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Clairemont

@americanabroad.bsky.social
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Dual 🇺🇸🇬🇧citizen Politics poster ... 🌏🏳️‍🌈AuDHD ME/CFS 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸 DMs only if we've an established relationship.

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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A 10-year look at the PCE Price Index reveals two completely different inflation crises in the US. Graph 1 (June 2020) shows the pandemic spark: Global supply chains broke down just as massive domestic stimulus hyper-charged consumer demand, launching a historic economic recovery cycle. 🧵1/5
Three graphs repressing 10 years of PCE with these dates highlighting changes June 2020, June 2022, and May 2026.
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In the 6–3 Mullin v. Al Otro Lado (2026) decision, the Supreme Court ruled that individuals standing at an international boundary have not legally "arrived" in the U.S. until they cross onto American soil, allowing agents to summarily turn away asylum seekers. A legal fiction. 1/4
Lady liberty (black and white comic) looks out from her blindfold in shock and horror. The scale on the left is weighed down by a huge castle with barbed wire like a fortress with an American Bald Eagle emblem with the other scale containing due process tilted high in the air. She struggles with the sword of justice / rule of law lying shattered on the ground.
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
We are watching the assembly-line management of human suffering. It starts at the top. The Warehousing State is born on digital screens, where policy pivots and changing narratives are launched by party leaders to frame the vulnerable as threats to public order. 1/5
A black and white comic depiction of a man holding a cell phone with the screen showing a picture of a Conservative Leader (resembling Trump) on the left and a woman holding a cell phone with a post by a political advisor.) These are meaningless mock up posts meant to describe the attention grabbing nature of today's politics.
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Regarding OMB-2026-0034-0001 Proposed Rule: Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance (2 CFR Part 200)
Random Internet Comment on upside down flag; Text:

When I was a small child, I was thrilled by the Sputnik launch. I went outside with my Dad, who was a scientist, to look for the satellite. The United States stood up to the Sputnik challenge and dominated space exploration. 

Part of American success in scientific excellence was the ability for researchers to work unrestrained by political prejudice and pettiness. 

Part of Russia's failure to dominate was the fact that their scientists and engineers were bogged down by asinine political constraints. 

Let's be the old America, with scientists free to research without politics hindering them and not a new Russia, with political approval required.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It is very funny to hear objective reporters say having a ufc fight at the WH contradicts the idea that he is an old man who falls asleep in public. Did he fight? Does watching a fight require any particular vigor? What are we doing here
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 15/06/2026
"Maine veterans showed up outside Senator Susan Collins' Portland office this weekend with 168 lunchboxes, one for each schoolgirl killed in the Minab school bombing, and 13 portraits memorializing the 13 American service members killed in the war in Iran." (From Common Defense)
Veterans with sign "No War With Iran. Cost so far: 87 Billion. 3468 LivesMan wearing Veterans Against Fascism t shirt putting a flower on a lunch box.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/06/2026
Clearly, there is no “peace deal.” One side says “no money exchanged.” The other side says “$325 billion.” This isn’t a negotiating gap; it’s a different universe.
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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Imagine being a kid and learning both your parents were arrested by ICE. You’ll have to pay rent and survive on your own. I shadowed four siblings—US citizens near Mar-a-Lago—as they try to do that. I'll be thinking about their story for a long time 1/x www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
ICE took Mom and Dad. Now the Perez kids are home alone.
Four American siblings left to fend for themselves—and they're not the only ones.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The Trump Organization will plan, build, and open 25 Trump-branded projects in foreign countries during his second term. Trump owns the company and actively profits from it, meaning his foreign policy decisions with these countries affects his bottom line. The grift never ends.
citizensforethics.org
Twenty-five Trump-branded real estate projects will be developed in foreign countries during Trump’s presidency - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Over the course of Trump's second term, real estate developers will be working on developing Trump-branded projects around the globe.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I want a president who investigates people who sexually assaulted women in the Epstein files, not a president who investigates a woman he sexually assaulted.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Fox is buying Roku. Ellison bought CBS and CNN. Bezos owns WaPo. ABC and NBC owners support Trump. We need to grow independent, pro-democracy media. Support Democracy Docket now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Can’t help but notice all the people who said Obama would desecrate the White House with Escalades and rap music on the South Lawn are absolutely loving this UFC fight on the South Lawn. Probably just a coincidence.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Perfect response from Jamie Foxx
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 15/06/2026
You don't have to answer the door for the Feds. Do not voluntarily talk to the Feds. If they have a warrant signed by an actual judge, then they can do precisely what the warrant says. But DO NOT TALK TO THE FEDS. Do not answer the door. If you're arrested, your only words are "I want a lawyer."
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/06/2026
NEW: Shasta County approved one of the most sweeping local attacks on voting rights since 2020, despite state law forbidding it. And the California county isn't alone — local officials across the country are increasingly moving to restrict voting access without having to pass legislation.
democracydocket.com
Republicans are trying to impose Trump’s voting restrictions at the local level
If anti-voting activists cannot pass restrictive policies statewide or nationally, they can still try to force them through at the local levels with similar effects. It’s a front in the fight over bal...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Johnny Queer @queerboy66.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
God this is repugnant. There is a substantial Muslim population in Texas it’s estimated that there are 310,000 to 500,000 Muslims in Texas representing roughly 1.1 of the state’s population. In Houston it’s estimated 60,000 to over 100,000 Muslims & home to over 200 mosques & Islamic centers.
texastribune.org
Muslims at Texas GOP Convention told to leave party, country
Muslim delegates and attendees hoping to participate in the state Republican convention were shunned and rejected by members as they espoused themes of party unity ahead of the November election.
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Ah Sierra @ahsierra.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Where do we turn now?- people like me who use ROKU, thinking they weren't politically connected to the corruption.
theverge.com
Fox wants to take over your TV — and the tech inside it
Fox is taking over the TV in over 100 million homes.
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I also wrote this: open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com
A Rule Nobody Voted On Could Cut Federal Funding to Your Community
The White House budget office is a powerful agency called OMB that most Americans have never heard of.
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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cprata.bsky.social @cprata.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Can you please flag that this affects not just science, but all federal funding? It is the universal legal framework governing every federal grant to every recipient across every agency in the federal government. @elizabethginexi.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
open.substack.com
This new OMB Rule Is Bigger Than Science. Much Bigger.
This image was generated by Google AI (Gemini)
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🚨20-ALARM FIRE FOR DEMOCRACY🚨 The OMB's Vought is ramming through a 412-page rule to hand political appointees veto power over ALL federal science grants, replacing objective reality with Project 2025 ideology. COMMENT NOW to stop it (see next panel):👉 regulations.gov/commenton/OMB-2026-0034-0001
scientificamerican.com
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final say on research grants
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Good question…https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/trump-madness?r=frcf&utm_medium=ios
open.substack.com
Why does the media ignore Trump’s madness?
His Truth Social posts show he's better suited in a mental institution than at a negotiating table.
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Just Jill 💖 @justjill.sheshed.rocks · 04/06/2026
Happy #PrideMonth everyone. I hope you all celebrate either yourself or your friends and loved ones this month. Learn some history and find ways that you can support some amazing humans because EVERYONE MATTERS 🥰🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #SheShed #Pinks #Respect www.history.com/articles/pri...
history.com
Pride Month 2026: Origins, Parades & Dates | HISTORY
The history of Pride Month began with the 1969 Stonewall Riots.
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Stephen Wunderlich @swonder.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/thedemoc...
open.substack.com
Scott Pelley Making Exposé about CBS for PBS?
THIS is the Karma CBS Needs
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
1/12 - A fundamental shift has occurred in modern AI models. Driven by corporate anxiety, legal departments, and government supply chains, platforms like ChatGPT and Claude now rely on heavy "hedging" and verbal padding to avoid bias accusations. #ArtificialIntelligence
LLM (large language model) in center on a dark background with spokes and symbols, representing links to information across sources and topics.
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Saw a short, as part of a larger podcast, where a TRUMP VOTER said she now HATED Trump, without stating why, & this would likely cause her to stop voting. She claims she had two bad choices in 2024. She chose THE ONE with values MOST compatible with hers. *Scratching my head* ... What values?
Picture is simply a drawing of What Are Your Values?
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The right has allowed themselves to be poisoned by right-wing media. If pundits and politicians are handing you a scapegoat, they don't have your best interests in mind. Cha-ching $$$
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Random Internet Comment... what MAGA won't face.
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Brexit, Feudalism, and the New Lords of Collapse This isn’t just about Britain — it’s a secret message from Jeffrey Epstein, a warning of what lies ahead for all of us at the hands of those who lust for wealth and power. #Brexit #EpsteinFiles #techbros #endgamecapitalism
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Brexit, Feudalism, and the New Lords of Collapse In a June 2016 email exchange with venture capitalist Peter Thiel—just days after the UK voted to leave the European Union—Jeffrey Epstein wrote:...
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The Sneer & Smear Campaign for Control of the Center The "sneer and the smear" is the definitive warning sign of an ideologue, regardless of where they sit on the political spectrum.
Writer at a desk with his laptop, in a comfortable upper class existence anywhere USA, while sneering at the screen, contemplating his next sleight of hand.
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Posted by Trump last week, created by a supporter. Teacher: "Class what does this mean?" Student 1: "Oh, pick me! Pick Me! Pick ME!!!" Student 2: "Does it mean that Trump is on par with founding fathers who owned slaves? And that our future was meant to be stock cars? Spectacle? Entertainment?"
AI generated image of the White House in full with a dirt road and stock cars out front, a huge American flag with a plane dominating the sky, the Washington monument to the left with both George Washington and Donald Trump in old fashioned dress atop two horses, one light (Washington) and one dark (Trump) ... not sure if that detail is meant to be symbolic.
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The Blueprint for a Quiet Coup: Why the Powers that Be on the Right Want a Broken Government If you want to understand the real danger of the modern political right, look past the loud culture wars and the theatrical headlines.
This is simply a flowchart of the main ideas re a Power Transfer Pipeline:
1. cultural mobilisation,
2. Electoral Capture,
3. Institutional Transformation
4. Administrative State Hollowed Out
5. Power Shifts to Concentrate Wealth
6. Systemic Outcome 
Power moves from the people to the plutocracy, leaving a broken government and a captured nation.
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The antidote to the “run government like a business” crowd: Run government like a Household. We are beginning to see what happens when public institutions are handed over to people whose primary expertise lies in extracting wealth rather than stewarding a society.
Please read the text. I fully explained in detail the image in a prior post and when it posted, an error occurred which cut off all but two of the entries, including the picture. I have ME and spent 30 minutes on the alt text and can't afford to do it again.
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WeAreTheFlood @wearetheflood.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The antidote to the “run government like a business” crowd: Run government like a family system. We are beginning to see what happens when public institutions are handed over to people whose primary expertise lies in extracting wealth rather than stewarding a society.
Aside from the text, the picture detects two models of government with two different futures. The choice is not about politics. It's about we value people. One is the Corporate Model run like a business (the extractive model of business that the US has tilted toward) where their mission is to maximize gains for stockholders, and the other The Household Model run like a family where there are shared priorities (education, health care, clean water, clean energy, affordable housing infrastructure, courts & public safety). 

The Corporate Model - people are on a conveyor belt because people are inputs and profit is the goal - people are squeezed for profit and then discarded when burned out. 

Profits soar - Tax cuts, deregulation, executive bonuses, wealth concentration. 

Externalities are off loaded - unemployment, poverty, illness, homelessness, environmental damage. 

Success = profit, human value = cost, power flow upward.

In the Household model (people are seated around a round table), these are the resources shared and invested in: human talent, natural resources, productivity, economic activity, taxes.

Outcomes we all share: healthy families, economic mobility, strong communities, democratic participation, opportunity for future generations. 

Success = human flourishing; Human value = inherent dignity; power flows outward and is shared; Outcome = broad prosperity and strong democracy. 

We get the government we design: Let's choose a future that works for all of us. 

A country is not a corporation; it's our home. Let's run it like one.
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Two REPUBLICAN PACs posing as PROGRESSIVE PACs are ATTACKING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
Two REPUBLICAN PACs posing as PROGRESSIVE PACs are ATTACKING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. Congressional Leadership Fund / Cavalry LLC. Dark money from the right poses as a progressive PAC entitled "Real Change PAC" attacking Democratic candidates as if from the left to mislead voters and protect their majority by dividing democrats and confusing voters.
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
www.facebook.com/StackOfStone...
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This is well worth watching.
youtube.com
Trump's USA: Why are women's rights being restricted? | DW Documentary
YouTube video by DW Documentary
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Haven't been here for a bit (b/c I'm quite unwell). Popped in to discover people resisting the lesson of 2024 in that they're more focused on fighting w/ people fighting fascism than on coalition building. We need to build a coalition with the people who share our broadest goals RIGHT NOW.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/04/2026
Watch the full episode of Bulwark Takes at The Bulwark and YouTube, or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts: lnk.thebulwark.com/4udOimR
lnk.thebulwark.com
Paramount Asks FCC To Approve Up to 100% Foreign Ownership of CBS, CNN
Sonny Bunch and Catherine Rampell break down a wave of major FCC developments shaping the future of American media.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Department of Just-Indict-Someone #Bulwark
twp.ai
www.thebulwark.com
Department of Just-Indict-Someone
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/04/2026
Trump Claims Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Reinforces Need To End Journalism theonion.com/trump-claims-correspon…
Trump Claims Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Reinforces Need To End Journalism
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/04/2026
this is the woman whose nomination Trump pulled today 👇
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Clairemont @americanabroad.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This is hysterically funny. MAGA is a Picasso painting, deeply disoriented and disorienting.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Trump Shares “Strait of Trump” Meme As Gas Prices Rise Trump puts his name on oil crisis meidasnews.com/news/trump-s...
meidasnews.com
Trump Shares “Strait of Trump” Meme As Gas Prices Rise
Trump puts his name on oil crisis
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Trump had absolutely no idea what Charles was talking about.
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joes-spot.bsky.social @joes-spot.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Frederick Trump… immigrant Elizabeth Trump… immigrant Fred Trump … anchor baby Mary Anne Trump… immigrant Donald Trump… anchor baby Ivana Trump… immigrant Donald Trump Jr…. anchor baby Eric Trump… anchor baby Ivanka Trump… anchor baby Melania Trump…immigrant Baron Trump… anchor baby
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