RW (Roger Wilco)

@grok Is this image AI?

@FPWellman Thanks for stepping up for us all. Give my song a listen. I wrote it 5 years ago and thought you might enjoy it. youtu.be/f-tfCNv1oIY?si…

Here we are in another Republican government shutdown and my Rep is home doing photo ops instead of in D.C. trying to help working Americans. I didn't think I'd have to run to the trumpets again but I am. I'm running for Congress because I'm not done yet and neither are we. (1/2)

@ThatEricAlper So many choices but here’s one I haven’t seen mentioned. Linda Ronstadt with Nelson Riddle and his orchestra

If you could step into the studio for one legendary recording session, which would it be?

@Damaan4u33 Extremism is not compatible with citizens who value freedom. Legacy Republicans should never have allowed MAGA to occupy the brand. Now every Republican, even moderates, are going to have to live with this sh1t stain on them for years.

I'm at a loss for words! 🫨 😲 🫨 Can somebody make it make sense? 👇

@dimireadsthings I’ve got fully produced songs. The songs have words. Can Wonda analyze the music & words and then chat with me to create music videos?

1. If you are in the US or the UK someone should remind you that tax revenues don't fund government spending. All government spending is new money. The US issues the US dollar and the UK issues the UK pound. They can't run out of something they issue themselves.

The captain has turned on the middle finger sign #tariffs #401k

1. Learn about Modern Monetary Theory: which reveals the truth about government spending. For example, some countries are currency issuers an other are currency users. Those that are currency issuers, like the US and the UK simply can’t run out of money to spend on services:

@MMT101DotORG @PatrickSquirrel “Tax is the mechanism that forces people to work—because they need the government’s currency to pay them.” So if we had a government that operated under MMT us retirees would not be taxed?

@PatrickSquirrel 1. Warren tells us that taxes are levied, not to raise money, but to procure workers’ time. I.e., to build roads, work in the army, be teachers, and so on. Tax is the mechanism that forces people to work—because they need the government’s currency to pay them. So, it's taxes..

Methods. #thirdterm

Just as far-right populism and angry nationalism threaten democracies far and wide today, fascism was on the rise across the West a century ago. Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at ricksteves.com/fascism.

Food For Fraught Newsday.com/matt

@atrupar Is Fox willing to have them on?

Casar demonstrates how Democrats can effectively message on Fox News

Everybody Frieze. Newsday.com/matt

@Tazerface16 Here’s how. This shows the difference between pro-Trump voices online in red versus the other in blue. Their size is a representation of the amount of followers. Right wing voices are drowning every else out.

So here's the deal. My fucking generation, Gen X, voted for Trump in higher percentages than any other demographic group. Even the Boomers! WTF?!? How did my peeps become so fucking gullible and dumb?

@GoAngelo @mmfa This study is an excellent analysis. I’m baffled by exactly WHY are so many advocating for a repressive regime to replace the so-called exceptionalism of representative democracy?

1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed. Put simply: right-wing has narrative dominance. My org (@mmfa) did this study and been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...

@RachelBitecofer Why aren’t the Dems insisting on a clean CR to earn their votes?

Elon and Trump would love a government shut down. They’ll have total control over what is deemed “essential” and be able to blame Ds for their own economic mess.

@atrupar His mouth is way bigger than any facts.

BARTIROMO: Investors are on edge over the possibility of a recession after the Atlanta Fed predicted a 2.4% contraction this quarter LUTNICK: What? Say that again? 2.4% contraction?! Right here right now -- that is ridiculous BARTIROMO: Have you spoken to the Atlanta Fed president? LUTNICK: Absolutely not