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submitted 1 day ago • 472 comments

Recently hopped back on X to keep up with the latest posts by Musk. Realized all I have to do is keep informed of the latest delusional fact free right wing propaganda and I'll get the gist. Just decided to permanantly deactivate my X account.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Seems Trump administration has it backwards: instead of Robin Hood taking from the rich and giving it to the poor, they’re a hood robbing from the poor and middle class federal workers and giving it to the rich.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Does anyone think that the nearly $100 billion Elon & investors offered to spend on purchasing Open AI would be better spent lifting every family with children in the US up to the poverty threshold of $32,150 per year for a family of 4?

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

BOOM! Bishop Mariann Budde has responded to her critics who told her to apologize to Donald Trump. “I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others.” Smash that repost if you agree she owes Trump ZERO apologies!! 🦋

submitted 29 days ago • 513 comments

submitted 31 days ago • 581 comments

Sandwiched between Eisenhower’s warming about the military-industrial complex and Biden’s concerns about a tech-industrial complex we had a Bush era security-industrial complex that still has a voracious appetite.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

After hearing Zuckerberg suggest that anyone who decides to delete their Facebook account because it will no longer fact-check is virtue signaling, I decided to virtue signal and just deleted my account. Ah...nothing like a good virtuous dump!

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

President Trump should require Hegseth, if confirmed, to undergo a comprehensive assessment for alcohol use and abuse issues and receive treatment in an evidence-based program if the assessment warrants. Just say no is not an evidence-based approach to substance use disorders.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Does anyone else think that Rachel Maddow would make an excellent presidential candidate?

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

I hope politicians & citizens from states receiving more federal money than they pay in federal taxes-Alaska, Mississippi, Montana, West Virginia, Louisiana, Arizona, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Wyoming & Delaware- support needed federal disaster aid to California

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Now every parent can look their child in the eyes and say, "You too can become president even if you are a convicted felon but probably not a manager at McDonalds"

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Everywhere I go, I see firefighters and first responders putting their lives on the line to protect Californians affected by the wildfires. Your bravery and dedication to protecting our communities are nothing short of heroic. Thank you for embodying the Golden State's resiliency.

submitted 44 days ago • 9 comments

No need for sophisticated legal analysis by Justice Sotomayor on DT's appeal. All she needs to do is imagine what the majority on the Robert’s court would do & then do the opposite and justice will be served!

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Happy New Year.

submitted 53 days ago • 53 comments

As of January 6, 2025, the average price of a gallon of gas in the United States is $3.068 for regular and $3.897 for premium. Let’s keep track regularly over the next 4 years to help the media, politicians, and pundits honest.

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

Let's Keep Track of the average price for a dozen Grade A large eggs in the USA according to BLS to help keep the media, politicians, and pundits honest over the next 4 years: 1/7/25: ~$3.65

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

Let's Keep track of the number of monthly US Border Patrol encounters with migrants to help keep the media, politicians, and pundits honest over the next 4 years: December 2024: 47,300 encounters

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Do you agree with the following (Yes, No, Why?) Facts themselves will not stop Trump’s turning his make believe into a faux American reality. We need to acknowledge and systematically address the mass delusion and paranoia embraced by millions of his supporters

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Prediction re MAGA v DOGE on Immigration: DOGE=$$ Trump LOVES $$ and herds MAGA DOGE wins

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

@georgetakei.bsky.social It’s Not Rocket Science:Ask AI to provide numerical best estimates of income level & federal tax rate that would raise taxes on upper end of our income distribution, gradually bring down debt, stabilize modest economic growth, and ensure all Americans live above poverty line

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

@marcelias.bsky.social My Dem starter pack: Ask ChatGPT to provide numerical best estimates of income level & federal tax rate that would raise taxes on upper end of our income distribution, gradually bring down debt, stabilize modest economic growth, and ensure all Americans live above poverty line

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Please ask any AI tool to: Provide numerical best estimates of income level & federal tax rate that would raise taxes on upper end of our income distribution, gradually bring down debt, stabilize modest economic growth, and ensure that all Americans live above poverty line

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Instead of complaining, Musk could ask great quant minds of Silicon Valley to find sweet spots in our tax code that raise taxes on upper end of our income distribution in a way that gradually brings down debt, stabilizes modest economic growth, and ensures that all Americans live above poverty line.

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Re the conservative complaint that most academics are Democrats-- Could it be that as the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice, the arc of knowledge bends toward those who cultivate critical thinking through the pursuit of higher education?"

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments