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Skalvester Skallone

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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
@martinomalley.bsky.social social security needs help
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
@booker.senate.gov Called congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey office, they hung up on me for being rude, while their boss is out there destroying Federal pensions, while at the same time planning on taking his soon, you know, since he’s been rotting in congress for 40 years
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
@roguenasa.altgov.info I would watch out for your potential new director, Jared Isaacman, he either has no concept of language or can only say the words, “senator my interview was with the President of the United States”
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 10/04/2025
Brand Trump: Toxic Uncertainty 🇺🇸🤷‍♂️
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
THIS IS WHAT A TRADE WAR LOOKS LIKE -
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
@mcuban.bsky.social I’ve got an investment for you, the Pittsburgh Pirates. I know you’ve shown interest before, maybe make another offer. Reports say now that the Pirates are somehow losing money, even with Paul Skenes, that’s a management issue, not a product issue, the time might be right.
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@mcuban.bsky.social serious question, since none of my friends are even millionaires, and you seem like a reasonable billionaire, how much is enough? And why does it seem like you’re way more comfortable with your net worth than guys like Musk and Zuckerberg are with theirs despite having more?
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Fyi, my new piece in @bostonreview.bsky.social about the history of calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,” and how attacks on Social Security have often marked the opening wedge of a broader war on public goods. www.bostonreview.net/articles/soc...
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Social Security Is Not a Ponzi Scheme - Boston Review
Today’s attacks are just the latest form of backlash to the New Deal.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 13/03/2025
In answer to a question from the audience at SxSW last week. Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/20Kb...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Everyone together now!
A screenshot of an X post by Olga Diem (@OlgaDiem
) posted 4 hours ago on March 7, 2025, with Ukrainian and U.S. flag emojis. The post contains a political cartoon titled "Topple the dominos," depicting a row of dominoes labeled from bottom to top as "Tesla," "Elon," "Trump," "Republicans," and "Russians." The Tesla domino is shown being pushed over by a crowd of small figures holding signs that say "FUCK TRUMP," "FUCK ELON," and "FUCK NAZIS," symbolizing a chain reaction leading to the fall of the subsequent dominos.
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I propose a general workers strike. Nobody works, except essential life saving and emergency services. We can show the oligarchs that they are the 1% and we, the 99% will not be ruled by them, that they exist because we allow them to exist.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 10/03/2025
We cannot afford to have an unelected billionaire DESTROY our Social Security system and STEAL our earned benefits!
A graphic with a dark blue background and photos of Elon Musk and Donald Trump on the bottom. The white text is a quote from Randi Mayem Singer that says"'They'll never cut Social Security' is the new 'They'll never cut Roe V. Wade.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
It’s borderline criminal.
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/03/2025
When Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE in November, he described the work as “tedious” and noted that “compensation is zero.” But WIRED has learned that some DOGE staffers are drawing six-figure salaries from the agencies they’re dismantling. wrd.cm/3XA0IHP
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Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Email list for all DOGE employees Please ReSkeet!
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
www.newsweek.com/military-rem...
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Military to remove 'Enola Gay' photos for violating DEI rules
A photo of Army biologists was on a list of images to be purged, seemingly because it mentioned they were recording data about fish that included their gender.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
There’s been zero explanation for this given but it seems exceedingly likely it’s pure retaliation for the Maine governor challenging Trump. Really sick. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/06/s...
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Social Security now requires Maine parents to visit an agency office to register newborns
The change — immediately criticized by pediatric health advocates — eliminates a program that allowed parents to fill out a form at the hospital to secure a Social Security number for their children.
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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The Trump admin canceled contracts with Maine's CDC supporting "enumeration at birth" -- the way 99% of American babies get their Social Security Numbers. Now Maine parents have to visit field offices in-person to get their newborn SSNs Why? No reason given. www.huffpost.com/entry/maine-...
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Trump Administration Forces Maine Parents To Visit Social Security Offices To Register Newborns
The Social Security Administration canceled contracts that allowed Maine parents to sign up newborns for Social Security numbers at the hospital.
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Ronald Reagan was wrong when he said the government is the problem not the solution. This statement was fundamentally wrong. Government is the only solution to the world’s problems. Business will only help if they make money in the process, that just holding the world hostage. Reagan was wrong.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities. That means: 🚫 No gas from corporate giants 🚫 No fast food chains 🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Yet Van Drew was the deciding vote, his office stated that he didn’t vote to cut Medicaid, the math doesn’t add up, to cut the $880 billion, even if they cut everything in E&C it would still require $100 of billions in cuts to Medicaid www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Some Republicans fear Medicaid cuts could cost them their jobs
The possibility of Medicaid cuts has become a headache for the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress — and has handed Democrats a potent issue ahead of 2026 elections.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Voted for Trump, now have buyer’s remorse? The Trump philosophy seems to be his version of FAFO. Don’t buy anything on the 28th unless you absolutely have to. #Resist
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 25/02/2025
New: Trump Media paid director Donald Trump Jr. $813,000 in 2024—nearly a quarter of its annual revenue. He attended just 2 out of 5 board meetings. me, for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
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Trump Media Paid Donald Trump Jr. Nearly A Quarter Of Its Annual Revenue. He Attended Just Two Board Meetings
Despite missing most board meetings, Donald Trump Jr. took in $813,000 from Trump Media—just as he gained control over more than half the company’s shares.
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
@chrislhayes.bsky.social @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... Sure you already knew this, but it feels like it could use a little light right about now, hope you could help
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Column | Are federal workers lazy? Let’s look at the data.
As Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service targets federal workers, we investigate how hard those folks have been working for their government paychecks.
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“Should any political party attempt to abolish Social Security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws, you would not hear from that party again in our political history.” - Dwight Eisenhower
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
An important point to keep in mind.
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
@youranoncentral.bsky.social you’re doing too much talking and not enough acting right now. At this point you’ll end up like Guy Fawkes by the time you decide to act. There are no medals for second place when democracy is on the line
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Stop calling it DOGE, it’s hasn’t been established by Congress, it has no authority
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
While Sylvester Stallone may be selling out to become an ambassador to make Hollywood great again, I plan on not selling out ever. Ska defines who I am as a person and I will never turn my back on ska.
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Happy holidays, how about America treats itself to universal healthcare as a gift to ourselves this year
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Why are federal employees not paid during a government shutdown, yet Congress, you know the people who caused the shutdown, paid? Many federal employees are considered essential and work while not getting paid during a shutdown.
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Skalvester Skallone @skalvesterskallone.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
@weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social federal employees need your help. They’re under attack by billionaires who’ve never worked a day in their lives and a congress that has no problem taking a paycheck while federal employees don’t when they (congress) lets the government shutdown.
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