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14 views
Musk owns 40% of SpaceX stock but controls 80% of shareholder votes. He rigged it so he's unfireable — unless he fires himself.
Read the full commentary: https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/beware-of-billionaires
#ElonMusk #Plutocracy
11 views
Chuck Schumer wrote a strongly worded letter. That'll show 'em.
Most politicians run to HOLD office. I ran to USE it. There's a difference, and it's the whole ballgame.
What do you want from the people you elect: speeches, or action?
Full video: https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/friday-signpost-most-politicians
9 views
Billionaires stop paying Social Security tax after their first $185K. Everything above that is free money to them. 95% of us pay on every dollar we earn all year.
Fair?
#SocialSecurity #TaxTheRich
@SocialSecurityWorks
Read the full piece: https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/lets-increase-social-security-not
7 views
John Deere billed a Montana rancher $4,000 for a $600 repair — because he wasn't "authorized" to fix his own tractor. Farmers organized, sued, and won this month.
https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/corporate-stupidity-sidetracked-by
#RightToRepair #JohnDeere
📊 Post engagement
14
Avg engagement / post
1.5%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Musk's AI data center: 57 unpermitted gas turbines, toxic pollut · 77 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
2 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 7 text · 1 image · 4 video.
Follower / following
16×
Follows 56 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
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John Deere billed a Montana rancher $4,000 for a $600 repair — because he wasn't "authorized" to fix his own tractor. Farmers organized, sued, and won this month.
https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/corporate-stupidity-sidetracked-by
#Rig…
What gives me hope? Hope itself.
If I got my news from the nightly broadcasts and big web media, I'd be depressed too. But travel anywhere in this country and you'll find people who are tenacious, thoughtful, creative, and fun.
That's what…
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Billionaires stop paying Social Security tax after their first $185K. Everything above that is free money to them. 95% of us pay on every dollar we earn all year.
Fair?
#SocialSecurity #TaxTheRich
@SocialSecurityWorks
Read the full piece…
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Musk owns 40% of SpaceX stock but controls 80% of shareholder votes. He rigged it so he's unfireable — unless he fires himself.
Read the full commentary: https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/beware-of-billionaires
#ElonMusk #Plutocracy
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Chuck Schumer wrote a strongly worded letter. That'll show 'em.
Most politicians run to HOLD office. I ran to USE it. There's a difference, and it's the whole ballgame.
What do you want from the people you elect: speeches, or action?
Full …
The National Restaurant Association charges workers $15 for mandatory "safety training," then uses that money to lobby to keep the tipped wage at $2.13/hour. Frozen since 1991.
Sound like a scam? It is.
https://jimhightower.substack.com/p…
Six unelected judges, 38% approval, and all of them insisting they're not partisan. Gorsuch says integrity's "in his bones." Barrett denies being a "partisan hack." Roberts claims judges aren't politicians — the same Roberts who helped ins…
Trump paid a wind company $765 million to cancel offshore wind farms — projects that would've beaten coal on cost. His reason: he thinks windmills are "ugly."
Wind already outpaces coal nationally. The market disagrees with him.
#CleanEner…
What if treating your workers well was the business model?
P. Terry's Burger Stand just launched profit-sharing + an employee ownership trust for 1,800 workers. This is what good business looks like.
https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/bus…
The people who rigged the system want you to stop saying it's rigged.
A right-wing pundit says populist talk "undermines trust in government." But lawmakers sell themselves to bidders, the White House is a shopping mall for donors, and SCO…
A million seconds = 11 days. A billion seconds = 32 YEARS.
That's the scale of what's buying Congress. Both parties,
heads in money bags. Two simple fixes exist. Zero action.
@campaignlegal
https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/the-gilded-…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
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A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
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On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 14 views per post.
📤Posts about 2× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated89/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~1.5% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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