Sign in

eliwrites.bsky.social

@eliwrites.bsky.social
169 followers 115 following 904 posts

Fiercely Independent. Fiscally conservative. Culturally progressive. Patriotic and pissed. #MakeAmericaSmartAgain

PostsRepliesMedia
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 6h
RD. We gloss over our history too much. We need to own, to fix it. Let’s teach good and bad side by side from day 1. Not to blame, - to understand ‘why’ things happened we’ll do better generationally. Eg. tech innovation (Watches glow), worker injuries (radium girls) / illnesses OSHA/unions.
000
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
18167411964
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
24770272575
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
11332411463
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Our education system is a 100% failure. We don’t teach the truth about American history or critical thinking. These ICE maniacs demonstrate this total lack of understanding every day.
000
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The term ‘Republican Party’ has taken on a new meaning by the overt action of people associating with this administration. The brand is forevermore associated with conspiracy, treason, corruption, grift and lack of intelligence and empathy. It’s insane people still reg as one …
2193
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
14040911854
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
546156766030
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Severe weather coming this weekend across New England. Four seasons every day here. We are tough souls. But storms create a deep, profound sadness. I miss DarkSky. I MISS DarkSky. I miss DARKSKY!
000
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seattle just became the first city in America to ban grocery stores from engaging in surveillance pricing. This is a huge win for consumers against companies that abuse their personal data to rip them off. Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain.
youtube.com
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t
17093742694
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
15862002373
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Slava Ukraine!
010
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As a new NFL season begins, here’s a reminder: publicly funded stadiums for billionaire sports team owners are a scam. Watch.
youtube.com
The Sports Stadium Scam | Robert Reich
Billionaires have found one more way to fleece the public: sports stadiums.And if we don’t play ball, they’ll take our f
761924624
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Walmart spent $43.4B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2025, enough to give each of its 2.1M workers annual bonuses of $2,953. Last year, retiring CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $29.2M — his largest payday ever and 958x Walmart's median worker pay of $30,520. Textbook corporate greed.
334105163899
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s been almost 90 days since the American people have seen or heard from Mitch McConnell. We’re still paying his salary.
1147199825534
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time. Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned. Remember this.
612167720
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🚗☀️ Solar panels are moving beyond rooftops. Chinese automotive glass manufacturer Fuyao Glass says it now has mass-production capabilities for vehicle-integrated solar roofs, with PV cells built directly into laminated car glass.
pv-magazine.com
Chinese automotive glass giant announces vehicle-integrated solar roof - pv magazine Global
Fuyao Glass has confirmed mass-production capabilities for solar sunroof glass, with photovoltaic cells embedded in laminated automotive glass to power auxiliary vehicle loads. While reports have link...
34853511531
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy. Feel like we've been here before? Here's why it keeps happening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoEbmltMIk
youtube.com
How Does This Keep Happening?
Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy.Feel like we've been here before?
561572649
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
But your okay getting locked inside after an accident ? How about- Don’t get in a Tesla.
010
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
JoanKay @joankay.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
43791202808
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
#vaccines #science #vaccinessavelives #healthcare #vaccineswork
25102472755
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Private equity is price gouging firefighters now. Yes, you read that right. Firefighters. Is this the most evil thing they've done yet?
476105444889
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
PSA: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
29893402761
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Morons. People should be ashamed to work for these tech companies.
000
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We need to scorn people enamored with AI - managers asking “did you use AI for this report?” As if that action implies quality. It doesn’t. AI = data centers= scorched Earth. The dumbing down of human scholarship. The substitution of selfishness for humanity. The destruction of free thinking.
010
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Laziness becomes the norm
000
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
it's an uncivil war @lucyksy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
IDK who needs to hear this but polio and smallpox never reached natural herd immunity. They were eradicated by vaccines.
304155204187
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
He ‘wants reinstatement’ !?!?!?!?! Why would anyone WANT to work for a company like this? - With complicit coworkers enforcing irresponsible policies and conditions? Why would any company want to hire this breed of ‘leaders’ ?
000
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
AOC Makes A Great Point 👉.......
802225386376
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
How did inequality spiral out of control? If you’ve never watched a video of mine, please watch this one.
youtube.com
How Wealth Inequality Spiraled Out of Control | Robert Reich
Here it is: The full story of wealth inequality in America.The top 1% holds 15x more wealth than the bottom 50% combined
8227701274
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 25/07/2026
The Odyssey cost $250 million to make. Guess who got a tax break worth more than 30x that last year? Amazon—after firing 30,000 workers.
394137295169
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Clair Patterson. Saved us from lead poisoning. Science matters.
000
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The decimation of our federal agencies has upended the lives of thousands of workers. These are the people who oversee food safety, public health, and much more. The squalor of this moment is bringing us back to basics — and reminding us of what our priorities should be. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
20164632248
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
46890432705
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Trump has slapped a new batch of tariffs on 60 foreign trade partners, including Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, and the EU. Once again, foreign countries won't be paying the cost of these tariffs. You will. One estimate puts the cost of these new tariffs to consumers at $100 billion/yr.
youtube.com
The Truth About Trump’s Tariffs
Inflation rose in January.Working people are struggling to make ends meet.Trump’s newly planned tariffs will make the pr
1021068519
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Executive wages are disgraceful across the board- from Electric companies to retail. These CEOs top the cake of gluttony.
000
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal?
554130355545
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
362133853807
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Just Another Mike @mwmarshall.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
It’s your right and your obligation to call out corruption and abuse.
261125424314
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Innovation. Innovation. Innovation.
000
eliwrites.bsky.social @eliwrites.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This will become hard-coded fact because of AI. Some # of students will believe they have insight into her full life’s history, and then note it in their research paper.
000
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now? A cyclosporiasis outbreak has sickened thousands across 34 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
39274572956
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Meta is contaminating public water supplies with deadly bacteria. Cupriavidus gilardii is resistant to multiple antibiotic agents (even Carbapenems) and can cause fatal human infections.
tomshardware.com
Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spread rar...
The city has revoked the Meta contractor's discharge privileges.
25450192764
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Let's face it: ICE is *not* a law enforcement agency. It is a ragtag collection of angry, arrested development vigilantes and malcontents that has gone "Lord of the Flies" on us.
46990503257
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Basketball Jones❤️🖤🤍🏀 @shawnjohn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It would be a net positive for humanity to see the dissolution and demise of Meta. I doubt it'll happen, but we'd all be better off if it did.
528111122381
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 06/07/2026
how cool that we don't even need to think for ourselves anymore
410519
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
19358341579
Reposted by @eliwrites.bsky.social
Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“Last year, Microsoft made $101 billion in profits, got a $12.5 billion tax break from Trump & paid its CEO $96 million. This year, it’s raising the price of an Xbox by $150 & eliminating 3,200 jobs. Please don’t tell me corporate tax breaks create jobs. It never trickles down.” - Bernie Sanders
622585870