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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
What is the big story of the 2026 midterms going to be? I have some thoughts…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Remember: 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.
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 08/12/2025
Kritik scheint zumindest teilweise bei der Union anzukommen (oder das glasklare Versagen der Strategie) – Söder sieht die gemeinsame Abstimmung mit der AfD vor der Wahl jetzt als Fehler an. Wenn die CDU-Spitze das jetzt auch noch lernen würde, dass sie sich mit diesem Rechtsruck selbst zerstört ...
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 08/12/2025
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
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Marciano Brito @marcianobrito.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Janja participou de ato contra violência de gênero no DF www.brasil247.com/regionais/br... Mobilização do Levante Mulheres Vivas ocorreu em mais de 20 estados e destacou urgência no combate à violência contra mulheres no Brasil. 🧵1/4⤵️
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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 07/12/2025
Wenn man als Europäer etwas länger als 30 Sekunden über die weltpolitische Lage nachdenkt, kann man nur zu einem Schluss kommen: 1. Vereinigte Staaten von Europa jetzt. 2. Rechtsextreme Parteien isolieren — und verbieten, wo es verfassungstechnisch geht. 3. EU-Armee. 4. Digitale Souveränität asap.!
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AntifaInfoBlatt @antifainfoblatt.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Waffenverbot für Sebastian Schmidtke Die Stadt Braunschweig hatte dem Neonazi Schmidtke den Besitz von jeglichen Waffen untersagt. Das Verwaltungsgericht hat das Verbot (vorläufig) bestätigt. ➔ antifainfoblatt.de/aib147/waffe... Screenshot: Youtube
Bild: Sebastian Schmidtke schaut gruselig in die Kamera, zeigt ein Messer und beklagt das Ende vom "freien Messer". Screenshot von youtube/lebensart
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Yarwanaw @yarwanaw.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
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phoneswithchords @phoneswithchords.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
My songwriting friend and I have this saying… “Sometimes the song gets there before you do.” What we mean is that often times the writer doesn’t know what a song is really about until long after it is finished. Sometimes only in hindsight do we know what we were trying to say.
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 08/12/2025
Weil die EU Strafen gegen Musk verhängt, weil dieser Werbung nicht ordentlich kennzeichnet und Fake-Accounts verifiziert und damit seine Nutzer betrügt, will er die EU abschaffen. Komisch, Russland hat X komplett gesperrt, aber die möchte er nicht abschaffen. Er kriegt von dort sogar Applaus.
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Veronika Bohrn Mena @vbohrnmena.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Hier war das kein Thema, aber was Martin Sellner in den letzten Wochen gegen den großartigen @jun.de losgetreten hat, ist entsetzlich! Woran erinnert euch das? Juns Umgang damit ist grandios, ihm gebührt meine vollste Solidarität & Hochachtung!
Martin Sellner schreibt über Jun in Zusammenhang mit seiner Tätigkeit für den Bayrischen VfgH er wäre der Sohn Koreanischer Einwanderer und würde der „deutschen Bevölkerung“ nun „ihre“ Verfassung erklären.Martin Sellner schreibt „in 25 Jahren gibt es Tausende von solchen Leuten wie Jun in höchsten richterlichen Positionen in Polizei, Armee und Verwaltung“ - er warnt davor und spricht von „Zeitdruck“.Jun zu Sellners Aussagen: „Interessant an der Diskussion: Ich habe die Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgericht zur Diskriminierung von Ausländern erläutert. Keiner zweifelt die Richtigkeit der rechtlichen Ausführungen an. Viele jedoch die Berechtigung des Grundgesetzes und dan fragt man sich, ob die Anhänger der AfD verfassungsfeindlich sind?“Jun hat Videos mit seiner Kollegin erstellt und schreibt: „"Antideutscher Asiate belehrt über Verfassung" und wir müssen tausendfache Anwalt_Juns verhindern. Wir lesen X Kommentare im Livestream und erklären, warum jetzt Millionen von Menschen mit deutscher Staatsangehörigkeit remigriert werden sollen.“
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Jasper Sharp @jaspersharp.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Artomyces pyxidatus, the Crown-tipped Coral or Candelabra Coral fungus, was not seen in the UK over the entire 20th century, its last record in 1886 until a spate of recent findings around 2022, which is when I found this specimen (in East Kent). Where did it disappear all this time?
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.
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Revista Fórum @revistaforum.com.br · 07/12/2025
Milhares de mulheres protestam contra o feminicídio em SP; veja fotos Saiba mais:
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Milhares de mulheres protestam contra o feminicídio em SP; veja fotos
Além da manifestação na capital paulista, também houve atos em MG, RJ, RS e DF
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Laura CC,Proud Canadian 🇨🇦 @laura-cc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?
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New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
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Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.eurosky.social · 08/12/2025
#AfDVerbotJetzt
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generalurko.bsky.social @generalurko.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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Wisst ihr, was im STADTBILD fehlt?
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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Blog do Noblat @blogdonoblat.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Charge do Aroeira
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🔴 Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Heute im Jahr 1955 weigert sich Rosa Parks ihren Sitzplatz zu räumen. #AnDiesemTag 🧵
Sharepic mit einem Foto von Rosa Parks und dem Text: 1. Dezember 1955. Rosa Parks bleibt sitzen.
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God @thegodshow.com · 30/11/2025
Thou shalt not pretend that you’re at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
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Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 01/12/2025
Allein der Vermögenszuwachs (!!) nur der Milliardäre (!!) aus nur den G20-Staaten (!!) nur im vergangenen Jahr (!!!) wäre die 10.-größte Volkswirtschaft der Welt, wenn er ein Land wäre. Aber denk dran: wir müssen den Gürtel enger schnallen und Überstunden machen.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
96% of the highest-paid workers in the US have paid sick days. Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend. Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.
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The Hidden Costs of Denying Paid Sick Leave
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Millions of workers are toiling away from their families this holiday weekend. So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Pay all workers a living wage.
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
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Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik @blaetter.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Die Klimakrise ist durch Ungleichheit und die nach wie vor unangefochtene Vorherrschaft patriarchaler und kolonialer Strukturen geprägt, die zudem verhindern, dass ernsthaft Klimaschutz betrieben wird. Friederike Otto im »Blätter«-Podcast 👉 www.blaetter.de/podcast
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des Klimawandels leiden, sind diejenigen, die ihn am wenigsten zu verantworten haben.«

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?
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Stoppt die Rechten @stopptdierechten.at · 01/12/2025
Hat mit Rex nichts zu tun, aber es ist einfach empörend, dass Anfertigung und Besitz von Vergewaltigungsvideos in Österreich nicht strafbar sind, solange darauf Erwachene abgebildet sind. Das ist schlichtweg zum 🤮. Bitte um sofortige Änderung @annasporrer.bsky.social! oe1.orf.at/player/20251...
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ORF-Radio
Das digitale Radioangebot des ORF. Alle öffentlich rechtlichen Radiosender Österreichs auf einer Plattform. Live und 7 Tage lang im Stream on Demand.
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Ann-Katrin Müller @akm0803.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Ein Jung-AfDler berichtet gerade am Saalmikro, dass es nicht mehr möglich sei, sich Social-Media-Accounts mit dem Namen „Generation Deutschland“ zu sichern, da sie alle „von Antifas“ besetzt worden seien.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Nebullama @nebullama.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
More than inspiration, writing a book requires discipline. There are days I feel highly driven, only to get nowhere. Similarly, there are mornings I feel off, yet end up making massive leaps. If you want progress, don’t trust your feelings. Trust discipline ✍️ #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone. Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work. Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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Revista Fórum @revistaforum.com.br · 24/11/2025
Autor de hits como “The Harder They Come”, “You Can Get It If You Really Want” e “Many Rivers to Cross”, Cliff tornou-se um dos grandes pioneiros do reggae e do ska jamaicano revistaforum.com.br/cultura/2025...
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Morre Jimmy Cliff, ícone do reggae, aos 81 anos
Autor de hits como “The Harder They Come”, “You Can Get It If You Really Want” e “Many Rivers to Cross”, Cliff tornou-se um dos grandes pioneiros do reggae e do ska jamaicano
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Anne Rabe @annerabe.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Durchgängig wird der ,Verband der Familienunternehmer‘ in Medien immer wieder nur als ,die Familienunternehmer‘ benannt. Herzlichen Glückwunsch dem Lobbyverein zu diesem Marketingcoup. Es wäre wichtig dieses Framing nicht zu übernehmen und klar zu benennen, dass es sich um Lobbyisten handelt.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The vicious cycle of monopolization: 1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market. 2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers. 3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations. 4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement. 5) Repeat.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system. It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
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The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
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Guilherme Amado @guilherme-amado.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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O silêncio providencial do relator do projeto que dobra tributação das bets
Relator do projeto que dobra a tributação das bets e mexe no imposto das fintechs, o senador Eduardo Braga, do MDB do Amazonas, tem evitado falar do assunto até mesmo com senadores próximos. O silêncio,...
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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature. 2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise! That "feature" is now gone.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Helena Steinhaus @helenasteinhaus.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Vollständige Leistungseinstellungen sind jetzt schon Realität. Aber mit der Grundsicherung wird das sicher mehr und vor allem auch weniger anfechtbar. www.fr.de/wirtschaft/b...
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Bürgergeld-Härte auf der Spitze: Jobcenter streichen schon jetzt alle Leistungen
Die Merz-Regierung verschärft in der neuen Grundsicherung die Sanktionen. Doch bereits bisher haben Jobcenter kreative Wege genutzt, um das Bürgergeld zu streichen.
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