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Sock Puppet Pundit @sockpuppetpundit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They means test the poor to prove they’re poor. They don’t means test the rich to prove they’re creating jobs and paying living wages. They don’t trust poor people which is why they think the poor are thieves and wastrels. Yet they give unlimited trust to the wealthy. It’s the prosperity gospel.
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Even if what Israel has done in Gaza doesn't meet the precise legal definition of genocide, it's still criminal, on multiple levels. The atrocities are well documented. And pictures of the devastation tell the story of Israel's war crimes quite eloquently. www.newsweek.com/what-if-isra...
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What if Israel isn't committing genocide in Gaza?
"Assume the skeptics are right and the ICJ ultimately finds that intent unproven. What changes? Very little."
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If comparing Kalshi with Wall St. is an effective tactic to claim that it's some kind of legit market & not just a slightly new form of gambling, then we need to confront the reality that Wall St financial markets are essentially games in a big, fat casino
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It feels like the US government has been asleep for 20 years regarding meaningful tech regulation. Social media, crypto, networked surveillance, AI, prediction markets...we're just letting this shit happen until consequences bite society in the ass globalextremism.org/post/crypto-...
globalextremism.org
Betting Your Future: Crypto Casinos Radicalizing Young Men into Hate
Crypto casinos are becoming a new pipeline into far-right radicalization. Largely unregulated gambling platforms such as Duel, Stake, and Rainbet use influencers with millions of followers, including ...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm for keeping our money here and not using it to buy bombs to drop on other people.
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dls100.bsky.social @dls100.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When Trump was 20 years old in 1966, his father held a demolition party. "But ultimately, it was Fred Trump, Donald’s father, who sealed Steeplechase’s fate, going so far as to throw a demolition party when he razed the site in 1966 before it could receive landmark status."
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52 years ago, Donald Trump's father demolished Coney Island's beloved Steeplechase Park | 6sqft
Steeplechase Park was the longest lasting of Coney Island's original amusement parks, but it was Fred Trump, father to Donald, who eventually demolished it.
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dls100.bsky.social @dls100.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The rotten monster has been at it for ages. Bonwit Teller 1980 Trump just turned 34 years old. "Then they jackhammered the friezes, dislodged them with crowbars, and pushed the remains inside the building, where they fell to the ground and shattered in a million pieces."

Preservation News 
July 1980
New York City trumped
Developer smashes panels
By Michael Leccese
Two irreplacable Art Deco sculptures were smashed by jackhammers last month under orders from a New York City developer who had promised them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The 15-foot-high stone bas-relief sculprures, which depicted semi-nude goddesses, were part of the Bonwit-Teller building (Warren and Wetmore,
1929) on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue at S6th Street. Developer Donald Trump bought the structure recently and was demolishing it to build a 62-story. $100
million mixed-use glass tower.
In addition, a 15-by-25 foot nickel. plated grille that had adorned the build. ing's facade has been missing since it was supposed to have been shipped to a New Jersey warehouse. Neither the Trump Organization nor the warehouse has any idea of the whereabouts of the hefty....MotherJones

To build his skyscraper, Trump first had to knock down the Bonwit Teller building, a luxurious limestone building erected in 1929.
The face of the building featured two huge
Art Deco friezes that the Metropolitan Museum of Art wanted to preserve. The museum asked Trump to save the sculptures and donate them, and the mogul agreed-as long as the cost of doing so wasn't too high.
But then, according to journalist Harry Hurt Ill in his book Lost Tycoon, Trump discovered that taking out the sculptures would delay demolition by two weeks. He wasn't willing to wait. "On his orders, the demolition workers cut up the grillwork with acetylene torches," Hurt wrote. "Then they jackhammered the friezes, dislodged them with crowbars, and pushed the remains inside the building, where they fell to the floor and shattered in a million pieces."In 1980, under pressure to begin construction on what would become his signature project, Donald Trump employed a crew of 200 undocumented Polish workers who worked in 12-hour shifts, without gloves, hard hats or masks, to demolish the Bonwit Teller building on New York's Fifth Avenue, where the 58-story, golden-hued Trump Tower now stands.
The workers were paid as little as $4 (£3) an hour for their dangerous labour, less than half the union wage, if they got paid at all.
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If Democrats actually want to #StopTrumpCorruption, they should draw a clear contrast and stop running cover for their own ethically-challenged and corporate-friendly incumbents.
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House Democrats Squander the Opportunity of Trumpian Corruption - The American Prospect
Democrats have a golden opportunity to be the anti-corruption party, but the House caucus is not seizing it.
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump & his Project 2025 crew are the wrong people at the wrong historical moment -- they're handing US science leadership over to China www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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China’s ultimate orchestration—integrating the science
As China has matured into a technological and manufacturing superpower, the United States and Europe have managed to retain leadership in some of the most scientifically intensive industries, such as ...
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Self-regulating capitalism & trickle-down economics are huge fantasies that hold sway over US politics. What's so frustrating about these ideas is that anyone with access to daily news can see that they're fictions, not based in reality. A deep dive into history isn't necessary to grasp the reality
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/09/2026
It's difficult to pick apart fears about AI & data centers that are intrinsic to the technologies vs. those that are connected to the fact that giant, fateful decisions about these things are being made by a small handful of insular brain-cooked oligarch narcissists.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026
The “tax the rich and they’ll all leave” crowd might want to take a seat. Tax the rich opponents keep that narrative going even though data shows it’s false. NY raised taxes on the wealthy in 2021. We were told the millionaires would flee. 2021: 90,579 2022: 86,211 2023: 86,710 2024: 99,404 RECORD
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prepper cat @preppercat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
At this point everyone knows crypto is a scam. Nobody in crypto is innocent. All players in crypto are looking to scam someone else. If you're in crypto and you get wallet drained or rug-pulled, you had it coming. Seriously.
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I don't think it's "blasphemous" to observe that 9/11 worked. If the goal was to bring out inherent contradictions & fault lines in US democracy, hastening internal division & long-term political gridlock...Check. To make us squander resources & reputation in endless wars...Check. And so much more
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joshz2012.bsky.social @joshz2012.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The shock jock mode of politics has not only become the dominant form within the GOP, it's also one of the most reliable ladders of success available to the conspicuously untalented. A moron's grift so widespread it has swallowed American political discourse whole.
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Department of Homeland Security is getting a new logo to reflect its belief that America is a war zone: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/us-finds-a...
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U.S. Finds A War It’s Willing to Declare
New government logo chooses violence
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 07/09/2026
For decades, reporters have treated hours-long voting lines as a “normal” feature of Election Day instead of investigating why some Americans consistently face greater barriers to the ballot… hartmannreport.com/p/has-the-me...
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Has the Media Normalized the GOP’s Voter Suppression Right Before Our Very Eyes?
For decades, reporters have treated hours-long voting lines as a “normal” feature of Election Day instead of investigating why some Americans consistently face greater barriers to the ballot…
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Monthly jobs reports are now barely worth the paper they’re printed on, because the Bureau of Labor Statistics has so little experience dealing with a [suddenly depleted] labor market...In other words, much of what the BLS is now trying to do relies on pure guesswork." (Robert Reich)
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Leftist YIMBYs want to tear up zoning, environmental & preservation regulations & leave urban planning to the discretion of developers & the magic of the free market. They are drinking some crazy kool-ade if they believe this will solve homelessness. I get the sense that they're mostly into this...
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Why are there always enough Democratic traitors voting with Republicans to pass legislation that is widely unpopular among Democratic voters...but the Republicans always vote together as a unified bloc? rotatingvillains.org
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Rotating Villains | Congressional Betrayals
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's impossible to understate the evil of Netanyahu & the genocidal Israeli government. And let's not forget that 80% of Israeli citizens support the genocide. If USA ever comes to stand for global justice & the rule of law, our alliance with Israel must end. realleecamp.substack.com/p/after-25-y...
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After 2.5 Years, Can We Handle The Truth About Oct 7th?
Connecting The Dots - column by Lee Camp
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So funny watching the media try to write 2000's era Grand Theft Auto Outrage articles now that the whole country is a casino run by murderers.
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ReMarkable @remarkable59.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It seems more and more every day that the Trump administration is taking their scripts right out of the WWE. Nothing makes sense. Nobody ever really does anything, it’s all fake. Everyone is a different character hired to play very specific good or bad guy roles.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Returning to this post from last spring, and it feels more obvious than ever. Just a series of 30-second ads of rapid-fire headlines about scandals in one Cabinet department with the tag line at the end: Had Enough? Vote Democratic
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One of the most annoying Bluesky leftist tropes is "prolonged national strike" in USA. Reality: class solidarity is non-existent (skip work, your job is up for grabs), only 10% unionized, 2 wks sick leave & 1 wk vacation (if lucky), landlords evict for missing 1 rent payment, no med care w/o a job.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...
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Donate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymandering
These are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Orwell failed to anticipate the benefits of the surveillance state, eg if you're careless enough to drop cash on the ground, just call Big Brother to get it back local12.com/news/offbeat...
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Police request public's help to find suspect who picked up $30 off ground in Walmart
A police department took to social media and asked the public to help them identify a suspect who found $30 on the ground in Walmart.
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Every subsequent U.S. president who tries to do a modicum of good via foreign policy or trade is going to be sitting across from someone thinking yeah sure, okay, but what about the next guy. Absent political reforms, tribunals and truth and reconciliation, that credibility is gone forever.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
John Roberts is Natalie Harp in a robe. A cringeworthy handmaiden
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Drinking with Skeletons @drinkwithskeletons.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I'm so goddamn sick of being told to be nice to fascists. I want cruel mockery of the right to be a Democratic Party plank.
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Bletchley Park Chan-Wook @mjcseize.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Tim Walz “these guys are weird as hell” line of attack was the right call and it’s only getting more validated with time
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TherapyDonut @kryptopeon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It's not the taco trucks that Brick&Morter restaurants are competing with unfairly-- it's the street vendors. These vendors don't pay min wage, payroll tax, rent, utilities, no running water, no refrigeration, no health/fire inspection, no workers comp, liability insurance... Support Brick&Mortar
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 18/08/2026
This Ossoff Natalie Harp drop-in, the ensuing media circus, and his use of the news cycles to zero-in on Trump’s “security blanket” staff who have cocooned him away from reality — it’s a perfect maneuver, start to finish. He is a real talent.
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is some dystopian shit. Next Dark Age is gonna be a humdinger. Not saying AI companies don't have a right to buy & destroy books. But they should be legally required to file every digital book scan with Library of Congress, not just feed data to LLMs, leaving no trace of the original texts.
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SPAM (from Daniel Gamboa) @danielgamboa820.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump Truth Social George Washington Ballroom #BlueCrew #StrongerTogether #USPOL #Blues #Pinks
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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Why are all new cars so hideously unintuitive? Forget electric vehicles. Electric schmelectric. My next car money will go to the manufacturer that brings back physical knobs, car door handles, and a gear shift. Make cars… cars again. I don’t want to drive a tablet.
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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
#GoldenAgeOfFraud #Crypto
From Twitter:

Sick of people calling everything in crypto a Ponzi scheme. Some crypto projects are pump and dump schemes, while others are pyramid schemes. Others are just standard issue fraud. Others are just middlemen skimming of the top. Stop glossing over the diversity in the industry.
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im just a bird @hawkbirdguy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Bible is a holy, infallible book, the literal word of God Also ignore everything it says and pretend Jesus spent his life getting jacked, beating up kids and selling crypto
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The sloppy thinking & half-assed misreading of history by the allegedly "originalist" Roberts & his cohorts would be laughable if it wasn't so consequential. When all these "unitary executive" cases are eventually re-litigated by a smarter Supreme Court, they'll be swatted down hastily.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 10/07/2026
In the Slaughter and Cook cases, the Supreme Court misread history with an unmistakable result: two fundamentally irreconcilable decisions, argue @andreascoseriakatz.bsky.social (Andrea Scoseria Katz) and janemanners.bsky.social (Jane Manners).
justsecurity.org
“Lost to History”: Uses and Abuses of the Past in Slaughter and Cook
In these two cases, the Court misread and ignored history with an unmistakable result: two fundamentally irreconcilable decisions.
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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
One day you see savvy Mamdani effectively governing NYC and next you hear crazy quotes from DSA platform- and you wonder how is this the same organization? Answer is it's not- NYC's DSA chapter is radically different entity from the national leadership. /1 nathannewman.substack.com/p/the-sane-n...
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The Sane NYC DSA vs the Crazy National DSA- A Guide for the Perplexed
If you are confused about what DSA is, the answer is that it is two very different organizations that I don't think can coexist for much longer
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
FIFA has always been corrupt. Trump has always been corrupt. Americans & Europeans should both know the score on how corruption works by now.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
When the govt of a nation founded on religious liberty has been taken over by Christian Nationalists, abusing state power to impose their anti-Constitutional vision, I’d like an opposition party leader to speak the truth about history instead of adopting the Cristian Nationalists’ preferred fiction.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation that’s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
OH FFS, a "safety plan" is not "going after tech companies." You know what is "going after tech companies"? Smashing them into little pieces or prosecuting execs for crimes committed in pursuit of fame and fortune. Do not let sensationalist headlines fool you into thinking Dems are acting tough.
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solidsignal @solidsignal.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
One of the best discussions of issues at play in Trump v Slaughter www.scotusblog.com/2026/01/did-...
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Did Justice Kagan debilitate the administrative state?
Trump v. Slaughter is among the most important tests to date of the Supreme Court’s view of the “unitary executive theory” – the idea that control over the entire executive branch is vested in the pr…
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NoTheOtherNick @notheothernick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Originalists wondering why if the election is in November, inauguration day is at the end of January...
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Spongebob Thinking Hard
ALT: Spongebob Thinking Hard
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