Zeke Radford
@zekeradford.bsky.social
Retired & loving it. Big #AT40 fan.
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Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to ban private equity funds from owning or controlling medical practices.
This is a big deal.
Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.
This is a big deal.
Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.
This One Thing Is Making Your Life More Expensive | Robert Reich
Private equity is shutting out millions of people from buying their own homes.In 2021, private equity investors bought n
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September 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to ban private equity funds from owning or controlling medical practices.
This is a big deal.
Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.
This is a big deal.
Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.
We need to move forward.
Pete Buttigieg continually asks fellow Democrats to envision a new future.
There aren't too many thinkers like Pete. He has the imagination, the vision to think forward. ✌🏻
There aren't too many thinkers like Pete. He has the imagination, the vision to think forward. ✌🏻
September 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM
We need to move forward.
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From last year. A good history lesson.
September 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
From last year. A good history lesson.
#AT40
An icon of my youth, his art was always upbeat and uplifting.
An icon of my youth, his art was always upbeat and uplifting.
September 17, 2026 at 2:17 AM
#AT40
An icon of my youth, his art was always upbeat and uplifting.
An icon of my youth, his art was always upbeat and uplifting.
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A CNN investigation reveals Russia likely provided crucial satellite information about U.S. bases, giving Tehran a major advantage in the war. And not a word from Senile Satan.
September 17, 2026 at 1:55 AM
A CNN investigation reveals Russia likely provided crucial satellite information about U.S. bases, giving Tehran a major advantage in the war. And not a word from Senile Satan.
As recently as February, few experts would have predicted that the United States—a global colossus for more than 80 years—would end up so hamstrung by Iran. But the conflict reveals something important: The American age has come to an end.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The American Age Is Over
A period of global dominance has ended in plain sight.
www.theatlantic.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:20 AM
As recently as February, few experts would have predicted that the United States—a global colossus for more than 80 years—would end up so hamstrung by Iran. But the conflict reveals something important: The American age has come to an end.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
They are specifically leaving early to avoid accountability to America.
They're going to stay long enough to vote to get rid of environmental safeguards...but not long enough to vote on the articles of impeachment.
They're going to stay long enough to vote to get rid of environmental safeguards...but not long enough to vote on the articles of impeachment.
The House is going home again — this time to avoid a vote on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s impeachment.
House GOP leadership announced Wednesday morning that they will end their current slate of votes early and head home until the midterms, a nearly two-month break.
House GOP leadership announced Wednesday morning that they will end their current slate of votes early and head home until the midterms, a nearly two-month break.
House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment
Republicans are sending members of Congress home early to avoid a vote on the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
newrepublic.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
They are specifically leaving early to avoid accountability to America.
They're going to stay long enough to vote to get rid of environmental safeguards...but not long enough to vote on the articles of impeachment.
They're going to stay long enough to vote to get rid of environmental safeguards...but not long enough to vote on the articles of impeachment.
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Reminder: voter fraud is not a thing.
Voter suppression is.
Voter suppression is.
September 16, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reminder: voter fraud is not a thing.
Voter suppression is.
Voter suppression is.
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Trump is a world-historical villain who's putting us all in extreme danger, so put him at the center of this story. Dems can highlight how Trump is actively using DOJ and EPA to help AI data centers steamroll communities, and vow that a Dem majority will stop it. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
September 15, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Trump is a world-historical villain who's putting us all in extreme danger, so put him at the center of this story. Dems can highlight how Trump is actively using DOJ and EPA to help AI data centers steamroll communities, and vow that a Dem majority will stop it. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
This is inhuman treatment, strictly for political gain.
Unfortunately the governments of Israel & the US appear to be capable of shame.
Unfortunately the governments of Israel & the US appear to be capable of shame.
Nearly 1.7 million Palestinians are now spending a 2nd or 3rd year in unsafe, makeshift shelters because Israel & the US continue to block mobile homes, or caravans, from entering Gaza, leaving units that have been lined up on the Egyptian side of the border outside the Strip for more than a year...
September 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
This is inhuman treatment, strictly for political gain.
Unfortunately the governments of Israel & the US appear to be capable of shame.
Unfortunately the governments of Israel & the US appear to be capable of shame.
Does Team Trump prefer it if people are focused on Harp rather than Iran or the Epstein files or the economy? Or, alternatively, does the president just surround himself with idiots? My money is on the latter.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why is the White House being so weird about Natalie Harp again? | Arwa Mahdawi
The president’s assistant travelled with him to Ireland – which really shouldn’t be much of a story. But his comms team seems determined to make it one, writes Arwa Mahdawi
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Does Team Trump prefer it if people are focused on Harp rather than Iran or the Epstein files or the economy? Or, alternatively, does the president just surround himself with idiots? My money is on the latter.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"The trustees should let the center close, declare bankruptcy, and come to a sad end—all on Trump’s watch. Allow the Kennedy Center to fail in full view of the American public, and let them decide whether such things matter."
Tom Nichols says Americans shouldn't bend to the hostage taker's demands.
Tom Nichols says Americans shouldn't bend to the hostage taker's demands.
Trump’s Kennedy Center Shakedown
The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.
www.theatlantic.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
"The trustees should let the center close, declare bankruptcy, and come to a sad end—all on Trump’s watch. Allow the Kennedy Center to fail in full view of the American public, and let them decide whether such things matter."
Tom Nichols says Americans shouldn't bend to the hostage taker's demands.
Tom Nichols says Americans shouldn't bend to the hostage taker's demands.
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NYT: “.. Crossing the 5 percent threshold demonstrated the limits of the Treasury secretary’s ability to bend global markets to his will. It also dealt a blow to his credibility as a market oracle.”
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September 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
NYT: “.. Crossing the 5 percent threshold demonstrated the limits of the Treasury secretary’s ability to bend global markets to his will. It also dealt a blow to his credibility as a market oracle.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/b...
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Same guy who thinks other countries pay the tariffs, trade deficits mean other countries are ripping us off, windmills cause cancer, and solar energy only works when the sun's out.
He's a charter member of the Dunning-Kruger Club.
He's a charter member of the Dunning-Kruger Club.
Trump says the guard rails on AI are his high IQ. This is the guy who says "there's multiple ways to calculate percentages." This is the guy that was 364th out of 366 students at his school. This is the guy who's marketing professor said "he's the dumbest goddamn student I've ever had."
September 15, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Same guy who thinks other countries pay the tariffs, trade deficits mean other countries are ripping us off, windmills cause cancer, and solar energy only works when the sun's out.
He's a charter member of the Dunning-Kruger Club.
He's a charter member of the Dunning-Kruger Club.
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Himes to Bessent: "I can think of no administration in the last 50 years that is quite as communist as the Trump administration. Constant interventions in the operations of the free market."
September 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Himes to Bessent: "I can think of no administration in the last 50 years that is quite as communist as the Trump administration. Constant interventions in the operations of the free market."
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VARGAS: Does giving people $5,000 increase the deficit or debt?
BESSENT: I believe there are ways to do it without increasing the debt or deficit
VARGAS: Such as?
BESSENT: That's in process right now
VARGAS: So it's somehow mysteriously or magically occur?
BESSENT: I believe there are ways to do it without increasing the debt or deficit
VARGAS: Such as?
BESSENT: That's in process right now
VARGAS: So it's somehow mysteriously or magically occur?
September 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
VARGAS: Does giving people $5,000 increase the deficit or debt?
BESSENT: I believe there are ways to do it without increasing the debt or deficit
VARGAS: Such as?
BESSENT: That's in process right now
VARGAS: So it's somehow mysteriously or magically occur?
BESSENT: I believe there are ways to do it without increasing the debt or deficit
VARGAS: Such as?
BESSENT: That's in process right now
VARGAS: So it's somehow mysteriously or magically occur?
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TORRES: How can you declare the K-shaped economy is over when during Trump's 2nd term the assets of Wall St are booming while real wages are not?
BESSENT: It's opposite of Biden
T: What's the statute of limitations on the Biden blame game?
B: I was in a car accident as a teen. My back still hurts
BESSENT: It's opposite of Biden
T: What's the statute of limitations on the Biden blame game?
B: I was in a car accident as a teen. My back still hurts
September 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
TORRES: How can you declare the K-shaped economy is over when during Trump's 2nd term the assets of Wall St are booming while real wages are not?
BESSENT: It's opposite of Biden
T: What's the statute of limitations on the Biden blame game?
B: I was in a car accident as a teen. My back still hurts
BESSENT: It's opposite of Biden
T: What's the statute of limitations on the Biden blame game?
B: I was in a car accident as a teen. My back still hurts