"This is an important thing to think about."

In a nutshell. 😊

I am sometimes amused and other times annoyed by the “experts” at the newly legalized recreational stores here in MN “educating” me. I haven’t encountered one expert yet no matter how much false confidence they have

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We are approximately the same age. I agree the intention was to move past and that’s what I heard from my parents as well. In retrospect it seems like a mistake. 20/20 hindsight

Welcome to the Second Gilded Age Stanford economist Mordecai Kurz breaks down why we are living through a Second Gilded Age—and how to address it.

time.com/article/2026...

Welcome to the Second Gilded Age

The Robber Barons aren’t new it’s just America Part Two

The proposed $68 million settlement with a Texas land developer that the Justice Department had accused of preying on Hispanic residents includes no money for the victims but more than $20 million for police and immigration enforcement.

Thank you. There’s enough without stooping to misinformation

Will we listen t history? The pardons of Confederates and even allowing them to serve as elected officials arguably contributed to where we are now. Also, Ford shouldn’t have pardoned Nixon

Tesla paid $1 billion in taxes to China & $0 in federal income taxes to the US. At least 88 highly profitable corporations paid $0 federal income tax last year while bringing in $ billions. Disney, CVS, Palantir, Taco Bell & others are making massive profits, paying executives enormous ⬇️

We should be learning from other countries...

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Reminds me of when Putin enriched himself and created many loyal oligarchs when USSR collapsed

The Trump Administration’s Move To Toss Extremism Convictions Is Dark Sign Police who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6 told HuffPost that the Justice Department’s move to wipe out convictions for extremist groups is a new low.

NEW:

I spoke to former members of the US Capitol Police - including an intel director who said her warnings about Jan. 6 went ignored - about the DOJs newest low.

I hope youll read and share:

www.huffpost.com/entry/bullst...

Another unprecedented abuse of the Congressional Review Act. This is basically all congressional Republicans do anymore.

It's trickling down, I swear...

Morning Kittens

Once I celebrated buying a smaller sized pair of jeans by eating a pound of chocolates 😂

I wish MAGA was forced to read this

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But a lot of time, money, and emotional distress of course. I sure hope the sue the sh*t out of Target

Dystopia

The post was deleted because it got so big his wife was unnerved. Gist is that AI decided his wife had stolen at self checkout and some time later on a Sunday afternoon the police came to her home and arrested her. It was finally dismissed as actually the video showed she hadn’t stolen anything

My memory of seeing that, or more accurately leaving the theatre afterwards is vivid. I could not stop sobbing, my male friend i was with was asking me if I was okay. I looked around the lobby at the others leaving and every other woman was sobbing as well so I was less embarrassed

Be very, very careful if you shop at Target and use self check out. This is a horrifying example of why

Days after the president blasted the Pope as “weak on Crime,” his own DOJ moved to dismiss criminal cases against individuals convicted of conspiring to use force to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

Some of the conduct for which Rhodes was convicted:

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/oath...

And gambling from the couch

Omg I wish he would stfu

Same person today added me to another list - spammers and grifters

She needs to fix her algorithm although if she spent a moment looking at my feed she would know what

I can’t help but wonder if 🍊💩 (and Putin?) wasn’t on the phone to him trying to persuade him to claim fraud