There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.

Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package. Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, can't afford to feed their families, and struggle with cuts to the safety net made to finance tax cuts for the super-rich. American capitalism is off the rails.

It is *obscene* that that beast wearing the skin of a man called Elon Musk was just awarded a trillion dollar pay-package after he personally signed the death warrant of hundreds of thousands of innocents earlier this year.

Has there ever been a weaker Speaker of the House than Mike Johnson, who just picks up the phone each day, says ‘yes sir’ a bunch of times, then hangs up and does what he’s told? Which is do nothing and lie constantly.

This is what every single person with any experience in China has been warning about from the start. Very good WaPo story by Katrina Northrop and Rudy Lu. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... And good, clear headline!

See what you will about sleepy Joe Biden, he never passed the fuck out in the oval office in front of the cameras during a meeting bsky.app/profile/carl...

Jake Tapper show yourself, you duplicitous charlatan

Disruptions to SNAP during the government shutdown have left recipients facing imminent hunger, unable to restock their pantries or refrigerators.

The United States has been running trade deficits since 1976, and in that half-century, it has achieved the highest per capita GDP on the planet. Some emergency! www.thebulwark.com/p/which-cons...

Mockler: JD Vance needs to come out and condemn this. When the young Republican group chat leaked, he muddied the waters, do you not see the normalization that's happening?

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

40 billion dollars to Argentina. FORTY. BILLION. DOLLARS. TO. ARGENTINA. FORTY.

Like you give away tax cuts to big corporations and the richest Americans?

Looks like American air travel is already fucked and getting more so, in the wake of Duffy’s 10% reduction announcement. Hold onto your butts. nasstatus.faa.gov

When official sources of information dry up or become unreliable, rumors and conspiracy theories take their place. That does not always bode well for whoever is in power.

Trump is appealing the judicial order to pay full SNAP benefits by tomorrow. He’s spending tax payer dollars going back to court to try and avoid giving folks money they are legally owed. He’s starving 42 million people because to him they are leverage. It’s enraging.

OBAMA: “We had a good night on Tuesday… the American people are paying attention — when young people are engaged and involved, we win.” @barackobama.bsky.social was a surprise drop-in at the @podsaveamerica.crooked.com live taping to open #CrookedCon in D.C.

SNAP surveys SNAP users. Already half of them are saying they are skipping meals.

I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.

What are the effects of the shutdown on SNAP users? Propel provides an app to SNAP users to allow them to track their spending and so can offer real-time estimates of needs. About 70% of SNAP households have a $10 or less balance on their SNAP card accounts. www.propel.app/shutdown-fun...

And he just stands there...

NEW: Foreign food safety inspections have hit a historic low after Trump staffing cuts. The dramatic shift in oversight comes as the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food. “It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.

Mockler: First of all, I just want to say the idea that the Republican party is the party of small government, as you claimed, is a joke under this administration,

Heritage president Kevin Roberts is on the board of a nonprofit (SLI) led by Nate Fischer who separately launched a venture in 2023 w/ Raw Egg Nationalist who “has a history of posting swastikas & other Nazi imagery,” which Fischer has called “ironic trolling” rather than “genuine Nazi belief” 1/

This is what oligarchy looks like: If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break. If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry. Obscene.

I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

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"What happens when your party gets killed in an election but you can’t admit that anything is actually wrong?" @cheetah.bsky.social with his latest Press Pass on Republicans being in denial about Tuesday's crushing defeats, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...

Not enough people are talking about this: Even before Trump cut off SNAP funding, he and Republicans in Congress made the biggest cuts to food assistance in U.S. history.

“Fuentes sneered at Roberts’ sweaty contortions, reaffirmed his own movement’s dedication to taking on ‘world Jewry,’ and promised that 2028 would be the year the groypers started to really flex their political might. Now that, folks, is a ‘venomous coalition.’” www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what...

Nancy Pelosi is a fearless leader, dedicated public servant, and tireless champion for Californians and Americans. There are few in recent memory who have done more for our state or our country. Her presence in Congress will be missed, but her legacy will live on for years to come.

Trump claims he is "a dealmaker." Well, Mr. President: Let’s make a deal today. Stop the doubling of health care premiums for 20 million Americans. Stop 15 million from losing their health care. Immediately reopen the government. What are you waiting for?

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“We always been a different sort of media company…We put very few products behind a paywall. We give free memberships to anyone who can’t afford it. We are infinitely more interested in saving democracy than increasing revenue.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Excessive force. PERIOD! They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor. 📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.

The Republican record? Pain for every American.

On his first day in office, he decided to allow ICE in child care facilities? For crying out loud. Really loud.

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Imagine how much more about Donald Trump's crimes we would know, and how our politics would have unfolded differently, if everyone of significance had been either interviewed by the FBI or put before a federal grand jury in the spring of 2021, while memories were still fresh.

This is what I meant yesterday when I said the blue wave wasn’t about the Democratic Party The Party didn’t do much. In some cases, it risked doing damage by approving or disapproving candidates regardless of what voters wanted The wave was created by voters DESPITE the Party And that’s democracy

Trump’s economy suuuuucks.

“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.” Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.

It was Garland’s decision to not hold a single organizer or financier accountable. Not one.

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