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@ladyvanilla.bsky.social
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because i cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions. if they burn me at the stake, please play good music🎶

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16h
1. Democrats win control of the House and Senate. 2. Investigations and prosecutions begin. 3. Impeachment and removal proceedings. 4. Take back the billions of taxpayer money corruptly taken by the Trump family and their accomplices. 5. Rinse and repeat.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 8h
Seriously 💥 😡🙄
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17h
My demand for Democrats over the next few years is repeal, tribunals, tearing down all the bullshit and motherfucking prison for the crooks
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, the media, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12h
Watchdog group Public Citizen files a formal FCC complaint about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads “Broadcasters may be held liable for airing any ad that is in violation of federal law. Federal law explicitly prohibits using appropriated public funds for government propaganda"
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13h
Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to reject the peaceful transfer of power & deny the people's will. He never should have been able to run again. GOP senators condemning Jack Smith for conducting a fact-based investigation as politics & worse are engaged in treachery of the worst order.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump White House official app is fraught with trackers. The White House app covertly collects excessive user data and shares it with third-party trackers while sidestepping federal security rules. For example, the app includes scripts to monitor a user's location several times per minute.
washingtonsun.com
White House Drove Users to Official App Fraught With Trackers
The White House app became the App Store’s most downloaded news app after the president barred three news outlets.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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ladyvanilla.bsky.social @ladyvanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
enshittification personified put this twerp in prison already
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or biological pathogens. If a product is potentially dangerous, it should be regulated and corporations should be held accountable for wrongdoing. Why would AI be any different? www.commondreams.org/news/ai-securi…
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AI Giants Probe 'Tens of Thousands' of Security Incidents—Some Involving Government Sites | Common Dreams
Security researchers investigate tens of thousands of artificial intelligence security incidents, fueling fresh calls fo
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo.
Michael Weiss: Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If the nation wasn’t led by madmen, this would be a huge story. As it is, Trump’s offer to sell weapons to our most powerful adversary is just another sign of America’s national suicide.
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We've got to do something about fascism-funding white supremacist Elon Musk. Boycott X. Boycott Tesla. Pressure the U.S. government to disinvest from Musk's businesses. He's trying to ruin the world's democracies. We must stop him.
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since Elon Musk seems to hate this documentary about him from one of my favorite non-fiction filmmakers, Alex Gibney, figured it was my duty to spread a link to the trailer so you can see it for yourself. ENJOY: loom.ly/oA2_-p8
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
Musk
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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Make it make some sense already 😳😡
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Democratic Underground Cartoon
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I spent much of this week talking with foreign officials who are in the U.S. for United Nations meetings. I was curious to know how they’re strategizing about the United States in the future. Here’s what I learned... robertreich.substack.com/p/what-to-…
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥
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Must See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net
"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo...
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yes, it's a conspiracy. When the economy is highly concentrated into a few hands, as it is now, the monopolies that result are always bound to conspire against anything that threatens their monopolies. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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ladyvanilla.bsky.social @ladyvanilla.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
i want all their criminal gains to be clawed back exile them to russia amongst a thousand other things i want a grant system set up for local communities to support democratically run public service news orgs the Epstein class cannot control reality enough with this vile shit
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Twitter not laughing at your jokes, buy Twitter. HBO owns streaming rights to an unflattering exposé, buy a piece of HBO. Government regulations threaten your businesses, buy the government. Elon Musk seems determined to be a case study in the problem with unfettered wealth.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AI is being used to... -Facilitate online scams -Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials -Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing -Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future. They're already here.
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ladyvanilla.bsky.social @ladyvanilla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
hey CUBA!! can you hear us??? Americans don’t want this! hes a lunatic! fight him with everything you’ve got!!
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tonight’s state dinner guests at the White House with President Xi include: • Chief Justice John Roberts, • Jane Sullivan Roberts, Spouse • Justice Amy Coney Barrett • Jesse Barrett, Spouse • Justice Brett Kavanaugh • Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, Spouse
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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ladyvanilla.bsky.social @ladyvanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
please make this stop im begging you
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
Since Trump took office, the richest 0.1% of Americans have gained more than 8,000 TIMES as much wealth as the bottom 50% of households.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
Americans will pay up to 95% of Trump’s chaotic tariffs. Yet Donald Trump still has zero plan to give tariff refunds back to YOU. I'm pressing Trump's top trade official for answers. You deserve to get your money back.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The ONLY way Trump doesn't lose the midterms is by cheating. Yet that is all he has. We must vote in huge numbers. If Trump tries to steal the election then we must flood the streets, engage in national strikes and more!!
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ladyvanilla.bsky.social @ladyvanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
by design
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ladyvanilla.bsky.social @ladyvanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
this is part of the plan to keep power by force i want him tried for treason
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
Idea: no corporate welfare, subsidies, or government contracts for corporations whose employees need to rely on government assistance because of low wages.
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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"?
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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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ladyvanilla.bsky.social @ladyvanilla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
everybody brace for impact he’s going for it november is gonna be real scary and might take more than you expected to have to give in that moment stay strong stay together we got this PUSH THE MOTHERFUCKER OUT
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
9/ That cafe meeting, Kao asserted, was just one episode in a sprawling pay-to-play operation in Congress. He and his close associates donated nearly $900K to dozens of politicians, allowing Navatek to establish operations in half a dozen states with $40M+ a year in government funds.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is not great
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
El Niño is breaking every existing record already, and it's got weeks to go before it's likely to hit a peak. We're going to see a warmer world than any humans before us this year billmckibben.substack.com/p/hold-my-wa...
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Hold my (warm) beer
It’s Existential Crises Week!
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🦎 Jen - It's the Stupid People, Stupid 🐝 @jennifereccles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WAKE UP WORLD. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration is considering data center-related projects across at least 17,600 acres of public land — far more than previously reported. Reminder: 70% of Americans oppose data centers, but Trump is heavily invested in the corporations pushing AI. Always follow the money.
washingtonsun.com
Trump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously Known
The data center proposals cover at least 17,600 acres of public lands across six Western states.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We have to purge the Democratic Party of centrists and corporate hacks. If you take money from AIPAC, AI, and Crypto, you are part of the problem. We will use you for the short term, but make no mistake, we will get rid of you and replace you with fighters.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has burst through the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon, several months before its expected peak.
A line chart showing temperature anomalies in the Niño 3.4 region of the Pacific Ocean, compared to a 30-year rolling base period since 1982.

A gold line shows temperatures in 1997, a teal line in 2025, and a red line in 2026. The red line surpasses all others reaching 3.07ºC, and at an earlier point (September) than the previous El Niño that reached a comparable range in November 2015.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Tax the rich. Break up big banks. Primary corporate Democrats. Get Big Money out of politics. The message of the Occupy Movement is as important today as it was 15 years ago.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Murphy: There is a true story of who is screwing Americans.. It's the billionaire & corporate elite who have rigged our economy & govt so that work doesn’t pay any longer. If we don’t make serious changes to transfer power from the corporate and & billionaire elites to regular people, we’re screwed
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Clarke: It’s hard to take Justice Thomas and Justice Alito seriously. They are not engaged in independent interpretation of the law or our Constitution. They are solely focused on putting their thumb on the scale of Donald Trump’s agenda each and every time.
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