Rob Leary

Image of library book display labeled:

“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”

Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World

~TAiLS of a Bookworm

Trump is proposing a $1 trillion military budget.

Roughly half of US defense spending goes to private military contractors, with investigations finding that these companies routinely price-gouge.

Oh, and the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.

"Fiscal responsibility."

By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Watch. The Failures of “Centrism”

There is no "center" between decency and indecency, between democracy and authoritarianism, between a government of billionaires and a government of the people.

If Democrats move to "the center", they will pave the way for the next Trump.

Ouch.

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Every time I read something you post, I “hear” you reading it in my head.
Not quite Morgan Freeman, but quite pleasant.

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Did you know that the area of the state of Alaska is equal to 429.3 Rhode Islands?

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

It's damn telling how fast corporate America quit diversity.

Seems like those marginalized people who've been telling us about racism, sexism, bigotry, bias, and exclusion might have been right all along.

To instrumentalize what my sister is saying below: every time someone says DEI say “you mean civil rights?” Every time someone says they are against woke reply “oh so you’re a segregationist!” Words have meaning! Don’t allow that nonsense to stand.

🖋️ “Hell NO to Kash Patel!” hit 2,000 signers!

@altonbrown.bsky.social has a book tour that coincides with a “farewell“ live show tour this year.

Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal Costco's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a motion that would seek report on the risks of diversity, equity and inclusion in the company's hiring practices.

Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.

They didn’t listen. And they didn’t show up.
Not quite one of those times you want to be able to say, “I told you so.”

Yep

Did they hold this announcement on purpose?

The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term. It’s darker than you think. The real reason Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos are supporting Trump.

The real reason Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos are supporting Trump. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

People falling for fake/“jokey” screenshots which purport to report or quote something

Which is why if you’re gonna post a screenshot always:

- provide link to the source ✅
- provide alt txt ✅

Probably a good idea to not share/amplify posts with screenshots that do not have these two things!

I’ll add to the replies here about price gouging. If you’re going to ask a manufacturer why their prices are up, you also need to line that up to their profits. This was a miss in the writing, NPR. Please do your readers a service and correct this.