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The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
When Trump touts the stock market as a sign of a good economy, remember who is benefiting the most.
Poverty is a policy decision. Concentrated wealth is a policy decision. Inequality is a policy decision.
Economic inequality is not some naturally occurring phenomenon. It is the consequence of choices.
One question I always urge my students to ask: who is the market organized for — and why?
In 2025, a majority of S&P 500 CEOs made more in 1 day than the median US worker made the entire year.
Meanwhile, the median US worker would need to work 43,154 years to earn what Trump made in 2025 thanks to his crypto scams & various grifts.
When I say the system is broken, this is what I mean.
There's a secret reason your electric bill is going up — and not enough people are talking about it.
Here's what you should know about investor-owned utility companies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U98f...
Two neighbors live less than 2,000 feet apart.
One pays up to $500/month for electricity. The other averages $130.
One has investor-owned National Grid. The other by a municipal utility.
@popovichn.bsky.social and I dug into America’s widening power bill divide: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Beautiful colours and a wonderful experience at the Eagle Canyon Adventures. Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park. 45 minutes east of Thunder Bay, ON.
Wonderful Thanksgiving spent with family.
#grateful
Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery.
Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned.
We are far past left vs right.
Our choice is democracy or fascism.
The only thing out of Dems’ mouths for the next six weeks should be: Donald Trump single-handedly drove up gas prices by starting a senseless war, and it will only get worse if you re-elect Republicans
A big thanks to Ed Wilf of Reliable Renovations and my son Kevin for all their work tearing down our old fence and building a new one. The old one was so rotten the boards were fluttering in the wind and we were worried little dog Ruby might get out. The new fence is as solid as a rock.
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.
This is how fast oil use can disappear
China's reduction in oil consumption during first half of 2026 due to replacement of fossil vehicles with EVs exceeded the UK’s entire oil consumption during that period
China’s CO2 emis fall Q226 due to plummeting oil use
carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
This stunning mural was painted in the Children’s Department of the Fort Frances Library by local artist Lindsay Hamilton. She is so talented, I’m sure the children love it.
#Booksky#Books#Read#WondersOfTheWorld
@gandersocial.ca I love the concept of Gander and have tried to join the site but have no intention of uploading a copy of my government ID to a social media site (even via Canada Post) to verify I am Canadian.
#SorryNotSorry
Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers.
These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR.
We need a data center moratorium — now.
Funny how the greed of billionaires
always seems to coincide with
a total lack of empathy
and hatred of the natutral world
on which our survival depends
via Science Pulse
Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship.
But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen.
Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship.
But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother.
They are both shameless hypocrites.
We are being Robbed Blind…..
“A sitting US president stole $900 million in another country's oil money and transferred it into his own private account in Qatar and y'all are worried about immigrants!!!”
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani announces click-to-cancel rule for NYC.
This rule is aimed at guaranteeing New Yorkers can cancel subscriptions as easily as they sign up — and stopping corporations from trapping customers.
This will save New Yorkers up to $162.5 million per year.
I have this gallery and all this art that no one ever sees so even if you're not in the market for art, just stop by and say hi & have a look at some local, original art.
#yeg
Hey Edmonton! Are you going to be at Art Walk this weekend?
Take a short walk south and come say hi at my first Open Studio in 2 years.
50% off paper prints. 25% off all originals. Live painting!
Friday to Sunday 10am-5pm
Please share and tell your friends!
#yeg
I lost my dear mother on June 27th, I am so sad😢 She was 96 and had a good like. It is just so hard to lose someone you love. I sure miss her.
Love you Momma, now and always❤️
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
Remember: These are the foundations of real freedom.
Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?
-From Quarks to Quasars 1/
Fired government scientists just launched a new site to keep climate data public.The site is called Climate.us & it was created by former staffers behind Climate.gov, the NOAA-run website long used by many for trusted climate information."
Some politicians yell “socialism” at every initiative designed to help people.
Maybe you've heard the word a few times already today.
But this is nothing more than an old scare tactic.
Watch.
1/ You think disinfo is random ppl posting lies. It is not. There is a for profit industry that sells reality distortion as a service. They build fake crowds, fake media, fake scandals, & fake “consensus” for clients who want power without fingerprints. #DV1#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory#USDemocracy
Fox Corporation is buying Roku for $22 billion. Roku sits in more than 100 million global streaming households. Fox owns Fox News, Tubi, and NFL and MLB broadcast rights. Fox now controls the hardware in your living room, the platform you use to access it, and your viewing data. Follow the money.
Poverty Could Be Easily
Eradicated in Days….
“5 WHITE DUDES HAVE MORE MONEY THAN HALF THE ENTIRE PLANET.
TELL ME AGAIN WHY A BROWN IMMIGRANT IS THE REASON YOU'RE STRUGGLING.”