Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
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Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.
Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.
The system is rigged.
Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.
Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.
But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.
Trickle down hoax.
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.
Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October.
Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year.
Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce.
Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.
Pretti Good reason for a national strike.
#NationalStrike
“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.
Please share. 💔
“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
@washingtonpost.com
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
Alex Pretti was exercising his 1st and 2nd amendment rights when his 4th and 14th amendment rights were violated.
If ICE followed the constitution, he’d be alive or the men who killed him would be under arrest.
Those who kill peaceful protesters are always remembered by history as the bad guys.
Another no vote from someone who usually votes yes.
Rosen and Cortez Masto have already said they'd vote no. Call the rest.
Gov. Tim Walz: "Thank God we have video, because according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It's nonsense and it is lies."
Seven democrats and every republican voted to fund this… YESTERDAY
NYT: “.. an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said. A New York Times video analysis shows he was holding a phone, not a gun.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
This is ok tho
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?feature=shared
I do think you’ve gotta hand it to Ezra Klein for this one, which we need more of, much more, from his peers www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Das Ampler curt ist auch recht sportlich, aber nicht verfügbar. Das Nova Pro kannst mit aktiver sitzposition, tiefem Einstieg und als Single Speed konfigurieren:
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Al Gore ripped the Trump administration to shreds in a speech Monday at a climate week event in San Francisco.
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Bill Burr is a national treasure 🎯!
"You journalists need to get your balls back"
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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Holy shit, a whopping 56 percent of Americans DISAPPROVE of trump's abysmal handling of the economy.
This is lower than any other point even in his first term.
PASS IT ON.
One of these things is not like the other.
