rbreich , to Random
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Tickets for Trump’s private fundraiser with the Beverly Hills elite started at $5,000.

A photo with Trump cost $40,000.

Roundtable seating was $100,000.

Becoming an event chair cost $250,000.

It's clear who Trump works for — and it sure as hell isn't the working class.

mral ,

@rbreich
It almost sound like he-who-shall not-be-named is expecting us to pay him, a billionaire?? Can that be right?
Who would do that?
<snark-off>
The question we all need to be asking, hopefully in a court of law, is; what are these folks expecting to get for their money?

and
What does success look like if they win?

is more than how we vote!

georgetakei , to Random
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Whether it's the Electoral College, the U.S. Senate, or partisan gerrymandering, Republicans have mastered the art of exploiting anti-majoritarian structures in our system to wield power. Join us for a conversation with author Ari Berman, whose new book Minority Rule explores this GOP power play and what we can do to combat it. Catch up on this eye-opening discussion at The Big Picture here. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/ari-berman-minority-rule-republicans

ChemicalEyeGuy ,
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@georgetakei Anti-majoritarian structures are part of the political of the . There is a mechanism to change that. The rest is just yada-yada.

There are two easy-peasie ways to avoid the current hyper-partisanship that is an existential threat to .

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georgetakei , to Random
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She's really doubling down on deplorable. https://www.comicsands.com/noem-defends-killing-puppy-memoir-2668083640.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

mral ,

@georgetakei
Sounds like she took a typically conservative solution to a problem. Instead of investing the time needed to train the dog she took the easy quick way and just killed it.
I wonder if she will talk about how she decides who she works with and who she just physically kills on a whim when working on serious issues in our government.
Its also obvious why conservative want the to give them unquestioned immunity for everything they do.

is more than how we vote!

rbreich , to Random
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The world's billionaires now hold a combined $14.2 trillion in assets.

That exceeds the GDP of every country in the world except the US and China.

And we’re supposed to believe the ultra-wealthy can’t afford a wealth tax?

PeachMcD ,
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@rbreich

I want to normalize/popularize connecting with an image of a bloated

If can compare minority groups to , so can I

There's not really very many of those ticks, but they're sucking the blood out of our Body Politick
Out of our
Out of our
So many needed resources, hoarded for what?
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