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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Something like this will have to happen in this country once Trumpism is defeated. In the absence of accountability, the world will rightly assume that it will happen again.

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Linda UWSⓥ @lindavt.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Republicans in Congress could have ended this 6 years ago. They could end it tomorrow. Republicans chose worldwide chaos and misery. Vote. Them. Out. And if they scheme to not obey the result of the election, we will physically remove them ourselves.

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

More than ever, the Ballroom is a emerging as the defining metaphor for the entire Trump administration. It’s as if Caligula and Louis XIV collaborated on a court where spectacle, self-display, and personal loyalty eclipse institutional constraint. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Trump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized

A stairway to nowhere: Three months that could change the White House for generations.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I didn’t realize “hope” was an investment strategy. Wall Street traders are suckers if they’re betting based on anything Trump says.

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Performative unless it has real teeth and clear aims. Other countries (see link) have successfully used them but only with persistence and real sacrifice. bsky.app/profile/bdgr...

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Every time I see the stock market react sharply to some random word dump by DJT, I think that traders must be very stupid.

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The GOP hates America and everything it stands for. Their words and actions prove it. Facts don't lie, but the GOP does; over and over again.

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Just as I always suspected, the stock market is gullible as f***.

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I’ve sadly come to believe that the #nokings rallies are performative: people feel good about themselves for going, but what has actually been achieved by the past ones, and why should Americans expect the next one to be different? If people were serious about wanting change, … 1/x

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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

"Over the last few years, American tech oligarchs have become the greatest argument against their own existence. The sheer scale of their erratic behavior and political interference proves that extreme wealth concentration is a structural threat to society." -Joni Askola

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I was too young to be aware of the Cuban missile crisis, so this is the first time in my life that I’ve been seriously and concretely concerned about the possibility of WWIII.

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Trump Media reported 2025 revenue of $3.68 million alongside a net loss of $712.06 million. What a business genius. Nunes too. DJT is down almost 40% just since the start of the year (< 3 mos. ago!) and is still wildly overvalued by any sane metric.

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Over the last few years, American tech oligarchs have become the greatest argument against their own existence. The sheer scale of their erratic behavior and political interference proves that extreme wealth concentration is a structural threat to society

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utah06zephyr11.bsky.social @utah06zephyr11.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Instead of a protest, how about a general strike on March 27.

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Hey I did a fun thing with @warren.senate.gov about breaking up giant healthcare conglomerates

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It’s past time. Now prosecute. Assuming there’s anyone left at DOJ who’s both willing and able. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Fires Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 05/03/2026

I’ve been struck by how little anybody in this administration seems to want to game things out and think about system effects. They’re all like a bunch of 4x gamers just hitting cheat codes and calling themselves master strategists

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I used to wonder how a great world power like Rome wound up being governed by the likes of Caligula.

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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We need Jasmine Crockett to be the Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Please.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote. Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

By reacting the way it did, the Administration pretty much validated Anthropic’s concern. Kudos to the latter for a principled, if costly, position. If only more businesses did the same.

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

If your ambition is to be millionaire, great! You want financial security and a little luxury. So do I. If your ambition is to be a billionaire, go f*** yourself. What you want is raw power over others and a very generous helping of impunity.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs. Peter Thiel.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities: Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged Thuggish violence against observers: Way up

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Make Peter Thiel into the villain, Democrats. It's all there. He is the node that connects Trump, Vance, Palantir, Musk, Epstein, and so many other terrible players. Just expose it and make him and Musk the face of these psychopathic billionaires ruining our lives.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/02/2026

“Everything we know about skin has been learned from so-called scientific studies funded by large corporations who have a financial stake in keeping our musculature covered in an unnecessary layer of man-made flesh,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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RFK Jr. Questions Efficacy Of Skin

WASHINGTON—In a firm dismissal of decades of scientific research and real-world data on the organ’s benefits and safety, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly questioned t...

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I feel terrible for the staff of @washingtonpost.com, but I also can’t passively watch the takeover and evisceration of all of our independent news outlets by **-appeasing plutocrats. After years as a loyal subscriber, I’m finally canceling. F*** billionaires. All of them. OK, except MacKenzie.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

For those keeping score at home:

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The administration and Congress probably have no idea how many Americans are shaking with fury over the facts that have already been revealed and over the brazen gaslighting and coverup that continue unabated. I’m one of them. This makes Watergate look like shoplifting by comparison.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.” #EpsteinFiles

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Do you get it now?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2026

New in PN: Trump blames Canada "It isn’t just Trump that Canada can’t trust. It’s us, the American people. Trump may have low approval now, but his numbers were even worse after J6 and we still returned him to power. At this point, no one can have faith that everything will go back to normal."

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Trump blames Canada

And tears our closest international relationship apart.

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I saw “resistance training” and briefly thought NPR was getting riled up.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Trump murdered an ICU nurse THEN called him a terrorist. Alex Pretti saved lives for a living. Trump repaid this American citizen with TEN BULLETS and is now lying about it. Anyone who supports this brutal lynching should be considered an accomplice and dealt with accordingly.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

If you think they’re building more detention facilities, increasing mass surveillance, and growing the size of ICE just to deport undocumented immigrants, then you haven’t been paying attention. Continuing to fund ICE is enabling what we all know is coming next.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024. If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The fact that there are *millions* of files on Epstein and his interactions with not only victims but numerous famous members of the privileged elite belies the claim that DOJ only had enough evidence to arrest JE and GM. It’s absurd on its face.

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Varietas Conatus @bdgr16.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Not all of the named individuals in the files are necessarily connected with crimes. But one thing is obvious : ALL of them moved in a milieu of obscene privilege, entitlement, and apparent impunity from public scrutiny. 1/2 #epstein

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