“What we're seeing here is a self-reinforcing loop, where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays cash back,” said Eileen O’Grady @publiccitizen.bsky.social

the Supreme Court is just the regular court but with sour cream and tomatoes and the power to strip humans of all our rights and feed us to corporations and bigots

Job alert!

A new analysis from ITEP estimates that the typical American households has spent an extra $414.77 on gas since the start of Trump's Iran War. Overall, drivers in the U.S. have paid $55,470,870,409 more to the oil industry since prices began to rise. Unreal. https://itep.org/iran-war-fuel-cost/

Think of all the things the US govt could be doing to support the people it is supposed to serve, if we taxed corporations.

Thank you, this seems like a very achievable first set of steps. I hope some progressive congressional candidates are reading this article! I expect once the benefits of such policies start to flow to the poor, I expect it will become politically easier to increase and expand taxes. Just need proof

Want a resilient way to tax the very rich that will survive a hostile Supreme Court? Fix corporate taxes. We explain how here.

Amid soaring prices, cuts to food aid mean that thousands in Maine are no longer getting help. These cuts were done so that Trump could give a trillion in tax cuts to the rich over the next decade.

"Federal courts have...suggested that no...entity is sufficiently harmed by corporate tax cuts, [so] no one has standing to sue...A novel solution would...dedicate a portion of corporate income tax revenue to specific parties who would...have standing if corporate income taxes were illegally cut..."

Loopholes must be closed.

Great ideas.

Dirty secret of tax policy is while income taxes have fallen on the wealthy, the obliteration of corporate taxes is the far more dramatic story over the last half century. Keeping wealth locked up in untaxed corporations is the real tool that the rich use to evade most taxes on that wealth.

Want a resilient way to tax the very rich that will survive a hostile Supreme Court? Fix corporate taxes. We explain how here.

An interesting thread from a month ago that predicted exactly what we’re seeing in the reflecting pool now (peeling up, prolific microbial activity)

there’s literally nothing this administration can’t mess up

killing their base

Maybe we can regenerate too

Glad we can provide the facts that fuel America’s comedy

Last time the Knicks were NBA champions was the year the DOJ charged Fred & Donald Trump with housing discrimination based on race.

Gonna have to amend my trusty protest sign. It’s all of us against the T-rillionaire

The president is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.

On this date in 2023, Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be charged with federal crimes as he was arraigned in a Miami courtroom; he pleaded not guilty to 37 felony charges that related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents.

Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation

There we go!

Do taxes on the very wealthy cause mass departures? No. Do they generate revenue to make life better for everyone? Yes.

Cities rock and in some we are getting local leadership that reflects that

Maybe getting rid of 1300 employees at the division charged with preventing things like screwworm was a bad idea

New York City just had its safest first 5 months of a year in recorded history. Murders plunged 21%, and major crime overall is down 11%.

They play. We pay.

Every once in a while you can do the thing that is more right and more fun… and it will pay off

Again, straight from Delaney Hall in Newark NJ: ICE just tear gassed Senator Andy Kim.

I got a chance to talk taxes to @deanbaker13.bsky.social who is better at breaking down issues than almost anyone I know.

88 profitable corporations paid $0 taxes last year. Meanwhile, capital gains breaks keep protecting the wealthy while workers pay in full. @itep.org  @amyhanauer.bsky.social breaks down the three biggest problems with the US tax code. #econsky full #mostlyeconomics ep: https://bit.ly/4tVbbuW

Bezos: “We have way too much corporate welfare, way too much corporate subsidies…way too much influence in politics from business.” Funny take for head of Amazon which took home ~10% of federal corporate income tax subsidies in 2025.

Trump's war is raising your prices to get away this Memorial Day weekend. Americans have already spent over $39.6 billion more than they would have without the war and that will surge this summer if trends continue. Find out how much ⬇️

There is a new Democratic Socialist in Congress. DSA congratulates our member Chris Rabb on his election for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District. This victory would not have been possible without the work of thousands of working class people across Philadelphia organizing for a better world.

Making America unhealthy again www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. .. “.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...

Republicans in Congress voted to cut our healthcare just to give tax breaks to their billionaire buddies who don’t need them. Our economy is rigged so working people hurt while the ultra-wealthy profit.

Please send to everyone you know in philanthropy

Wondering why state laws so often seem to favor corporations over people? Here’s one reason.

Conservatives experienced worsening health & higher mortality than liberals in the 2010s Why? "Declining trust in [doctors] among right-leaning individuals, including lower willingness to seek care, follow clinical advice or believe in medication effectiveness, even for issues unrelated to COVID"

“The new vaping guidance highlights Mr. Trump’s willingness to use his executive authority to prioritize the causes of major corporate donors over public health concerns, taxpayer interests and the judgment of experts…” Doesn’t care about Americans’ health, either. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

Want to tax the rich in a way that will survive the Supreme Court? Reforming corporate taxes HAS to be part of the equation. itep.org/progressives...

Every month, thousands of working class New Yorkers use Western Union to send money to loved ones. Now Western Union wants to buy its top competitor, Intermex, so it can jack up remittance fees and squeeze families even more. Families shouldn’t pay the price for corporate monopolies.

Suspending the gas tax will not meaningfully help with soaring prices. This move is mostly for show, and it would lead to major revenue loss that would need to be offset elsewhere in the budget. fortune.com/2026/05/11/h...