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@kairyssdal.bsky.social will the national debt be our country's savior in this era of complicit Republicans and ineffective Democrats? Good opinion piece that reiterates points you've been making on your APM shows over the past 100ish days. finance.yahoo.com/news/comment...

May 20, 2025

Plot twist! It turns out the person who posted this reminder for seniors to opt out of paying their annual school parcel taxes (yes that is a thing in California) isn't even old enough to qualify! So why his interest? Well... this comment may be a clue:

I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

I'm compiling state-by-state lists of independent media on BS. If you're a #reporter #journalist @ me with your city/state/beat to be added. And keep an eye out for #TruthBombs - a new action using local news in meme format to combat disinformation and voter apathy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiYp...

In last place? “Relocating production or services to the U.S.”

Labor productivity has been growing for two years now, and last year it was especially strong. But President Donald Trump’s trade war, and an economic slowdown this year, could undo that progress. And if productivity stalls, the economy could suffer in the long run.

Just letting the day slow down for a moment.

Very good recommendations here of Ukrainian literature in English.

This isn’t the first time a leader has promised an economic golden age ushered in by tariffs. It’s been promised before and it’s been tried before.

Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

AOC: Some of the Republicans whose districts we visited just warned their leadership that they’re not sure they can vote for Medicaid cuts now. We’ve got them on their back foot. But our job is not done. We will rally every corner of the U.S. We will not stop until they actually vote no.

German businesses heard a similar pitch in 1940. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hoooooooo boy

Please get individual voters to sue over and over. The GOP will try this all OVER the country. Corrupt as hell fight back.

Millions of you, around the world, have put the lessons I wrote in #OnTyranny in late 2016 to good use. It has been humbling to learn how from courageous and creative dissenters, protestors, and oppositionists. I was honored when John Lithgow volunteered to read them aloud.

"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant

We used to talk around the @marketplace.org office about what the first question would be if we got got an interview with him. I think we landed on asking him to tell us how tariffs actually work.

Holy shit. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... He's actually doing it. Consolidating all payments under the Tsy. Not to toot my own horn too much, but this is exactly what my paper is trying to address and oppose. We need a strong digital fisc vision to counter this.

Need to compare this Administration's next "deal" to Chuck Schumer's "deal" to pass the CR in exchange for nothing.

open.substack.com/pub/frederic...

trumpgolftrack.com

The weight of one snowflake can start an avalanche!

Oh wow, as if the unconstitutional power grabs or geopolitical instability weren't bad enough, the banks are being unregulated?!? www.npr.org/2025/02/27/n...

Words are boring, try learning about Project 2025 via graphic novel instead. stopproject2025comic.org