Reposted by Zyra V BansheeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/05/2025This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again. 648190756085
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeCédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social · 30/04/2025Good Night World 471386368786
Reposted by Zyra V BansheePolitics In The Wild @politicsinthewild.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Effective Corporate Tax Rates 1950: 50% 2025: 13% Top Marginal Tax Rates 1950: 91% 2025: 37% If you’re curious as to why the rich have so much and you have so little, these are good places to start. 15260642081
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeFight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 25/04/2025This is OBSCENE. 6434261055
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 26/04/2025It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books. It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse. www.chron.com/politics/art...chron.comTexas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' booksA new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books. 252171165429
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness. 2172606577758
Reposted by Zyra V BansheePuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line. 4850151264
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table Today, they are arresting judges Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress 619167814751
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeStone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Happy Light Jacket Day to all who celebrate 151868455
Reposted by Zyra V Bansheegamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Young people SHOULD “have it easier” than you did. I’m sorry you got the strap up hill both ways and paid your debts with pounds of flesh, but the reason we work for progress is to make growing up and growing old gentler, easier, kinder, freer. Struggle isn’t necessary in a healthy society. 9175462350
Reposted by Zyra V BansheePuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Next month, Trump will have dinner with the top 220 investors in his memecoin. The dinner announcement led to a 54% increase in the value of TRUMP tokens. Trump holds 80% of all TRUMP tokens. This is late stage mafia state shit. 618338
Reposted by Zyra V BansheePuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 26/04/2025One of my favorite local movement hubs, the PO Box Collective, is holding an online fundraiser. PO Box is a cultural space, a political education space, an incubator of actions and ideas, and a place where mutual aid work happens. It's everything community should be. It's so worth supporting.poboxcollective.usPO Box Collective - Rogers Park, ChicagoPO BOX is a creative collective & intergenerational social practice center dedicated to building Rogers Park community through radical art making, mutual aid & programming. 515751
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeNina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 26/04/2025The ruling class doesn’t want working class people talking to each other about the struggles of being working class in America. They want people to flex for the gram and act like things are great. 19722106
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeGreenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 25/04/2025BREAKING: 🇷🇺 Russia are using the same tactics used for TERRORISM to send climate activists to jail. Oh, wait, did we say Russia? We meant the UK 🇬🇧. 210427
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeSecular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Jesus fucking Christ 32582109
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 25/04/2025"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin 561246247096
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/04/2025"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."publicnotice.coRFK Jr. is wrong about autismHis lies endanger neurodivergent people — and everyone else. 1245193875137
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/04/2025This #EarthDay2025 seems a good moment to share some Gerard Manley Hopkins: “What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet” 452249380
Reposted by Zyra V Bansheemariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 22/04/2025 7425490610748
Reposted by Zyra V Bansheemtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/04/2025smart thing to keep in mind about Tesla's reported earnings, whatever they are, is that the CEO of Tesla has personally gone into the SEC and verified that they aren't going to try to enforce any laws or regulations against him ever again, so the reported numbers MAY diverge slightly from reality 302192455
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Beyond parody headline in the NYT. Can't decide whether they're deliberately trolling us at this point, or whether they need to fire all their headline writers. 632141461900
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Every time the Justice Department tries to claim the military isn’t actually banning transgender people, Pete Hegseth tweets that it is. This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow. 234142423197
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions. 236233448269
Reposted by Zyra V Bansheeso informed @soinformed.bsky.social · 21/04/2025“It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help... If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite.” - Pope Francis 07622
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22/04/2025China today is a far bigger trading partner than the US for most countries. That limits what Trump can demand of them, experts say. 🔗: aje.io/xvm36g 9419132
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeLady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 21/04/2025Nothing makes you feel like the whole medical system is fake like your pharmacy having a coupon app that arbitrarily drops your prescription prices from $140 without insurance to $30 29921130
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Elected and appointed officials in America are actually questioning the merits of Due Process. Just needs pointing out where we are. Shocking. 17658451345
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 22/04/2025NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their child without him after ICE denied their request to let him be present. “This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."nytimes.comMahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth (Gift Article)Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour. 132151674714
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you. The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear. 14194372713734
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now. 9474504014360
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders? 5043517910850
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeNina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Yes, the cashier at Target should be able to afford rent, groceries, and bills with their paycheck alone. That’s what jobs are for. 412125342
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeAhhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 12/04/2025I think it’s important to remember fascism does not only win because of how people vote in a single election. Or even two. That is not the first and only cause. And if your institutions were resistant to fascism it would not succeed in consolidating power within a few months. 201633312
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home. 105274606949
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/04/2025More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory 1106262886825
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeRep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 13/04/2025An innocent man was “mistakenly” taken and sent to a foreign prison. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 he must be brought home — yet he’s still there. Every day this administration shows just how vile and lawless it remains. Bring him home! 521157433724
Reposted by Zyra V BansheePuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/04/2025My weekly curated list of must-read articles and some final thoughts for the week. "To keep as many of us alive and free as possible, we are going to have to recognize the nature of the fight we’re waging, and we are going to have to refuse characterizations that deem some of us disposable."organizingmythoughts.orgMust-Reads and Some Thoughts on Deportations and the Rule of Law“This may be one of the worst moments in history to fetishize the law or the quality of being law-abiding.” 220592
Reposted by Zyra V BansheeNina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 12/04/2025We are STILL not shopping at Target. 52908103
