Reposted by Danielle B.Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 11/09/2025“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”. -Charlie Kirk 611150354670
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 14/04/2025I really like my factory job. Low stress, nice coworkers, union & pretty good pay for a SINK. If I was a DINK I'd have no worries. 000
Reposted by Danielle B.Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 05/04/2025They didn't want to do a 2% wealth tax, so now they've lost 10% of their wealth. Thinking is hard when you're too wealthy. 418440
Reposted by Danielle B.Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Important note about this breakthrough: Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing. Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale. 9063592119
Reposted by Danielle B.Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/03/2025I’m wondering this too 713144372083
Reposted by Danielle B.Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 06/03/2025The fundamental strength of human civilization is empathy. 711627
Reposted by Danielle B.The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 24/02/2025Europe needs to come to grips with the uncomfortable reality that a new geopolitical alliance is taking shape in which America is leading an exploitative and authoritarian axis. @tracinski.bsky.socialtheunpopulist.netEurope Needs to Rise Swiftly to Counter Trump's Predatory ImperialismA new geopolitical alliance is taking shape in which America is leading an exploitative and authoritarian axis 0138
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 19/02/2025AOC, Crockett, Pritzker, a couple others are the only Democrats I see fighting. 010
Reposted by Danielle B.Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025I'm watching alongside Illinoisans what's happening in our country right now with dread. The authoritarian playbook is laid bare: they point to a group of people who don't look like you and tell you to blame them for your problems. What comes next? 558151986
Reposted by Danielle B.Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country. We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one. I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations. 84135372236
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Srsly, can you believe we're living through the fall of the US? 010
Reposted by Danielle B.Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/02/2025Ngl, this is the hater bowl. This is the greatest super bowl for haters ever. 211253111
Reposted by Danielle B.jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/02/2025i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunistnytimes.comTrump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left WingMany Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality. 480196833307
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 06/02/20252025 theme song? www.youtube.com/watch?v=22NZ...youtube.comAri Lennox - Smoke (Official Music Video)YouTube video by AriLennoxVEVO 020
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 06/02/2025One thing black people know is that while you won't get all that you want from the D party what you do get is better than the alternative. 110
Reposted by Danielle B.Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 03/02/2025if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all 700399798512
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 03/02/2025👇 This coup is only possible on the heels of neoliberalism & the billionaire class it generated. 010
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Class consciousness is an alternative to our current politics but it's next to dead in the US. 010
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I had a few other goals for 2025: make a true effort to recycle, use cloth bags at the grocery store, cut back on diet soda, y'know. Now the biggest is buy nothing & keep a job. Sad ass economy. 110
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 02/02/2025My low buy year just turned into a no buy year. I won't be buying anything but the essentials sans 1 or 2 inexpensive & once in a lifetime show tickets for the foreseeable future. 110
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 02/02/2025The Chinese can do everything better & cheaper. The US was able to offer a world class if not world best business environment but no more. What do we have to offer now? 020
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Trump will crash our economy, he and other billionaires will buy up assets cheaply & China will be the global superpower. I work for a Chinese owned firm so maybe we survive the crash? Wealth inequality has destroyed this country. 010
Reposted by Danielle B.Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I love you bluesky but I admit I don’t totally understand the rabid and uncritical AI hate that predominates here 4631433
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Eh, Tik Tokflation certainly isn't all or most of the complaints re COL but perhaps just enough to swing an election which I take to be Stancil's point. 010
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 17/01/2025There are legitimate economic concerns, of course, but eh less & less l think inflation is one or was this election vs. the media environment. I have two jobs and student loan debt. I certainly understand working class problems. 000
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Huge car payments, shopping addictions by another name. It's endless. And of all of these videos were released or most popular 1 month before the election. Some had very explicit anti gov & anti tax messaging alongside crypto schemes & courses on "buying your 1st rental property". 110
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 17/01/2025I'm thinking Stancil may be right on this after all. I watched several Tik Tok debt & COL compilations recently. Most have questionable spending habits. Spending $60 on luxury skincare & complaining about the cost, complaining about the cost of nail salon visits, putting Hello Fresh on Afterpay etc. 110
Reposted by Danielle B.George Squares @georgesquares.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Elphaba: I think I'll try defying gravity Every Democratic Candidate: have you considered hopping incrementally instead 0252
Reposted by Danielle B.Emma Roller @emmaroller.bsky.social · 09/01/2025If I see one more person hand-wringing about “the left” when they mean 1-3 people on BlueSky I’m gonna lose it 1372645
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 09/01/2025I framed a pitch around relational individualism & a tech future focused art/leisure culture. 020
Reposted by Danielle B.Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Thinking a lot about Jimmy Carter, born a white, rural man in 1924 in a strictly apartheid Georgia and how he became a champion for racial justice and human rights, demonstrating once again that racism, xenophobia, crass and selfish individualism, are always a choice. 272043458
Reposted by Danielle B.The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · 03/01/2025What if 30% of businesses were worker-owned? The bottom 50% of Americans' wealth would rise from 1.4% to 6.4% of total wealth. Median wealth for Black households would increase from $24,000 to $106,000. Those without high school diplomas would see their median wealth grow from $21,000 to $84,000.hbr.orgThe Big Benefits of Employee OwnershipInequality in the U.S. has been getting worse for decades: The richest 1% own a majority of all business wealth, and the top 10% own more than 90%. It has become clear that companies need to address t... 210040
Reposted by Danielle B.Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/01/2025The levels of political polarization, wealth inequality, etc. are all at levels that in other countries signify a political collapse or descent into mass political violence. It should be worrying that even a staunch Trump supporting veteran saw collapse coming despite Trump running. 1142139
Reposted by Danielle B.Center for Ballot Freedom @centerforballotfreedom.org · 30/12/2024#FusionVoting empowers working people by letting multiple parties endorse the same candidate, ensuring diverse issues are represented. Once common, it was banned in many states after working-class movements gained traction. It's time to bring it back. inthesetimes.com/article/ball...inthesetimes.comDon’t Retreat, the Ballot Box Belongs to Working PeopleElections aren't the only tool that the working class can use to build power. But as the Right continues to dismantle movement gains, we must use every tool available to us. 042
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 29/12/2024I bet the Bills, Bucs, & Eagles 3 leg parley for $1.50. I'm happy to collect my $8.42 this afternoon. 🙂 010
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 29/12/2024This is a good summary of my account. Generated here: skystats.mariozechner.at 030
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Addressing wealth inequality would not automatically address the needs of ex. the black community. You can do both so there is no reason not to. bsky.app/profile/dani... 100
Reposted by Danielle B.Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/12/2024America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. 825230648475
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 28/12/2024& their jobs & education being heavily data driven. There's very little big picture thinking involved. It's all minutia. 000
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 28/12/2024@govandybeshear.bsky.social Why can't Kentuckians use direct file? 010
Danielle B. @danibky.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Locally, DEI policies helped open the first hospital in a black neighborhood in 150 years. The equitable use of the black community's resources/tax dollars is ensuring healthcare outcomes on par w/ other groups for the funds spent & services rendered. That's DEI at it's most basic. 020
