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Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy | Barry Ritholtz

The billionaire bailout bill has passed. #ranttime #haikuaday #haikuhive

Good things take time but
Destruction happens quickly
Cruelty is the point

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TheBookHippie Sigh. 5h

BarbaraJean 😭💔😡 5h

JenlovesJT47 💙🩵💙🫂 5h

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lil1inblue 💔😭 🤬😵‍💫 5h

ImperfectCJ I like the haiku; I do not like the news. Just as I start to get hopeful that integrity in Congress might be making a comeback, they throw another shovelful on top of it. 5h

Susanita @ImperfectCJ That‘s it exactly. 5h

Librarybelle My emoji thoughts exactly, @lil1inblue 5h

Eggbeater I am crying ugly, angry tears. 4h

DebinHawaii Captures it perfectly. 🖤🐝🖤 4h

lil1inblue @Librarybelle I don't have any words left. 😭 4h

ncsufoxes It‘s f-n exhausting. I was thinking too that the House Democrats are down by 3 people due to recent deaths. 4h

dabbe #TheBookHippie @BarbaraJean @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @ImperfectCJ @Susanita @LIbrarybelle @Eggbeater @DebinHawaii What is it they say? Promises made, promises kept! 🤢 I wonder how a Trump voter will feel when these cuts come for them. Because unless you're in the 1%, you're screwed. These cuts will come for ALL of us, red or blue. Deal with THAT, MAGA people. #ranttime 4h

dabbe And thank you for this WH😩AH haiku and for keepin' it real. 💙✊🏻💙 4h

AmyG Cruelty IS the point. Stephen Miller feeds off of it. This bill is a horror. 4h

AlaMich @dabbe Yes, but it all depends on who they blame for the misery coming their way. I‘m betting it will end up being Biden‘s fault that they have no health care and can‘t feed their kids. 3h

dabbe @AmyG 🎯🩵🎯 3h

dabbe @AlaMich I'm so afraid you're right. 🎯🎯🎯 3h

AnnCrystal This is reality, but I still cannot believe it...😢🐝🙏🏼🦅🙏🏼🐝🤬. (edited) 19m

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Rome753

Democracy in America (Volumes 1 and 2, Unabridged) | Alexis De Tocqueville

"I do not mean that there is no deficiency of wealthy individuals in the United States; I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken stronger hold on the affections of men, and where the profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property."
-Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"

Chrissyreadit perfect quote for the insanity of enriching billionaires and destroying a portion of the country! 1d

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Pedrocamacho

Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge | Ted Conover

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I enjoyed this book about folks surviving, hiding, and subsisting in the San Luis valley. Lots of interesting, sometimes tragic, sometimes awful, and sometimes funny stories.

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Rome753

Democracy in America (Volumes 1 and 2, Unabridged) | Alexis De Tocqueville

Next up for reading. It's over 900 pages, so it will likely take a while.

Tamra It‘s amazing to read such astute observations of America from an outsider perspective. 4d

Rome753 @Tamra Sometimes, an outsider perspective is much needed 4d

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ChasingOm

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis | Jonathan Blitzer

The heat is finally breaking and I can sit on my porch!

Nebklvr Ohhh….I have been wanting to read this one 6d

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Laughterhp

Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways | Jamie Jensen

Looking for audiobook recommendations! We are driving from Grand Teton to Glacier National Park this summer.

My husband isn‘t a big reader, so looking for recommendations that a non reader would like!

Genres would probably be mystery or fantasy (like LOTR but not boring) ☺️

TIA!

Librarybelle I‘d try this one, and the other two in the series. I loved the audio, and it‘s quite entertaining, so I think it would hold a nonreader‘s interest:

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

TieDyeDude Sci-fi, but I enjoyed the audio of the sprawling story of

The Forever War

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BarbaraJean Not fantasy, but sci-fi: the Murderbot Diaries series! Most are novellas, a couple are full length novels, and there are I think 7 in the series so far. The audiobooks are great, and the MC is engaging and snarky. So much fun.

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5feet.of.fury There‘s a full cast version of the Hobbit that‘s good. Also comedy/memoir type books are how I got into audiobooks & if he doesn‘t usually listen to them that might be good so I‘m gonna go with

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History

Laughterhp @BarbaraJean Ooh! That‘s a good idea. Maybe I‘ll make his listen to murderbot and then watch the tv show with me! 1w

Laughterhp @5feet.of.fury Oh! Thanks! We just started watching Parks and Rec! This might be a good one to check out. 1w

Laughterhp @Librarybelle @TieDyeDude Thanks!! I‘ll check those out! 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures I also vote Murderbot! What about nonfiction? Something bite size like John Greens The Anthropocene Reviewed or I really love Patrick Radden Keefe any of his really like

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Aims42 This one has been recommended to me for a good audio book. I haven‘t listened but it has good reviews 😊

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

dabbe This one.

Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

5feet.of.fury @Laughterhp I looooove parts and rec! Retta & Amy Poehler‘s books were also good 😂 1w

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Hooked_on_books

Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America's Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed it Forever | Geoffrey Williams

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Extended heavy rains in 1913 caused widespread, devastating flooding that impacted most of the eastern and central US, causing major damage and leading to flood mitigation efforts. Washed Away takes the reader through those days, focusing on Ohio and Indiana, the hardest hit, and telling the story through the experiences of individuals. A really compelling read! #ReadYourEbooks (May)

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Pedrocamacho

Wounded: A Novel | Percival Everett

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“Wounded” is a compelling read. It‘s a quick one too. There‘s a lot happening in 207 pages.

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