can you assure us it wasn’t based on inside info?” Representative Lisa McClain: “100%. If it was, we would've bought a heck of a lot more."
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Zohran Kwame Mamdani@ZohranKMamdani·
Starbucks workers across the country are on an Unfair Labor Practices strike, fighting for a fair contract. While workers are on strike, I won’t be buying any Starbucks, and I’m asking you to join us. Together, we can send a powerful message: No contract, no coffee.
Starbucks Workers United@SBWorkersUnited

As of today, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

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American Plutocracy@Got1milk·
@Z4BTC_ @unusual_whales Or, we could recognize it's economic inequality and disproportionate adv. by the richest and corporations and we could rebel against this rather than fighting over rt. v left nonsense. The real enemy is not our neighbor.
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Z’s Turning 🍊@Z4BTC_·
@unusual_whales It’s expensive because our entire monetary system was designed to rob purchasing power from future generations. We’ve kicked the can down the road for too long and can’t anymore. This is the end of an empire.
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unusual_whales@unusual_whales·
JD Vance: “A lot of young people are saying, 'housing is way too expensive.' Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who are taking houses that ought, by right, go to American citizens."
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American Plutocracy@Got1milk·
@Zealbori @unusual_whales I'll give you an 'A' for effort. Unfortunately you forgot the #1 reason. Real-wages, adjusted for inflation, have not risen appreciably since around 1973...50+yrs. During that time health care, education, & housing costs skyrocketed. It's economic inequality & $ going to richest.
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Zico@Zicometa·
Here’s the truth they never say. Housing is expensive because America stopped building. We are short more than 4 million homes. Corporations bought entire neighborhoods and outbid regular people. Cities blocked new construction with zoning rules. Rates doubled and froze the market. Material and labor costs exploded. They point fingers at people with no power while the real causes come from the top. Underbuilding. Wall Street/Blackrock buying houses. Bad zoning. High rates. Inflation in construction. That is why young people can’t afford a home. Not the fake numbers. Not the scapegoats. The real problem is leadership that let the housing supply collapse.
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Trainwreck@Trainwreckstv·
water should be a right to all (same with education & healthcare). talk is cheap, $1.5M is action.
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American Plutocracy@Got1milk·
@B1GTraV @MsVixen What does that even mean? Are you trying to suggest gas is more expensive in Ireland so that's somehow grounds for not calling out Trump for what he is...a serial liar who lies about almost everything? Your reply simply makes no sense.
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Saagar Enjeti
Saagar Enjeti@esaagar·
NEW: a senior US intelligence official tells me that there is ZERO independent US intelligence to backup CIA director John Ratcliffes pronouncement that Iran is “at the one yard line” of a nuclear weapon All of the intelligence is from Israel
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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders@BernieSanders·
I learned about Trump’s unconstitutional attack on Iran at a large rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here is the response:
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Don Winslow
Don Winslow@donwinslow·
Absolute silence from @SenSchumer and a token tweet from @RepJeffries. We simply do not have the right people in Democratic leadership.
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Spencer Hakimian
Spencer Hakimian@SpencerHakimian·
“Your dad's financial disclosure says he had $57,700,000 in income last year from the crypto company.” - Reporter “But he doesn't touch it. He doesn't get involved in that.” - Trump Jr. Ungodly amounts of corruption.
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unusual_whales
unusual_whales@unusual_whales·
This is unusual trading by a politician. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought Palantir, $PLTR, on April 8th. $PLTR has just hit all time highs. On May 21st, $PLTR, was awarded a $795 million modification to a contract with the US army. On May 31st, it was announced that Trump administration is collecting data on all American using Palantir, $PLTR, per NYT. $PLTR has risen since the Israel-Iran missile strikes, as well. She sits on the Committee of Homeland Security. $PLTR is up 84% since her purchase.
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American Plutocracy@Got1milk·
Wake up sane #Republicans if there are any of you left. Republicans in power should pay a political price for this #MAGA #Tariff insanity. There is no upside for the country enacting these measures on this scale. None...unless you're rich.
The Economist@TheEconomist

Donald Trump’s tariffs wilfully violate the core principle of the WTO’s founding treaty. But as America retreats, other countries are stepping up. In time, they want to build an entirely new global-trade architecture econ.st/4hYVvki

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American Plutocracy@Got1milk·
This is insane...and to do so when we are on the cusp of scientific advancements w/ AI assistance that require human expertise at the highest level in medicine, biology, sequencing, geneticists, etc. Absolute insanity with zero upside for the USA.
Michael Osterholm PhD, MPH@mtosterholm

This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business. These are going to be huge losses to the research and public health community. nature.com/articles/d4158…

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American Plutocracy@Got1milk·
@unusual_whales Amazing how many Americans, who are not bots or State actors, are dumb enough to think blanket tariffs are anything but a regressive tax on consumption...because they think we'll become a manufacturing power house again? ROFL. Pathetic. #tariffs like this benefit only the richest
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unusual_whales@unusual_whales·
Markets are absolutely dumping during Trump's tariff press conference: $SPY down +2%.
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Stephanie Kelton
Stephanie Kelton@StephanieKelton·
Just had a journalist ask me to explain "Liberation Day." I told him it's about liberating Americans from some of the cash in their wallets.
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American Plutocracy@Got1milk·
@unusual_whales Oh geez, and Bill Ackman didn't see the red flags as a VC...maybe he was too busy fueling disinformation and his desired narratives to enrich himself elsewhere. Too bad - so sad.
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unusual_whales@unusual_whales·
BREAKING: CaaStle, a fashion startup who raised over $534 million from VCs, just declared itself broke in "one of the biggest startup frauds ever", per Axios. Investors are now wiped out after "founder financial misconduct".
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