I’m so sick of this 🐂 💩 fear mongering propaganda.

Right? Eyeballs managed the “All of the above” category.

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:

Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%

Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

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The American people have power but it’s not thru our vote. The power of our vote is demolished by unlimited campaign contributions by corporations & foreign lobbies plus voter suppression via gerrymandering, a 2 party system, the electoral college & on & on & on. We have ECONOMIC power. Let’s use it

Truth!

(Permanent, FT resident of the real Coachella.)

I wish for this in the U.S., too.

#NUFC

Assuming that the “US is allowing itself” to continue this situation is a gross misinterpretation of the complexity of how this is going and how it can/will be resolved.

If you’re not in the US, kindly refrain from your inaccurate prognostications. We get what’s going on, and it will be over soon.

We are the only ones who can save us.

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We’re getting ready for a massive day of economic disruption on May Day. There are many ways you can take action, from refusing to shop, to walking out of work, to attending a demonstration: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i...

TO MY FELLOW AMERICANS:

THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD DOING ***EVERY WEEK***—NOT EVERY FEW MONTHS!!!

#NoKings #50501

Blocked for stupidity.

Blocked for stupidity.

Ossoff: I don’t know who placed those trades, but I’ll tell you this: the SEC better find out. And if they won’t, when you elect this new majority in Congress and you give us gavels and subpoenas, we will.

Tom Steyer once managed $90M stake in firm now running CA ICE facility. ‘It was a mistake’ The hedge fund founded by California’s billionaire gubernatorial candidate once held 2.27 million shares of stock in the company that would become CoreCivic.

And before someone says “that’s old news,” here is a current story about his investment in CCA.

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Old investment by Steyer becomes an issue as he eyes public office Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer -- who as the nation's largest SuperPAC donor vowed to extend his political activism to issues of 'racial justic and economic justice' -- has invested millons in the na...

Also, Steyer invested in Corrections Corporation of America, a private, for-profit prison company which benefits from the incarceration of people (esp people of color), has a record of human rights abuses and has provided facilities for ICE detainees.

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“We” meaning “We the People.” All of us.

That’s right! We are the Managers, and government officials are the Employees. The Employees went rogue because we weren’t paying enough attention, so now is the time for the Managers to remind the Employees who works for whom.

To clarify: Coachella is put on by Goldenvoice, which was acquired by and is a subsidiary of Anschutz. I mention it because Goldenvoice is not mentioned in the article; I live in the Coachella Valley and Goldenvoice is the only company known here as the Coachella concert’s promoter.

Xavier Becerra was a member of the CA state assembly, a deputy Attorney General and then Attorney General of CA, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. He is an attorney who graduated from Stanford. I much prefer his experience to Steyer’s—the last thing we need now is another billionaire.

When Colbert teams up with @sydneykamlager.bsky.social @meidastouch.com, you never know what will happen.
She is a flamethrower. 🔥🔥

The Latina in Governor Gavin Newsom’s social media team Governor Gavin Newsom has cracked the social media code.

You don’t know who Camille Zapata is, do you?

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What, no more Pizza Rat?!? 😳😭

Don’t shop, don’t buy, find alternatives!

A 1 cm long praying mantis hangs on the trunk of a lime tree.

I happened to notice this guy on the trunk of my (container) lime tree only because he was moving. He’s only about 1 cm long—the tiniest one I have ever seen!

Kenyan engineer Joseph Nguthiru is turning invasive water hyacinths into biodegradable packaging, creating a solution for both environmental damage and plastic waste: 🔊 #AGoodPlace

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California is an exception.

We have a lot of these in the Palm Springs area. I have solar panels on my house—as required by law for all new homes built in CA. There’s also a massive wind farm nearby which takes advantage of the strong winds we get.

CA is ahead of most states in alternative energy projects—I hope more do.

Don’t even get me started on JD’s boyfriend, Peter Thiel, and all his government contracts.