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Nathan Becker

@netbacker.bsky.social
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Money for wars, bailouts, and tax cuts never runs out. Money for healthcare, schools, and childcare is always "unaffordable." That is not economics, it is priorities dressed up as math. I reframe the taxpayer-money myth daily. #ChangeTheNarrative

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Markwayne Mullin makes up the word "frauded"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Markwayne Mullin is clutching a stress ball while answering questions from reporters
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 7h
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h
"Vote for James Talarico. He has *one* house."
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Richard Wayne Bowling @rchrdwynbwlngk100.bsky.social · 23h
Why did Eric Schmitt fuck up his gotcha moment so badly? No one involved considered the possibility that Jack Smith attended a women’s basketball game. A MAGAt undone by misogyny. Not at all surprising.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 10h
This is a pretty stunning thing to admit
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Buffalo Temple of Music, Sports, and Whatever @sethfromthe716.bsky.social · 15h
Eric Schmitt is going to lose his shit when they tell him about the Chicago Blackhawks, Seattle Seahawks, Miami RedHawks, or the Kansas Jayhawks.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h
There’s the false accusation from a former state AG who should know better accusing someone of committing a crime based on zero evidence. Then there’s the behavior before, during and after. All of it really shows America what we already knew - Schmitt is scum.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10h
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Klobuchar on Schmitt: "He's not aware that there's also women's sports ... because they wanted to do this to distract everyone, I would say they got their comeuppance"
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 7h
Pathetic…..
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 8h
Guys, I made the TIME100 Next list (?????????)
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Ben Collins Is on the 2026 TIME100 Next
Find out why Ben Collins is on this year’s list
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12h
Go For It Ladies.......
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 6h
A $5,000 check for everyone sounds great until you notice it is a campaign prop made of thin air. When the dollars serve him, they appear. When they serve you, they are 'too expensive.' That asymmetry is the whole tell. #ChangeTheNarrative
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 6h
Millions for his own hagiography, and it is illegal because Congress never authorized it. That is the whole case: the theft, not the ledger. He impounds the money Congress did approve and spends what it did not. Corruption is corruption. #ChangeTheNarrative
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Atrocitus @chicagobeersnob.bsky.social · 6h
Bingo; I keep asking this in regards to any Right Wing Policy they love.. How do we pay for it, never comes up. It' just needed, and they find a way. ( cause taxes don't actually pay for federal gov spending)
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 6h
Feeding hungry kids is the whole point of SNAP, and she is complaining about it like it is a burden. Notice who gets the 'can we afford it' question. The dollars were always there. They are just not for the kids in her telling. #ChangeTheNarrative
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23h
I'm profoundly against this depraved record and want to do the exact opposite: pass Medicare for All.
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Mike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro Times
Mike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families.
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Right that broadcasters should face real consequences. But the framing undersells the crime. It is not theft from a public pot: a president converted appropriated funds into campaign propaganda and the networks aired it. Not a billing dispute. An attack on self-government. #ChangeTheNarrative
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Beautiful impulse, and this is exactly what public money exists for. Your tax dollars are not the fuel: the federal government creates dollars by spending. Nothing limits help for single moms except political will. Saying my “tax dollars” gives Congress an excuse to hide behind. #ChangeTheNarrative
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Agreed: using public funds for campaign ads is corruption, and it is illegal. But it is not your money. Congress appropriated those dollars for the border and he diverted them. If it is your wallet, the fix is tax cuts. If it is abuse of office, the fix is accountability. #ChangeTheNarrative
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This pair kills the ledger story. When he cancels a billion Congress approved, nobody gets a refund. When he runs vanity ads, the money just appears. Federal dollars are created by authorization, not drawn from a pot. The crime is the diversion, not a bill we're handed. #ChangeTheNarrative
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
TILLIS: is there anything you would have done differently? JACK: yes. One thing I was taught is you only do your talking in the courtroom. But if you stick to that, people can unfairly malign you and you can’t respond. But there are things being said that are untrue… 1/
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Schiff is up. Apologizes to Jack Smith. “My colleagues have attacked you, but NONE of them have tried to deny what happened on January 6th. They attack you because they don’t want to address the facts. The Barr DoJ sought toll records without a peep from my colleagues.” 1/
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you ever feel the need to make people laugh but can't think of a good joke, just say the words "Senator Eric Schmitt"
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jeweledskye.bsky.social @jeweledskye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
sadly - and truly - everyone that is against universal healthcare enjoys the taxpayer funded healthcare plans afforded to members of congress...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar eviscerates Schmitt: "For a U.S. Senator to have false information and imply based on a confusion … and imply you're in another city that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia and then call you a dirt bag is something that deserves an apology."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
this gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty)
photo of Schmitt's team holding up a poster board that made false claims about Jack Smith's whereabouts in February 2024
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump committed serious crimes”
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another war is never "unaffordable." Healthcare always is. The difference was never the dollars. It is the priorities. I reframe the taxpayer-money myth here, one post at a time.
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The federal government creates every dollar it spends. It cannot run out. So when they ask "how will you pay for it," they are not doing math. They are telling you their priorities. That is what this account is about.
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Mike Brock 🇺🇸 @brockm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you’re going to tell me that AI will do to humanity what humanity did to gorillas, explain how you got from a software benchmark to that conclusion. Show your fucking work.
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The Gorilla Is Not an Argument
On the leap from better software to a successor species
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pathetic Weak Sauce 😡
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My Building a Healthier America Policy Agenda. 🌱🧑‍🌾🍏💧
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 29/09/2026
Ruining their future should be the fucking goal actually
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Running campaign ads on public money is illegal propaganda, and the outrage is earned. It needs no wallet story to be a scandal. A president turning the government's checkbook into his campaign account is corruption, full stop. #ChangeTheNarrative
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If billions were corruptly taken, prosecute it to the wall. It's a crime against the public, not a bad refund. The 'taxpayer money' framing shrinks public corruption into a billing dispute. Name it plainly: abuse of public office. #ChangeTheNarrative
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
$850 million in public funds for a stadium owned by a man worth $12 billion. The 'taxpayer money' frame makes it a wallet story. It's not. It's politicians handing public resources to the rich. That's corruption, not a piggy-bank raid. #ChangeTheNarrative
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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congress ordered a billion spent on struggling Americans. The administration sat on it, illegally, then bought vanity ads. It's not a funding crisis. It's a choice about who gets cut and who gets paid. #ChangeTheNarrative
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