Do people in power not realize that if workers make more money they’ll also spend more money, thereby helping businesses profit?

Yes

Mike Waltz Has Somehow Gotten Even Worse at Using Signal

Have I been added to the group chat?

You work for 60 Minutes!? /s

To quote the great Maynard James Keenan:

🎵 Is this what you wanted?

Is this what you had in mind?

Is this what you wanted?

'Cause this, this is what you’re getting

I hope, I hope, I hope you choke 🎵

From the maker of the Trump Bible.

Their feelings don’t care about facts.

And here it is on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/phillewis.bsky.social/post/3l7mmjjh6od2h

Genuinely surprised and disheartened to learn that Karl Rove is still alive.

This is why I liked the how Torture skill in Burning Wheel does just this: you decide what the victim says. It’s not true, it’s just what they admit to.