25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.

Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running. This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.

“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again). I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”

“The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Don’t forget LBJ and the war on poverty. If the Dems could just divorce themselves from wall street and dirty money, grow a spine and a set of cajones, and walk the walk, that’d be super.

Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.

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How to get rid of Citizens United? We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united

On the eve of his second election — on October 31, 1936 — FDR delivered his coup de grace, explaining the stakes in his fight with the moneyed interests. Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.

More No Kings rally in Reno..

No Kings rally in Reno NV

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks”- Queen Gertrude, Hamlet

Never forget!!

The Nazis did not tolerate ridicule

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11

I’m deeply saddened by the fact we did this to ourselves. The unforced error of the century, maybe millennia. I can’t forgive the voters, nor the enablers.

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Unstable Relative, Toddler Compete For Attention At Family Get-Together https://theonion.com/unstable-relative-toddler-compete-for-attention-at-fam-1819570990/

Why is not Trump’s letter a federal crime- lying to Congress -given its false claims re DC crime?And why shd he be immune from suit for this when anyone else wd be prosecuted. Read Trump’s Letter to Congress About D.C. Police Department www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Who owns Politico Again? 😏

Lil Marco get ready

Looks like someone is a Democracy Docket reader.👀

Down at the cussin’ pond.

Check this out, over 30 leading economists have joined calls for a wealth tax! bsky.app/profile/taxj...

The death of humanity will be ruled a suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...

Can’t get enough of these videos. @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social is a must-follow.

Watch this and re-post.

“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.

The Social Security trust fund could be depleted by 2033, according to a new report from its trustees. There's a simple way to fix this: scrap the cap on the Social Security payroll tax. https://youtu.be/GfZuB7XSFys?si=p8Zw3o6MIfQi9xoo

Trump's DOJ has granted Boeing a non-prosecution agreement over the 737 MAX crashes, despite the company's repeated attempts to deceive regulators.  Boeing donated $1M to Trump's inauguration and has paid AG Pam Bondi's former lobbying firm at least $480K. Follow the money.

Yes.

Okay, but how could we have possibly known Hegseth's lack of experience would lead to a colossal national security disaster?

The people out to destroy this Republic hate courage more than anything. Put it in their face, every day.

The Trump regime and DOGE are rolling out this playbook to attack Social Security — one of the most popular and effective government programs. They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services. Why? Because they don't want it to work.

This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society. (my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)

“Tax our wealth” – that’s the message from millionaires across the UK whose campaign is hitting the road ahead of the government’s spring statement yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/mor...

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

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Seems to be a pattern here. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...