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I am a Professor of Political Science, Forensic Linguistics, and Semiotics. I study power, democracy, and governance.
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How do I know you're not a free thinker? flip.it/2_WWwW

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Short of amending the Constitution, which Trump does not have the votes for, there is no legal way to get a 3rd term. Trump attempting to stay in office will spark a civil war/revolution.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

None of these people have the experience or knowledge of how to manage this program. Trump orders shift on student loan management to Small Business Administration flip.it/v4ZooH

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is trashing the US economy to get the government out of the way of him and his super wealthy friends. The rest of us are just cannon fodder.

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

Trump has made employment discrimination legal again. www.politifact.com/article/2025...

submitted 145 days ago • 0 comments

Since 1981 I have been waiting for tax cuts to trickle down. If you think giving the wealthy free rein will magically make their gains work for you, you probably still believe the Easter Bunny is real.

submitted 159 days ago • 0 comments

Trump wants to fully close the southern border. Such an action would cost Americans a loss of $200 million of revenue per day.

submitted 161 days ago • 0 comments

The working class has lost wealth to the richest 1%.

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

Remember, insurance companies only profit off of you when they prevent you from getting the medical care you need.

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

flip.it/L6ZMdy

submitted 176 days ago • 0 comments

The only reason private sector employers don't want you to share your pay info with your fellow employees is control. It keeps the workforce weak and easier to manipulate into working hard for other people's profits.

submitted 177 days ago • 0 comments

The 1% didn't make their money making the lives of the working class better. To them, labor is just like any resource they believe exists so they may exploit it for their narrow benefit.

submitted 177 days ago • 0 comments

The new billionaire president and the wealthiest cabinet in US history is ushering in a new era of plutocracy. The working class are guaranteed to suffer.

submitted 177 days ago • 0 comments

'Can’t certify the election': GOP reps say 'protracted' speakership battle could delay Trump flip.it/jygTe_

submitted 177 days ago • 0 comments

Why do we kiss the ring of the rich? We were sold the lie that if we didn't, our world would collapse. We believed this lie for far too long. We trusted the lie for far too long. At the end of the day, it is still a lie.

submitted 178 days ago • 0 comments

Greenland Hits Back After Trump’s Dangerous, Asinine Threat flip.it/plFcwW

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If you haven’t already, please consider following @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social — organizations I co-founded to help counter myths and disinformation about the economy and politics. I expect our team to be posting here more actively in the coming months.

submitted 219 days ago • 949 comments

Inspired by his tough-guy bravado and promises to expel immigrants from the US, the German far-right has projected onto Trump a “fantasy of ethnonational power” they seek to replicate.

submitted 178 days ago • 21 comments

www.sociologylens.net/article-type...

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Trump Appoints Mark Burnett as Special Envoy to U.K. politicalwire.com/2024/12/21/t...

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