I believe it would be beneficial to American if we were to take away the lifetime healthcare and pensions for elected representatives and made them find healthcare and benefits just like their constituents
We have created lifetime of benefits for a job that was not meant to be a career
Term limits!
Less than a week after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in a New York jail cell, the Trump DOJ shredded “huge amounts of paperwork.” 🤨
The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025.
The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
Irony.
DEVELOPING: Cuba just denied the US Embassy in Havana permission to import diesel for its generators, directly retaliating against Washington's ongoing fuel blockade. 🇨🇺🇺🇸🛢️ American diplomats are now feeling the exact squeeze their own government is applying to the island.
"Over the last few years, American tech oligarchs have become the greatest argument against their own existence.
The sheer scale of their erratic behavior and political interference proves that extreme wealth concentration is a structural threat to society."
-Joni Askola
We are spending an estimated $1B per day on the war on Iran.
Now Trump and Co want an extra $200B from Congress to fund the war.
But healthcare? Cut.
Food stamps? Cut.
Education? Cut.
Cancer research? Cut.
Environmental protections? Cut.
And of course, taxes on the rich? Cut.
It's obscene.
Since then, ZERO payments and 2 trillion added to the debt.
My 3-min animation. Feedback appreciated. - Bob
Scooter’s Gift : A Puppy Dog’s Origin Tale
youtu.be/sAKOZMqtqHA
Made me laugh
Early # Caturday we love our cats
I like Ruffalo. Wish he’d read my gun legislation thriller.
Cat sees quail. Yum!
CVS owns every part of the medicsl-pharmaceutical universe.
Kind of a vertical monopoly.
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Democracy Dies In Darkness
Some smart hacker needs to figure out how to empty his bank accounts. They do it in the movies.
Here’s Epstein after being told he has “permission to kill” an unidentified man: “whoops”
Epstein after being told Mary Kennedy was found dead in her backyard: “whoops”
Follow along this short thread…
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Lazy #Caturday
Once again… is there not an honorable Republican in this nation who stands up?
Exactly.
Ezra, Stephen, you might enjoy this talk from 1987 by an old Zen teacher of mine, Lola McDowell Lee, comparing Zen and Socrates. She’s wonderful.
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Great episode!
New fleet called “Trump Class.” An oxymoron, emphasis on moron.
