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Subversive writer, progressive entrepreneur, and democracy advocate. Find me @dowhatmatters on Medium.com.

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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A woman willingly agreeing to have sex with multiple men in a room is a fantasy promoted by adult films. I think we all know what really happened here. “Yeah, I’ll have wild sex with seven of your fraternity brothers in one night,” said no woman in the history of the world, ever. #cornell7
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Riley Gaines is terrified of a transgender swimmer in the next lane. The Cornell 7 sexual assault case makes most college women scared of the frat boy next door. Funny how “protect women” gets twisted at the swimming pool and at the fraternity house. buff.ly/3aWDmfS
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The Cornell 7: What’s Wrong with Young American Manhood Today?
Cornell’s fraternity sexual assault allegations raise hard questions about masculinity, male entitlement, and campus accountability.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don’t give a shit what’s in your heart. Show me what your policies do to other people. You can be kind, religious, a loving family member, and a charitable member of the community. None of that makes harmful policies harmless. Good intentions don’t repeal bad consequences. buff.ly/76W3OYY
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Nice Conservatives Can Still Do Real Harm
Conservatives keep telling me what’s in their hearts. Their policies tell the real story.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The American dream has a math problem. $87,460: median pre-tax household income. $76,060: median after-tax income. Now subtract the cost of housing, childcare, transport, and food. -$61. You're in the hole. And that’s before the dentist, car repairs, or retirement. [buff.ly/iWHCynd)
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$87,460 a Year — and Still Too Poor to Afford America
The median household is earning more than ever. A family of four can still burn through every after-tax dollar on four basic expenses — and…
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Small government" apparently means fewer people protecting you and more power concentrated in the President. That's not small government. That's Big Government with a diabolical agenda. buff.ly/5oa14IC
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Trump’s Big, Bad Government
Republicans spent decades warning us about “Big Government” — then Donald Trump built it.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Pot-Bellied Man still hates "free healthcare," but that's okay. There may be a more cost-effective alternative out there that even the most stubborn Trumper could support. Part 2 of my exploration of prepaid healthcare explores exactly how we could pay for more flexible plans. buff.ly/hgwrFtn
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Reframing Democracy: How Would the Pot-Bellied Man Pay for the American Prepaid Healthcare Plan?
After all, it’s his dick we’re trying to save.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Film yourself losing your shit. Post it. Regret it. Maybe today’s you should stop writing checks tomorrow’s you has to cash. My latest Medium post asks why we keep doing this buff.ly/1QKWRI0
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Imagine being an obese ticking time bomb who hasn't seen a doctor in 20 years because you think healthcare's for p%$%ies. My healthcare series explores what a prepaid plan could look like — even for someone like this. #ushealthcare #prepaidinsurance #healthscare buff.ly/reYMq5l
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Reframing Democracy: What Kind of Healthcare Plan Would the Pot-Bellied Man Want?
Why prepaid healthcare — not “Medicare for All” or employer-based insurance — could be the healthcare model most Americans would support.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
America’s got beef with everyone... until it needs their beef, that is. Maybe the problem isn’t relying on other countries. Maybe it’s pretending we never need them until we do. buff.ly/pMaeQHi
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Where’s the Beef? Apparently, Not in America.
Trump says America comes first. So why is his answer to high beef prices hundreds of millions of pounds of additional foreign beef?
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Rand Paul says the debt is America’s biggest national security threat. He also voted for Trump’s tax cuts. Turns out “fiscal responsibility” has fine print. #randpaul #nationaldebt #taxcuts
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Does anyone understand what Social Security even is? Mike Johnson sure doesn't seem to. Calling it a handout for lazy people misses one pretty HUGE detail. How about we try understanding our programs before we put them on the chopping block? #socialsecurity #mikejohnson #midterms buff.ly/1rvPRjO
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Hold On, Skippy. Before You Mess With Social Security, Understand How It Works.
Social Security isn’t free government money. It’s social insurance American workers pay for — and understanding that changes the debate…
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
They want Grandma to sacrifice for the national debt. Maybe start with the people sitting on ten- and eleven-figure fortunes. Just a thought. buff.ly/r7eLZFi
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The Debt Reduction Act: Before You Come for Grandma, Go Get the Money
The scandal Isn’t the billionaires. It’s the rules. And it’s time to change them.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Democratic voters aren’t fighting over which horse to ride. They’re figuring out which horse can actually win the race. Maybe the media should try it sometime. buff.ly/85ENnzq
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Democratic Voters Are Learning to Pick the Right Horse for the Right Course. Why Be Mad About It?
The 2026 primaries look less like a Democratic civil war and more like voters learning to win.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I was ready to throw my hat in the ring to be the next FIFA president. Hear me out, because I definitely think I have an outside chance of beating Gianni Infantino. No one even knows who I am, and I’m infinitely more popular than he is. #FIFA medium.com/@dowhatmatte...
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If I Can’t Be the Next FIFA President, I’ll Settle for Another Woman at the Top.
FIFA’s Boycott Crisis Exposes Who Holds the Power — and Who Pays the Price
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Two Turkeys Dig Up a War to Bury the Epstein Files open.substack.com/pub/lettheca... #BlackSky #demcast #democrats #cats #politicalsatire #humor #cathumor
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Two Turkeys Dig Up a War to Bury the Epstein Files
Frank and Meathead try the oldest trick in politics: dig a hole, start a war, and hope the dog doesn’t find the evidence.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I just published The Definition of Insanity: Wars for Regime Change medium.com/p/the-defini... #Demcast #Signalboost #BlackSky #democrats #IranWar #FAFO #TACO
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The Definition of Insanity: Wars for Regime Change
Washington keeps selling regime change like it’s a repair manual: remove the bad leader, install democracy, move on. History says…
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
letthecatout.substack.com/p/snippy-pam... #demcast #blacksky #WritingCommunity #Signalboost
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We subsidize Mike Johnson's healthcare, but he refuses to subsidize ours. The American Taxpayer pays up to 75% of the healthcare premiums for members of Congress. WTF? medium.com/soulfight/go... #Demcast #VociesforDemocracy #healthcare #obamacare #Democracy
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GOP Votes Against Healthcare Subsidies for You, But Expect You to Pay for Theirs
Members of Congress quietly receive taxpayer-funded healthcare subsidies — paid for by the very Americans whose subsidies the GOP-led…
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Spain figured this out years ago. The U.S. keeps choosing panic, punishment, and political cowardice instead. #demcast #immigration #democracy #voicesfordemocracy #signalboost medium.com/@dowhatmatte...
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Immigration Isn’t America’s Crisis. It’s Our #1 Advantage. We’re Wasting It.
Spain figured this out years ago. The U.S. keeps choosing panic, punishment, and political cowardice instead.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
My new Medium piece digs into the cultural addiction that lets predators thrive and the pathetic enablers who keep the machine running. Where there’s Puff, there’s fire. medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #BlackSky #demcast #demcastnewsfeed #signalboost
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America’s Cultural Addiction to Rich Men: Where There’s Puff, There’s Fire
How wealth, fame, and delusion let powerful men twist reality — and why we keep falling for it.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Y’all know I’m a data scientist by trade and a writer by passion. I live for receipts. But let me tell you something I never thought I’d say: the polls are lying to you—just not in the way you think. medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #demcast #Blacksky #Signalboost #democrats
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The Media Is Wrong About Trump’s Approval Ratings — And Democracy Could Pay the Price
Low approval won’t stop an authoritarian. Discipline — and turnout — will.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
After 93 years on this Earth, our mother is preparing to leave the stage. As she fades, I watch billionaires divert public money to wage their private, selfish battle for immortality. #demcast #Blacksky #writingcommunity #signalboost #democrats #voicesfordemocracy medium.com/@dowhatmatte...
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My Dying Mother’s Smarts — and the Stupid Billionaire Boys Trying to Outrun Death.
My Dying Mother’s Smarts — and the Stupid Billionaire Boys Trying to Outrun Death. As my mother fades, I watch billionaires divert public money to wage their private, selfish battle for …
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Follow the Money: Who’s Profiting From the Autism Blame Game?
The grift thrives where science and support fall short.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Follow the Money: Who Makes Bank From Blaming the Homeless?
The myth that homeless people “refuse help” protects a system designed to profit from shelters, policing, and real estate scarcity — not…
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Follow the Money: Congress Makes Bank on Capitol Gains
If you think Congress works for you, take a look at their portfolios. They’re not investing — they’re profiteering.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Follow the Money: Red States Cash Green Checks While Trump Trashes Renewables
The GOP bash green energy in the culture war and embrace it in the checkbook war. But if the money stops flowing, they’ll blame Democrats…
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #signalboost #democracy #voicesofdemocracy #blacksky
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Follow the Money: Who’s Profiting From the Autism Blame Game?
The grift thrives where science and support fall short.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #signalboost #democracy #voicesofdemocracy #blacksky #immigration
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Follow the Money: The Big STEM Myth and the Business of Cheap Talent
The U.S. has the STEM talent. Outsourcing keeps wages low. Trump’s $100K H1B visa scam won’t change the math.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Unplug the U.S. Government. It’s Time for a Reboot.
Chuck Schumer kept the government running. But maybe that’s the problem.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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Dear Billionaires: We Don’t Envy the Ceiling. We Just Want Out of the Basement.
Billionaire Sam Altman reveals the rotting core of billionaire logic: that dignity for the many depends on the indulgence of the few.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The government is spending millions to vet the Instagram handles of visa applicants while ignoring extremists already inside the house. #VotesforDemocracy #SignalBoost medium.com/@dowhatmatte...
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The Social Media Snipe Hunt: U.S. Visa Screening & the Sisyphus Grift
The government is spending millions to vet the Instagram handles of visa applicants while ignoring extremists already inside the house.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The Big Beautiful Bill Is a Big Ugly Con Just dropped another Griftology dispatch. If a bill sounds too patriotic to be true, it probably is. 📖 Read it here → medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #Griftology #BigBeautifulBill #Democracy #BlueSkySocial #signalboost
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Griftology: The Big Ugly Con of the Big Beautiful Bill
If the bill sounds too beautiful to be true, it’s probably ripping you off.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
America isn’t broken—it’s off-brand. Freedom of speech isn’t hate bait. Freedom of religion isn’t holy war. We need a recall on the American identity—before the grifters sell it off for parts. 🧵 Full article: dowhatmatters.medium.com/my-fellow-am... #ReframingDemocracy #DoWhatMatters #SignalBoost
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My Fellow Americans: Who Are We? Who? Who? Who? Who?
Reframing Democracy: It’s time we remembered who we are — and who we want to be.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
“Why Most White Allies Still Don’t Get a Pass to the Barbecue.” Allyship isn’t a vibe—it’s a verb. And it doesn’t come with a plate. 🍽️ Read here: medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #DoWhatMatters #Allyship #BlackVoices #BlackSky
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Why White Allies Don’t Get an Automatic Pass to the Barbecue
You still believe that fairness is the norm, and injustice is the glitch. We know it’s the other way around.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This Juneteenth, let’s get one thing straight: if anyone has earned the right to define what it means to be American, it’s Black folks. Read more on my Medium page here: medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #BlackSky #SignalBoost #Voicesfordemocracy
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Reframing Democracy: Black Americans Remind Us of Who We Are
If anyone has earned the right to define what it means to be American, it’s Black folks.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The Big Beautiful Bill is a Trojan horse stuffed with permanent giveaways for billionaires and a pile of hot, fresh crap for the rest of us. medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #signalboost #democrats #economy #veteransfordemocracy #voicesfordemocracy
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Reframing Democracy: GOP Tax Breaks for Billionaires? It’s a Nonstarter. So, Stop.
The Big Beautiful Bill is a Trojan horse stuffed with permanent giveaways for billionaires and a pile of hot, fresh crap for the rest of us.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Paycheck-to-Paycheck: When $85K Isn’t Enough to Live On, You’re Not Poor. You’re An American.
Welcome to America, where nothing is free, and being broke is as American as the apple pie you can’t afford.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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Harvard Doesn’t Need to Win in Court. It Needs to Win the Future.
Reframe the Fight for Democracy: Harvard was built to lead, not react, and certainly not to grovel, begging permission to pursue…
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Too many journalists are growing their own personal brands by feeding off Trump’s chaos. It’s time to shut Trump TV down. medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #signalboost #Democrats #Newsmedia #journalism @meidastouch.com @thebulwark.com @nytimes.com
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End Trump TV: Cover the Threat, Starve the Brand
Too many journalists are growing their own personal brands by feeding off Trump’s chaos. It’s time to shut Trump TV down.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
This might get me kicked out of the progressive brunch club, but it was Barack Obama who let techno-authoritarianism into the White House. medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #politics #Obama #Democrats #Blacksky
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Silicon Valley Vampires: We Can’t Let Obama Off the Hook
This might get me kicked out of the progressive brunch club, but it was Barack Obama who let techno-authoritarianism into the White House.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
AI isn’t the end of learning, but it can end lazy teaching. Thoughts? medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #writingcommunity #writingandbooks #education
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Artificial Intelligence Can Inspire Learning in Real Life
AI isn’t the end of learning, but it can end lazy teaching.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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Superfine and Unforgiven: The DEI-Deranged MAGAs Can’t Handle Black Excellence
Black culture without apology is kryptonite to the MAGA monoculture. They don’t want us gone — they want us quiet, edited, and in Khakis.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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From MAGA to MEGA: The Big Government Party Wears a Red Hat
For decades, Republicans marketed themselves as the party of small government. Now, these tyrants are treading all over our butts.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The problem isn’t the debt. It’s who we keep letting off for the bill. If you’re serious about reducing the national debt and securing our future. I’ve got ideas right here. #business #politics #society #finance dowhatmatters.medium.com/drowning-in-...
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Drowning in Debt: We Can Fix It Without Gutting Grandma’s Social Security or Your Paycheck
The problem isn’t the debt. It’s who we let off the hook for the bill.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Billionaires aren’t supposed to be the heroes of progressive politics. But JB Pritzker isn’t your average billionaire. He’s what we need. #Voicesfordemocracy #Democrats @meidastouch.com @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @meiselasb.bsky.social @thebulwark.com medium.com/@dowhatmatte...
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Why JB Pritzker Could — and Should — Lead the Progressive Future
Billionaires aren’t supposed to be the heroes of progressive politics. But JB Pritzker isn’t your average billionaire. He’s what we need.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Vampires in The White House Stephen Miller and Laura Loomer are Bleeding Democracy Dry. Miller and Loomer may wear designer clothes and tailor-made suits, but they’re nothing but blood suckers drafting policy and tweeting conspiracies from the Oval Office. medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #signalboost
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Vampires in The White House
Stephen Miller and Laura Loomer are Bleeding Democracy Dry
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Progressive pragmatists get penalized for doing the messy work of governing, while purists get applause for holding the moral line. If progressives don’t wise up soon, MAGA wins again — and this time, the party will be over. #democrats #Voicesfordemocracy @democrats.org medium.com/@dowhatmatte...
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The Progressive Purity Trap
If progressives don’t wise up soon, MAGA wins again — and this time, the party will be over.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Democrats, Get Your Sh*t Straight: Support the RAD Act and Save America. medium.com/age-of-aware... #Democrats #VoicesforDemocracy #VeteransforDemocracy
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Democrats, Get Your Sh*t Straight: Support the RAD Act and Save America
I won’t mince words. Dems must stop playing defense and offer a bold plan to reduce the cost of living and rebuild faith in America.
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Do What Matters @dowhatmatters.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The U.S. Political Divide is Big Business, but Bad Data. Americans Aren’t as Divided as Washington and the News Media Tell US. medium.com/@dowhatmatte... #Democrats #Voicesfordemocracy #VeteransforDemocracy
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The U.S. Political Divide is Big Business, but Bad Data.
Americans Aren’t as Divided as Washington and the News Media Tell US.
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