Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Household debt at a record high. Student loan defaults at a record high. Credit card debt at a near record high. Meanwhile, corporate profits are the highest they’ve ever been. CEOs are paid 325x more than their typical workers. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. It's unsustainable. 811969731
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by ICE 10 days ago. The bullet is still lodged in his back. He’s been forced to sleep on the floor and hasn’t been given medication, according to his attorney. Now DHS is claiming he assaulted an agent. Can we trust anything DHS says given its track record? 40763042264
Reposted by BottlecapBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Going to work now feels like doing homework after the teacher quit and told the class that education is fake. Everyone just coasting on inertia and hoping there's still a point to all this 414557701
Reposted by BottlecapAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 319164514667
Reposted by Bottlecap𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 29/09/2026Republicans discover the microphone works both ways. 531836541
Reposted by Bottlecap4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Every bit of this 👇 578159124115
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem? 10739661703
Reposted by BottlecapMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files 882331348393
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Big Oil profits have skyrocketed since Trump launched his Iran War — leading to a $93B windfall for the eight biggest oil companies in Q2 2026 alone. Meanwhile, Trump himself has raked in up to $15.5M from his fossil fuel investments since January. Don't forget what this was really all about. 8921101076
Reposted by Bottlecap𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/08/2026The Trump administration has all the dignity of a Waffle House parking lot at 2:17 a.m. 861578424
Reposted by Bottlecap𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/08/2026Easily my favorite part of January 6. 2793009608
Reposted by BottlecapPBLarsen @pblarsen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026That's right, you really stuck it to the libs.. 15177322317
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now. 482151035538
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement. 528161994509
Bottlecap @bottlecap13.bsky.social · 14/08/2026And if you can believe it, it's a #Friday once again! #DavidLynch 000
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power. 376123074709
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now. 643185776773
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/08/2026RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again." 36586863381
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy. Feel like we've been here before? Here's why it keeps happening. 711699666
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The decimation of our federal agencies has upended the lives of thousands of workers. These are the people who oversee food safety, public health, and much more. The squalor of this moment is bringing us back to basics — and reminding us of what our priorities should be. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis] 20164632248
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Thanks to DOGE, the Social Security Administration lost about 7,800 staff members. According to current SSA workers, this has made it more challenging for the public to secure appointment slots and has led to other service-related delays. "Efficiency." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/b...nytimes.comA Year After DOGE Cuts, Social Security Is Trying to StabilizeThe agency has been quietly hiring workers again, and its leadership is focused on improving technology to ease workloads left by the departure of about 7,800 staff members. 41776296
Reposted by BottlecapMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10716502820328
Reposted by Bottlecap4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Exactly. Fuck the GOP for playing along! 48196462516
Reposted by BottlecapOhwoisme @kmohwoisme.bsky.social · 10/07/2026One day, our grandchildren will read about this with the same horror we read about 1930s Germany. 35381961570
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/07/2026If Democrats don't give up their addiction to corporate donors, they will be doomed to lose again and again. 491564355
Reposted by BottlecapAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026KEY: all three witnesses are being detained apart, and their story is consistent. They say that there were agents along the side of the vehicle but none in front. When you add the videos showing a lack of evidence of damage to the front despite ICE's ramming claim, ICE's story is falling apart. 11748581814
Reposted by Bottlecapsweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026them: how’re you doing? me: 5506145
Reposted by BottlecapNoel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Trump has nothing on schedule for the next three days except a photo op in Oval Office at 3pm. He is refusing to pass a bipartisan Bill unless Congress gives him the power to cheat in the next election. This is not democracy, it’s a heist by a deranged drug addict. He’s a coward. 01661457
Reposted by BottlecapCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/07/2026All the greatest hits. 21988972526
Reposted by Bottlecap🔞Queerplatonic RadioHell 🔞 @fineblackinc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Read books that make you look up words 1223213490
Reposted by BottlecapAmee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again. 8972533310437
Bottlecap @bottlecap13.bsky.social · 10/07/2026And if you can believe it, it's a #Friday once again! #DavidLynch 011
Reposted by BottlecapAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/07/2026ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished. 625230676743
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Trump bought over $12M in stock in companies like Apple and Nvidia right before pausing his tariffs. And he bought $5M in Axon stocks just weeks before ICE sought a contract with them. Today he abruptly announces an end to the Iran ceasefire... What's really going on here? 861352445
Reposted by BottlecapHillwoman @hillwomans.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Why are our elected officials on both sides letting this maniac destroy our White House????? WHY 48349141029
Reposted by BottlecapJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 09/07/2026Tolkien wrote a YA novel where the villain was Smaug, an evil dragon that hoarded wealth & polluted the earth. Everyone working in tech who loves that book & that author has missed its point. These are also the same people who assert that thinking about literature is a waste of time. 🤬🤬 104702870
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/07/2026DOGE officially ended over the weekend. One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program. Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak. "Efficiency." 15347151782
Reposted by BottlecapAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/07/2026He stood by his oath, despite the consequences! A true patriot! 444213456195
Reposted by BottlecapInfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 06/07/2026If you're not outraged, you should be 222118462416
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Patriotism isn't about building walls, punishing immigrants, cutting taxes for the rich, attacking the press, or dividing us by race & faith. True patriots don't pander to divisiveness or hate. They work to confirm the "WE" in "We the People of the United States." 8241121149
Reposted by BottlecapRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/07/2026It’s time to stop letting Republicans claim the mantle of patriotism. They’ve done nothing to deserve it.youtube.comRepublicans Don’t Own Patriotism | Robert ReichTrue patriots don’t put loyalty to their political party above their love of America.True patriots don’t support an atte 651831472
Reposted by BottlecapKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Love to see someone booed lustily. Lustily: the only way to boo. 595287388
Reposted by BottlecapRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/06/2026If the farmers in Wisconsin thought Trump was going to come to your state and talk about solutions to the problems and issues you are facing right now, you were sorely mistaken. Because Trump doesn’t give a fuck about you. Never has never will. He wants your vote and money. 19346111137
Reposted by Bottlecap 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘 📎 @berncomar.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Let’s be more like South Korea and impeach, convict and jail our president too 20378271557
Reposted by BottlecapMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Looking at what he's done to the People's House (without Congressional approval, of course), I feel equal parts rage & embarrassment for our country. The Midterms can't come soon enough... #Register&VOTE 🌊 2307285027038
Reposted by Bottlecap California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Something that needs to be repeated EVERY SINGLE DAY! January 6th was an INSURRECTION… Trump was responsible. And everyone who participated is a criminal and a traitor. Period. 18359631931
Reposted by Bottlecapjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/05/2026congrats to jared polis for getting played like a chump 289132342476
Reposted by BottlecapChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Morning everyone. Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws? You are subject to the law. Now he is not. No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis. 996127604190
Reposted by BottlecapTempleton Ferrari III @nixtarx.bsky.social · 21/05/2026"Beauty is a lie." - Frank Zappa 773935