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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.

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WIRED @wired.com · 08/01/2026

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

“What I need you to know is we are organized. What I need you to know is that you need to get organized. What I need you to know is they are coming. What I need you to know is you can stop them.”

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 17/10/2025

white house has joined bluesky click here to block all official us government accounts instantly bsky.app/profile/did:...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Even the grandchildren are using public property to run little grifts

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/09/2025

President Trump deployed the National Guard to DC to create fear and grab power. No matter what federal agents and troops must uphold the Constitution. Know your rights if you're stopped by the police or federal troops.

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Know Your Rights in Encounters with Law Enforcement and Military Troops | ACLU

The recent militarization of D.C. is a reminder of how quickly government power can expand. Our guide explains what to do if you’re stopped by police or troops.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Our federal taxes are being used pretty much solely for disseminating (really cringey) propaganda, violating people’s civil and human rights, targeting political opponents, and extorting media, universities, blue states, and foreign countries

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed. Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.

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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Confederate statue discourse coming back is a reminder to melt the statue down when you get the chance

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

This is, no exaggeration, Trump stealing a billion dollars from the United States. There are other planes for POTUS to use. This one will not be functional during his term for long, if at all. But this one he will keep afterwards via his "presidential library."

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Sal Gentile @salgentile.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

if you took a dementia test and thought it was an IQ test you failed both the dementia test and the IQ test

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David Carr @davidcarr.us · 06/07/2025

Like every other weekend, this was a good weekend for smoking pork shoulders. Maybe I’ll do a brisket in a couple weeks.

Pork shoulders on a smoker at start of cooking session.

Pork shoulder on a smoker at end of cooking session.

Pulled pork, ready for sandwiches/serving.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/06/2025

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I want us to study the history of resistance to slave catchers right now. I want us to study how slave catchers worked, how they were sanctioned, who paid them, and why they did what they did, right now. I want us to study the hyperlocal and networked ways slave catchers were impeded. Right now.

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

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Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

We had 4 years to deal with this. We're not a serious country. Serious countries don't let people like this stick around in politics, or society for that matter, for years. And the reason we're here is entirely due to people who swore oaths to country & Constitution failing to do their damn jobs.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

I know, easier said than done, but: if you live anywhere near Tampa, you need to consider leaving. It's rare for hurricanes to make landfall from the west, and it'll push the storm surge right up the bay. The 1848 hurricane reconfigured Tampa Bay's geography; navigational charts had to be remapped.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

My new one @Slate on North Carolina, Georgia, and Nebraska: "A Last-Minute Effort to Mess With the 2024 Vote Is Underway. It’s Scarier Than Expected." slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 16/06/2024

Welcome to the Annual Most Dad* Thing You Did In The Last Year Thread. Per tradition, I will lead off: I bought a mitre saw almost entirely because it was on sale, and now I will find the thinnest excuse to incorporate it into any home project. *You need not have kids or identify as male to Dad.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

cooking: salt, fat, acid, heat the midwest: who needs acid and heat

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David Carr @davidcarr.us · 25/11/2023

First post here after finally leaving the hellsite. I stopped posting there so long ago that I don’t even know what to post about these days. I just read lately, no engagement.

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David Carr @davidcarr.us · 09/08/2023

Finally got my account opened thanks to @edawn.bsky.social Looking forward to moving away from the old platform now!

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