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I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."

Today, Pamela Jo Bondi, our most recent head of the Department of Justice, is blithely ignoring a valid, legal subpoena requiring her to testify before Congress. We are not a nation of laws. We are a nation of some people can get away with anything.

Turned on NBC. They talked about “President tipping a DoorDash driver $100”. This woman participated in GOP ads before playing other roles. There is no DoorDash deliveries to the Oval Office. Please exercise proper judgement when consuming news.

New installment for #ShortStoeySaturday vrcraftauthor.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/h...

Look, IDC about the Olympics normally, but if I'd known there was a dog competing, I'd have tuned in for just that part.

My latest #ShortStorySaturday : vrcraftauthor.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/s...

This Valentine's Day, why not snuggle up with a loved one and read my long damn post about "AI" and some of my current thoughts about where it's at, where it's going, and how much anyone should engage with it? Best Valentine's Day ever! whatever.scalzi.com/2026/02/14/1...

ICYMI! Reading for the Uncanny Magazine Poll? Try the short story "Hi! I’m Claudia" by Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social! You can read it here! buff.ly/IYCV5CI

(cartoon David Horsey)

Martin Luther King Jr. understood better than almost anyone that racial justice and economic justice are inextricably intertwined. Watch his powerful call to end poverty from his final Sunday Sermon.

What do these companies have in common? -Cigna -Comcast -General Mills -Allstate -Marriott -Hilton -Walmart -Amazon -Microsoft -Meta All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election. And all have broken that promise.

Your activism will be even more important this year. Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026

Stranger Things comfort food gets a plant-based twist for Veganuary

Democracy depends on a fearless and free press. Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media. They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs. Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker. Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps. Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

#tfw you read a lot of books this year, but you're not organized enough to track them in Goodreads or whatever so you can't post a list of all the books you read like apparently everyone else on the planet.

Pluribus really introduced a nightmare scenario here: What if you had read ALL THE BOOKS and there were no more and your only hope of getting a new book was a woman who hates you for, you know, that minor incident where you took over her planet?

ICYMI! Reading 2025 fiction? Try the short story "Unbury" by Kirsty Logan! You can read it here! buff.ly/eYgPDwv

I've got a book in this 👀👀👀 and so do a LOT of other amazing authors

The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years. Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

Got this haul at the #library today. I only had to pay $5 of my fines. Checked out more books than I meant to, got home, and realized I forgot to get the book they're holding for me...facepalm.

The weekend may be over but this sale is not!!

Today is a good day to grab #IndieBooks on sale 👀👀

i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies. I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/

How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]

How to get rid of Citizens United? We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united

Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy

Good morning To clarify

Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

Anyway you should buy Choices and definitely tell me if any of the stories make your uterus whisper to you books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q

Pluribus! Have you seen it? vrcraftauthor.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/w...

The most unbelievable thing about the Progressive “stop young homeowners from turning into their parents” commercials is acting like young people in this country can afford a house.

Watching The Diplomat reminds me when I was 8 & I asked my parents what the VP does while waiting for the prez to die. Mom said, "He goes to funerals." Apparently realizing that wasn't enough, she & my dad fumbled around for another thing & landed on "making speeches." They didn't have Netflix.

Watching The Diplomat and it's like being transported to a parallel universe where things like rules and laws still matter to the people running our country and no one is prioritizing a ballroom. It's bizarre.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

It's not rude to ask creators the best way to make sure your money gets to them, I assure you! They will be generally happy to tell you. Indeed, I have a whole article about it: whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...

Good Lord, how does the boot leather taste? Corporations have been using machine learning & other software to screen resumes, without a human touching them, for a decade. Then, when job-seekers do the same thing, this writer *clutches his pearls*? 😆😆😆😆 www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Every bit of this mess that we’re currently enduring is because rich people need more money & they dgaf if you’re hungry or homeless or dead in order for them to get more money

OH HEY I WROTE ONE OF THOSE AND YOU CAN BUY IT AT books2read.com/u/mVBOkJ