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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

The single most important thing the U.S. needs is democratic worker representation through labor unions. Without labor being organized and threatening strikes, all change whether income inequality, healthcare reform, gun violence, education reform, decorruption of politics, etc cannot happen.

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Not Real Pics @notrealpics.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

US Air Force not a military of the people. Corrupt military deserves no respect. Sold out to Qatar.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Dating today is like applying for a job where everyone has commitment issues, and ghosting is considered a valid form of conflict resolution. You don’t get a polite rejection letter; you just get silence. It’s like your existence simply stopped being a relevant tab in someone’s browser.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

In the US, health insurance is often touted as an "employee benefit," but what kind of benefit disappears the moment you get too sick to work? Recently, I found out that a young woman who managed the Vendôme—a large apartment complex in Boston—

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

This table highlights how each philosopher's ideas apply to the current context of Trump’s presidency and the broader societal implications of normalizing corrupt leadership. #corruption #trump #philosophers #normalizingcorruption

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Understanding your own biases and limits isn’t a matter of “just listening” or “being open.” That’s the starting point, not the solution.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The truth is: most elites will never truly understand the suffering of the poor. They don’t fear eviction. They don’t skip meals to pay bills. They’ve never had to choose between meds and rent. Their entire world — from schools to healthcare to time itself — is structured to cushion, not crush.

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NATO Stock Hawk @natostockhawk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Was about to drop cash on some Chinese LEGO-style historical train sets—American and European classics. But thanks to Trump’s toddler-tier tariffs? Canceled. Blocked by MAGA economic illiteracy. So where are the $ going now? Straight into Euro stocks. Deliberately avoiding anything Made in America.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Framing Donald Trump’s remark that “your kids only need two dolls, not 30” as a justification for tariffs offers a revealing window into a broader authoritarian impulse — one where government, under the guise of populism, dictates not only economic policy but personal consumption and moral virtue.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

need to redo... message goes on, gets cut off, but you get the point...

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

1/ America isn’t just stressed—it’s structurally engineered to keep people stressed. And that stress isn’t a side effect. It’s the system working as designed.

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Calm the Hell @calmthehell.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

King of Education, Harvard University.

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The Daily Blue @thedailyblue.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The greatest illusion of modern society is that freedom is purely individualistic, when in reality, our freedom is deeply interconnected with the well-being of everyone.

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Political Poet @politicalpoet.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Kids in cages. Families shattered. Americans deported to El Salvador’s torture gulags. A journalist dismembered by a Saudi prince. Sexual abuse conviction. A coup attempt. None of that moved the world. But a crashing bond market? Now they care. Because capital screams louder than conscience.

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NATO Stock Hawk @natostockhawk.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🇺🇸 Trump Didn't Just Break Norms—He Made the World Stop Trusting America As U.S. Treasuries lose their safe-haven status, global markets are turning to Germany—exposing how Trump’s chaos fractured the trust America took centuries to build.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Art is the expression of human intention, emotion, and imagination—whether through a brush, a camera, a chisel, or yes, even AI. Dismissing AI art outright ignores the role of the artist behind the tool. The creativity is still human. The tool is just newer.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

America’s strength isn’t built on any one man’s ego. It’s built on trust—in laws, institutions, and policy. Trump torched that for self-glory. And while he may fade, the damage to our credibility could last a generation. Nothing matters to him but himself. Not even the country.

Trump Didn’t Just Torch Norms—He Burned America’s Trust

Donald Trump seems either willfully ignorant or dangerously dismissive of a basic truth: America's value is not derived from the image of any single leader. Our economic strength, global investment appeal, and even our credit rating are not determined by a cult of personality—but by something far more enduring: the strength and predictability of our institutions.

It is the rule of law, not personal rule. It is the credibility of our written policies, not impulsive tweets. It is the steadiness of governance, not the spectacle of power plays, that makes America trustworthy to the world.

This trust has been centuries in the making. It has taken decades of consistent governance, bipartisan cooperation, and global engagement to build the reputation that underpins the U.S. dollar and defines our standing in international institutions. But trust, unlike power, can’t be bluffed. Once damaged, it doesn’t come back with a new administration or a fresh slogan—it takes time, consistency, and humility to rebuild.

So why did Trump torch that trust? Why did he wage war on the very structures that made America exceptional?

The answer is bleak: for ego. For the indulgence of an aging, self-obsessed man who sees no value beyond his own reflection. For the momentary thrill of domination. For applause at rallies. For headlines that center him.

In the end, nothing matters to him but himself—not country, not constitution, not consequence. That is the real damage. Because long after he's gone, the crater he left in America’s credibility may take a generation to fill.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Amazon.com ( AMZN ) Chief Executive Andy Jassy said Thursday its network of third-party sellers may pass the cost of President Trump's tariffs on to consumers, CNBC reported.

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

FYI, China is currently dunking on the U.S. SO hard and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Peep how everyone’s fat and depressed..

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Abolish the Conditions That Make Billionaires Possible This is not about greed—it's about a system built to serve the few while breaking the many. Democracy cannot coexist with oligarchy dressed as merit.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

One of the quiet manipulations of modern society is that no one notices when they don’t die.

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Hanno Klausmeier @hannofk.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Yesterday's wind power in Europe's' grid

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Yep. Tariffs make cars and parts pricier, which means repairs cost more—so insurance premiums are expected to rise around 8% by the end of 2025. About 3% of that hike is directly from the tariffs.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Martin Niemöller (Lutheran Pastor, Holocaust Survivor): “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist... Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.” A chilling reminder of the cost of inaction and minimizing danger.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Albert Einstein: “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” Directly reinforces the idea that apathy or dismissiveness enables fascism to thrive.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

To all international athletes: please consider boycotting future competitions held in the United States, including the Olympics, World Cup, and others. We acknowledge that we are not living up to the standards you deserve and deeply apologize for that.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Yeah, seriously — if we had real pensions or Social Security that wasn’t constantly under threat or so meager, maybe we could ignore day-to-day market swings. But Congress pushed everyone into 401(k)s, basically turning retirements into casino chips for Wall Street.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Stephen Miller is best understood as a mix of Goebbels and Bormann—part propaganda architect, part backroom gatekeeper—shaping Trump’s hardline policies and nationalist messaging from the shadows.

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political breakdown @politicalbreakdown.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Changed profile name from "Tokyo Poetry Club" to "Political Breakdown" to focus on explaining complex politics in a messed up world. Poetry moved to "Political Poet" account.

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Calm the Hell @calmthehell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

What the hell happened to America? You put a convicted felon, a draft-dodging casino bankrupter in charge — a guy whose resume reads like a parody of failure — and just let him wreck shit like a toddler in a china shop. And what do we do? Just doomscrolling while the country falls apart.

What the fuck happened to America, huh? Seriously — what happened?! This place used to have a little backbone, a little grit, a little "go fuck yourself" energy. Now? It's a goddamn festival of spineless pussies walking around worried if their Amazon order's late. You let a two-bit huckster, a convicted felon, draft-dodging, game show reject whose greatest accomplishment was bankrupting a casino — A FUCKING CASINO! You ever heard of that? That’s like drowning in a kiddie pool with floaties on!

And then — THEN — you let this guy run the country like a toddler in a china shop! Just yanking levers, smashing shit, tweeting from the toilet at 3 AM. No adult supervision! Just orange chaos in a suit! And what do we do? NOTHING! We just sit there, doomscrolling with one hand while door-dashing overpriced Thai food with the other!

“Uh, I don’t know what we can do.” YOU STRIKE, YOU JACKASSES! You stop buying shit, you sink the goddamn economy until these billionaire overlords shit their Patagonia boxers! You think they care if you’re suffering? They’re on yachts off Mykonos playing God with your pension fund.

Life is already a shitshow, alright? But now you gotta wake up every morning with anxiety about the IRS, veterans, Social Security, measles outbreaks?! THE FUCKING MEASLES are back! What is this, 1910?! And don’t even get me started on the goddamn Post Office — which, by the way, WORKS! Have you seen what those workers go through? Freezing cold, pit bulls, junk mail that weighs 40 pounds — and they do it for peanuts! They can’t even live near their jobs anymore because every square inch of urban land has been bought by some crypto bro in a hedge fund suit jacking up the rent from Bali.

And meanwhile these luxury condos pop up like herpes on a college campus — half-empty, but “sold.” Yeah, sold to WHO? Some LLC out of Dubai? Oh yeah, that’ll help the local school district.
So lemme tell ya something — America is fucked — but more importantly, YOU did it. Yeah, you. Wi…

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Charts from Capital Economics showing effective tariff rates under Trump's newly announced agenda vs. historically. An astonishing tax increase by almost any metric

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𝙹𝚘𝚗 @jgleason.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

My sister-in-law owns a shop, and she's going to follow suit and put stickers on every item in her store that is impacted by the 🍊🤡's BS. The more people recognize and see what these garbage policies are doing to everyday items, the better.

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Calm the Hell @calmthehell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Billionaires won't save democracy—they bought the system that's killing it. No more heroes. Just us. #DemocracyInCrisis #ClassWar #OrganizeNotIdolize #BillionairesAreTheProblem #SystemicChange #PeoplePower #NoSaviorsJustUs

Bottom line: America didn’t just stumble into dysfunction—it built a system where money rules everything. Profit comes before people. Before justice. Before the law. The majority? Just an audience. The values we claim to stand for? Window dressing.

So what’s the plan—get "good billionaires" to save us from the bad ones? You don’t fight billionaire fascism by begging billionaire liberals. That’s not revolution—it’s a hostage negotiation.

If we want real change, we have to stop outsourcing democracy to oligarchs and start organizing power from the ground up. No saviors. Just us.

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