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Good people are decrying MAGA, extreme-right and the super-rich by posting on X: owned and controlled by a super-rich MAGA righwinger... If all decent folks en masse moved to Bluesky, we could take back a little bit of control over our news feeds and reduce their influence. Just a thought...

So the USA is stealing Venezuelan oil and entrenching a new dictator in power to oppress the Venezuelan people. There needs to be a reckoning for all this.

REP. @AOC: “We the people demand full protected & restored voting rights… guaranteed healthcare for every American as a right and not a privilege… one job with no need for overtime should be enough for our most basic needs…”

Mitch McConnell can get 75 days off as a US Senator, but women can’t get maternity leave. Welcome to America.

The world is 700% richer than in 1970 but the average person is only 8% richer. Because the richest 0.01% are 4000% richer. We are all being robbed every second of every day, and it doesn't matter how much profit or growth there is. It will never reach you.

Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]

Can you guess how much the minimum wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?

We are already being invaded. But the billionaires don't use tanks, drones and bombs. They use banks, loans and Landlord slums.

In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $20.5M in 2025 — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 958x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency The rest of the world can see that the Emperor is naked so why can't #MAGA?

It's amazing that this isn't front page news every day, and that the democrats aren't bringing this up in every conversation. MAGA and Trump don't care about Americans, they are enriching themselves over your backs! (And screwing up the world as a side effect)

Definitely on the path to 2026 having more heatwave days than the WHOLE of the 20th Century. But, Drill baby Drill!

Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.

Russia shows how it blew up part of Dobropillia today, claiming the buildings were used by Ukraine military.

This is quite an accurate description of what's been going on for the last 30 odd years.

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.

Sickening

The Todd Blanche Confirmation: #EpsteinFiles #GOP

app.nos.nl/shorthand/is... The Dutch NOS news (centrist, non-partisan) wrote a Gaza reminder: Israel grabs more of Gaza (70%), builds fortifications and continues to bomb civilians in the wasteland which is Gaza. Direct violations of the ceasefire and international Law. No solution in sight.

he did this so people would blame the democrates.

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".

Nothing like a bunch of criminals persecuting an honest man!

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... Like usual, the left tries to fix problems while the right tries to gain power by any means including lying. Please read on to the last paragraph. If you have to use falsified data to make your point you don't have a point! Meanwhile, Spain burns and people die.

As a new month begins, the skies are still light, but the soul is heavy. The darkness of Russia's collective character is evident wherever it treads, wherever it spreads murder, hate, colonial neo-nazism. It's Day 1620 of this💩in🇺🇦 And I've made a daily thread every one of 'em!

Day 1619 of Ukraine being forced to fight for its freedom, its very existence. Of course the war had been going on for 12 years and, having been a very small part of EuroMaidan, I don't forget that. But only since 2022 has the threat become existential. Here's Friday's daily🧵

The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.

Couldn’t agree more. Dr. Fauci is an American hero.

Belatedly, but I made it for the daily thread on Day 1613 of the war started by Russia, but hopefully to be finished by Ukraine, to restore the (more) peaceful order + balance. A succession of nights with little sleep kept me out of action for a few hours, but ready to go now!

Corporate media continues to pretend to not know the difference between Democratic Socialism and dictator communism because they are owned by fascist billionaires.

Another example of the danger of inequality. In a true democracy all voices should count equally. However, this graph shows very clearly that selfish billionaire media tycoons have an oversized influence. Meanwhile the next heatwave has arrived. What world are we leaving for our children?

It's almost as if the media is controlled by a small group of people that use its reach to manipulate politics.

Day 1609 of the war in Ukraine - and Russia. The aggressor is increasingly getting a taste of its own medicine. It's regrettable Ukraine's allies didn't have the will to force Putin to step back earlier, so the only way is for Russia itself to suffer. Here's the daily thread:

Very Well Said, Bruce….

A new week begins and so does a new thread, covering all the events in Ukraine and Russia on Day 1608 of Putin's war of choice. Just 1,605 days behind schedule now and we've now completed two world cups since the full invasion. No sleep yet for me 'cos there's a lot of news...

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.

It's kind of funny how accurately we can tell how many undocumented immigrants there are in a certain state. Makes one wonder what undocumented really means. And how much of a risk these people pose... (Hint: not very much)

I honestly don't care very much about football, and this heavily politicised & American highest mess I care about even less. However, I do care a lot about the subject matter in the photograph. So I know who I will be rooting for

This makes a A whole lot of sense. And it's something that is not said out loud often enough

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Today I made an unannounced visit to ICE’s facility in Scarborough, Maine. What I heard was unacceptable: no body cameras, no training, and no accountability. Johan Guerrero should be alive. Congress must act. Abolish ICE. End qualified immunity.

Thames Water increased its bonus payouts to £4.1m for senior managers. It has £19.7bn debt, fleeces customers, dumps sewage in rivers, loses billions of litres of water to leaky pipes. Numerous criminal convictions, licence not revoked. But bosses rewarded .. for what? Govt/Ofwat do nothing.

Stop the presses. Absolutely shocking news here. Fetterman, a so-called Dem who has made a hobby of voting against his party, has been getting donations from a major GOP donor "Numerous Pennsylvania Democrats are reportedly considering challenging Fetterman in 2028" - and they damn well should.