Reposted by Steve KaneThe Great Simplification @tgspodcast.bsky.social · 12/06/2026youtu.be/igg-Ykv8xKwyoutu.beThe Strait of Hormuz Closure Is Messier Than You Think with Michael Every | TGS 223YouTube video by Nate Hagens 041
Reposted by Steve KaneBryan Lilienkamp @bryanlilienkamp.bsky.social · 12/06/2026@thewashtwpdemclub.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Steve KaneMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/05/2026Hawaii just passed a groundbreaking law directly challenging Citizens United and corporate money in politics 👀katiephang.substack.comHawaii's Power Play: SB 2471 Takes on Citizens UnitedHawaii is giving Citizens United a run for its money 12557281319
Reposted by Steve KaneBen Norton @bennorton.com · 23/05/2026It is so widely accepted that the USA is losing the war against Iran that now even prominent neoconservative hawks admit it. They lament that Iran’s victory reflects the decline of US hegemony, and the rise of multipolarity. www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/war-hawks-...geopoliticaleconomy.reportEven American war hawks now admit Iran is defeating the US - and it will change the worldIt is so widely accepted that the USA is losing the war that now even neoconservative hawks admit it. They lament that Iran's victory reflects the decline of US hegemony and rise of multipolarity. 01814
Reposted by Steve KaneThe Great Simplification @tgspodcast.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Watch/listen: www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/220-...thegreatsimplification.comA World On the Precipice: The Last Oil Tanker From the Strait of Hormuz has Arrived – Now What? - The Great SimplificationIn this episode, Nate welcomes back petroleum geologist Art Berman to break down the timeline of the looming oil shortages stemming from the Strait of Hormuz crisis and just how severe they could beco... 063
Steve Kane @concernedcitizen56.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Capitulation by the US or destruction of the global economy. Take your pick. 000
Steve Kane @concernedcitizen56.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Oil futures down again. I guess traders don’t read much. 000
Reposted by Steve KaneThe American Prospect @prospect.org · 25/04/2026In yesterday’s Aftermath newsletter, Executive Editor David Dayen argues that Wall Street investors want to believe that President Trump, a head of state, would not be stupid enough to plunge the world into an unnecessary economic crisis. Those investors are wrong.buff.lyAftermath: Wall Street Is Lying to Itself - The American ProspectFinancial futures indicate little damage from the Iran war. Reality begs to differ. 1259
Reposted by Steve KaneSuri Crowe 🥷7️⃣ @suricrowe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026omg ha ha ha ha ha ha 🤣 03211
Reposted by Steve Kaneonion person @junlper.beer · 19/03/2026it’s incredibly blackpilling to me that it takes rising gas prices and rising gas prices alone to have people turn against the war in iran, and not the american government murdering thousands of children and civilians in iran. americans are incredibly selfish 727208023687
Steve Kane @concernedcitizen56.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Stop calling them influencers. They are manipulators for hire. 011
Reposted by Steve KaneFederal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...youtube.comStatement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. PowellYouTube video by Federal Reserve 1134238189096
Reposted by Steve KaneBeth Rivin MD MPH @bethrivin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026More than 500 patriotic Americans protesting at University Village in Seattle today at the #ICEOUTFORGOOD protest! Happy to participate! 658796
Reposted by Steve KaneIndiana Capital Chronicle @indianacapitalchronicle.com · 09/01/2026COMMENTARY: Revenue shift means more money. Will lawmakers spend it? indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/01/09/r...indianacapitalchronicle.comRevenue shift means more money. Will lawmakers spend it? • Indiana Capital ChronicleIndiana lawmakers got an early Christmas surprise back in December — newly projected tax revenue. But that money puts them in a bit of a bind. 033
Reposted by Steve KaneMADVoters @madvoters.bsky.social · 09/01/2026 Together, we can defeat bad bills and support good policy! Check out our bill tracker at MADVoters.org to see all the bills we’re tracking - we’re up to 130 and counting! #madvoters #mutuallyassureddemocracy #getmadindiana #indianastatehouse #INLegismadvoters.orgHOME | MADVotersAt MADVoters we are empowering Hoosiers by educating and advocating for a more equitable Indiana. Everyone deserves Mutually Assured Democracy. 053
Steve Kane @concernedcitizen56.bsky.social · 18/11/2025This deserves much more attention maybe even an Epstein level. 000
Reposted by Steve KaneThe American Prospect @prospect.org · 18/11/2025Insurance companies have defrauded the government of hundreds of millions, while denying claims and lying to patients. Their schemes have helped triple the cost of subsidizing the ACA. From Maureen Tkacik: trib.al/uKmG5lPtrib.alThe Obamacare Boiler Room - The American ProspectPerhaps no Florida health care scam has so concisely illustrated the burning need to rethink our broken health care system. 12215
Steve Kane @concernedcitizen56.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Any use of someone’s likeness with their explicit permission should be illegal. 110
Reposted by Steve KaneThe American Prospect @prospect.org · 14/11/2025Democrats caved on the shutdown this week, but Harold Meyerson writes their surrender was inevitable. When confronted by Trump, “business-as-usual Democratic leadership, as personified by Chuck Schumer, is the wrong kind of leadership.” trib.al/6fsUhrOtrib.alThe Shutdown’s End as a Republican Victory? No Way. - The American ProspectThe shutdown enabled the Democrats to highlight the Republicans’ withdrawal of health coverage from millions of Americans, and Trump’s withholding food stamps—while he was praising himself for building a ballroom and rebuilding the Lincoln bathroom—only accelerated his descent in the polls. 2216
Reposted by Steve KaneWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...inquirer.comIt didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap. 792363931
Steve Kane @concernedcitizen56.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Two things: The GOP fully owns this shutdown. They can change the rules to pass the CR with a simple majority any time they want. #2 According to David Dayen’s reporting in TAP the Dems are really demanding that budget control returns to Congress. I guess these guys don’t talk to each other. 010
Steve Kane @concernedcitizen56.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The Democrats’ Shutdown Challenge: How Long Must the Hurt Continue? prospect.org/2025/10/28/d...prospect.orgThe Democrats’ Shutdown Challenge: How Long Must the Hurt Continue? - The American ProspectThe problem the Democrats face in the current standoff is how to weigh these distinct forms of pain: immediate to a known universe of political allies; or long-term to a broader universe of, most impo... 100
Steve Kane @concernedcitizen56.bsky.social · 27/02/2025What ?!?! No Tesla Takedown??? You’re missing the biggest fattest target. 100
Steve Kane @concernedcitizen56.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Why not a friendly takeover of Democracy Now ! Or Free Speech tv ? 010