Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 18hHave you ever noticed how none of the members of the self proclaimed “party of personal responsibility” ever take personal responsibility for anything Like, ever 1116331
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026It is, by definition, a “conflict of interest” for a president to buy stock in a company, then shill its products and then oversee an agency that awards it a huge contract. There’s no mere “appearance” here. 1031195
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Trump praised Dell, bought Dell stock, & then Dell landed a $9 billion federal contract He bought into Paramount too-- right as he started pushing the Warner merger through These outside enablers don't have presidential immunity, & legal action is coming @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social 👇 -TN 19599191
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Follow this: First, Trump quietly buys up to $5 million of Dell stock. Then, he urges his followers to “go out and buy a Dell.” Today, his Pentagon awards a $9.7 billion deal to Dell. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comDell Wins $9.7 Billion Defense Deal To Streamline Software BuysA unit of Dell Technologies Inc. won a $9.7 billion contract to help the US military handle its licenses for Microsoft Corp. software related to email, spreadsheets and other needs across classified a... 831820925
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/07/2026Trump: "Go out and buy a Dell computer" 21148395
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This year, Trump purchased more than $1 million of Dell stock. This week, Trump's Pentagon announced a $9.7 billion contract with Dell.nytimes.comDell Gets a $9.7 Billion Defense Contract. Trump’s Portfolio Stands to Benefit. 1241581841
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Today in Russian Disinformation/AI Cringe, Russia's ongoing disinformation campaign is now using fake ChatGPT screenshots to "verify" the fake news clips it's distributing on X and TikTok. 216161
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“.. Dalio said the US relies on foreign capital for about a third of its debt, and that Japan and China have already been paring their holdings.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 1429590
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialNCPSSM @ncpssm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Trump's scheme for a one-time $90 rebate for Medicare patients WILL DO NOTHING to undo the Trump/GOP cuts to #healthcare. Everyone's premiums will be going up because of their reckless actions, including cutting nearly $1 trillion from #Medicaid and refusing to renew Affordable Care Act subsidies. 166
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Trump is planning to host a third gala for the top investors of his $TRUMP crypto coin. He and his family have raked in $2.2 billion from their crypto ventures, while their investors have lost almost the same amount. They’ll fleece anyone they can — even their own supporters. 1101365631
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 328110944310
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power. The power to throw workers under the bus. The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives. The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. 37058612440
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Totally not a conflict of interest at all. 58221
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… 16584217
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Tim Snyder is correct: If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money and tackle our corrupt system. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests. 17143391389
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019. If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will. Watch.youtu.beHow to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist 6721541013
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026In 1989 CEOs made 60x the average worker. Today it's 325x. I guess the corporate ladder is getting taller. With @svaneksmith.bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… 28458134
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Susan Collins is blatantly corrupt. Hollywood couldn't write this in a script. 393111894243
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialStephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Siri, show me the deliberate destruction of eight decades of American-led international diplomacy and cooperation in one photograph: 20464192
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialJay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I honestly don’t get the current strategy which is to just gaslight everyone and hope it works 231
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialSenator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026First the wedding, now the ballroom — “Trump/Russia” gets smellier and smellier.esquire.comA Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity. 56686333
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 03/10/2026"Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress. The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation's primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 44222
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wage growth just keeps slowing. And yes, wages are rising slower than prices, and no, that's not how economic growth is meant to work. 23607201
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialdemocracydefendersfund.org @democracydefendersfund.org · 01/10/2026Yesterday, the court ordered DOJ to expedite our FOIA requests for the Epstein files. DOJ should have been moving already. Now they have a court order. We’ll keep the pressure on until the records are public.democracydefendersfund.orgJudge Grants Expedited Processing of FOIA Request for Epstein Files Mentioning Trump or Mar-a-LagoA federal judge ordered the Department of Justice to expedite processing of Democracy Defenders Fund’s Freedom of Inform 03217
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine. 462218777
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialRick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Eric Schmitt and The Troll Kingdom How the MAGA Hate Machine Works www.againstallenemies.net/p/eric-schmi...againstallenemies.netEric Schmitt and The Troll KingdomHow the MAGA Hate Machine Works 39366107
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The bond yield story just keeps getting starker. 50529145
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 29/09/2026The damage of Trump's economic and foreign policy decisions will take decades, if not generations, to repair. 1618336
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialLindsay Owens @lindsayowens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bookshop: bit.ly/GougedBookshop Amazon: bit.ly/GougedAmazon PRH: bit.ly/GougedPRHbit.lyGouged: The End of a Fair Price--and What That Means for Your Wallet“A thrilling true crime story about how the largest corporate monopolies in America have hatched a scheme to pick our pockets. Gouged is the book corporate America does not want you to read.”—Robert B... 25627
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialLindsay Owens @lindsayowens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Gouged" is OUT! I started this book angry about all the ways corporations are ripping us off. I finished it hopeful, because once you know how they're doing it—you can start to fight back. Thanks to everyone who has been part of this. Now go read it. 1424899
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialWatchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026California bans officers’ use of electric-shock gloves after ICE reveals plan to equip agents. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comCalifornia bans officers’ use of electric-shock gloves after ICE reveals plan to equip agentsState passes law banning local, state and federal officers from using gloves that deliver painful electric shocks 01510
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialAmericans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 29/09/2026MAGA Inc sits on a $400 MILLION war chest. That's more than the budget of some entire states. While you skip coffee, billionaires are buying Congress. Tax the rich. 12910
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Supreme Court literally implied that he is immune to any kind of legal limit - or sanction, at least. 36113
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My belief: This election isn’t about the economy in 2027. It’s about the economy in 2060. Prosperity comes from institutions like the rule of law, markets, a free press, and capitalism (not crony capitalism) newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…newsletter.platypuseconomics.comWe Spend So Much Time Talking About Gas PricesBut is that what we really want to focus on? Also: Is the U.S. economy really the envy of the world? 29526131
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is about as insane as it gets. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump asked China's president if he wants to buy US arms, ambassador saysThe U.S. ambassador to China says President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States. 812836
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialTim Keller @timkellerdaily.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in need—regardless of race class & religion—is your neighbor. Not everyone is your brother or sister in the faith but everyone is your neighbor” Source: Generous Justice 032
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialDave Troy @davetroy.com · 27/09/2026📙 BOOKS: People ask me what to read to understand how we got here. So we've published the "America 2.0 Reading List." 120 books — the founders on faction, Russia's political technologists, the anti-democratic right, and the strange ideas underneath it all. america2.news/the-america-...america2.newsThe America 2.0 Reading ListBooks to understand how we got here — and how to fix it. 76841
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system. 546156776032
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialdemocracydefendersfund.org @democracydefendersfund.org · 22/09/2026We’re taking on Trump Media’s scheme to sell wealthy traders early access to the president’s market-moving posts. Today at 1 PM PT, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu will lay out the case against Truth API. Proud to fight alongside his office & WLG & Platkin LLP. Tune in live:youtube.comCity Attorney Chiu Announces Major Legal ActionYouTube video by SFCityAttorney 0112
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sarah is one of the smartest and most principled people in American politics. 47212
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialOliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026CNN PANIC is setting in now that David Ellison will control the network in a matter of weeks: "People are anxious and worried... Unlike other mergers ... that we've been through, we have the preview of CBS, so it's not like people don't have a sense of what's coming." www.status.news/p/david-elli...status.newsEllison’s Bonta BlowoutDavid Ellison worked the phones over the weekend to secure a settlement for his Warners takeover—but the deal’s supposed safeguard for CNN is already drawing skepticism from inside the network as staf... 60647200
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is what a rigged economy looks like. 20380093298
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialDave Troy @davetroy.com · 04/07/2026EXCLUSIVE: Every week, Russia's Security Council reports what the Kremlin thinks. And they're not just fighting for territory in Ukraine — they are fighting to remake the world order by winning over hearts and minds globally. america2.news/what-russia-...america2.newsWhat Russia Believes: Weekly Reports Reveal the Kremlin's Distorted WorldviewThe Kremlin's internal security bulletins reveal a fight not over territory but a metaphysical contest — one waged, and slowly won, through information warfare the West largely ignores. 710568
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialRev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is Christian extremism. If a radical Muslim military leader was doing this in another country, using the Quran to stoke commitment to a holy war among young recruits, the condemnation from American Christians would be swift and severe. The hypocrisy is astounding. 414457
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialPaul Rieckhoff @rieckhoff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026He is ALWAYS jamming in his form of religion. Always. Without reservation. Or accountability. This is not how any leader should EVER speak to our dedicated and diverse troops of all (and no) religious backgrounds. 2624461
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialDr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As a former megachurch youth pastor I can tell you that Hegseth is running the military like a megachurch youth pastor, which as a former megachurch youth pastor I can tell you is a bad idea. 261126247
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Notice how in the US, focused discussion of policy questions can never be sustained as media moves very quickly to convert everything into a pageant of personalities. www.ft.com/content/9071...ft.comJon Ossoff’s Georgia race stirs talk of 2028 US presidential auditionDemocrat’s media-savvy attacks on ‘crook president’ give him lead in state’s pivotal Senate election along with national attention 15511
Reposted by @usapatriot.bsky.socialProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/09/2026One of the reasons why military coups work in many societies is that you seek to control the physical space of the Capitol. That is why Congress controls the 10 acre mile that constitutes the White House, the Supreme Court, and the Capitol. That is why Congress was granted control of D.C. 1023381