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@larrythefink.bsky.social

83 years old Male Australian TAS resident. Widowed.

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Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h ago

The election EO appeal is about whether the fedl gov’t can change the rules of voting shortly before the midterms & whether SCOTUS will apply its own precedent consistently. Understanding the arguments is essential to understanding the outcome, so I parse them here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Trump's Executive Order on Voting: Blue State Attorneys General, and Some Retired Judges, Weigh In

Sunday night in The Week Ahead post, we discussed the Trump administration’s effort to push ahead with implementation of an executive order that would give the federal government greater control over ...

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Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d ago

Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d ago

People still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 4d ago

"It’s possible that seriousness is no longer something we want in politicians, that we’ve grown so used to the idea that Congress is a circus that we willingly elect clowns. If so, Constantino is definitely the guy." Read @billmckibben.bsky.social's commentary ↓

The Wannabe Trump Running for Congress in N.Y. Is Everything Wrong with Our Politics

Anthony Constantino, a Donald Trump-loving sticker magnate running for Congress in New York, is everything wrong with our politics in the MAGA era.

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@larrythefink.bsky.social · 3d ago

Exxon, Chevron Post $26.5 Billion in Combined Profits as High Gas Prices Pummel Americans www.commondreams.org/news/exxon-c... 𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓵𝔂 𝓹𝓪t𝓻𝓲𝓸t𝓲𝓬 Taxpayers shell out for more ammo?

Exxon, Chevron Post $26.5 Billion in Combined Profits as High Gas Prices Pummel Americans | Common Dreams

"While Americans suffer from high prices and the Iran war imposes tens of billions of dollars of new costs on the American public, the oil industry wins big."

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MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4mo ago

Energy inflation rose +10.9% (largest since 2005), while gasoline prices jumped 21.2% in March — the biggest increase since records began in 1967. Gas is now up nearly 40% since late February. 2/2

Rex Patrick@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 2w ago

Politicians using public money to post ‘entertainment pieces’ is not reasonable. If a government department used taxpayers’ money to post silly little videos, MPs and senators would rightly seek an explanation as to why. #auspol

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