Paul Amirault
@paulamirault.bsky.social
Los Angeles TV producer, writer, and Resister/Opposer happy to be breathing the clean air here at BlueSky I'm not usually such a potty mouth, but fascists piss me off. Also, I just binge watched Ted Lasso.
The only thing that trickles down in the trickle down theory is oligarch piss.
Ononebete@ononebete.bsky.social · 2d agoMicrosoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.
Did you see how Apple, Amazon Walmart and other big companies are refunding the billions of dollars they got back from the federal tariff settlement to their customers, who ultimately bore the cost of higher prices? Yea, me neither.
This is what leadership, compassion, and expertise looks like. (In the old days, it used to be called Americans helping Americans.)
Anthony Edwards@edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 4d agoThe multiagency California Team 7, comprising local, state and federal responders, announced it was taking command of the Spokane Complex fires.
Mitch McConnell is extending his Eternity Leave until at least August 4. Here’s the last known photo of him when he was still somewhat alive. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
A federal judge just ordered all of the Epstein files to be turned over to him and DOJ must defend each redaction. This is solely because of Katie Phang’s lawsuit. Yay independent journalism! 👏
This is a must-read. Turns out, Citizens United was a scam from the start. 🤬 👇
Greg Palast@gregpalast.bsky.social · 2w ago👀 Thom Hartmann, the historian & @hartmannreport.com host, has put on his deerstalker and discovered that the #CitizensUnited decision was based on the fraudulent reporting of a key Supreme Court case way back in 1886. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/thom-hartm...
If there wasn’t enough reasons to hate The Dodgers already.. Here’s one more
You can literally just post "Netanyahu is a war criminal " and get one thousand likes.
Public service announcement for Pete Hegseth. You won't have all those nifty hair products (nor that cute little makeup studio) in prison.
Ah, I see, (F)elon...Trump regrets. How quaint. But the damage is done--and you're not gonna be able to DODGE the consequences. #noredemptionarcforyou Have a nice day!
Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷@vero1986.bsky.social · 2w agoSuddenly, as His Empire Crumbles, Elon Musk Admits He Made a Huge Mistake With DOGE. After he and DOGE cost the American taxpayer $135 billion 2025 fiscal year alone. I doubt wel will ever know the full amount. I LOVE this for you. finance.yahoo.com/markets/cryp...
20 years teaching the Odyssey to college freshmen who didn't do the reading have emotionally prepared me for Twitter this week.
Is someone working on a law that allows Dems to strip every judge who refuses to acknowledge the election results of their lifetime appointment?
📌It's amazing how little attention is being paid to how expensive everything is right now. That's all we heard about from 2020-2024.
Iran can never be allowed to have nuclear material. But you are authorizing Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium. But Iran is a terrorist Nation! But Saudi Arabia funded and executed the attack on the US on 9/11.
Homan was recorded accepting a bag containing $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents during a 2024 sting operation. In the recorded meeting, Homan agreed to steer government contracts to the agents, who were posing as business executives. The WH Subsequently dismissed charges by against him.
Heads up: Taylor Farms lettuce is sold under these brand names: Marketside (sold at Walmart) Earthbound Farm (owned by Taylor Farms) Cross Valley Farms (owned by US Foods) Private labels for Target, Whole Foods (365), and Amazon Fresh. AVOID ALL OF THEM
“Don’t worry, Pete. That little speech I read was just for the voters back home. I have to put on these little shows to convince them I’m independent. You will get the $1.5 trillion for your wars even though I just gave ICE unlimited funding to run wild. We’ll just borrow more.”
Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO.
MS NOW was the only network to see gains in total viewership and key demo (adults 25-54) viewership in both primetime and total day numbers.
MS NOW Ratings Skyrocket as Fox News Hits Double Trouble
Plus, the latest numbers for CNN.
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