Alan Harvey

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The US economy is deteriorating in parallel with the political situation. Appreciation of this fact is clouded in the media. Ignorance is papered over by a disingenuous debate and journalistic equivocation. We need to unlearn some “basic economics.

This is true. But a convincing BS machine. Uses active verbs and vigorous language.

Make America have a massive secret police again.
MAGA

Keep trying. After all, you're getting paid.

1999 Russian apartment bombings - Wikipedia

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Still waiting for the "mass". American industry cannot stand "mass", so they show up in blue states to terrorize, not on Iowa dairy farms, in South Dakota packing plants, or at Florida resorts. Just terrorism, not deportation.

This very thing has happened before. Trump cuts Ukraine aid, some faction of the GOP revolts, Trump blames the stooge. And there are always stooges. That's all he hires.

Apparently Putin is tired of the flak he's getting for killing Ukrainian civilians, so he's going to kill some Russians. Surprised he hasn't done this already. Killing his own and blaming others is a theme of his rule.

They are paying back their donor/owners for the cost of purchase.

Biggest wealth transfer? Not sure Reagan's wasn't bigger, cutting taxes on the rich and imposing big new payroll taxes on the working class. The bailout of the banks in 2008, while homeowners got the shaft was huge. It just that now sucking at the veins of the public is just more out in the open.

The con man can't con if nobody listens. Maye Trump's genius is generating just enough outrage. time to get to work dismantling the oligarchy. The shameless grifters will die by themselves.

The oligarchs are oligarching

Often it feels like we are living in a “New Reconstruction”

A massive backlash against progress in civil rights.

Yet another spasm of white supremacist patriarchic rage.

Good Trouble Lives On: A Day of Action · John Lewis Actions Good Trouble Lives On: A Day of Action On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, People Power United is hosting a virtual event to honor his legacy and defend our rights and freedoms. As Trump and his allies push voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act and criminalize protest, we’re rising up in nonviolent resistance—because in America, the power belongs to the people. This isn’t just a virtual rally. It’s a moral stand. It’s Good Trouble—alive and marching forward. Join us.

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The US needs a working democracy
NOT rule by oligarchs and grifters
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Another illegal move. 85% of Trump's moves are illegal -- as later determined by the courts -- but the law is just another obstacle to the grifters and the oligarchs. Do what you want, legal or illegal, and create the chaos to exploit.

No unbreaking this.

Amen.

This is a man who never should have been president. What a fiasco. "Nutjob" is the N word that fits. All four of these countries -- Russia, Iran, Israel and the US have fascist nutjobs at the top. And they're the ones going to war. The world is not safe unless working democracies dominate.

The result of decades of work by the pro-oligarch wing. Installing the unqualified, stealing seats, funding the Federalist Society. They now control the Court and the Republican Party. Democracy is in the rear view mirror.

It is never mentioned that Martin negotiated the "Treasury Accord", not even the Treasury Secretary, and suddenly he is the New Fed Chairman. Fed history calls it "Independence." It may be independent of the President and Congress, but it's not independent of the banks. Ya gotta admit it.

If you have to wait for the data, you don't know what's going on. Both Wall Street and the Fed have been remarkably clueless on Trump's chaos, corruption and incompetence.

Is it loneliness or loneliness driven by shame?

Someday somebody will have to explain to me why the Fed raising interest rates to dampen inflation from tariffs is not redundant to the effect of prices themselves. You could almost make matters worse that way.

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High-income groups drive climate extremes worldwide - Nature Climate Change. Of the emissions driving climate change, 67% is attributable to the top 10% of the global income distribution - 20% is due to the top 1%.

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Brilliant!

I dunno. He does have that mini pope-mobile he rides around in. Not sure killing tens of thousands by shutting down aid in Africa is going to look good on the resume, though.

Brothels, strip clubs, and online dating all see revenue drops, unusual economic signals point to deeper trouble ahead A report reveals that revenue drops in the adult entertainment industry and online dating sites may signal deeper economic troubles ahead, highlighting trends typically seen during recessions.

Specialized consumer discretionaries decline.

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Just a reminder. The US economy was the envy of the world under Biden. All of the rise in GDP post-pandemic was Biden's fault, plus 0.2.

“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case “We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a UFW official about an ICE raid in New York.

ICE Arrests Farm Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case

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