Union Dad

We should for sure fight to get the #epsteinfiled released, but anyone that thinks this is going to change the mind of #MAGA is too hopeful. They also know #trump has been held civilly liable for sexual assault, likes young women, and can do it because he's a star and don't care. They'll justify it.

The game Monopoly wasn't supposed to be a government model.

#billionaires #trickleup

The US is in that stage of the game of #Monopoly where someone put the first hotel on Boardwalk and everyone knows who's going to win, so now it's about who can lose last.

#workers #billionaires

Full time #workers getting paid so little they still qualify for government aid is just the government subsidizing low wage employers.
That's #corporate #socialism.
For people so scared of socialism coming to the US, it's already here... Just not to help you.

People should be really offended by #billionaires who truly believe they got their wealth through hard work alone.
That is completely delusional.
You got there with #workers, society, government subsidies and tax breaks. Not to mention good timing and luck.
#wealthgap

#Americafirst #maga = $40 billion to Argentina and really expensive missiles to blow up small boats off the South American coast line.

People need to talk more about class. Up and down, not left and right.
As the #middleclass disappears, and more money is getting sucked up to #musk and other multi-billionaires, up and down is what matters more and more.
The "American Dream" is dead right now.

#workingclass #americandream

#Patriarchy hurts and limits men by forcing you into a box of specific #masculinity options. It actually limits your own options. If you don't pick from the limited options, you will also be shunned.
Dudes... don't defend the patriarchy.

#manosphere

The US needs to pass a law that requires watermarks on all #AI generated images and video and the equivalent on audio.
Social media has already divided the country enough. Adding the ability to create convincing propaganda is not going to make that better.
The law needs to come with steep penalties

A sheep 🐑 in lion's 🦁 clothing

#maga

Where are all the small government #Republicans upset about the government pairing with a giant tech Corp run by the second richest man in the world to monitor everything you do?

While you continue to struggle while working one or multiple jobs, Elon #Musk got more millions from the government and the #Trump family got more millions in #crypto deals.

What number of dollars starts being immoral?

#workers #workingclass

We should be teaching kids by 6th grade what #socialmedia #algorithms are and what they have done to society.
Algorithms are being used by the rich and powerful to divide and exploit us.

If your #research consists of doing a web search of "why do #vaccines cause #autism?"
That is a biasing search. You are not researching...you are trying to confirm what you already believe.
Start with researching how to research.

Remember how conservatives were always super concerned about government #surveillance...
So does #Palantir get a pass because the company leadership is on their team?
They're watching everyone.
Big #corporations only care about profit...not teams, and definitely not country.

"Free speech for me, not for thee." - #republicans

#freespeech #jimmykimmel

There is going to be a third #redscare based on the current rhetoric.
History repeats itself.

This is what a parent is texting their child after the murder of #charliekirk
This is what is wrong with the US.
We don't even know what motivated the shooter. They could have just been a deeply mentally unwell person.
But immediately a US parent will attack and further isolate their own child.

1. Murder is always bad
2. This is what dehumanizing and dividing people does.
This (plus assassination plots of Trump, Shapiro, Michigan State Congress) should be a sign we've drifted too far in the US.
We're all humans. We have shared needs. Find ways to remember that.
#charliekirk

#DEI, not ok when helping people
DEI, ok when #profiling people
-US #Supremecourt

#immigration

Remember when Trump said he was going to bring #manufacturing back, then he #deported a bunch of workers that were bringing battery manufacturing to the US

Elon Musk on pace to become world’s first trillionaire by 2027, report says In addition to world’s richest person, who has $251bn, report names others on track to receive trillionaire status

#corporateamerica wants to make Elon the first trillionaire while #workers can't afford housing.
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
#latestagecapitalism

#Socialism is bad.... Unless it's paying the electric bill for #billionaires data center

Sometimes I think about how much better America could be if we could reframe this warrior story men have.
This may be my fantasy genre bias, but to me, Lord of the Rings orcs are warriors, where the elves, dwarves and humans were guardians.
Guardians fight for the community, warriors destroy.
Part 1

Mandate solar panels and batteries be put on the roof of every warehouse.

#cleanenergy #climate

I wonder if the #nationalguard in #DC has figured out they're actually stationed there to replace all the national parks workers that got fired.
#trashpickup

People, especially #Republicans (since they're so concerned about crooked bureaucracy), should be very concerned the only thing that matters with #Trump is loyalty.
He is removing any potential accountability and whistleblowers.

Listened to @thebulwark.com podcast today and I have to point out....
The government taking over the means of production is authoritarianism first, then they tack on the socialism at the end to make it more palatable.
Socialism is the people who do the production (workers) also owning the workplace

When we see how bad our for-profit #healthcare system is for working people... Why would we ever think a for-profit #education system with #vouchers would work well?

Reducing #poverty and desperation would prevent way more #crime than sending in the #nationalguard.