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There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance Don’t believe the self-made myth.

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds. um... www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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“Former Squad members Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman to host monthly YouTube show” www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Did you know there is a graphic edition of On Tyranny? Can’t wait to read this with my 12 year old. #booksky #resist

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Cutting federal health programs COSTS us money, not “just” in worsened health outcomes. The chart shows return on investment for numerous programs. Ex. Flu vaccines for seniors returns $60 in reduced costs per every $1 invested in the program. Poor health is expensive!

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker in his state of the state address: “it took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. ” Exhorts constituents to “gather your justice and your humanity.”

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MAGAconomics: Fire the IRS! Nothing says ‘fiscal responsibility’ like laying off 6,700 IRS workers right before tax season. Good news: the ultra-rich can keep dodging taxes. Bad news: you might be waiting until 2026 for your refund. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...

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Trump’s administration intends to shut down the website offering free Covid tests by midnight tonight. Please order your tests and share this post so everyone has a chance to order theirs. Thank you in advance. 💗 covidtests.gov

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It should've ended when he made fun of a disabled reporter. To this day I remember how I felt watching it on TV. To this day.

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Everyone needs to see this. Be ready to deny access, even if you don't know any immigrants. Let them waste time and you might save a family somewhere else. #Disobey #blue #fotus #FBR #immigrants #TruthWarriors #theresistance #resist #FBPE #FuckICE #SaveOurDemocracy #sanctuary #organize #fucktrump

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Consider this: The Senate has just voted to confirm Kash Patel as FBI Director in a narrow 51-47 majority. Trump nominee Chris Wray passed 92-5. Only Rand Paul voted against James Comey. Robert Mueller was confirmed 98-0. Patel is historically unqualified & we are not safe!

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Lawyers at Twitter are reportedly threatening advertisers to spend more money on the platform “or else” Elon Musk will use his connections with Trump to hurt their companies.

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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

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Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

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Ruhle: The left-leaning podcast MeidasTouch has just done the unthinkable—dethroned Joe Rogan to become the country’s most popular podcast…

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28 days ago.

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It seems they haven’t learned from their recent nuclear safety debacle…

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I missed this yesterday and it would be the best news ever if it had happened 2 months ago (or 4 years ago). I fear what’s to come.

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It’s not a “savings” if you’re getting fewer services in exchange. I’m still paying the same taxes!

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Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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The waste is coming from the White House. 👇

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a dictator. He is a champion of democracy, freedom and truth.

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I don’t often feel rage. That said, I’ve been getting pretty damn close, watching one of the few truly warrior like heroes in the world of leadership…Zelensky…being rat fucked by two of the biggest pieces of shit on the planet.

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Democratic leaders: I think it's abundantly clear at this point that simply going along to get along ain't gonna work. Trying to negotiate ain't gonna work. Being collegial ain't gonna work. What you're doing right now isn't working. Take your gloves off and punch back. Hard.

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Michael McFaul is an American academic & diplomat who served as the US ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. We need his voice right now on BlueSky, but his account is barely off the ground. Can we all please do what we can to boost his followers so he spends time HERE?! @mcfaulmike.bsky.social

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European Parliament member 👇🏽

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Hero. 🇺🇦

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Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

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Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.

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1. The president is colonizing the federal bureaucracy, replacing people of skill, competence and integrity with goons, or no one. One of his targets has been the FAA, the agency that regulates the airways and makes sure airlines obey the law. Guess what? The planes are falling out of the sky.

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3rd day in a row on the golf course while Musk runs the country. He didn’t even know yesterday that the head of the Social Security Admin resigned, and didn’t know SpaceX employees were working at the FAA/DOD, and claimed Medicaid wasn’t being cut when it’s being cut massively.

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This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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This is a concentration camp. They are describing a concentration camp.

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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

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AP is banned from WH events and all the other legacy journalists walk right in. If this was the 60s, we know who would have been with the Freedom Riders, and who would’ve been writing about them from a safe place. AP stands alone. Sad but true.

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Good morning and Happy Tuesday to everyone who is thoroughly inspired to see the thousands of fired-up Americans who turned out IN EVERY STATE to protest the insane trump executive orders, firings, and policies he's pushing. LET'S FUCKING GO!!!!!!!!🙏💪

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Oh, I remember that, too. How dare Secretary Pete bring his husband along! The GOP and its mouthpiece are hypocritical bigots.

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I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.

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