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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
According to new estimates, the richest 20% of U.S. earners drove nearly 60% of consumer spending in Q1 of 2026. Meanwhile, the bottom 80% struggled to keep up with inflation. That’s bad news for the entire economy. Here’s why.
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Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
While corporate profits skyrocket and the stock market rides high, regular Americans are struggling to make ends meet.Ev
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/06/2026
lol
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Perfect
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Why are we talking about ... oh
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/06/2026
Oh. So Tulsi Gabbard wrote a report showing that voting machine vulnerabilities didn’t flip any votes. And now she’s not the DNI anymore. Hmm. www.reuters.com/world/white-...
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EXCLUSIVE: White House delays release of US voting machine study as midterms near
The report does not say the vulnerabilities have led to votes flipping.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
J.D. VANCE: “Manufacturing jobs are increasing at a large number.” REALITY: They’ve declined since Trump took office, largely because of his tariffs. (Nobody pushed back on this)
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Warnock: Right before they passed that ugly bill that cut $1 trillion out of medicaid, the Speaker of the House joined with other legislators and said a prayer, and then they went and voted for that bill. I just want to know what was in that prayer.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Trump defends unfreezing billions for Iran (like they attacked Obama for) by saying “the dollar has become very strong under me” and to keep their money would jeopardize it… Reality: the dollar has weakened significantly under Trump
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Ann 🦋💙🗳️💙 @annokla.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Oklahoma voted NOT to raise the minimum wage of $7.25 to $9.00 just shows you how Repub’s voted not to help the poor in this state. Vote Blue this November and make a change! 💙🫶💙
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This is not part of the agreement. He is making this up. Iran agrees to give up NOTHING on their nuclear program in this deal.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/06/2026
Inflation was 2.9% when Biden left office.
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Kenneth Rear @kennethrear.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Why do we expect future elected officials to keep their oaths to the Constitution if We the People allow the currently elected to break their oaths to defend the Constitution?
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
He's lying. You know why we know? WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT HE SIGNED!!!! Here's the operative language: "The U.S. undertakes, together with regional partners, a comprehensive plan...for the rehabilitation and economic development of Iran...of at least $300 billion."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
NYC COMPTROLLER: “Next level. Beyond anything we’ve seen. We’re very worried about the precedent this sets.” Institutional investors (and regular Americans) are being forced to own billions worth of SpaceX after it was fast-tracked into indexes to make Elon a trillionaire 🤔
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This is the latest attempt by the "Justice" Department to get you to shut up, stay home and let a dictatorship happen. Please don't.
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Fifteen people charged over alleged interference in Minnesota immigration crackdown
Prosecutors claim defendants were part of Minneapolis-based ‘antifa’ groups that ‘violent oppose’ law enforcement
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Sounds a lot like skirting the constitutional prohibition on involuntary servitude by paying $1/day & claiming that immigration detains volunteered to do that www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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ICE removed detainee protections after private outreach from top contractor
In new federal standards released Monday, the agency appeared to make changes that could benefit Geo Group’s legal defense.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/06/2026
Asked about new reporting that taxpayers will be on the hook for $300,000,000 for Trump's ballroom, Thune defends the project: "I do believe that there is certainly some expectation that there would be dollars allocated that would go above and beyond the private money that's been raised."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
😕 🧬 🧪 🤷🏼
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Democrats manta for the midterms should be: “ Trump didn’t do what he said he was going to do.” That’s a message that’s resonating with independent and Trump voters right now.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Yikes… this is how they’re trying to fix the algae problem… the birds don’t stand a chance…😕
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/06/2026
Schatz: "If this deal is so good, why can't the public see it? ... there is a reason they are not publishing this deal, and it's because makes plain that this is one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in many generations"
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 16/06/2026
There's no way anyone could look at this deal and say America came out on top. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/world/mi…
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Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Won’t Have ‘Tolls’ but It Will Have ‘Fees’
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/06/2026
The reason that he’s paying Iran 300 million is fake news is because it’s 300 billion.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/06/2026
JD Vance blows up the rationale for Trump's ballroom: "We're protected. Like, we have so many layers of protection. We have 50 Secret Service agents just in this room."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/06/2026
NEW: GEO group privately asked ICE to remove requirements to pay detainees to work. Seems like a 13A violation since most detainees aren’t convicted of crimes. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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ICE removed detainee protections after private outreach from top contractor
In new federal standards released Monday, the agency appeared to make changes that could benefit Geo Group’s legal defense.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/06/2026
Rep. Claudia Tenney on Knicks parade: "I'm worried about the violence. Look at Jalen Brunson. What an amazing American citizens. His wife is Jewish. She's a physical therapist. Are we gonna see more antisemitism at this parade? I hope not"
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Gordon Wark 🤬💥😡🔥🕗🕕🕓🕖 @1stwark.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
He Solved Iran.
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Alicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Why did people vote for Trump ? President LBJ said why as follows : “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” ― Lyndon B. Johnson
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/06/2026
NEW: Trump has filed his response to the 35 former federal judges’ request to reopen the Trump v IRS case to investigate fraud and collusion. Trump argues he doesn’t control the IRS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/06/2026
In other words: the U.S. gives Iran everything it wants immediately, including billions in cash, for a pinky promise to negotiate a future deal on the things the U.S. wants
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/06/2026
VAN SUSTEREN: Who is our best friend in South America at this point KRISTI NOEM: We've worked so much with El Salvador ... Costa Rica has been fantastic (El Salvador and Costa Rica, dear reader, are not in South America)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Apparently nobody told Bessent about Obama’s Iran Deal (that Trump pulled out of) 😬🤷🏼
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 27/05/2026
"This was...a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting, and it sends a chilling message to the entire newsroom....Today, CBS management is...choosing access journalism over accountability and protecting power rather than scrutinizing it."
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Sharyn Alfonsi CBS News Contract Expires, Blasts Bari Weiss Over Spiked Story: “Sends A Chilling Message”
Alfonsi remains employed by CBS News for now —“if they want me gone, they’ll have to fire me” — though her public statements suggest that she is already thinking of moving on.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/05/2026
I agree with Scott Bessent that Congress should take a vote about putting Trump's face on currency. Let's get every Republican on record about it.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 29/05/2026
The contractor given a no-bid contract to repair the Reflecting Pool is being paid an inflated profit margin. The typical margin of federal construction contracts is 6-12%. But the firm fixing the pool submitted a bid that charged 20% — adding at least $850,000 to the cost. nyti.ms/4wWDaNw
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Reflecting Pool Contract Has ‘Inflated’ Profit Margin, Government Analysis Finds
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/04/2026
I just want to point out that the WHCD took place in a ballroom. Holding it in a different ballroom wouldn’t make it safer. The administration chose not to designate the WHCD as a “National Special Security Event.” That’s the difference.
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ARTSTRADA MAGAZINE @artstradamagazine.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The sitting "president " calling the Commonwealth of Virginia's election as fraudulent is yet another impeachment offense Impeach, convict, remove
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Great to see them putting women right at the front of sport …
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 23/04/2026
They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files. Now it’s “roundtables”: no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas. You do the math. Because the moment accountability shows up, they shut it down. The survivors deserve better.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Sarah Longwell: We’re in the middle of a pretty important naval blockade standoff with a country we’ve threatened to destroy, so it seems like a weird time for the Secretary of the Navy to abruptly depart. 

And by “weird” I mean, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The grift never ends. Most corrupt regime in history
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☆Jennїe S Jonzen☆ Is He Dead Yet?! 🖖LLAP🤟🍀✴️✳️🌟☘️🗽🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🌈🗿🌻💙💛⭐️ @astartiel.substack.com · 17/04/2026
The USA is going to have to seize all of the Trumpstain Regime's stolen wealth to pay for rebuilding the country, once they are taken out of power.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Straight up milking the market
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Ossoff: I don’t know who placed those trades, but I’ll tell you this: the SEC better find out. And if they won’t, when you elect this new majority in Congress and you give us gavels and subpoenas, we will.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 15/04/2026
"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
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Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz
There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us
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