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freddydoss.bsky.social
Queer. Chaotic Millennial. Former DNC Member. Former Legislative Aide. Political Economist, Communications Professional & Podcast Producer. Missouri State & Webster U Alum.
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A real friend is never uncomfortable telling you, “I told you so.” Take all the time you need with this.

We told you so 🤷🏾‍♂️

If you make $50K working two jobs, the IRS knows every penny. If you make $5 million flipping crypto? Congress just made sure no one’s watching. The result? $4 billion in taxes that are still owed…just not paid

Trickle-downers love to claim that cutting capital gains taxes grows the economy. The truth? Capital gains taxes are mostly paid by the top 1%—and cutting them just grows inequality.

Broken government is a breeding ground for right-wing populism. When the public sees government failing to solve urgent problems, it erodes trust and allows authoritarian figures to step in with empty promises. If we’re serious about strengthening democracy, we need institutions that work.

The notion that any utility exec is doing anything worth 23 million f'ing dollars a year is just hilarious.

Trump's first 100 days: 100 ways to hurt workers. From cutting wages, apprenticeship programs, and freezing job training funds to axing safety regulations, Trump's first 100 days have been a direct attack on workers and their families. buff.ly/32BXdyi

Thanks to @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social for reissuing this interview about the #billionaire threat to democracy. I remember what an enjoyable, lively conversation it was!

What if the billionaire class knows the public would reject their agenda—so they figured out how to rig democracy before we could stop them? 🎧 This week’s episode with Nancy MacLean is a must-listen ➡️ bit.ly/NancyMac

They pit us against each other so that they can rob us blind while we fight over the literal scraps.

When people say organizations like @npr.org and @pbsnews.org have a liberal bias I never disagree because liberal assertions consistently have the facts and truth on their side—and those organizations have engaged in fact based reporting aimed at uncovering the truth for my entire life. So, yeah.

“These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace. They have to understand that we will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have. We must castigate them on the soapbox and then punish them at the ballot box.” - @jbpritzker.bsky.social spittin straight 🔥 Pass it on.

How I sign all my checks now cause the trumplicans are signing theirs “no tax on tips.”

Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.

This is why they don’t want to do due process.

Proof that capitalism isn’t efficient: LOOK AT HOW WE BOARD AIRPLANES!!!! A process that BY DESIGN could be perfectly efficient, but instead we’ve decided to monetize the boarding process so it’s incredibly inefficient.

Well, would ya look at that 🧐

$80 trillion—the biggest upward transfer of wealth in modern history didn’t just “happen.” It was the result of deliberate economic choices—deregulation, union busting, tax cuts for the rich, and globalization without guardrails—made by people who told you the market knows best. buff.ly/ie8BR39

Unconscionable that Republican lawmakers in San Salvador are allowed into the prison where Abrego Garcia is being held for photo ops, but Democratic lawmakers trying to secure his release are denied.

bruh

This. Few things are more laughable and maddening than media people whose ONLY JOB is to inform the public, blame the Democrats because the media refuse to inform the public what Democrats are saying.

Some of y’all never saw Man of the Year with Robin Williams and it shows. youtu.be/88oHSPecDY8?...

In the 5 years I spent working in the #moleg Republicans would whine that we couldn’t be sure that the state would receive the the federal money that makes up 1/3 of our state budget—now under THEIR GOP god-king it’s actually happening AT THE SAME TIME they’re trying to eliminate the income tax. 🤔

Just feckless.

Bro, there were 18 high ranking government officials on this fucking signal chat discussing SCIF-level military operations. DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE CALLING FOR ALLTHEIR RESIGNATIONS. Nothing gets through Congress until heads roll. FILIBUSTER EVERYTHING!

I know things are dire right now, but I still believe in the liberal promise that we can solve the biggest problems facing our country effectively—collectively.

At this point, I’ll vote for any Democrat who pledges to roll back every tax cut for people with incomes above 300k enacted since 2000. Our upside-down tax code is one of the primary drivers of inequality.

He’s celebrating that he convinced a 13-year-old rape victim to give birth, then parading her trauma and child like a trophy to justify taking more girls' rights. This isn’t about life. It’s about exploiting pain to grow a political movement built on coercion and control.

Miller is a very rational propagandist. He told this lie during the election. It lies at the entire TdA excuse for deportations, one which even Tulsi debunked the other day. So in fact this lie is under some threat, even ignoring the import of repeating lies to keep them operating.

Black women are really everything

It’s really strange how Trump figured out that Executive Orders are basically “longer tweets that drive giant media attention” and the media hasn’t figured it’s being played each time they report on these as if it’s Moses coming down the Mount with stone tablets.

All of these ppl are liars and crooks, and failing to treat them as such is a mistake.

Reminder that 'savvy' political fact checkers spent the entire campaign telling voters that Trump was not going to do the things he obviously was going to do.

Warnock: They are busy attacking ordinary people. They don’t understand what it’s like to ration your prescription drugs or what it’s like to try to figure out how to afford groceries. In the words of that prophet who just spoke at The Super Bowl: They not like us

Ok, good for him. He was probably cheating on her anyway. Men are such trash.

Dear WyPiPo, Don’t ask me what I’m doing to resist the second They’re Eating The Dogs Administration. My resistance, is existence. I understood the assignment. So, uhh good luck out there!

In America today, a Black woman with a Harvard degree is a DEI hire, but a white man who dropped out of community college to get a talk show on Fox News is qualified to run a federal agency.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: PRIMARY EVERY DEMOCRAT WHO BOWS TO TRUMP. The people deserve better and can do better than these cowards.

I don't think it's a coincidence the person with the most courage to take ownership for a failure is also the person I probably blame the least

If you’ve ever wondered why we don’t have nice things, it’s because of white supremacy

JD Vance is whole bitch.

It’s interesting who is allowed to insult voters. I remember it was a multi-day story when “clinging to guns and religion” came out in 2008, but the sitting VP attacking seniors who rely on fixed income is just a fart in a hurricane

Schumer got busted lying to us all in a manner that shows the democrats have lied to us repeatedly in an effort to downplay their own complicity in Americas descent into fascism and growing their own wealth even if it means killing democracy outright so someone like Schumer can go on a book tour.

you ever think about how medical care you need is completely inaccessible to you because the time you’d need to take to recover from it would get you fired from the job through which you access the only conceivable means to pay for it?

the biggest mistake the dem strategists made in 2024 was not letting him cook

They really fuckin called us crazy for saying he would do shit like this and he out here doin it. Congratulations whites!

I think what is making everyone so angry isn’t just the cowardice of Senate Democrats, it’s their cowardice in comparison to the random normal person who runs for school board to oust a Moms for Liberty freak

I didn’t watch this but am I to understand that an elderly Black man stood up to a fascist, was then escorted out, and most of the white people in the room sat there and did nothing? Am I getting this right? I want to make sure before I say what I need to say.