Shuler: Thirteen billionaires in one picture—four of whom now run agencies of our federal government. If you’ve ever met someone who says the word “oligarchy” is too confusing or too complicated, well, you can explain it with that one photo.
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People need to understand that this is not Dems and Repub against each other. This is Rich vs Poor. Oligarchy against American citizens. Elon, Bezos, Zuck and a whole bunch more are vacuuming your money out of your pocket. Leaving you to die poor and without help. Look around it is already happening
aug 27, 2025, 3:36 pm • 20 4 • view
Dem messaging sucks! They try to use logic and words that most people don't understand. Dems need to hire some dumb phucks to do the messaging so they can speak in a language that a bunch of dumb phuck Americans understand.
aug 27, 2025, 3:47 pm • 9 2 • view
I have a 200+ IQ and understand most people don't. Are POLITICIANS not smart enough to understand we are a nation of mix on many levels. Every American deserves the respect to not be talked down to. Don't use a language used only in higher learning centers with a person who just went to high school.
aug 27, 2025, 3:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes. I saw the DNC Chair be questioned on the MSNBC weekend edition why a lot of voters aren't connecting with Trump's threat to democracy. His response was so bad that two of the hosts were sitting there with folded arms. I saw Velshi ask Raskin a similiar question. Pathetic response.
aug 27, 2025, 4:21 pm • 1 0 • view
The sign of a true genius, is one who can speak to anyone, at their own level, and be understood without ‘talking down’ to them and/or making them feel inferior. I agree. We are a nation of immigrants, and each every one of us deserves to be treated and spoken to, with respect and dignity.
aug 27, 2025, 7:02 pm • 4 1 • view
This guy when asked about global warming. He took a globe and set it on fire!!! LOL I think the average guy got that.
aug 27, 2025, 7:07 pm • 5 0 • view
My husband and I went to Austin, TX to see the eclipse a few years ago. It was cloudy in Austin, so we went on to Fredericksburg, TX and joined the townspeople in a small park in the center of town. As it happened, Bill Nye was teaching and broadcasting from that very same park! We love that guy!
aug 27, 2025, 7:24 pm • 4 0 • view
He has done more for science than just invent or improve. He became a life line to the average person. Soft spoken unless riled up. Just a nice guy who wants to teach others. Neil gets more watches but Bill is the OG. I would love to meet him also.
aug 27, 2025, 7:38 pm • 4 0 • view
We went to see Neil when he gave a talk in Nashville, TN. He too is fascinating to listen to.
aug 27, 2025, 7:48 pm • 2 0 • view
So jealous🖖
aug 27, 2025, 7:52 pm • 1 0 • view
He has a terrific sense of humor! He takes great care and preparation in presenting information in a manner that is easily understood. I think he tours all around the US, tickets-center.com/neil-degrass...
aug 27, 2025, 10:26 pm • 0 0 • view
We need Newsoms pr people. They are not afraid to say it like it is.
aug 28, 2025, 12:18 pm • 1 0 • view
Sad, but true.
aug 27, 2025, 6:57 pm • 1 1 • view
The Duck actually represented John D Rockefeller. Carnegie and other men like them were no different than Elon, Bezos and Zuckerberg. History is a view into our future and the men who will try to enslave us.
aug 27, 2025, 7:03 pm • 1 0 • view
pretty sure it is OLIGARHY and it is so very confusing you'll need a moron with a chalkboard to explain why it is a very bad thing that conservatives will always be against.
aug 27, 2025, 6:32 pm • 1 0 • view
Try explaining it to all the dues paying union men and women that voted for trump and his republican cronies last time around and will vote for him again.
aug 27, 2025, 3:42 pm • 6 1 • view
That’s why WE must be his last stop. We MUST vote in the midterms and flip as many states blue. When we have the majority, we can impeach him (for a third time), but this time, Congress can take back their power and escort him, and all that garish gold out of the
aug 27, 2025, 6:53 pm • 2 0 • view
White House, and restore class!!! When we impeach him does his whole cabinet go with him out the door with him? I certainly hope so. Get all of those unqualified clowns outta there!!
aug 27, 2025, 6:53 pm • 0 0 • view
That's how you shut up your critics. You kill them (buy them) with kindness. Of course, Trump uses our tax dollars to do it, but what do they care? Most pay no taxes anyway.
aug 27, 2025, 10:47 pm • 4 0 • view
How can the billionaires relate to us? They don't even do their own grocery shopping. They own more than one home. My Social Security does not go up but my expenses do. I can barely hold on to my small 1 bedroom apt. These people don't understand us. I want people in government who can relate to me.
aug 27, 2025, 3:56 pm • 21 3 • view
And yet most people will scroll past that photo without a second thought. What does it say about our democracy when the line between wealth and power has all but disappeared?
aug 27, 2025, 8:38 pm • 0 0 • view
It *is* confusing & complicated, especially when it's one among many descriptors of Trump's bullshit. If u said the government was being run like the mob, or by billionaires, podcasters, & Fox News hosts people would get the point. My personal preference 4 2026 is Washington v Trump.
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Oh that last one I still got to go to work! Well it depends if they cut your job or not! 🤨
aug 27, 2025, 5:01 pm • 0 0 • view
Frightening!!!
aug 27, 2025, 3:30 pm • 0 0 • view
The scary part is they aren't very bright
aug 27, 2025, 5:27 pm • 0 0 • view
It's also sad. 🤷
aug 27, 2025, 5:33 pm • 1 0 • view
America has been like this for some decades... Trump is just the final example that the corporate oligarchic plutocracy that runs the show has achieved their goal by legalizing political corruption...!
aug 27, 2025, 5:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Strangely so is Russia
aug 28, 2025, 8:09 am • 0 0 • view
Tax them into oblivion. Is there a plan for this? Swatting our hands away should not be the final word. Hit them where it hurts, we need to take back America and our money.
aug 27, 2025, 6:59 pm • 0 0 • view
None with a spine. Listen to the grovelling.
aug 27, 2025, 6:42 pm • 0 0 • view
"Oligarchy" is simple: Ruled by the Few. "Plutocracy" is simple: Ruled by the Wealthy. The only "confusing" bit is when the Media conflates the two, and spent decades insisting that "Oligarchy" only applied to wealthy Russians, and could "never happen here" despite all evidence to the contrary.
aug 27, 2025, 5:16 pm • 3 0 • view
Federal turning feral...
aug 28, 2025, 4:44 am • 0 0 • view
Ich denke, sie haben sich geirrt, aber ich bin hier, um ihre Stimmen zu verteidigen! Wie viele Menschen denken, dass sie für den falschen Kandidaten gestimmt haben?
aug 27, 2025, 3:27 pm • 0 0 • view
This has always been a class war, not a red vs. blue! It is time We The People stand up in unity! Big cooperation is buying rental properties and increasing the rent , and big cooperation is buying out farms!! Their greed will never be satisfied! Wake TF up America!
aug 27, 2025, 3:44 pm • 42 12 • view
I've been saying the same thing for yrs..Repubs have driven a wedge between people while stealing everything from us without a fight
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When it started
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Too many people still see politics as a two team sport…Red and Blue. But it is about RICH AND POOR. There is real suffering and struggling right now over cost of food. Let alone housing and healthcare. It’s amazing it has gotten this bad and will get worse.
aug 27, 2025, 5:01 pm • 0 0 • view
#TaxTheRich #VA30 @johnmcauliff.bsky.social secure.actblue.com/donate/j4val...
aug 27, 2025, 3:24 pm • 0 0 • view
Wonder what Teamsters President Sean O'Brien thinks of not backing V.P. Harris. As of today, the Teamsters are on strike with Republic Trash service in MA and the company hasn't negotiated with them since July 19. Republic can do this because Trump is president and DeRemer is Secretary of Labor.
aug 27, 2025, 3:36 pm • 31 6 • view
WDYM? Lori is super pro-Union and stuff…
aug 27, 2025, 9:14 pm • 0 0 • view
🎯🎯🎯
aug 27, 2025, 3:42 pm • 9 0 • view
@teamsters.bsky.social played themselves, now UPS is asking their top rate drivers to take buyouts, as their shipping empire is taking a hit because of Donald's policies.
aug 28, 2025, 8:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah that was a huge betrayal and self inflicted wound
aug 27, 2025, 3:44 pm • 3 0 • view
Chat GPT also said about Shitler “Trump doesn’t have the ideological depth of Hitler or Mao, nor the bureaucratic ruthlessness of Stalin—but he’s using the populist strongman playbook refined in the 20th century and updated for the age of cable news and social media.”
aug 28, 2025, 6:47 am • 0 0 • view
I asked chat GPT to give me an analysis of the Temu Dictator -vs all dictators in history - here’s the answer, 👉 If I had to pick the closest historical analogue, I’d say Mussolini in style (swaggering performance, insults, rallies) plus Orbán in method (democratic erosion from within the system).
aug 28, 2025, 6:46 am • 0 0 • view
I can Explain Oligarch in 2 Memes but I will give you more. Feel free to share the memes if you like them.
aug 27, 2025, 11:31 pm • 0 0 • view
The devaluation of US-Allied for cheap consumption of our life’s efforts.
aug 27, 2025, 11:33 pm • 0 0 • view
Then Oligarchs burn it all down to first extract more from US-All, and then burning it all down to conceal the crime!
aug 27, 2025, 11:35 pm • 1 0 • view
A picture is worth a thousand words!
aug 28, 2025, 12:47 am • 0 0 • view
If politicians really want to solve a lot of problems like Education, Food Security, Homelessness? Pay people a decent wage, so that ripping someone off isn't worth the hassel, ppl can afford a home and food on the table, and educate our kids on the errors of our past so they can recognize and avoid
aug 27, 2025, 6:16 pm • 1 0 • view
He is a very simple man, with someone's very simple plan.
aug 28, 2025, 3:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Proj2025 finances tax cuts for billionaires by impoverishing Rural America. Proj2025 => BBB Congress in Sept faces "must pass" budget legislation that requires 60 votes. Demand relief for ACA, SNAP, Sci Research, Climate, Nat Parks, ... AND REPEAL THE BBB It's that bad! youtu.be/LnaCe1ZMODA
aug 28, 2025, 10:00 am • 0 0 • view
Proj2025 finances tax cuts for billionaires by impoverishing Rural America. Proj2025 => BBB Congress in Sept faces "must pass" budget legislation that requires 60 votes. Demand relief for ACA, SNAP, Sci Research, Climate, Nat Parks, ... AND REPEAL THE BBB It's that bad! youtu.be/LnaCe1ZMODA
aug 28, 2025, 9:52 am • 0 0 • view
In the 1970’s our econ prof predicted this.
aug 27, 2025, 3:33 pm • 0 0 • view
I've never had a problem with the term 'rich asshole'.
aug 28, 2025, 5:54 am • 0 0 • view
Funny to see billionaires in a cult.
aug 27, 2025, 7:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Just like Russia!!!
aug 28, 2025, 4:48 am • 0 0 • view
All pieces of shit !!
aug 28, 2025, 8:53 am • 0 0 • view
Like I’ve been saying, elect a billionaire, that fills his cabinet with billionaires, to fix the problems that made them billionaires, what could go wrong?
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#TaxTheRich #BreakTheMonopolies
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THEY SHOULD DO LIKE THE LEFT AND HAVE ONLY ONE BILLIONAIRE CONTROLLING EVERY ONE...SOROS
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How many billionaires are too many? One.
aug 27, 2025, 3:57 pm • 7 0 • view
www.desmog.com/2024/10/25/p...
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Billionaires aren’t the only oligarchs. It’s crucial to recognize that the Democratic Party has been run by them, too.
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Term Limits for senators!! And state leaders (but some won't allow the vote to be passed...like TX to unseat Abbott??)
aug 28, 2025, 8:19 am • 0 0 • view
Fat cats are running our country 13 billionaires get tax cuts and now run government agencies Billionaires get to get tax cutes while our grocery bills are 30% higher Stop trying to make fetch happen. Just say it regular-like. We can leave oligarchy where we’d leave plutocracy and stratocracy
aug 27, 2025, 7:10 pm • 1 0 • view
What do said oligarchs thing the long term result will be?
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bsky.app/profile/john...
aug 28, 2025, 6:53 am • 0 0 • view
Truth!
aug 28, 2025, 11:45 am • 0 0 • view
There is no reason for a billionaire to take a government job except to consolidate power.
aug 28, 2025, 7:43 am • 3 1 • view
The latest tax break for billionaires was such a big surprise. Never been done before except every republicun president in the last fifty years.
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theplotagainstamerica.com
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They openly bragged about it in cyberpunk novels
aug 28, 2025, 1:49 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm GENUINELY interested in getting inside CEO and corporate leader heads right now.....are they saying 'WTF did we do electing this guy ?" or would they do it again ?
aug 27, 2025, 9:24 pm • 0 0 • view
They are making record profits and that's all billionaires care about.
aug 27, 2025, 9:47 pm • 0 0 • view
I love how Ma and Pa MAGA thought they voted for someone who is fighting for them. 🤣🤣🤣
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If only his perverse policies affected only them.
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Love it for them, hate it for the rest of us.
aug 27, 2025, 9:15 pm • 0 0 • view
Donald Trump said he wants government agencies run by millionaires/billionaires and GOP voters agree.
aug 27, 2025, 3:32 pm • 3 0 • view
👏👏👏👏. Well said 😊
aug 27, 2025, 10:17 pm • 1 0 • view
When will the former Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer be called to TESTIFY how he subverted and undermined the case against Jeffrey Epstein? www.yahoo.com/news/jeffrey...
aug 28, 2025, 6:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Ann Coulter joined The Winston Marshall Show for a no-filter conversation on Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and the powerful elites who still haven’t faced justice. youtu.be/uRCb6_tDFZo
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THREE WEEKS AGO: Stacey Williams, a Sports Illustrated model who briefly dated Jeffrey Epstein in the early 1990s tells Joanna Coles her story—and her astonishing encounters not just with the pedophile, but through him with Donald Trump. youtu.be/PEPS2NisElo
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This video on PERV Trump was from FOUR YEARS AGO. youtu.be/ZkEnVVJSIOs
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The REAL STORY of Melania and her modeling career. apnews.com/article/life...
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BREAKING: Vanity Fair staffers threatened to walk-out if the magazine puts Melania Trump on the cover.
aug 28, 2025, 6:53 am • 1 0 • view
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The entire world sees this groveling for what it is.
aug 27, 2025, 4:28 pm • 1 0 • view
I’ll bet you my life savings that over 80% of MAGA couldn’t even begin to correctly define the word “oligarchy”.
aug 27, 2025, 8:20 pm • 1 0 • view
Oligarchy seems distraction to this: Corporate Power is Protected 9 of 14 points of fascism The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
aug 27, 2025, 4:13 pm • 1 0 • view
Dems need to hire this woman’s speech writer today ….simple and to the point.
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aug 27, 2025, 3:34 pm • 0 0 • view
“The dark smoky room” is in the whitehouse…
aug 28, 2025, 7:59 am • 0 0 • view
Unbelievable. These people have spaceships. They own presidents, congresses, senates. Their wealth is so massive they can run a nitwit felon for president and win!
aug 27, 2025, 6:30 pm • 2 0 • view
Honest to God if you say to a deplorable trumpster “that person is an oligarch!” They’ll literally respond with “you mean like Shrek?!” I kid you not! This is why Trump loves them, they’re so completely clueless about reality and so willing to believe anything that is contrary to liberal beliefs
aug 29, 2025, 1:15 am • 0 0 • view
Oily-garchs, Regular-garchs, & Plutocrats, all Kakistocrat Kleptocrats.
aug 28, 2025, 12:36 pm • 0 0 • view
🎯🎯🎯‼️‼️‼️
aug 27, 2025, 7:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Unfortunately, people who tune out when other people say "oligarchy," "rhetoric," "homophobe," and "pedophile" aren't going to ask to be shown a picture, they're just gonna time or and vote against their interests.
aug 28, 2025, 1:20 am • 1 0 • view
*tune out, not "time or" 🤦🏼 Editing option, @bsky.app ?
aug 28, 2025, 1:22 am • 0 0 • view
If democrats insist on using words that obscure understanding, then fascist will continue to explore that stupidity. Say billionaire, blather, bigot, and child rapist instead. Not adjudicated rapist, rapist or child rapist.
aug 28, 2025, 1:20 am • 0 0 • view
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t... www.wired.com/story/palant... slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Unions need to drive votes to politicians that will effect the change we need. Can't leave the oligarch-funded influencers lead the people astray.
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For scale, if one billion dollars was divided among the people of the USA each of the 340 million people would get about $2.94.
aug 27, 2025, 4:42 pm • 0 0 • view
For scale absolutely no one deserves or earns a billion dollar by themselves; workers' labor produced that wealth not the owner. Stfu abt scale or pretending that billionaires deserve to exploit their workers & the natural resources & shouldn't compensate their workers or contribute to society.
aug 27, 2025, 10:04 pm • 1 0 • view
Better scaling: How much more could billionaires pay their own employees if the capital was spread that way...versus spreading across all 340 miilion men, women, children in whole country. E.g. Musk: 300 billion $$ (300×10^9) 200,000 emp. (200×10^3) Thats 1.5x10^6, $1.5 Million per employee!!
aug 27, 2025, 5:06 pm • 1 0 • view
IMHO, that is wages he witheld from all these brilliant, creative, hard working people that work for him and designed and build his technology.
aug 27, 2025, 5:08 pm • 1 0 • view
Save America and our future! Stop thinking that guns in the hands of domestic terrorists, or America in the hands of Fascists, makes anyone safe! Vote every last conservative out!
aug 27, 2025, 7:13 pm • 1 0 • view
Just the top 13 and the rest will fall in line and pay taxes. They are all spineless cowards who took the knee to a weak imbecile and pedophile, nobody should fear this group of parasites.
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You don't need an oath to fight for your country, Constitution, We the People, & Liberty itself on your own soil. You're free men. You should already possess the parts of a man that drive him to the fight. Patriotism, obligation, honor, love, & bravery. This shouldn't even be a question. Find it.
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