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@elrond50.bsky.social

Banker, political scientist, policy, and history buff. Sci-Fi/Fantasy fan. Gay Latino Gen Xer Texan. Random happens here. Texdude50 on DKos

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Democrats need to hammer this point home to combat the lies Republicans are pushing.

14.11.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 853    πŸ” 329    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 16

For every surveillance state to function, there must be a critical mass of people who willingly act as snitches to further the regime's ideology.

I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer

13.11.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1265    πŸ” 347    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 15

Outrageous. The Epstein files are telling on the New York Times, too.

13.11.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 185    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge β€œimplies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”

That β€œwould mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”

@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

07.11.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2740    πŸ” 937    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 478

He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.

07.11.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2613    πŸ” 924    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 27

i was really skeptical that this was the case at the beginning, but i'm not sure what other explanation makes sense at this point

07.11.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 929    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 4
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Remember when Republicans drew Virginia's Congressional map so Black people were packed into one district and said we should be grateful they gave our community this district. NOW they can have one district and see how much they love it.

03.11.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 471    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 15

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

07.11.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 13892    πŸ” 6994    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 100
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Brother Warnock lays it plain.

06.11.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4946    πŸ” 2203    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 142
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Jessica: Donald Trump is still telling us grocery prices are down. Literally millions of people told you last night that is not the case.

05.11.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4096    πŸ” 828    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 28
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The U.S. dollar’s Humpty Dumpty moment may have arrived.
Saudi oil now sold in yuan, not dollars β€” a historic crack in the petrodollar wall.
As China, Brazil, and others pivot to new trade currencies, can the USD be put back together again? @ec.europa.eu
#USD #Yuan #Dedollarization #GlobalTrade

05.11.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
LOSER LAIR
There's a new sign outside the Oval now.

LOSER LAIR There's a new sign outside the Oval now.

05.11.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

So fucking tacky.

05.11.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I eagerly look forward to the De-shittification of the White House.

05.11.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

05.11.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 16404    πŸ” 2992    πŸ’¬ 255    πŸ“Œ 160

Is Mike Johnson going to say "I don't know" when asked about tonight's election results?

05.11.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1700    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 20

This is the kind of in-the-weeds detail that gets lost on the casual followers but is really, really important in the big scheme of things.

05.11.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 372    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I want every gay person that doesn't realize that transgender rights and gay rights are interconnected to read this story.

A far-right judge just erased your rights against harassment in the workplace along with ours.

We are in this together and there's only one way out.

16.05.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4404    πŸ” 1736    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 50
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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

okay so what legal authority does elon musk have to commandeer the office of personnel management and access reams of sensitive data? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

31.01.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 12966    πŸ” 3608    πŸ’¬ 887    πŸ“Œ 573

🚨 For anyone wondering WHY I've spent the past month painstakingly compiling comprehensive enrollment data for ACA QHPs & BHPs; Medicaid; CHIP & Medicare at the Congressional District level...this is why.

It's as recent & accurate as I could make it.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

22.01.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5

Minutes ago, the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools.

21.01.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3916    πŸ” 1734    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 374
Comic of people fleeing to cover the latest Trump fiasco instead of covering a really important issue

Comic of people fleeing to cover the latest Trump fiasco instead of covering a really important issue

I will post this over and over if necessary in discussions. It’s amateur hour out there.

Please everyone, stop letting him control you.

08.01.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.

Breaking news: Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to his son. He was 100 and the oldest living U.S. president of all time.

29.12.2024 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3368    πŸ” 997    πŸ’¬ 126    πŸ“Œ 423

I've carried my passport with me daily for years. I'm glad it's natural for me at this point. Mexican Americans should talk to our elders about what is coming.

08.12.2024 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Extending Trump’s Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Will Shrink the Economy, CBO Finds | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

According to the CBO, extending Trump's tax cuts for the rich would shrink the economy over the long run.

Extending the cuts would also increase the deficit by $4.6 trillion and be used by Republicans as an excuse to gut programs millions rely on.

It's reverse Robin Hood.

06.12.2024 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1977    πŸ” 686    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 35

Stop thinking Trump and Musk are reformers. They're man-babies standing before a structure made of building blocks, and like the man-babies they are they'll Hulk Smash those blocksβ€”our countryβ€”to ruins. They have no care for what arises from those ruins, because it's the ruins that will enrich them.

28.11.2024 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 823    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 5

I'd go. What the hell.

25.11.2024 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another stolen meme from β€œThe Bad Place”

24.11.2024 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3220    πŸ” 928    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 36

It hits different when his co-POTUS is a 34-times-convicted felon

25.11.2024 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 672    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 1

I don't see Trump as Lex Luthor though.

18.11.2024 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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