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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A few numbers that put billionaire philanthropy in perspective: • $2+ trillion sitting in foundations & donor-advised funds • Up to 73% of ultra-wealthy donations effectively subsidized by taxpayers • 69% of nonprofits facing funding cuts ips-dc.org/philanthropy...

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Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy - Institute for Policy Studies

Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nothing screams "working for the American people" like spending their tax dollars to make commercial ads praising yourself while everyone else struggles to afford groceries.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Brazilian stocks are soaring because investors see Bolsonaro as an opportunity. They’re betting on Brazil’s economy opening further to foreign capital through the familiar neoliberal playbook: deregulation and privatization for investors, austerity and cuts to social spending for everyone else.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Notice how the headline frames Cuba as the potential lawbreaker: a ship is “intercepted” while “smuggling” oil into the country. What the headline obscures is that the U.S. is the one violating international law by imposing an oil blockade on Cuba and hijacking oil shipments bound for the island.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trump has pressured Lula’s government through tariffs and diplomatic measures while supporting Bolsonaro. The CEPR article discusses how this reflects a broader attempt to reshape Brazil’s relationship with the U.S. and reassert Washington’s influence across Latin America. cepr.net/publications...

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(Los Angeles Times) Trump and Rubio Fight to Sway Brazil’s Election and Control the Hemisphere

The Trump administration's interventions in the upcoming Brazilian presidential election are a US regime change operation.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What Kushner meant to say is that he is not conflicted about pursuing his own personal interests.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not even The Onion could make this up: Before deciding whether to intervene in Venezuela, Trump reportedly spent hours consulting an AI chatbot about how Venezuelans would react to his plan to invade the country and overthrow Maduro.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It feels like an oxymoron to say Hegseth is “weaponizing” the military. Yet that is exactly what he is doing: using the fight against “wokeness” as a pretext to purge senior leaders who muster an ounce of resistance or raise the slightest objection and replace them with ideological loyalists.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The AI economy is increasingly following a familiar model: Private companies build. Government subsidizes. Corporations capture the upside. Taxpayers absorb the cost. Meta reportedly reduced its 2025 federal tax bill by $3.9 billion by classifying AI data centers as experimental research.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No evidence to support your claim > Invoke “national security” No legal justification > Invoke “national security” Facing resistance > Invoke “national security”

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Microsoft cut its tax bill by roughly 82%, from $14.1B to $2.5B, even as its income soared. Across the corporate sector, tax payments are down 25% ($96B).

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is what happens when A.I. is optimized for profit rather than harm reduction: DraftKings developed models to identify gamblers most likely to lose money and targeted them with promotions, while efforts to use similar technology to identify gamblers likely to become addicted were shelved.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“National Security” is the euphemism they deploy when they have no logical argument or empirical evidence to justify their position. Instead of providing evidence, they invoke “National Security” to push through their agenda.

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US sanctions on Cuba are economic warfare: • 7,000+ containers stranded • Essential aid blocked: ICU solar panels, cancer meds, water treatment • Crucial shipping lost: Sanctions scared off cargo lines • Mass suffering: Surging hunger, 100k awaiting surgery www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/w...

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Trump’s Economic Vise Leaves Cubans Desperate for Food and Medicine

The U.S. says its sanctions are not aimed at depriving Cuba of essential goods. Thousands of stranded shipping containers tell a different story.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Trump accidentally said the quiet part out loud and admitted the U.S. is “repressive” when it comes to journalism. Less than 24 hours later, he demonstrated exactly what he meant by banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For decades, the political project has been remarkably consistent: Cut taxes for the wealthy → reduce public revenue → increase deficits → use the resulting debt to justify cutting social programs. This not a non-political fiscal policy choice. It's a mechanism for redistributing wealth upward.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Nothing says "fixing the system" quite like banning everyone else and declaring yourself the sole exception.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We've entered a new phase of surveillance capitalism where the government doesn't just collect information about you. It can analyze your behavior, determine that you're statistically suspicious, and use that assessment to initiate a police encounter.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For years, Silicon Valley’s tech leaders told us they were uniquely qualified to reshape society and rewrite the social contract. Now they are asking the government to regulate the technology they’re building because even they are starting to worry about what they have unleashed.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Corporate profits just hit a record 13.2% of GDP. Wages simultaneously fell to a record-low 41.1%. This is the political economy of modern capitalism: record profits, a shrinking share for workers, and corporations spending billions on political donations and lobbying to maintain the status quo.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The SEC is officially arguing that banning private equity from bribing public officials "stifles free speech." First Citizens United equated campaign donations with free speech, and now anti-corruption guardrails are being erased under the exact same logic.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Corporate profits are soaring while workers struggle to keep up with the cost of living. Since 2019: Profits: +52% Wages: +12% This is what the economy looks like when growth is increasingly organized around extracting wealth from working people rather than improving their lives.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Notice how the ICE officer was charged with lying about the details of the shooting, but not charged for the shooting itself.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Step 1: Take $10 million from a Medicaid settlement. Step 2: Send it to the governor’s wife’s nonprofit. Step 3: Have the nonprofit redirect it to political groups supporting the governor’s agenda.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The U.S. really is the land of innovation. When even the mainstream media won’t manufacture consent for your foreign policy, you simply pivot to paying social media influencers to praise your Secretary of Defense.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Bloomberg, a financial newspaper of choice for the business class, is framing the Venezuela oil deal as neocolonialism. When even a publication representing the interests of global capital is using the language of anti-imperialism, that says something.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Every accusation is a confession. Not even The Onion could come up with this level of irony.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Data centers get tax breaks, subsidies and electricity at a fraction of what ordinary households pay. Communities get higher infrastructure costs, greater pressure on the power grid, environmental impacts and higher energy bills. The profits are privatized. The costs are socialized.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Only a matter of time before he starts calling the Strait of Hormuz the Strait of America

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

At this point, these are just your average headlines in America: • Re-enlist in the Army and get a four-day pass to play GTA VI. • Navy considers naming a carrier after Trump instead of a Black war hero.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ICE's tactics are changing. The initial phase was shock and awe with highly visible raids designed to generate fear and spectacle. Now the strategy has become more calculated with more concealment, more targeted raids, and fewer opportunities for the public to observe what is happening.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The American economy: • Housing costs rising • Medical costs rising • Fuel costs rising • Credit card debt rising • Pay later financing exploding Americans spent $160 billion through pay later loans last year, nearly twice as much as in 2023. But GDP went up, so apparently everything is fine.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Reminder: Since overthrowing Maduro, the U.S. has collected more than $13 billion from Venezuelan oil sales. Venezuela has received just $300 million. $13 billion collected. $300 million returned.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Border Patrol kills an ICU nurse filming them. Four days later, DHS launches surveillance on unions, socialist groups, and climate orgs with zero criminal charges.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Every censorship campaign starts with a justification. Today it's "return on investment." Tomorrow it's sociology, political science, history, or any field that teaches students to critically examine society. newrepublic.com/post/213446/...

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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

For $100,000 a month, Trump is basically legalizing and monetizing insider trading. By selling Wall Street hedge funds early access to market moving Truth Social posts, they are giving traders a massive head start on how new policy announcements will impact the markets.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Since 2019, the cost of owning a home has exploded: • Emergency repairs ⬆️ 175% • Home maintenance ⬆️ 85% • Insurance ⬆️ 72% • Property taxes ⬆️ 31%

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If only Venezuela had been allowed to keep the $13 billion generated by its own oil exports. Instead, after the earthquake, the U.S. has offered just $300 million in "humanitarian aid."

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"The Trump administration decided to remove four service members killed this past weekend from the list — three in Jordan and one in northern Iraq — because their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...

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Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website (Gift Article)

Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

One thing stands out about the Iran war: Despite the familiar pro-war messaging that often accompanies military interventions, a majority of Americans opposed it from the outset. The usual "Rally Around The Flag" effect didn't materialize.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Weird coincidence that a newspaper owned by one of the world's richest people keeps publishing arguments against redistributive policies.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The intervention in Venezuela was framed as "Democracy Promotion." In reality, it was about control over a developing country's most valuable resource. Now, Venezuelan oil revenues flow to the U.S. instead of being invested back into Venezuela.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Definitely do not Google: "Florida Senator Rick Scott Medicaid Fraud"

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The U.S. has spent months pressuring developing countries like Venezuela to end their Cuban doctor programs, despite knowing many lack enough physicians to replace them. Then an earthquake strikes, exposing an under-resourced healthcare system made even less prepared for the crisis.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Leaked U.S. counterterrorism strategy: • Expands "pre-crime" investigations • Labels left-wing movements as top terror threats • Targets pro-Palestinian activism • Broadens counterterrorism powers against domestic dissent www.kenklippenstein.com/p/insane-pre...

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Insane Pre-Crime Strategy Unveiled for Leftist “Extremists"

New national counterterrorism strategy vows to “cripple them before" crimes are committed

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Notice how the media will argue that workers should accept smaller raises to fight inflation, but rarely suggest corporations accept smaller profit margins to lower prices.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The media shapes public opinion by deciding which perspectives are treated as credible. A FAIR study found that coverage of Cuba centered U.S. officials and anti-government voices while giving far less attention to Cubans who emphasized the role of U.S. sanctions. fair.org/home/whose-v...

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Whose Voices Are Centered in Coverage of Cuban Crisis? A FAIR Study

The New York Times, Miami Herald and Associated Press each covered the Cuban crisis extensively, but the coverage varied dramatically across outlets.

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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The U.S. is #1 in healthcare spending. But it's also: • 62nd in life expectancy • 54th in infant mortality • #1 in medical debt • #1 in medical bankruptcies

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