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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do you know how much the pay of CEOs at major companies has skyrocketed since 1978? 50%? 100%? 500%? Try 1,316% Meanwhile, the typical workers’ compensation increased only 28%. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How to Cope with the Housing Crunch for Older Adults eed to develop intergenerational communities and neighborhoods to break out of family silos in a way that fosters mutual caring and support. eldervibes.substack.com/p/how-to-cop...

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How to Cope with the Housing Crunch for Older Adults

Rather than pit generations against one another, we need housing alternatives that address social problems for multiple age groups.

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Trump accuses all who oppose him of being communists. Older folks like me remember similar, unsubstantiated accusations by Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) during the 1950s. We rejected that sort of fearmongering then, and we need to do it again now! eldervibes.substack.com/p/who-are-th...

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Who Are the Communists?

Hint: It’s not the Democrats, Democratic Socialists, or other left-wing activists

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Tasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

NO media 1000s are marching in DC to defend voting rights; 90 orgs signed on, Reuters sent photographers, but local media Bernie Sanders, AOC and Martin Luther King III attended Wa Post buried it A Black-led march is visible in DC only after somebody else reports it Repost the march they buried

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

open.substack.com/pub/robertre... This is an excellent explanation of much of Trump’s success and of the backlash against Democratic corporate leaders and candidates.

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The Last Stand of the Corporate Democrats

Their reign is coming to an end

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Now is the time for plain words in the existential fight against Republican extremism and radicalism. Where is Thomas Paine when we need him?

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MARK MY WORDS

Too many on the Left and in the media are helping the Republicans attack America

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Senior Giving Day??? While the AARP’s Giving Day has passed, I’m still wondering why basic needs of older folks must depend on the whimsical charity of others who are more fortunate. And why does the current regime cruelly cut the few public benefits that remain?

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Senior Giving Day???

Many senior citizens cannot afford healthy food, adequate shelter, or health care. Those who can are asked to help out. Why is this necessary?

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Keep On Keepin' On: Older College Faculty Who Won't Retire Slapping the label of “gerontocracy” on older college faculty does nothing to resolve problems with higher education and threatens to eliminate a vital, productive resource. open.substack.com/pub/eldervib...

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Keep On Keepin' On: Older College Faculty Who Won't Retire

If we force college faculty to retire, we will eliminate a valuable educational asset.

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Jim/Jane Crow is the Republican Party’s agenda.

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Gerontocracy Is Not a Thing Calls for moving older government officials and private sector leaders out of the way miss the real point. While some individuals do become increasingly incapacitated, the more pressing problem is oligarchy regardless of age. open.substack.com/pub/eldervib...

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Gerontocracy Is Not a Thing

Do senior citizens control wealth and social policy to such an extent that they need to be replaced? If gerontocracy is not the problem, what is?

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Embedded here is the story of the early labor strife before the New Deal. I wonder why this never appeared in our high school textbooks. Any guesses? open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

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Don’t Do This To Amazon Today On May Day!

It would upset them very much and I am definitely not telling you to do that.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Justice Elena Kagan Isn't Mincing Words, About The Voting Rights Act........

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The Justice Department Sides With the Ku Klux Klan The administration’s vindictive targeting of the Southern Poverty Law Center is yet another mask-off moment.

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The Justice Department Sides With the Ku Klux Klan

The administration’s vindictive targeting of the Southern Poverty Law Center is yet another mask-off moment.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Doesn't Teflon Break Down Over Time ? Where Are You,Lame Stream Media,Ask Chump The Questions, Please.........🐔

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Conscience of a Former Conservative When I graduated from high school, I was a Goldwater Republican. That's no longer the case. Here's why. open.substack.com/pub/eldervib...

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Conscience of a Former Conservative

Surprisingly to some, the current American regime shamefully seeks to implement domestic and foreign policies from the 1960s.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

A reminder for all the pearl clutching Republicans who’ve suddenly decided that sexual misconduct is a red line… Long before he was found liable of sexual abuse (which he was), your guy bragged openly about grabbing women by the pussy. And you made him president. Twice.

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

After years of opposing war, racism, and corporate greed, I can’t help wondering whether we have what it takes this time.

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In the Crosshairs Against War

Student protests against war have largely disappeared. Why?

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Shredded Constitution? Following constitutional procedure that vests the power to declare war in Congress compels the executive to provide a rationale for military conflict—something that this regime has failed to do. substack.com/@eldervibes/...

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Shredded Constitution?

Congressional approval for war has been continually eroded since World War II.

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

There’s no scientific reason to abandon the progress of preventing diseases through vaccines that has occurred over many decades.

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Do You Remember Polio?

We should not allow outbreaks of past diseases to return.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Just reupping this image from my newsletter last week, that I hope people will feel free to save and liberally spred around the interwebs. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Would you make the same point about Georgia’s Raphael Warnock? Shallow analysis.

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The best commentary exposes the silliness of the current regime’s seriously incompetent actions. Here’s a great example.

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Making Global Warming Great Again

And Trump hearts Pam. At least for today.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.

Screenshot of a tweet by James Tate reading, “An educated populace is a threat to power.” The tweet includes a quoted graphic stating that ICE is offering a $45,000 signing bonus and $100,000 starting salary, compared to a teacher earning $55,000 in their eighth year with a master’s degree, arguing that education has been intentionally defunded.

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

They all just lie or make stuff up.

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Goodbye, Price Tags. Hello, Dynamic Pricing. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o... Worried about prices going up? You’re way behind. Check out this gift article.

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Opinion | Goodbye, Price Tags. Hello, Dynamic Pricing.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

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William Barnett @eldervibes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Finally, a reason to be proud of my home state, Indiana. I hope all my Hoosier friends (and others)will read this and celebrate our common history. There is much to do.

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Eugene Debs and All Of Us

In Terre Haute with the keepers of the flame.

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