Not to brag or anything, but I didn’t vote for this.

I don't think people realize how much a trillion dollars is.

Let's say you get paid a million dollars per day. That's a lot, right?

If you spend none of it and pay no taxes, you'll have a trillion dollars in approximately two thousand seven hundred (2700) YEARS.

No one should have that much.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.

12 days of work in 106 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

💙💙💙⬇️

AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

“.. More than 7 in 10 respondents rated current economic conditions as either ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’.”

@usatoday.com
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.

Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.

Obama: The weird videos of a U.S. President with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet and dumping poop on protesting citizens… All of that is designed to distract you from the fact that your situation has not gotten better.

FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

“Why has virtually every country in the world seen an abrupt rise in extremist politics, especially on the far-right, starting at approximately the same date the iPhone was released”

The most important question in politics but maybe not a hard one

People should not act surprised, especially the right wing and anyone who voted for Trump.

We warned them. They did not listen. And now they choose to forget.

Don't let them.

Toasted Seattle: mention “can I put this on my neighbors tab” and SNAP recipients can receive free breakfast for their family. 👇🏽

I always get drawn back to Al Gore telling voters that he’d only raise taxes on the top 1% and then after the election a poll showed that something like 20% of voters thought they were in the top 1% and another 20% thought they would be in the next five years. Just a total tragic disconnect.

"To any governors or state legislators out there... if you are in a position where you have the power to redraw your maps... if you have the ability to meet this moment with the urgency that it deserves, I'm calling on you to do exactly what we're doing in California and to fight fire with fire."

Mamdani's actual campaign is about making NYC affordable and livable for its residents, but in the eyes of the worldwide punditocracy what he ACTUALLY wants to do is impose sharia law and declare jihad against all infidels because, well, you know.

An awful lot of ugly bigots telling on themselves.

DHS deceptively spliced images from different cities and times in videos sowing fear about "chaos" in Chicago and Washington, D.C., a WaPo investigation found.

DHS used footage from years ago, half the country away, or even in international waters, the Post found.

🎁 🔗 wapo.st/4nuDGwf

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Man deported to Laos despite court ordering blocking his removal, attorneys say - WTOP News NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigration officials have deported a father living in Alabama to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal from the U.S. on the grounds he has a claim to citizenship…

📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒, 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐀:

A U.S. resident with a substantial citizenship claim was deported to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal. His attorneys say this signals grave disregard for court rulings and due process. #AbuseofPowerWatch

Struggling to imagine the chutzpah it takes to say that someone "doesn't understand New York culture" because they're an immigrant.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97.

12 days of work in over 3 months.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job

Maybe if Corporations paid a living wage there would not be so many people using SNAP benefits. It’s a symptom of a problem.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors" Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek and Capt. Dylan Blaha say they'll defy federal orders regarding Trump's immigration enforcement operation in Chicago.

"It's disheartening to be forced to go against your community members and your neighbors."

"It feels illegal. This is not what we signed up to do."

- Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek

2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"

Corporate media is in a bad place.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Amazon removes books on Ghislaine Maxwell trial and Kevin Spacey trial.

Bezos removed books from Amazon on Ghislane Maxwell's trial and Kevin Spacey's trial.

Inner City Press is a nonprofit in NYC.

They do fantastic work.

Fuck Bezos.

@innercitypress.bsky.social

Not surprisingly, most of the U.S. tariffs are being paid by American companies and consumers — NOT by foreign exporters.