This is what oligarchy looks like.
50 billionaires have spent $433 million to buy the elections in November.
80% is going to candidates who supported a $1 trillion tax break for the top 1% & a $1 trillion cut to Medicaid & the Affordable Care Act.
We must end Citizens United.
#Project2025 literally outlines a plan to privatize TSA.
But they can’t do that while TSA is unionized.
Defund DHS → TSA agents miss paychecks → people quit → airports spiral → step in with “emergency” fixes → suddenly ICE shows up in airports as the privatized “solution”
5 minutes before Trump’s announcement:
* $1.5B notional worth of S&P500 (ES) futures are bought in a single clip.
* $192M notional of oil futures (CL) sold.
More than 4x-6x any other trade size during the market close.
Insiders profited from his lies in broad daylight!
Congress is a failed institution. They don’t work for us, they work for the highest bidder. Until we make that illegal, we’ll never see meaningful change.
President Biden: "Mark my words. If [Trump] wins this election, watch what happens. It's a danger—He's a genuine danger to American security." (August 2024)
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.
May God bless America.
The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.
Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643k
Want to know why Congress is doing nothing on AI?
AI oligarchs have already spent over $185 million buying politicians this year.
There it is. It’s no more complicated than that.
Bernie Sanders: "One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control: TikTok, CBS, CNN, HBO, Discovery Channel, BET, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central P, DC Studios, Fandango, Miramax, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount, PlutoTV, Showtime, TBS, The CW, TNT, Warner Bros and more.
This is oligarchy."
One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control:
TikTok
CBS
CNN
HBO
Discovery Channel
BET
Cartoon Network
Comedy Central
DC Studios
Fandango
Miramax
MTV
Nickelodeon
Paramount
PlutoTV
Showtime
TBS
The CW
TNT
Warner Bros.
And more
This is oligarchy.