Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
π¨EXCLUSIVEπ¨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more π² recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex ππ
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 79th day out of the last 91.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paineβs Common Sense yesterday. At the line, βin America the law is king,β they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
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Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
This is among the most corrupt things a president has ever suggested, and I hope the press treats it that way. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
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@laloalcaraz.bsky.social
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45 yrs of US history, in 25 words:
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Image from "Back to the Future 2" showing Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise Casino in the alternate timeline of Hill Valley
New concept photo for the White House East Wing Ballroom just dropped
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βJust Let Me Dieβ: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Coupleβs Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it βnot medically necess...
One insurance denial for Teressaβs husband stated, βyour newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage.β
βThis is when I really start to think theyβre just denying,β she recalled. βTheyβre not even looking. Theyβre just βdeny, deny, deny.ββ
By @deldeib.bsky.social
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it's cool how we have a government that 4chans constantly on twitter and shows off videos of the president shitting on americans while also being like, "make sure nobody sees us destroying the white house"
this is super normal stuff for highly stable nations
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The Officeof the President is not crumbling; this Crapsident is.
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Yes on 50 βΒ The Election Rigging Response Act
Trump and Texas Republicans are moving to rig the 2026 election β and other GOP states are joining in. If Californians donβt act now, they could seize Congress no matter how we vote.
Be a hero!
Go to stopelectionrigging.com to volunteer!
And if you speak Spanish, even if it's not perfect, we really need your help even more!
Defienda democracia, vote sΓ por mapas justos dicididios por los votantes. Vote sΓ.
Necesitamos voluntarios!
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Over 500,000 views before the Community Note fact check.
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The Capitol bit is particularly good.
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absolutely chilling lede in @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social story today:
"What kind of police go around without license plates?"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Since trump posted a video of himself shitting on Americans, I think it's free game now to talk about his incontinence issues.
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Interior designers with taste.
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Trump is now planning to occupy San Francisco. He must be upset about the messages theyβve been making on Ocean Beach.
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Who could have imagined that firing live artillery rounds over the planet's second busiest roadway might be a bad idea
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social
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My feelings, exactly.
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Trump trolls βNo Kingsβ protests with obscene AI video and mulls invoking Insurrection Act: Live updates
Trump posts AI video showing him dumping brown liquid on to demonstrators after nearly 7 million took part in nationwide protests against him
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/no-kings-protest-trump-today-live-updates-b2847817.html
Trump posts a fake video of himself flying a βKing Trumpβ jet over protesters.
President Trump has posted a fake video on social media that showed him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled βKing Trumpβ that dumps brown liquid on protesters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/us/politics/trump-fake-video-no-kings.html?smid=url-share
Steve Bannon: βThe real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.β
Media: "We cannot with certainty identify this mysterious brown substance."
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Tomi Lahren tweet
The Libs are very proud of their protest crowd sizes. They say it was 7 million.
President Trump won:
*the electoral college
*the popular vote
*every swing state
You are VASTLY outnumbered, we just don't spend our Saturdays with homemade signs and rage.
We don't need to. We are normal, well-adjusted, and sane.
βWe are normal, well-adjusted, and saneβ says member of the party that invented the βdiarrhea plane.β
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Anthony Scaramucci lasted longer than Trump's Middle East peace plan.
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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I've encountered boxes of rocks that are smarter than MAGA fuckface assclowns.
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