Like back when America was Great.
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Like back when America was Great.
19.02.2026 19:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0is there one of these for BS
19.02.2026 19:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Your future if you donβt rise, now with alt text.
18.02.2026 18:07 β π 7 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0The situation is very bad in Argentina where the people are very angry about being forced to work 12 hour days and only being paid for 8 hours.
In fact it doesn't look like they will be working at all.
Argentina is stripping the same rights and social safety nets here. They are passing a bill that allows:
- 12 hour work days,
- no holidays,
- no breaks,
- paying people in FOOD and LODGING or foreign currency
What are your thoughts?
My latest on Substack: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/fascist-dictator-or-16th-century
imagine that
19.02.2026 19:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A hand-picked panel of Trump loyalists just rubber-stamped his plans to build a White House ballroom, funded by billionaires and corporate donors.
This could be the most corrupt thing a president has ever done. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=GZhIGzaaS50AjCk3
America gave up kings 250 years ago and adopted a system in which βno one is above the law.β
But presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity.
Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.
Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.
The legacy of the John Roberts Supreme Court.
Happy Arrest of the Andrew formerly known as Prince Randy to all who celebrate. And as always, thank you feminism.
19.02.2026 17:04 β π 485 π 56 π¬ 6 π 4βitβs hard to imagine social capital being divorced from actual capital. Itβs even harder to imagine the country becoming more egalitarian and its politics more participatory, instead of developing a hyper-wealthy techno-oligarchy and a dispossessed and teed-off underclass.β
Rough seas ahead.
Microsoft Copilot had access to organizationsβ confidential emails β without permission. tuta.com/blog/microso...
I do have an address with them, now. Considered Proton for a while, but it was compromised.
really... it's time to stop putting all our eggs in one basket.
looks like the mass graves have started to appear, in New Mexico.
19.02.2026 17:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Almost 250 years after we broke with George III, the question must now be faced: Are we a monarchy or a nation of laws? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/fascist-dictator-or-16th-century
19.02.2026 16:48 β π 1601 π 410 π¬ 85 π 24oh that's cute!
19.02.2026 16:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0they're working their way up to
'God-Emperor'.
Supreme Leader Snort
19.02.2026 16:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I mean, Virginia literally told the World what happened and what he did to her. This is a perfect example of how he got away with it to begin with, the built in misogyny meant no one cared till it was a financial crime.
19.02.2026 15:40 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0ya know... was it only luck of the draw that made Chuck the King...
and not Andy?
look at my country man, weβre getting out-No Kingsβd by the fuckinβ british
19.02.2026 14:22 β π 19312 π 4152 π¬ 383 π 119nope.
19.02.2026 16:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I am 99% certain that when the old fart goes, they will keep his image going - by ai or by latex costume - as loooong as they can
19.02.2026 16:17 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0says so in the constitution, and should have been enforced the first time around, in '21
19.02.2026 16:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0is he, like, declaring war of the whole world?
19.02.2026 16:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Makes sense
19.02.2026 15:05 β π 4557 π 1140 π¬ 152 π 53βThe hunting of whistleblowers is wrong because it is failing to address the actual problem, which is the reason they blow the whistle in the first place,β FPF's Adam Rose told @lookout-es.bsky.social's @bbotkin.bsky.social.
19.02.2026 15:05 β π 25 π 12 π¬ 3 π 1Yet another sad reminder that there is a two-tiered justice system in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else.
If elites can be held accountable in other parts of the world, why can't they be held accountable in America?
LOL. looks like that was the only choice, anyway
19.02.2026 16:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0got a solid paper copy for this one, because symbols is not something you read through...
19.02.2026 16:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Something feels familiar about this lack of consequence.
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