566unicorns
Politics watcher and opinion writer from California
- Reposted by 566unicornsStudy authors argue progressive taxes on wealth and carbon-intensive investments could provide a solution.
- Shout out to my rep, @liccardo.house.gov. Thanks for stepping up even while the tide is still going out. Together we win!
- Members of Congress, let alone the president, shouldn't be using corrupt meme coins to get rich off of special interests trying to buy influence. Thank you @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and @liccardo.house.gov for taking a stand against the most corrupt administration in history.
- For anyone wondering what #crypto and #memecoins are all about, this article is a good primer that also explains the ramifications in today's politics and Trump world's corruption. Crypto is so baseless, it can't even be called a ponzi scheme. It's purely a form of gambling.
- For The Nation, I wrote about how the crypto industry conquered electoral politics, helped Republicans win big in 2024, and is now competing for rewards with the shitcoiner-in-chief. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
- This is a fact. And there's little hope for conglomeratized media to perform it's duty to society because of its obvious conflicts of interest. I hope CBS holds the line, but they're already too far down the corporate death spiral.
- Reposted by 566unicornsthe studies that are going down the drain because the White House has some plan that requires you and your loved ones dying from diseases that might otherwise be cured.
- Reposted by 566unicornsBut I fear that Griffin—with the eager assistance of Republican judges in North Carolina's state courts—has shattered a norm that can't be repaired. What the NC Supreme Court's GOP majority did in this case was lawless and unforgivable. slate.com/news-and-pol...
- Reposted by 566unicornsThe DOJ's civil rights division is facing significant internal disruption due to shifting focus away from police and voting-rights cases and towards culture-war topics such as discrimination against Christians and transgenders in sports. Over half of the division's lawyers are anticipated to resign.
- Let the doxxing begin. The Paris Climate Accord is not "controversial" to the non-insane world. #ClimateChange
- The 5th Circuit orders the disclosure of the names and email addresses of federal employees—including civil servants—who worked on the Paris Climate Agreement under Biden, handing over the personal information to a far-right group in Texas. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
- Oh boy, here we go. Not to be outdone by Israel/Hamas and Russia/Ukraine, India has to get in on the retaliation game and spark a wider war. All of it pretense and cover for others *ahem* who are allocating trillions on defense to fire up their own military incursions. #NoWorldWar
- Reposted by 566unicornsSo that's what Big Balls did with the terabytes of data he stole from the National Labor Relations Board a few weeks ago.
- On Friday ICE agents stopped a bus in Albion, NY. They had a list of names, and took 14 people into custody Those workers—and their employer—happened to be involved in one of the most crucial labor struggles in the state in recent memory My latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
