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No, the Boomers Did Not Take It All prospect.org/2025/10/21/n...

My Generation: Blame the Rich, not the Boomers open.substack.com/pub/deanbake...

Expertise should inform democratic choice, not replace it. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-coming...

www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t... Syndicate Newsletter

kffhealthnews.org/news/article... Please make this insanity stop!

Authoritarianism is accumulating. Sound the alarm. open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...

I read this book a few weeks ago. It was time and money well spent. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Hoping for the AI bubble to burst… The AI Bubble and Counterfeit Money open.substack.com/pub/deanbake...

Executing an Effective Tax Strike by Blue States open.substack.com/pub/nathanne...

budgetlab.yale.edu/research/eva... anxiety over the effects of AI on labor market is widespread, our data suggests it remains largely speculative. AI’s impact on the labor market that emerges from our data is one that largely reflects stability, not major disruption at an economy-wide level.

I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.

The “Free Market”: The Fatal Error of the Foundational Myth of Center-Left Politics open.substack.com/pub/deanbake...

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Read this: www.thenerdreich.com/she-warned-a... She Warned About Silicon Valley 25 Years Ago. We Ignored Her.

connect.kff.org/proposed-hea... Proposed Health Insurance Premiums for Small Group Market Rise 11% for 2026, Driven by Rising Health Care Costs

The Democrats' Path Forward: Become the Anti-Corruption Party data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-democr...

I suppose there isn’t a chance. But good piece by Bill Scher…

Alison Shearer - Alto Sax Kevin Bernstein - keyboards Marty Kenney - bass Horace Phillips - drums youtu.be/mwk3Tc_NxoU?...

Almost always true in US elections. People are no longer voting for what they want—they’re voting against what they fear. That’s not democracy; it’s damage control. substack.com/home/post/p-... Home | Substack

The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

Fifteen years after Citizens United opened the floodgates of corporate and dark political money, the Center for American Progress has figured out how to slam them back shut. CAP published its groundbreaking how-to report today: "The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant."

Why the Bursting of the AI Bubble Would Be Good for the Economy open.substack.com/pub/deanbake...

The article, taken from a book just released, gives a hint about why AI is frightening. Read the entire book to get the complete picture. This is a real problem, as serious as nuclear weapons, but w/o human control. We need to pause until a solution is found. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Seems like something worthy of Congressional oversite. oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/musks-xai-... Musk's xAI flaunts lax attitude on security, seeks top secret government contracts

www.cjr.org/the_media_to... Alan Berg and Charlie Kirk; the Old Media and the New - Columbia Journalism Review

Promote dialogue on campus, not polarization? www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view... Choosing Campus Dialogue Over Commodified Debate (opinion)

UBI is a Political Trap by the Tech Bro Elite open.substack.com/pub/nathanne...

Another cabinet disgrace open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

To me, this is one of the most important, must-read pieces of our time. www.weekendreading.net/p/monsters-a... Monsters and Their Enablers - by Michael Podhorzer

REPORT: Trump’s Mass Deportations Will Devastate U.S. Cities open.substack.com/pub/migranti...

Yes!! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...

Trump Slaps His Name on Infrastructure Projects Funded by Biden newrepublic.com/post/200118/... via @newrepublic.com

Ugly America: The Oligarchs’ Dinner Party and Zuckerberg’s Hot Mic Reveal. Our oligarchs are sycophants to an aspiring autocrat. Disgusting. open.substack.com/pub/michaeld...

Why America Has the World's Oldest Politicians open.substack.com/pub/leedrutm...

Will Robinson has more great advice for building a democracy movement. open.substack.com/pub/willrobi...

The Billionaires looking to Silence Rep Thomas Massie for His Epstein Activism Made Their Money in Very Interesting Ways open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

Trump’s Pick for DHS Policy Chief Tied to Hate Groups, Anti-DACA Rhetoric migrantinsider.com/p/trumps-pic...

Unions Are Shrinking Nationwide—But Not in California url: prospect.org/justice/unio...

Don’t be fooled—U.S.-born workers are facing a worse labor market in 2025 www.epi.org/blog/dont-be...