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Impish4249<a href="https://progressivecafe.social/@TonyStark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TonyStark</a> "...We’re not getting rid of MAGA until we learn we’re smart enough to unite not divide..."This is to *all* of us "...smart enough..." means: * <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> needs to smarten up about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reality</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ultrawealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultrawealthy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#morality</a> & so on * <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liberals</a> need to understand how to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communicate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communicate</a> with but not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alienate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alienate</a> the MAGA tribe (yeah, *HUGE* challenge for me personally with my father & others) * <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uncommitted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uncommitted</a> need to understand that, with 2 parties, you have to choose

DoomsdaysCWThousands in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Midwestern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Midwestern</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> Districts Attend <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sanders</a>' First Stops on Tour to Fight <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchy</a>"It's like there's only one person who is actually able to sidestep the demoralization and frustration," said one observer.Julia Conley, Feb 22, 2025"After addressing more than 3,400 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nebraska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nebraska</a> residents in Omaha Friday evening, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday made his second stop on his National Tour to Fight Oligarchy—telling Iowa City, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iowa</a> residents that '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumpism</a> will not be defeated by politicians inside the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DCBeltway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DCBeltway</a>.'"'For better or worse, that is not going to happen,' said the Vermont Independent senator, whose broadly popular policy proposals have long been dismissed by Democratic leaders as unrealistic and radical while President Donald Trump has increasingly captured the attention of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkingClass</a> Americans who would benefit most from Sanders' ideas."'It will only be defeated by millions of Americans in Iowa, in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vermont</a>, in Nebraska, in every state in this country, who come together in a strong <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grassroots</a> movement and say no to oligarchy, no to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>, no to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a>, no to massive cuts to programs that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowIncome</a> and working Americans desperately need, no to huge <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxBreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxBreaks</a> for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wealthiest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealthiest</a> people in this country,' said Sanders."The senator announced his tour earlier this month as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>, the head of the Trump-created Department of Government Efficiency ( <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>) who poured $277 million on the president's campaign, swept through numerous agencies, with DOGE staffers setting up illegal servers, seizing control of data, shutting federal employees out of offices, and working to shut down operations across the government."Since Trump took office for his second term just over a month ago, roughly 30,000 federal employees have been fired or laid off—part of Musk's push to cut $2 trillion in federal spending in order to fill the $4.6 trillion hole that Trump's extension of the 2017 tax cuts would blow in the deficit."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> lawmakers have also pushed to include cuts to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a>, and Trump this week signaled he would back <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicare</a> cuts after repeatedly insisting he would not slash the popular healthcare program used by more than 65 million Americans, in order to save money while handing out tax cuts to the same <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporations</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ultrawealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultrawealthy</a> households that benefited from the 2017 tax law."'Today in America we are rapidly moving toward an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oligarchic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchic</a> form of society where a handful of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/multibillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#multibillionaires</a> not only have extraordinary wealth, but unprecedented economic, media, and political power,' said Sanders in Iowa City, which like Omaha is represented by a Republican U.S. House member who narrowly won reelection last November and has faced pressure to reject the GOP budget plan. 'Brothers and sisters, that is not the democracy that men and women fought and died to defend.'"Read more: <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-donald-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-donald-trump</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OligarchyTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OligarchyTour</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StillSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StillSanders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BernieSanders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateInterests</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corporatocracy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a>

DoomsdaysCW'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InsatiableGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsatiableGreed</a>': Richest 1% Have Already Burned Through Their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarbonLimit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonLimit</a> for 2025"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SuperRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperRich</a> continue to squander humanity's chances with their lavish lifestyles, polluting stock portfolios and pernicious political influence. This is theft—pure and simple."Jake Johnson, Jan 10, 2025"An <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oxfam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oxfam</a> analysis published Friday shows that the richest 1% of the global population has already blown through its global carbon budget for 2025—just 10 days into the New Year. The figures, which arrive amid catastrophic fires in Los Angeles that may turn out to be the costliest in U.S. history, highlight the disproportionate role of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UltraWealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UltraWealthy</a> in fueling a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> that is causing devastation around the world."Oxfam calculates that in order to keep critical climate goals in reach, each person on Earth must have a CO2 footprint of roughly 2.1 tons per year or less. On average, each person in the global 1% is burning through 76 tons of planet-warning carbon dioxide annually—or 0.209 per day—meaning it took them just over a week to reach their CO2 limit for the year."By contrast, the average person in the poorest 50% of humanity has an annual carbon footprint of 0.7 tons per year—well within the 2.1-ton budget compatible with a livable future."'The future of our planet is hanging by a thread,' Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International's climate change policy lead, said in a statement Friday. 'The margin for action is razor-thin, yet the super-rich continue to squander humanity's chances with their lavish lifestyles, polluting stock portfolios and pernicious political influence.'"'This is theft—pure and simple―a tiny few robbing billions of people of their future to feed their insatiable greed,' Dabi added."'Rich polluters must be made to pay for the havoc they're wreaking on our planet.'"Oxfam's new analysis came as the <a href="https://respublicae.eu/@CopernicusEU" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@CopernicusEU</a> Climate Change Service confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record and 'the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreIndustrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PreIndustrial</a> level.'"'All of the internationally produced global temperature datasets show that 2024 was the hottest year since records began in 1850,' Copernicus director Carlo Buontempo said in a statement. 'Humanity is in charge of its own destiny, but how we respond to the climate challenge should be based on evidence. The future is in our hands—swift and decisive action can still alter the trajectory of our future climate.'"Oxfam called on governments to move urgently to curb the emissions of the rich, including by implementing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WealthTaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WealthTaxes</a>, banning <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivateJets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivateJets</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Superyachts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Superyachts</a>, and imposing strict new regulations on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polluting</a> companies."'Governments need to stop pandering to the richest,' Dabi said Friday. 'Rich polluters must be made to pay for the havoc they're wreaking on our planet. Tax them, curb their emissions, and ban their excessive indulgences—private jets, superyachts, and the like. Leaders who fail to act are effectively choosing complicity in a crisis that threatens the lives of billions.'"<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/rich-carbon-limit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/rich-carbon-limit</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EatTheRich</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YeetTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YeetTheRich</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechBros</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CEOSeason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CEOSeason</a>

Paranoid FactoidPROPUBLICA on how just a few BILLIONAIRES HAVE AVOIDED PAYING MEDICARE TAXES and saved over US $1.3B in the process.The article is both an overview and names names among the billionaire class who abuse this tax loophole.<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/billionaires-net-investment-income-tax" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/billionaires-net-investment-income-tax</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propublica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propublica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#republicans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxcheats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxcheats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxevasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxevasion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ultrawealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultrawealthy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#irs</a>

U.S. Politics in Real TimeThe IRS could recover $12 for every $1 spent on scrutinizing the ultra-wealthy's taxes<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/irs-tax-audits-recover-12-dollars-for-every-dollar-spent-2023-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.businessinsider.com/irs-tax-audits-recover-12-dollars-for-every-dollar-spent-2023-6</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BusinessInsider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BusinessInsider</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IRStaxaudits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRStaxaudits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ultrawealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultrawealthy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/taxrecovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxrecovery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/governmentrevenue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#governmentrevenue</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/financialscrutiny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#financialscrutiny</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a>

beSpacific<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Wyden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wyden</a>: “I was disappointed but unsurprised by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaire</a> Republican activist <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HarlanCrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarlanCrow</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/refusal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#refusal</a> to respond to my <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/questions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#questions</a> about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gifts</a> he’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lavished" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lavished</a> on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClarenceThomas</a> & family over the bulk of Thomas’s tenure on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a>. Mr. Crow is relying on same baseless arguments that failed <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> in his attempt to stonewall <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congressional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congressional</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a>. I have used my Chairmanship of the committee to shine a bright light on tax schemes undertaken by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ultrawealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultrawealthy</a> <a href="https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-statement-on-harlan-crow-stonewalling-committee-inquiry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-statement-on-harlan-crow-stonewalling-committee-inquiry</a>

Ian Stuart<a href="https://masto.ai/@Miro_Collas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Miro_Collas</a> This is all true. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RecessionsArePreventable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RecessionsArePreventable</a> . The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ultraWealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ultraWealthy</a> love taking advantage of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#recessions</a> . This is part of the reason the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USdebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USdebt</a> is so high.

Ian Stuart<a href="https://progressivecafe.social/@TonyStark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TonyStark</a> While we might (hopefully) be seeing the beginning of the end of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reaganomics</a> , it is hardly defeated. While <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JeromePowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeromePowell</a> is still chair of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalReserve</a> and we are still seeing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InterestRateHikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InterestRateHikes</a> that may swipe the floor out from hard working Americans, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1980sEcomonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1980sEcomonics</a> is still very much alive. Laws and policies still favor the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UltraWealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UltraWealthy</a> over everyone else. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/useAntiTrustLawsToFightInflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#useAntiTrustLawsToFightInflation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/breakUpMonopoliesAndCartelsToFightInflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#breakUpMonopoliesAndCartelsToFightInflation</a>

Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:"Tax us now" say more than 200 ultra-wealthy millionaires and billionaires from 13 countries. It's probably a better solution than eating them. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/18/tax-us-now-ultra-rich-wealth-tax-davos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/18/tax-us-now-ultra-rich-wealth-tax-davos</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/UltraWealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UltraWealthy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/UltaRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UltaRich</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Davos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Davos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxTheRich</a>

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