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There is too much going on and too much to keep track of and that’s exactly what they want.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t let anyone convince you that Trump was ever going to lower prices. Nearly a quarter of the coffee imported into the US comes from Colombia, which now faces a 25%, and soon to be 50%, tariff.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

It’ll be really interesting to see what happens when Trump’s economic policies yields a catastrophic economic collapse. I wonder how democrats will be blamed…

submitted 40 days ago • 3 comments

Mike Johnson saying they will investigate the Jan. 6 committee is a great way of foreshadowing the billions of dollars ready to be wasted by house Republicans.

submitted 59 days ago • 3 comments

How can you call yourself the party of the working class while attempting to force a government shutdown that stops paychecks for nearly 4 million federal workers and military personnel? At least President Elon and is now forced to backtrack like a ...

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

The proposed budget has a 3.8% pay increase for congressional representatives and senators. Why do they get an increase but federal employees don’t?

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

The richest man on the planet has the audacity to threaten our elected officials? Oligarchy at its finest.

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

As long as the Pelosi-wing of the Democratic party retains power, we will keep losing and losing.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

In April, the Biden admin finalized a new rule that would have made 4+ million workers nationwide newly eligible to earn 1.5x their salary if they work more than 40 hours a week. A Trump federal judge struck it down citing that the salary threshold was TOO HIGH. America voted for this.

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

Trump’s working hard on Twitter it seems…

submitted 79 days ago • 6 comments

Anyone who thinks the president magically controls gas or grocery prices is in for a rude awakening.

submitted 79 days ago • 2 comments

The Texas Attorney General has sued a New York doctor who was sending abortion pills to Texas. They claim to hate virtue signaling yet here we are.

submitted 80 days ago • 2 comments

Normal day here

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Currently there are over 15 million VACANT homes in the United States. Concurrently, there are more than 650,000 homeless people in the United States. Make it make sense?

submitted 81 days ago • 3 comments

Elon Musk’s net worth hitting 400 BILLION dollars today is actually disgusting.

submitted 82 days ago • 7 comments

The average American family pays 23k in healthcare premiums annually. The median household income in America is $80k in 2024 Make it make sense.

submitted 82 days ago • 4 comments

West Virginia ranks 2nd-to-last in life expectancy (72.8 years) while spending the 6th most on healthcare per capita ($12,769). How is this normalized in the U.S?

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

It’s beautiful to see people across the political spectrum unite in anger at corporations and healthcare companies exploiting Americans. I’ve been calling out corporate greed as the root of our problems for over a decade, and I’ve never seen such unity like this before.

submitted 83 days ago • 3 comments

This seems to be the real copy of Luigi Mangione's "manifesto." I only share it because, although I do not agree with the methodology, the problems he raises are still extreme pertinent to the healthcare system we suffer with in America.

submitted 83 days ago • 3 comments

Trump’s nominees have more in common than just being unqualified. They’re all losers. 67% of Trump’s cabinet-level nominees have lost elections in the past.

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

Turns out the UnitedHealth CEO killer is actually a right-winger… As usual, 99% of political violence is right wing violence.

submitted 84 days ago • 4 comments

Russia's loyalty to Assad's Syria was never about friendship but about blocking the proposed Qatar-Turkey pipeline. By preventing it, Russia maintained its gas monopoly over Europe.

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

The six largest insurance CEO's made $122 billion in compensation in 2023. An average pay ratio of 307:1

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

UnitedHealthcare's NET INCOME has rapidly increased as premiums rapidly increase as well. This is why we are so angry. This should be all over the news but it won't be.

submitted 87 days ago • 20 comments

Breaking News: Federal officials will begin testing U.S milk for the bird flu virus. They are only testing unpasteurized milk for the virus. It’s almost as if pasteurizing milk kills all pathogens present. @RFKJR

submitted 87 days ago • 5 comments

A federal court just upheld a law that will ban TikTok by mid-January. I wonder if the $20 million dollars a year Meta spends on lobbying has anything to do with it.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

According to FEC filings, Elon Musk spent over $250 million to help elect Donald Trump. He’ll make that back 10-fold now that Trump is in his pocket.

submitted 88 days ago • 3 comments

I miss Bernie.

submitted 88 days ago • 5 comments

House Republicans just voted to block the release of the Matt Gaetz ethics report. If Democrats had a spine, it would "leak" to the public.

submitted 88 days ago • 3 comments

In 2016, the “Bernie Bro” movement was a wave of young men angry at corporate and billionaire greed. The Democrats crushed that movement. Now the right has a monopoly on young men, who blame their problems on immigrants and inflation. It costed us the election.

submitted 88 days ago • 6 comments

Over 60,000 Americans die each year because they cannot afford healthcare. Insurance companies constantly spit in our face and I’m supposed to feel bad?

submitted 88 days ago • 3 comments

Blue Cross Blue Shield just announced that they will no longer pay for the complete duration of anesthesia for patients’ surgical procedures. GREAT TIMING GUYS. Corporate greed time is disgusting.

submitted 89 days ago • 5 comments

The murder of the United Healthcare CEO, although a despicable act, just demonstrates how hurt people are by insurance companies and the burden of healthcare. Medical debt bankrupts nearly 1.3 million Americans every year.

submitted 89 days ago • 5 comments

Trump use to refer to Ron Desantis as "fat, phony and whiny." when he was running against him. Now he is considering him for Defense secretary. Trump only cares if you are useful to him.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

During the first Trump administration, USDA regulations involving inspections of meat processing plant were eased. This year a Boar's Head meat processing plant had a listeria outbreak leading to over 10 deaths and 50 hospitalizations. Saying Trump can't affect our day-to-day lives is wrong.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment