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Ted-in-Cville

@ted-cville.bsky.social
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Call me crazy, but I keep hoping for a return to sanity! #bluewave #PreserveDemocracy #prochoice #GunReform #history. #science #music. No DM unless I know you.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do you know how much the pay of CEOs at major companies has skyrocketed since 1978? 50%? 100%? 500%? Try 1,316% Meanwhile, the typical workers’ compensation increased only 28%. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I feel optimistic about the midterm elections, just over five weeks away. But my stomach aches when I think of what’s at stake. Call me nauseously optimistic. How do you feel? robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-t…
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“In 38 days, we have one last chance to get this right—to constrain the madness of King Donald, hasten the end of the MAGA sickness and reassert our values. “It’s up to all of us—we, the people—to get this done.” www.americaamerica.news/p/this-cant-...
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This Can’t Go On for Two More Years
Swooning over China’s repressive communist dictator and belligerently acting out at the United Nations. Yes, it’s a psychiatric emergency.
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Ted-in-Cville @ted-cville.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social Such a happy coincidence! Have a wonderful birthday!
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Dolly Parton Sings and Plays Guitar
Alt: Dolly Parton Sings and Plays Guitar
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Republicans win control of the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy. Feel like we've been here before? Here's why it keeps happening.
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How Does This Keep Happening?
Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy.Feel like we've been here before?
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A 27-year-old quit Anthropic Tuesday night. Said the AI industry is "gambling with our lives." 104 million views. Then his own company's safety chief replied...and agreed with him. That's the part nobody's talking about. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor. Donors make huge profits while workers get shafted. Repeat. This is not a coincidence. It's a political-economic system that's been corrupted by design.
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Ted-in-Cville @ted-cville.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Yes! How can anyone - let alone the President - be so completely ignorant about the workings of the economy and trade! And everyone tries to normalize this guy?!?
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Scrap The Cap On Social Security Today, Elon Musk, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $ 184,500. If we lift the cap on taxable income, we can make Social Security solvent for 75 years and expand benefits by $2400. @sanders.senate.gov bill does that. go.bsky.app/MDPU9Gy
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What a list. Imagine if Obama did even one of these things. www.meidasplus.com/p/the-75-mos...
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wait, what???? Susan Collins has tapped a former member of the extremist Oath Keepers as her campaign chair. The scumbag can claim she’s a “moderate” all she wants. Nobody should believe her after that, “ I think he learned a lesson” remark.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
With elections nearing and Trump trying to make it harder for you to vote, accurate information and insightful analysis is more important than ever. I built Democracy Docket for times like this. Subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"First Draft: 🍁 It’s a Huge Scandal That Trump Is Plunging Us Into ‘War’ With Canada" The president has opened up another front in his economic hellscape and it should be an all-consuming scandal that the GOP lets him do it.
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First Draft: 🍁 It’s a Huge Scandal That Trump Is Plunging Us Into ‘War’ With Canada
The president has opened up another front in his economic hellscape and it should be an all-consuming scandal that the GOP lets him do it. Plus, Hakeem Jeffries’s secret meeting with Jared Kushner.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Trump has repeatedly revealed his thirst to silence critics, and the Ellisons have revealed their eagerness to help him. This Paramount-Warner Bros merger is still ongoing in the background. Here's what you should know. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trum…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A federal judge stepped in today to protect the midterm elections from something the Trump administration is trying to do. The details matter. A lot: joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-decl...
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Judge Declines To Let Trump Go Postal
Believe them when they tell you who you are.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Corporate think tank Third Way says it will spend $15M to wage "war" against the progressive movement in the Democratic Party. I've watched this centrist playbook fail repeatedly over the years. Democrats should fight for the people, not the donor class.
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The Failures of “Centrism”
By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening ine
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
America has experienced oligarchy thrice in its brief history. The first was under the slaveholding founders The second, the robber barons, a century later. A third American oligarchy emerged around 1980 — and has only gotten more powerful.
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The Enshittification of Everything (Part 2)
And how to disempower the oligarchy
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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Candida auris, a drug resistant fungus with a mortality rate up to 60 percent, has infected 3,130 people across 23 states this year. More than 95 percent of tested strains resist the first line antifungal treatment. The agency tracking it has lost a quarter of its workforce.
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Cases of potentially deadly fungus detected in 23 states, CDC data shows. What to know
Cases of a potentially deadly fungus have been detected in 23 states so far this year, according to data from the CDC. Here's what to know.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Trump Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins just called his SNAP cuts a "pretty big win". Throwing 5 million struggling Americans — including families with children — off food aid to fund tax cuts for the rich isn't a "win". It's a national disgrace.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Ted-in-Cville @ted-cville.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Can you spot the dog in the picture? 🤔😀
Photo of a grassy meadow with a pond and some hills beyond it, and a dog is in the photo somewhere!
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Ted-in-Cville @ted-cville.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Absolutely, for sure!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trump’s ICE raids have reduced the employment rate of US-born male workers, according to a new study. The study also found that employers have not increased wages to attract US workers. Hello? Not only is Trump’s deportation agenda patently cruel, it’s also terrible for the economy. Despicable.
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Study Shows How Trump's ICE Raids Cost Americans Jobs | Common Dreams
Trump's aggressive immigration raids are not only tearing families apart, but they're also destroying jobs for both immi
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
How many of our cyber experts were let go? Iran likely behind cyber attack on Minnesota water systems. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
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U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Todd Blanche‘s confirmation vote may be off for this morning, but he still has an obligation to produce documents from the Epstein files today.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump's economy is crumbling amid high inflation. His Big Ugly Bill has cost millions their healthcare. His war with Iran has no end in sight. His approval rating has plunged. Now he's peddling election denial nonsense to cover up his own failures.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Under no circumstances should the Senate confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general. Here's why... robertreich.substack.com/p/you-wann…
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
For folks asking why bother commenting because the OMB won't care: comments help build cases for the courts by explicitly laying out harms. That's why it's really important to have your comments be as specific as possible. Also, contact your senators and reps! They actually do care about this.
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Ted-in-Cville @ted-cville.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Wow. Lindsay Graham just died.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
If Putin rejects President Zelenskyy’s terms for a ceasefire, Russia may want to enjoy what’s left of its oil industry — because in a month or so, there won’t be much of it left. 🔥🔥 #SlavaUkraïni
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
They don't want you to know the REAL reason Social Security is in trouble But I'm going to tell you anyway. 👇 robertreich.substack.com/p/they-don…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Giving billionaires and corporations the green light to buy our elections. Stripping reproductive freedom from millions. Gutting the Voting Rights Act. Blocking asylum seekers. Making it easier for polluters to destroy the planet and make us sick. The shame of the John Roberts court.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Obama: Shared values that make democracy possible. A belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution. A belief in the peaceful transfer of power after the people have spoken in fair and free elections.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
America's roughly 1,100 billionaires (and 1 trillionaire) are collectively worth a record $9.24 trillion. The wealth of the bottom half of the US, roughly 65 million households? $4.3 trillion. It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of wealth concentration to continue.
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stan_nyc @stan-nyc.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Bill Barr contact info William Barr c/o Opus Dei 1 Mussolini Plaza, Rome, Italy Or just ask your local Catholic Bishop to forward your message
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Todd Blanche cannot be Attorney General. The Senate must oppose his nomination. If you’re with me on this, please contact your senator’s office and tell them to vote NO on confirming Blanche. The Senate switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
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Ted-in-Cville @ted-cville.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
How Trump fast-tracked Project 2025 and why it’s worse than you think You have to understand the long game that’s playing out behind the scenes, it's happening in real time, America is having to face up to the consequences of a new dictator class. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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How Trump fast-tracked Project 2025 and why it’s worse than you think
To understand the 100-day sprint, you have to understand the long game that’s playing out behind the scenes, says Alex Hannaford. Now it is happening in real time, America is having to face up to the ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Last year, Trump and DOGE gutted funding for thousands of USAID programs, including monitoring and containing New World screwworm in Central America. Now, the parasite has moved north and infected American livestock. "Efficiency."
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Screwworm Is Back In Texas Cattle—Is DOGE To Blame?
The government cut funding for the New World screwworm monitoring program and then reportedly ignored ranchers warning the parasite was working its way to the U.S.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The Entire Chump Family Should Be Arrested, Tried And Convicted, Of Enriching Themselves, During Don The Con's Time In Office......
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
To settle his suit with the IRS, Trump reportedly wants to create a $1.7 BILLION slush fund of taxpayer dollars that he can dole out to any of his loyalists who claim the Biden administration targeted them. He would oversee the fund’s commission. The corruption is breathtaking
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌
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Ted-in-Cville @ted-cville.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
He is becoming more deranged by the day!
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wesmontgomery.bsky.social @wesmontgomery.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Yes, because EVERYONE with common sense who has been following the decades of their gangster, money laundering deals via Deutsche Bank and who has watched him grovel before Putin on camera as he did in Helsinki knows that Combover Caligula has always been Putin’s obsequious bitch.
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