@hillaryclinton.bsky.social: "I don't understand why it's so difficult for the press to have a consistent narrative about how dangerous Trump is."
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
“As of 2018, the country had 826,537,000 consumer-arbitration agreements in force, one study found. And that’s an undercount.”
Excerpt From
“America’s Annoyance Economy Is Growing”
Annie Lowrey
The Atlantic
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As we're sifting through the latest Epstein Files release with all the bombshells about Elon, the Trump administration and even the new CBS News Zoo Crew, please remember that they still haven't released half of what they were supposed to release.
The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.
“In a world where cartels move loads measured in the tons, Vigil asks, does anyone really think it was wise to use a fleet to sink a flotilla of boats powered by outboard motors?”
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This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
Maria Bartiromo is incredulous and keeps (weakly) pushing back as Ro Khanna lays out why the affordability crisis is due to Trump's policies and not the fault of Joe Biden
One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
WSJ: “.. A Visual Breakdown of Trump’s Pardon Spree”
@wsj.com
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When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
Having sent a crappy bill to the Senate the Senate - per tradition - made our bill worse by adding a provision that says that in the event of a run on a bank holding stablecoin deposits, those deposits have a senior claim, above those of law abiding citizens in insured accounts.
Even troops are struggling to get a right to repair
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OPINION: The corporate stranglehold on housing only tightens with the death of SB10 thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
“May I stress the need for courageous, intelligent, & dedicated leadership…Leaders not in love with publicity, but in love with justice. Leaders not in love with money, but in love with humanity. Leaders who can subject their…egos to the greatness of the cause.” #MLKJr
The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.
Lina Khan in conversation with @hcrichardson.bsky.social about the history of antitrust and the future of the Democrats. Watch! 📺
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The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me.
He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits…
…while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
Few writers have a gift for dry understatement like @hcrichardson.bsky.social (from her newsletter today)
As of October 1, 2025, a new law sponsored by our very own @venicia.bsky.social gives tenants additional rights. To learn about all the important rules that #AB121 includes, visit www.lacsn.org/ab121
Priorities.
Making Argentina Great Again. Indefensible.
‘The argument that crypto has no fundamental value is based on the view that other assets…usually entitle holders to an underlying right, like dividends, etc. Crypto, by contrast, is merely a medium of exchange whose price only reflects the balance of supply and demand.’
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In the latest issue of the @ccbanv.bsky.social's Communiqué, Jonathan Norman (@jnomnom.bsky.social) explores three new bills signed into law that raise the bar for access to justice—SB 284, SB 125, and AB 329. #NVleg
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Good news this morning!
Sandra Jauregui, the No. 3 Democrat in Assembly, to run for Nevada lieutenant governor thenevadaindependent.com/article/sand...
“You get in the door, you’re desperate because, you know, your car broke down.… and they’re going to say, ‘actually, you don’t qualify for that loan, but we have this other product that you will fit’”
NV average annual interest is 548% - 5th highest in US.
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SEN. @gallego.senate.gov on the terrible Milei rock concert: “Millions of Americans are about to lose their health care and have their insurance premiums double, but Trump & Republicans are giving this idiot $20 BILLION. Good job. Way to make America First, guys.”