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OGjester

@OGjester@stranger.social

Husband and dad. Career #railroad. Ashamed #Montana native. Big on #solar and #evs. Proudly, aggressively anti-fascist. #Microblogging since 2005. I write a lot about #USpol and #MTpol, and therefore I swear a lot. The entirety of the Democratic Party is to the right of me and millions of other Americans. I can’t believe I have to specify this, but all toots are my own thoughts and opinions, not my employer’s. Who would even think that?

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OGjester, to random
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I know I say this once in awhile, but it’s worth noting:

Every good railroad track inspector out there has found something on the track during their career that has prevented a derailment. The money saved by that derailment that never happened would more than pay for all the wages, insurance, tools, training, and equipment for that track inspector’s entire career.

Today, I found one of those derailment-type track defects, and paid for my whole career for about the fifth time.

OGjester, to random
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I just learned that in Spanish-speaking countries in South America, their version of “righty tighty, lefty loosy” is “la derecha oprime y la izquierda libera”, which literally translates to “the right oppresses and the left liberates”.

That, my friends, is the most dead-on mnemonic that has ever been thought up.

rbreich, to random
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The CEO-to-worker pay gap at America’s largest companies was 344-to-1 last year.

In 1965, the ratio was 20-to-1.

This explosion in CEO pay relative to the pay of workers isn’t because CEOs have become so much more valuable.

They've just gamed the system to line their pockets.

OGjester,
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@rbreich anyone who entered the workforce after 1974 has been shorted on pay their entire lives. Today, workers are only paid roughly 40% of what their productivity is worth. Adjust your work ethic accordingly, folks.

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I have to post this once in awhile.

Daojoan, to random
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Nazis are not a fragile endangered species who need you to be agonising over the nuances of their free speech

OGjester,
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@Daojoan

JoshuaHolland, to random
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Republicans are trying to legalize the murder of brown people.

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/arizona-gop-bill-rancher-migrant-kill

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@JoshuaHolland

OGjester, to Trivia
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Without googling it, can you name another person who has been charged with 78 or more felonies?

Bernie Madoff was charged with 11.

John Gotti was charged with 13.

Al Capone was charged with 23.

OGjester, to workersrights
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The takeaway in this moment regarding and in this country: this is the time.

Unions enjoy public opinion numbers higher than they’ve been in decades. Everyone is completely fed up with corporate greed. Workers everywhere are seeing how badly they’re getting screwed.

The public has. your. back.

If your wage and workplace sucks, organize a union. If you’re in a union, get involved with the negotiating committee, and make bigger asks. Support the actors and writers.

OGjester, to random
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You’re being shorted. A lot.

Prior to 1974, wages and productivity rose equally in the U.S., because that’s how things are supposed to be. However, since 1974, wages have fallen every year with respect to productivity. Today, you’re being paid roughly 40% what you’re worth. There are two ways to remedy this:

  • Demand that your wage be increased by 480% and held there for the next 50 years to make up for the pay you’ve been shorted

or

  • Cut your productivity by 60%

Work accordingly.

OGjester, to random
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The greatest myth about the U.S. is the fantasy of a representative government. We don’t have that.

70% of people - a majority of both parties - want tighter gun regulations. 60% want minimum wage to double. 63% say the government should ensure healthcare coverage for all. Upwards of 80% supported the content of the Voting Rights bill.

Neither party can get any of these things done, because they don’t represent you. They represent corporations and the rich.

They don’t represent you.

OGjester, to random
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Railroads enjoying that sweet, sweet deregulation.

https://www.mcall.com/2024/03/02/norfolk-southern-train-derailment-lehigh-river-lower-saucon-photos/

OGjester, to random
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OGjester, to random
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This is never not relevant. @LRRRonEarth

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OGjester, to random
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I’m going to keep saying this.

Railroads today are in full robber-baron mode; they are out of control with their cuts to manpower and maintenance. Derailment after derailment, there’s a bipartisan effort in Congress to take no action whatsoever with regard to adding regulations or increasing federal inspections. The GOP dream of deregulation has been realized for the railroads at the cost of public safety.

If you have tracks running through your town, think about reaching out to your reps.

OGjester, to Parenting
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My 9-year-old just now: “I think Trump has been in the news too long. They need to move on.”

That’s a proud moment right there.

OGjester, to Russia
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Ask any Republican over 40 to tell you what they think Reagan would say about invading a European democracy.

OGjester, to random
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No ai will ever, ever match the great George Carlin.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cKUaqFzZLxU&pp=ygUZR29yZ2UgY2FybGluIHRoZSBiaWcgY2x1Yg%3D%3D

OGjester, to random
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Add “stealing classified documents and hiding them from investigators” to the list of things our justice system says is okay now.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/judge-delays-donald-trumps-classified-documents-trial-indefinitely/story?id=110006887

OGjester, to random
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If all wealth in excess of one billion dollars was taxed at 100%, the quality of life of billionaires wouldn’t be diminished one iota, and the quality of life for the rest of us would be improved in ways we could barely imagine.

OGjester, to random
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I’m a few days late on this, but I suspect that the whole April 20th 420 pot day thing was invented so that kids in the 1960’s/70’s would forget about the Ludlow Massacre.

Here’s some of that woke history they don’t want you knowing:

https://www.cpr.org/2014/04/18/remembering-the-ludlow-massacre-100-years-later/

StillIRise1963, to random
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Traitors are charged with everything BUT BEING A FUCKING TRAITOR.

OGjester,
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@StillIRise1963 I’ve wondered aloud for seven years now; how are we supposed to accept court rulings - from on down - when we have judges who were appointed by a traitorous Russian asset?

OGjester, to random
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Days like today are why I continue to reject the legitimacy of in my heart.

Article 3 of the 14th Amendment is very clear. Perhaps there is a short discussion to be had to determine whether or not Trump engaged in insurrection, which all but the most unserious people agree that he did.

What I heard today was a barrage of questioning that could only be described as fishing for angles to skew reality and allow the insurrectionist-in-chief to somehow RUN FOR FUCKING PRESIDENT AGAIN.

OGjester,
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@palin Every time I think about SCOTUS, and how two of the justices are just openly, unapologetically corrupt, and how three others were appointed by an insurrectionist Russian asset, and that these people will be deciding laws for a generation, they feel like I’ve been hit in the back of the head by a shovel. How can this be real?

We are the world’s first banana republic superpower.

NewsDesk, to random
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A judge orders former New York City Mayor and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers for defamation. The women said they were subjected to harassment and racial abuse after Giuliani spread lies that framed them as participants in stealing the 2020 election for Joe Biden. Read more from the Associated Press.

https://flip.it/gb_dMq

OGjester,
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@NewsDesk Alex Jones has taught us that when a court fines you, you don’t have to pay unless you’re poor.

randahl, to random
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I remember when the Tesla brand was synonymous with innovation.

Now, it is synonymous with casting doubt on the legitimacy of the US justice system in front of your 181 million followers.

Buy another car.

OGjester,
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@randahl One of my little guilty pleasures is watching Tesla stock fall in direct proportion to how much he embraces extreme-right ideology. Tesla stock is down nearly 40% YTD, which is a jaw-dropping amount for any stock.

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