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Whenever certain neighbors yell too loudly, I randomly will offer food and things get better for them for a while.. no more yelling. Food scarcity sucks and people get mean. Not their fault. It's nature. When food stamps didn't hit in November, the change in the neighborhood itself was audible.

3/ "Between 2024 and 2025, under the Trump-Vance economy, Black adults who confirmed they experienced job loss increased by about three percentage points— the largest increase among all racial and ethnic groups, SHED revealed." That class thing?

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AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins

Let's go! Mark Zuckerberg is in the #EpsteinFiles. Donald Trump is in the #TrumpsteinFiles. Not-Prince Andrew is in the files. Steve Bannon: in the files. Bill Gates, RFK Jr, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk: all in the files.

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The Felon in Chief and his nazified sidekick Miller think that cruelty is a winning message. There are more good people in this world who care about human dignity. I would prefer we rid ourselves of these white nationalists All real Christians should be appalled at these actions by our government

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Luca Migo@victinibcn.bsky.social · 3d ago

Forcing Haitian neighbors onto electronic tags in Ohio while stripping their TPS protections is pure cruelty. Watching long-term residents broken down in tears just for checking in exposes a deeply heartless system. We must demand human dignity, respect, and immediate protections! 🎥freedomnews.tv

Before 1982, it was illegal for corporations to buyback their own stock. Instead they spent it on their workers, pensions, plant and equipment, research and development, etc.

Movements drive parties. Not the reverse. Every movement in the last century to create a bigger and better democracy— Labor Civil Voting Women LGBTQ+ Chicano Environment —all were adopted by the Democratic Party and rejected wholeheartlessly by the Republican Party.

Every movement in the last century to create a bigger and better democracy-
Labor rights
Civil rights
Voting rights
Women
LGBTQ+
Chicano
Environment
-all were adopted by the Democratic Party
and every one was rejected wholeheartlessly by the Republican Party.

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

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Here’s a couple dozen items that most to most all Americans feel we need and deserve, but that Reagan, Bush, and Trump Republicans have decided we can never have because the rich must get to stuff more dollars into their already stuffed pockets.

80-84%
Universal Free Dental, Vision & Hearing Care
Want: Standard dental, vision, and hearing integrated into primary coverage.
Reality: Medicare excludes routine dental/vision; requires extra private add-on plans.
80-82%
Universal Paid Sick Days
Want: Federally guaranteed baseline of paid annual sick leave for all workers.
Reality: No federal paid sick law, leaving low-wage and gig workers unprotected.
80%
End Citizens United (Campaign Finance Reform)
Want: Restrict corporate and billionaire spending in political elections.
Reality: Supreme Court precedent treats political donations as protected speech.
80%
Supreme Court Reform
Want: Establish term limits, binding ethics codes, or expansion of the bench.
Reality: Justices hold lifetime tenure without a federally enforceable judicial ethics code.
75-84%
Universal Paid Family & Medical Leave
Want: Guaranteed paid leave for childbirth, family caregiving, or illness.
Reality: U.S. is the only high-income nation without federal paid leave.
75-79%
Automatic Short-Term Disability Insurance
Want: Immediate temporary income replacement during non-work illnesses.
Reality: SSDI covers long-term disability only (1+ year): short-term coverage is rare.
75%
Paid Family Leave & Childcare Expansion
Want: Comprehensive federal funding for infant care and early childhood programs.
Reality: Childcare costs exceed college tuition in many states: Head Start reach is limited.
75%
Criminal Justice Reform
Want: End mandatory minimums, reform bail, and address mass incarceration.
Reality: Federal policy relies heavily on punitive sentencing and private detention facilities.
73%
Universal Free Pre-K & Subsidized Childcare
Want: Income-capped childcare fees and free universal pre-kindergarten.
Reality: Federal funding reaches only a fraction of eligible low-income families.
72-83%
Caps on Prescription Drug Costs for All
Want: Out-of-pocket price limits on essential drugs across all health plans.
Reality: Federal out-of-pocket caps apply stri…

El-Sayed: "Imagine if instead of paying that to your health insurance company, whose CEO makes $20m a year, you paid a little bit more in taxes for healthcare you wouldn't lose. I think all of us would a lot more interested in that system if we knew our healthcare would be free at point of care"