@2a70c54d 
An the money god reciprocates to so very few... 

 @43d7c4ea 
"Fevered misdirection" is a wonderful phrase, but spares #Tories the responsibility for their lies.  

The fever didn't make them lie. The unpopularity of their policies is why they lie. 

 @6637c48d 
If your business model requires poverty wages, your business model sucks and is a social burden. It must be changed. 

 @2a70c54d 
The #UBI concept has lots of hard data to back it up.  But Yang got it attention.  That's critical in today disinformation world war. 

 @2a70c54d 
Oh, I'm sure some billionaire will back him in 2024 to help drain off some support from Biden

Still, #UBI is a great idea and he did a lot to legitimatise it. 

 @3967703f 
Hang in there.  This too shall pass. 

 @6211bb94 
The plan is working! 

 @2a70c54d 
Yes!  #McCarthy removed for getting a bipartisan deal that had more than 300 votes. I thought that's what we want in a government. 

What is wrong with these MAGA people?
What is wrong with the rest of the GOP to tolerate them?
#RepublicansAreTheProblem 

 @43d7c4ea 
It's not about believing in the future. It's about *building* for the future - and Tories don't believe in that. 

For 13 years, Tories have solely focused on plundering the government coffers and bleeding dry every public service until we beg for privatisation.  

We could have nice things, if we dropped the ruinous American view that "government bad" and went back to building public assets and a gov that works.

#NHS was a role model
#GreenEnergy is a massive missed opportunity. 

 @43d7c4ea 
The question should also be asked:  Whose taxes are too high?  Clearly not the wealthy 

 @32c63b34 
David Brooks is the classic dangerous "gray man".

His columns always start with benign truisms about topics of the day.  But there is ALWAYS a key sentence halfway thru where he introduces an unsubstantiated strawman as a given and then pivots to an attack on liberals.  

See for yourself. 

 @3967703f 
Really?  

Al Gore lost the 2000 election, largely because he was painted as a climate kook. 

 @3967703f 
Trump doesn't want to lead a nation. He wants to lead a posse against anyone who dares oppose him. 

 @5a78798a @4c04d469 @43d7c4ea 
Agreed

It was impossible for them to support Labour after the GE, but their full-throated support of Tory policies for the full five years was a massive strategic and tactical mistake.

One can't help but notice that the primary decision-maker promptly left politics for a very well paid job at Facebook.  Was his priority ever the nation, or even his party?

But let's not tar today's LibDems for Clegg's mistakes. 

 @43d7c4ea 
Last night, 57% of the nation's power came from wind. (Courtesy of @07dea5c5 )

Imagine what is possible with a gov that wants to build #GreenEnergy 

#EnergyIndependenceIsGreen 

 @43d7c4ea 
Sadly, many of the most rewarding careers (medicine, teaching, care roles, etc) are horribly undervalued and underpaid despite being hard to automate. 

We could have a society with lots of stable, rewarding jobs - but we only clap for such essential workers under #ToryPlunder rule. 

#TaxTheRich 

 @f8d9bc1c 
Imagine if the NY prosecutors did their job and investigated Trump for business fraud, say after his casino bankruptcy. 

 @43d7c4ea 
Yes!!

I have my #headinhands when pundits/newsreaders talk about a second Trump term and talk about a self-pardon like it's an obscure tax policy change. 

We're talking about blowing a massive hole in the judicial aystem, people.  A hole that allows the destruction of democracy.  

#ThisIsNotNormal 

 @62a04c04 
We KNOW the SCOTUS is compromised.  Thomas and Alito through their wealthy friends and unwillingness to recuse + Gorsuch/Kavanaugh/Barrett by their association with Leo and lying during confirmation. 

The FedSoc and clerk network is the back channel between all these crazy rw lawyers. 

 @43d7c4ea 
True, time will tell

But airlines learned a dirty secret from the American healthcare system...

In a captive market, you make more profit selling to LESS customers at an ever higher price. 

 @43d7c4ea 
I can't help but view recent inflation as a mix of large companies using it as cover for #PriceGouging and small companies trying to survive. 

But *everyone* must play this game because one of the absolute essentials in every business (eg power) is *still* double the prior cost.

I don't buy "supply chain disruption" as a cause since that was with us since 2020 (even worse). 

IMO the #FossilFuel companies are extorting the world economy ...again
#EnergyIndependenceIsGreen 

 @43d7c4ea 
I think the vast majority of large corporations simply don't care what customers think of their brands - because they have high market control and run an artificial scarcity model. 

Airlines and concert promoters are perfect examples.   You pay what they demand or you don't fly/go to the show.  Ever more companies and restricting supply in similar fashion. With so many pubs closing, I'm not surprised some are trying this.

Late stage capitalism is built for #PriceGouging 

 @e4576eea 
If you want a middle class, #SupportUnions. 

It's that simple. 

 @2a70c54d 
What was it about the billionaire-owned media that might discourage stories about the union movement?

#SupportStrikingWorkers. 

 @42d7e8f7 
And that directly led to the Texas Revolution ... 

 @43d7c4ea 
You think #HS2 was about expanding the rail network?

It seemed obvious to me that it was #ToryPlunder for their developer friends.  

Note: HS2 is needed, sadly Tories are not the right people to execute any public investment. 

 @43d7c4ea 
That's a key part of the #NastyParty Plunder Playbook:

Sweat the assets until they bleed

That's why the #CrumblingSchoolsCrisis was inevitable. 

 @43d7c4ea 
There's is no "requirement" to reduce #DWP budget.  It's a choice by the #NastyParty

#ToriesUnfitToGovern 

 @603773e5 
No, not a "dumb" move. 

The truth would be "That was an unbelievably greedy and exploitative move.  Making products worse and more expensive for our customers purely for more profit is morally wrong. I'm sorry, I'm stepping down and seeking mental health help" 

 @3967703f 
Don't know what sane person votes for a cop to be mayor. 

 @3967703f 
Adams was always a rightwing stooge within the NY Dem party. 

 @e38e83a6 
Hopefully the now fully staffed #FCC can do something about the monopolization of low earth orbit. 

 @ec3be15c @62a04c04 
We'll see what happens. 

 @ec3be15c @62a04c04 
Understood

But the deal collapsed. So, take to a court and let the jury decide. 

 @62a04c04 
Go for it. 

Trials of high-level politicians and their families are how we know we are a nation of laws.  

Make your case in front of juries, in a court, and accept the results

#HunterBiden , #DonaldTrump , #JaredKishner, etc.  If you can get probable cause from a GJ, bring the case. 

 @58606072 
There should be a special windfall tax on the primary owners of corporate stocks that correlates directly to the public assistance needed by their employees. 

That would raise employee wages really quickly. 

#TaxTheRich 

 @f884fa2b 
Nailed it!

Those with more power should definitely be scrutinized more closely. 

A stunning miscarriage of justice by the radicals on the #SCOTUS