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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

submitted 12 hours ago • 969 comments

Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.

submitted 15 hours ago • 252 comments

History teaches us that when governments begin persecuting a vulnerable minority group while simultaneously making it harder for members of that group to escape persecution by fleeing abroad... it doesn't end well for anyone. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

So glad to be able to talk about "The Shining" with my friend and fellow cinephile Izabel Babic. Recorded live on YouTube... #theshining #stanleykubrick

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

One thing Musk, Trump, and Vance all have in common is that they are three distinct subtypes of the Extremely Online Rageaholic Asshole. That gives them undeniable power and a kind of energy, but a point is going to come when it blows up in their faces. Pray that it's before it blows up in ours.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

What kills me is that Elon Musk is such a weak man. Never forget PayPal paid him to leave because “he was far too annoying to work with.” He’s a coddled man baby and having the DOJ investigating Rep. Garcia because he got his feelings hurt is embarrassing.

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

“There are many good reasons to accommodate budding dictators, and only one reason not to: Anticipatory obedience is a key building block of their power. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Trump handed massive tax cuts to the rich in 2017. Now he's planning even more cuts. How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them? By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs. Trickle up economics.

submitted 3 days ago • 159 comments

fantasizing about a world where an opposition congress responds to trump’s attempts to usurp legislative power by defunding the entire white house staff

submitted 3 days ago • 251 comments

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

submitted 3 days ago • 1216 comments

Every day will give us a new hero somewhere.

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

@juliusgoat.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 727 comments

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

submitted 5 days ago • 840 comments

813 US billionaires held a record $6.72 trillion in wealth at the end of 2024. The bottom 50% of Americans held roughly $3.9 trillion in wealth. When 813 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

submitted 5 days ago • 176 comments

A thing I wish I could teach people is that the vast majority of very rich people are deeply stupid. They did not get where they are because of ingenuity or talent. They got there because of compound interest on hereditary wealth and being tax cheats.

submitted 5 days ago • 175 comments

This is what oligarchy looks like.

submitted 6 days ago • 1059 comments

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone. Don't fall for it.

submitted 6 days ago • 221 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 7 days ago • 5664 comments

My interview with David Lynch - where we talk about his ideas and film techniques - is back on the BBC after nearly 25 years. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

submitted 9 days ago • 788 comments

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to programs that millions of people rely on. 4) Repeat. Don't let them get away with it.

submitted 9 days ago • 240 comments

These are sick people. They have all the money in the world and still want more. They need to spend seven years in prison reading and contemplating Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, and then go into the deep, deep therapy that they have more than the means to afford.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

republicans could never persuade the public to vote for social security cuts so instead they’re gonna have their billionaire dictator unilaterally destroy the program

submitted 13 days ago • 155 comments

It may seem foolish or useless to speak out like this but it's our jobs as citizens to exercise our speech. This goes out to all those billionaires trying to ruin our form of life and government. Come on now working people...let's have solidarity and say no to the billionaires.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Following Trump's purge of its pro-worker leadership, the NLRB has reportedly dropped its opposition to a SpaceX lawsuit arguing the agency itself is unconstitutional. The richest man in the world is getting a solid return on his $290M investment in Trump.

submitted 11 days ago • 108 comments

Warren on Elon Musk destroying the CFPB: "It is a little like a bank robber saying, 'I know what let's do. Let's fire the cops, turn off the alarms,' just as the robber decides to stroll into the lobby of the bank."

submitted 11 days ago • 70 comments

Without the CFPB, giant financial institutions — like banks, mortgage lenders, credit card companies, and debt collection companies — will have an easier time picking your pocket. It’s clear who Trump and Musk serve — and it’s not you.

submitted 12 days ago • 125 comments

I wrote about the biggest rap performance of all time, Kendrick’s positioning of anti-Drake-ness as part of a larger pro-Blackness and justice for Serena Williams andscape.com/features/gen...

submitted 12 days ago • 104 comments