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Even the conservative Wall Street Journal understands the havoc wealth inequality is wreaking on our economy and society.

It’s far past time to unrig the system. https://www.wsj.com/finance/billionaires-low-taxes-are-becoming-a-problem-for-the-economy-27a560ca

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”

What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”

Funny how that works.

I'm finally reading the manga CITY, and I'm losing my mind right now because the old landlady totally just did Akira's Stun Palm of Doom from Virtua Fighter

The SAVE plan, which allowed student loan borrowers to pay back their loans based on their income, is dead after the Trump administration refused to defend it in court.

Now, monthly payments will spike by as much as 400%.

Trump is making the affordability crisis worse by the day.

When we fight we win y'all 💪

The US military has lost 11 MQ-9 Reaper drones in its first 10 days of attacking Iran.

Each drone costs about $35M.

In 10 days the US Military has wasted $365M on drones.

We are we even paying federal taxes at this point.

Iranian National Dies in Mississippi - 17th ICE Related Death Since December 31 By Izzy Ramirez

Fifty-nine-year-old Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi is currently the 11th person to have died while in ICE custody this year that we know of, and the 17th ICE-related death since the killing of Keith Porter on December 31, 2025.

Story lataco.com/iranian-ice-...

The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed...

"How will you pay for it?"

The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts...

"How much do you need?"

It doesn't have to be this way.

AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers — and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.

Whenever I say we should return to 1940-1980 tax levels for the super wealthy (billionaires) of 91%+ marginal tax I hear, "If you do that, billionaires will leave the USA."

To which I say:
1. Promise? Because it didn't happen last time.
2. Don't threaten me with a good time.
#AbolishBillionaires

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.

It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

Ludovic [center] poses with a group of friends at the Combo Breaker fighting game tournament

After fighting game community member Ludovic Mbock was arrested by ICE, his family and friends have been working non-stop to bring him home
aftermath.site/ice-ludovic-mb...

The Trump tariffs are the highest tax increase on the American public since World War II

Yes, you read that correctly

What's worse, he did it while taking health insurance away from 20 million people

And giving $75 billion to ICE so they can hunt US citizens

#TrumpTariffChaos

Outcry Roils BAFTAs After Guest With Tourette Syndrome Shouts N-word at Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo Lindo told Vanity Fair afterward that he and Jordan “did what we had to do” while presenting—but that he wished “someone from BAFTA spoke to us afterward.”

Delroy Lindo told Vanity Fair that he and Michael B. Jordan “did what we had to do” while presenting but that he also wished “someone from BAFTA spoke to us afterward”

Chakrabarti: We’ve basically created a federal jobs program to terrorize people through ICE. What if we used that instead to actually develop things — to build things people want?

It’s the same with foreign policy. We’re spending all this money dropping bombs in other countries—no one wants that.

Text on Twitch's website saying "Verify Your Identity" "Submit proof of identity and location to receive your payout" "In order to receive your payout, you need to verify your identity through Persona, Twitch's identity verification service. You will have 3 tries. Please be ready to provide both of the following: 1. A picture of your government-issued identification card, such as an identity card, passport or driver's license. 2. A "selfie" (i.e., a picture of your face), taken using a webcam or phone camera. By clicking "Start Verification" below, you understand that you will be leaving Twitch and will be redirected to Persona's service, and further understand and acknowledge that Twitch may send Persona limited personal information about you to facilitate the identity verification process, in accordance with Twitch's Privacy Notice. Information you provide to Persona will not be used for any purposes other than to verify your identity and will not be stored for longer than necessary to fulfill this purpose. Need Help? See our detailed onboarding guide." "Start Verification"

Twitch is requiring new Affiliates, before their first payment, to give government photo ID and a separate photo to Persona, the same Persona that has connections to government mass surveillance programs. When I asked Twitch support for another option, they said there isn't one. #twitch #persona 1/4

Georgia was skating to MORTAL KOMBAT at the Olympics exhibition gala

#FREELUD UPDATE:

- Lud and others were *chained for 7 hrs* before being flown to Georgia, the 2nd move in 2 days in defiance of his lawyers’ habeas corpus & a court order.

- The GoFundMe organizers are moving to contact media to boost the story and help #FREELUD.

KEEP POSTING.

Magic Johnson, Rony Seikaly and a Hidden Act of Courage, Revealed | PTFO YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

The untold story of what Rony Seikaly did for Magic Johnson, behind closed doors, is incredible.

And the reason why Seikaly decided to do it — which he discusses on PTFO, with @foster.bsky.social, for the first time — is even more powerful.

Especially today: youtu.be/xdZvVMgSzTw?...

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up

Easily one of the best halftime shows ever. Bad Bunny killed it. Ricky Martin and Lady Gaga did well in their surprise cameos too. #SuperBowl

AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.

all those people complaining about a protest in church are going to rise up over this too right?

Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.

Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined.

See the problem here?

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

From the director of Sorry to Bother You comes I Love Boosters, an upcoming movie about a crew of professional shoplifters who take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven, opening in theaters on May 22. 🛍️💅

"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."

ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

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