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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

CEO pay rose 20 times faster than worker pay in 2025, per Oxfam. Overall, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025 — while CEO pay rose 54% during the same time. Trickle-down economics was always a sham. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ pay

Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levels

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Gwendolyn Alley aka Art/Wine Predator @artpredator.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Hmm anyone know why there's not Politics Chat today from @hcrichardson.bsky.social? Thanks!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The 15 richest people in America saw their collective wealth jump nearly $1 trillion during Trump's year back in office. Many of them were standing alongside Trump at his inauguration one year ago today. How are you doing?

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

It's not debatable that a mentally disturbed person has the nuclear codes. The Republicans know they're endangering us all by leaving him in office. This is a betrayal of every person on Earth. It is a crime against humanity.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The Founders (rightly) thought financial corruption was so concerning they banned it in the Constitution three separate times: the two emoluments clauses, and the only named impeachable offense besides treason. Starting in 2017, America decided it just kinda didn't matter anymore, whatcha gonna do.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical. Thinking it isn’t is.

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 10/11/2025

A few more thoughts from last night’s vote. First, let’s stop pretending Trump cares one bit about the economic pressure regular Americans are under. He treats hardship as something to exploit.

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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see Like the US economy Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters. Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗

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Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth

Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

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Gwendolyn Alley aka Art/Wine Predator @artpredator.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

more like 40 billion of your American tax dollars

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

So the senator who is retiring condemns it and the two senators up for reelection wanting Trump’s endorsement won’t comment. Courageous and principled as always.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

This is a big deal… my congressman has been in DC for 24 years and hasn’t held a Townhall since 2012. His rural constituents are standing up.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/10/2025

The government may be shut down, but at least one Democratic senator is still working. trib.al/hO171T7 “Trump wants us to believe that Portland, Oregon, in my home state, is full of chaos and riots. Because if he can say to the American people that there are riots, he can say there’s a rebellion."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Don't sleep on the way that Trump/Vought have systematically eliminated US defenses against cyberattacks, including -- here -- on critical infrastructure.

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Gwendolyn Alley aka Art/Wine Predator @artpredator.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

That charity looks like himself aka his big bullshit ballroom ...

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 22/10/2025

Remember what’s coming: first, kill Affordable Care credits, doubling costs for tens of millions; then, cut Medicare half a trillion (sleazily, automatically) hurting seniors; then cut Medicaid by a trillion, pounding doctors, hospitals and nursing homes. It’s why we fight.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Stop saying “renovation.” Better words: Desecration Violation Demolition Destruction Retribution Vanity-wrecking-ball

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

"But Trump never had a mandate to federalize, much less militarize, urban law enforcement. And twice in the last week, he essentially admitted it. Trump never told voters he would send troops into cities. And if he had, they wouldn’t have supported it." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...

thebulwark.com

Trump Admits Americans Didn’t Vote for His Military Crackdowns

Yet he and his party keep pretending they have a mandate.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

"No, destroying the White House is not as bad as blowing up boats carrying possibly innocent people. It’s not as bad as corrupting the Justice Department. It’s not as menacing as sending troops into American cities. And yet, this hurt is sharp." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...

thebulwark.com

Trump’s Mar-a-White House

The president is desecrating a symbol of liberal democracy and replacing it with a tacky, bloated eyesore.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

"The United States is now the proud owner of $20 billion in increasingly worthless Argentinian currency. America First, baby!" www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-cry-f...

thebulwark.com

Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina. Here’s $40B Trump’s Giving You.

Trump’s MAGA allies aren’t thrilled by the prospect of our stocking up on pesos and Argentinian beef.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/10/2025

The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. wapo.st/4hmL8rC

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 22/10/2025

Steve Witkoff promised to divest of his crypto assets linked to the Trump family’s crypto schemes. But 10 months in, and he still hasn’t. So many of these assets involve Middle East countries with an interest in U.S. policy. The conflicts of interest are massive. We need answers.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

So wait — Republicans are insisting Trump is paying for the $250,000,000 ballroom himself (he isn’t)… even as he extorts basically the same amount from the DOJ? Y’all will really run cover for any amount of corruption and greed huh

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

THIS is who the White House nominated to lead the Office of Special Counsel: “MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell.” “I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it.” GIFT: www.wsj.com/opinion/paul...

wsj.com

Opinion | Paul Ingrassia’s ‘Nazi Streak’

The Trump nominee’s repellent texts are a lesson for young MAGA.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 22/10/2025

Reporting exposes Trump-Bondi Justice Department as WEAK on drug trafficking. Drug prosecutions have dropped to the lowest level in decades. All while they waste resources on political pet projects.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

“Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch.” @muellershewrote.com bsky.app/profile/muel... bsky.app/profile/madd... bsky.app/profile/gtco...

nytimes.com

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Live look at next week's break-in at Fort Knox. Which you will also have to sit by helplessly and watch, I guess.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/10/2025

What an absolute disgrace

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

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Tom Clark @tomsclark.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

The most upsetting part of this story to me is the line where the Times says it is “unclear” where the money came from. Under our constitution, it is either extremely clear where money comes from - a congressional appropriation - or an illegal channel. So so, @nytimes.com

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

They buried the lede. Here’s paragraph 6: wapo.st/4nbNiM4

The deal would give Bukele possession of individuals who threatened to
expose the alleged deals his government made with MS-13 to help
achieve El Salvador's historic drop in violence, officials said. For the
Salvadoran president, a return of the informants was viewed as critical
to preserving his tough-on-crime reputation. It was also a key step in
hindering an ongoing U.S. investigation into his government's
relationship with MS-13, a gang famous for displays of excessive
violence in the United States and elsewhere.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

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Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Of all the excuses not to show up to work while still collecting a paycheck, refusing to show up for 2 months so you can conceal info about sex trafficking because the perps are wealthy and powerful can only be conjured up in the toxic mind hive of Trump & House GOP leadership.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Today, House Republicans will take their 70th day off with pay in the last 82 days.

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SpeedoFella @speedofella.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Actually one of the most salient quotes I've seen today, and reminding of the fact that there always be good people being very brave.

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Gwendolyn Alley aka Art/Wine Predator @artpredator.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Top 5 Wealthiest cities in world in 2024 + # of BILLIONAIRES 66 NYC; millionaires up 45% 2014-2024 82 Bay Area; ml up 98%/10yrs 18 Tokyo 18: ML up 4%/10yrs 30 Singapore; ML up 62%/10yrs 45 LA; ML up 35%/10yrs #10 is Chicago w/25 BL; ML up 25%/10yrs #TaxTheRich www.henleyglobal.com/publications...

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Top 50 Cities | Wealthiest Cities 2025

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Gwendolyn Alley aka Art/Wine Predator @artpredator.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Wealthiest cities + # of BILLIONAIRES 66 NYC; millionaires up 45% 2014-2024 82 Bay Area; ml up 98%/10yrs 18 Tokyo 18: ML up 4%/10yrs 30 Singapore; ML up 62%/10yrs 45 LA; ML up 35%/10yrs How's trickle down Econ? Here's #s for you @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.henleyglobal.com/publications...

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Top 50 Cities | Wealthiest Cities 2025

Access exclusive interactive data on the Top 50 Cities for Millionaires, offering insights into global wealth trends and high-net-worth migration. Find out more.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

> @barchart.com

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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Goldensheepdog @goldensheepdog.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

If it isn’t a “red herring,” why hasn’t Johnson seated the new congresswoman already? Dem Congressman James Walkinshaw (VA) won a special election September 9, 2025; he was seated Sept 10. Adelita S. Grijalva (AZ) won her special election Sept 23, 2025 but has yet to be seated.

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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I keep seeing people dooming with "they're not acting like people who ever think they'll be out of power" and I keep thinking maybe, but they're also acting like they're terrified of what will happen to them when they do lose power.

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