ShutterbugDoug

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Hike, bike, snowshoe, XC ski. iNaturalist, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia. #VisionZero. #MedicareForAll: healthcare where and when you need, Uncle Sam pays the bills: USA Uncle Sam's #AmeriCare. I support Bernie, FDR Wallace progressive populist New Deal Dems. History interests incl. Boulder photographer Rocky Mountain Joe Sturtevant, Doc Susie, Ivy Baldwin, Lutie Stearns.

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rbreich , to Random
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Live Nation/Ticketmaster is a monopoly, which is why it can get away with providing awful service, charging exorbitant prices, and tacking on fees as high as 75% of the ticket price.

The DoJ will announce an antitrust lawsuit against the company this week.

This is a big deal.

ShutterbugDoug ,

@rbreich
Perplexity AI: "Justice Department's antitrust regulator at the time, Christine A. Varney, claimed the merger would allow "enough air and sunlight in the space for strong competitors to take root, grow, and thrive". However, this has not materialized, as Live Nation Entertainment now controls "nearly every aspect" of the ticket business, leading to record-high ticket prices and onerous fees for consumers."

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Every day the Supreme Court fails to make a decision in Trump’s immunity case is effectively a decision in his favor.

They're acting like an arm of Trump's campaign by letting him run out the clock on his prosecution.

ShutterbugDoug ,

@rbreich Yet Biden team seems unwilling, uninterested in playing hardball - balancing, expanding Supreme Court. At least FDR TRIED.

rbreich , to Random
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When Trump openly and repeatedly exclaims that migrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” or shares a video calling for a “unified Reich,” he is literally echoing the language of Hitler.

Trump is not a “populist.” He’s not a “strongman.” He is a fascist.

Use the word.

ShutterbugDoug ,

@rbreich Thomas Frank's definition of : "multiracial coalition of working class people coming together for economic democracy". Book recommendation: "The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism"
Obstruct, resist the MAGAfascists! ✊

rbreich , to Random
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Excuse me but how is Louis DeJoy still postmaster general?

His destructive 10-year plan for the Post Office—slowing mail delivery, hiking prices for consumers, and speeding up privatization—is in full effect.

Hello?

ShutterbugDoug ,

@rbreich
FWIW, White House comment line # is 202-456-1111
IIRC open only 11A-3P Eastern Tues-Thurs

Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414

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