Mari S

Mari S

@maripsm.bsky.social

“Protest is an act of love, not one of anger.” — U.S. Rep. John Lewis

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Per CBS 60 Minutes: "The midterms are just two weeks away, and President Trump is using his power to intimidate the people who run our elections, putting the voting system under remarkable stress."

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Elon Musk has spent at least $366 million since July to boost Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms. That’s just 0.0385% of his total net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.

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Maybe the GOP will find their spine, join with the Democrats in the newly led House and Senate, and band together in a HUGE BILL repealing Citizens United. The support has to be BIG to overrule Trump's expected Veto. We CAN DO THIS...

M Meerkat@kackbro.bsky.social

THIS 👇 TOO......

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I have no doubt in this quote about being a failure. When is the last time we have heard that Musk DONATED money to anything that would help OTHERS, NOT HIM.

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The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.

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For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. These “shadow docket” decisions have let the Trump admin. bypass lower courts on deportations, ICE stops and more — often with little to no explanation.

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Here we see moron Kash Patel asking FBI agents to reply-bomb right-wing troll accounts complaining about their work on Epstein.

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A Police Executive Research Forum report from 2014 showed that CBP officers were purposely placing themselves in front of moving vehicles, and then shooting at them. This isn’t something that can be reformed. Abolish ICE. www.npr.org/sections/the...

npr.orgBorder Patrol Releases New Use-Of-Force Guidelines, Critical ReportU.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske said the release was a push for more transparency. The agency had previously declined to make changes recommended by the panel.

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BREAKING: Todd Blanche has released what he calls a rescission of the slush fund (left). The last lawsuit he mentions is mine (Gill v DOJ). This doesn't change the fact that the "settlement" setting up the fund is still in effect. On the right, Blanche is LEAVING IN PLACE Trump's tax immunity.

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This Labor Day, more than ever, with oligarchs & greedy politicians hellbent on turning us into slaves & indentured servants, we NEED unions folks. So if your company has a union, be sure to join it. You’ll be glad you did.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits

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IT WAS NEVER THE IMMGRANTS IN SMALL BOATS The world is 700% richer than in 1970 but the average person is only 8% richer Because the richest 0.01% are 4000% richer We are all being robbed every second of every day, and it doesn't matter how much profit or growth there is It will never reach you

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The Imagination Library, founded in 1995 by Dolly Parton, has handed out hundreds of millions of books to children over the past 31 years. But the organization is not immune to the state-level budget cuts threatening public libraries and other educational nonprofits across the U.S. trib.al/9X75g83

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Raping his own grandson, but Pedophile Donald Trump’s supporter, friend, EQUAL IN THE ABUSE OF INNOCENTS. #WeAreNotTheSame There is an enormous amount of vile, evilness that needs purging from our society to #MakeAmericaHealthyAGAIN and WE are only GETTING STARTED #Maga best beware.

He was raping his grandson. I will never understand these strange people, and I don't want to.

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BREAKING NYT: A month after the Trump admin declared without evidence that thousands of noncitizens had illegally registered to vote in Nevada, DHS officials were unable to substantiate the claim — finding just 185 potential anomalies, not the 16,000 claimed last month.

nytimes.comHomeland Security Unable to Prove That Thousands of Noncitizens Registered to Vote in NevadaThe Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.

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The immigration enforcement under this Trump administration is deplorable. We’ve seen Trump's gang of masked ICE agents descend on thousands of families and individuals, breaking into their homes without warrants, separating children from their parents, and employing deadly force without provocation

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Hunter Biden: The only thing that I say about my dad, about his health right now, is I wish he would complain more because it’s not good. The cancer has spread, is metastasized into his bones and further. It’s very painful, and it’s very debilitating in many respects, but he’s still out there.

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Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

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Talarico’s voting rights agenda shouldn’t be controversial. 📌 Expand access to the ballot box 📌 Protect voting rights 📌 End partisan gerrymandering Politicians drawing themselves safe districts and then making it harder for people to vote isn’t democracy.

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Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.