When you want less of something, economists tell us: tax it. We want less income disparity. So tax that! How? By taxing the companies perpetrating that disparity. Bonus: when the board wants to give execs a big raise, it'll be incentivized to give one to the rank and file, too.

Dr. Oz and RFK Jr. today, trying to act like they're doing anything related to their jobs.

Something @hcrichardson.bsky.social said the other day has really stuck with me. Abridged: The U.S. is a fabulously wealthy country. But it's not just in bank accounts. Knowing you can get in your car and drive to the supermarket ... clean hot water ... electricity. That's wealth.

I wonder whether @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social's feckless minimizing of the case against Henry Cuellar had anything to do with Cuellar refusing to lick Trump's boot after his pardon.

Bad news: Deconstruction of America accelerating. Good news: Because they feel their window to do so closing. Bad news: More work for us when rebuilding time finally comes. Good news: More opportunity to form a more-perfect union.

Ending birthright citizenship is only phase one. The real play is testing the Court’s loyalty before Trump makes his move on the 22nd Amendment and permanence. Subscribe. Read. COMMENT. Restack! therealmichaelcohen.substack.com/p/trumps-pat...

"Defeating the Nazis was in the same category as changing a flat tire: an untidy business that men were expected to know how to do." - @nealstephenson.bsky.social, "Cryptonomicon"

Somehow didn't know about @patrioticmillionaires.org before, so maybe you didn't either. Their mission: tax the rich; pay the people; spread the power. Their "Money Agenda": the Equal Tax act; the Cost of Living tax cut; the Cost of Living Wage act; and the Anti-Oligarch act.

You know what else is virtually extinct? Cravats. The number of cravats in the world makes about the same amount of difference to me as the number of white people. At least cravats don't act out on some weird need to be better than other articles of clothing.

I have been saying this for years. Yes, we should all be concerned about the corrosive effects on society of massive wealth concentration; but the massively wealthy should also be concerned about the inevitable gulf that forms between them and humanity.

Everyone's talking about the survivors that Hegseth murdered and I'm just over here like They wouldn't have been "survivors" in the first place if it weren't for Hegseth's earlier, bigger murder.

Man I'd love to see what the portrait in her attic looks like.

I don't think this is understood widely enough. It isn't that the libs are here and MAGA is there. It's that there, you see whatever will boost revenue the most - i.e., the rage-y stuff. Here, we see only what we _ask_ to see. And no one's asking for... that.

When I was growing up, videophones were on a par with lunar hotels: very out of reach, but if they ever arrived, a sure sign that we'd arrived at the glorious future we kept hearing about. Then one day, suddenly everyone had them. No fanfare. It's just a thing that happened. Still disoriented.

Why stop with the autopen? Cancel everything not signed with a quill and an inkpot, as the Founders clearly intended. Cancel everything not signed in daylight or by candlelight or oil lamp.

Trump: "The [people] circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him." Every accusation is a confession.

If you're troubled by the fact that AI produces output after training on copyrighted works, but feel it's not exactly plagiarism, this article is for you.

This is an excellent and politically easy list. I'm going to contact my state senator and assemblyman about this. I'd only add a paper-ballot requirement. Too much room for shenanigans in black-box voting machines.

"Congress’s inaction is as damaging as Trump himself" It is imperative to impeach.

Looking for a Republican to denounce death threats.

In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ... ... listen to Steve Wozniak.

Yeah, I know: "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Maybe this is why Dems aren't pushing impeachment. Let Trump and the GOP keep digging the hole they're in. Meanwhile, there is death+suffering. And what remains of America to save when MAGA is gone keeps shrinking. Impeach.

@davidfrum.bsky.social: "If conservatives become convinced they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy." Sounds prescient. But the thing is, they can't win democratically because they _have_ abandoned conservatism.

Why is this not the 1000th item in some Articles of Impeachment, updated daily? Every day Dems don't hammer on this topic is a day of acquiescence in the regime's illegality.

These posters started popping up ahead of next week’s We Ain’t Buying It boycott. From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets 💥

Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE. Here’s how to use them:

TW: JFC

ITYM "How could we keep thinking rich white men are automatically smart?"

The late, great reporter Daniel Schorr on the 20th anniversary of the Watergate break-in: One lesson of Watergate is that the lumbering machinery of government worked. More than the press, it was the much-maligned bureaucracy and Congress and the courts that broke the cover-up: 1/6 (wait for it)

It is pretty ridiculous that the Criterion Collection simply exists to go “here are very good movies that we present to you to buy and watch with some thoughtfulness” and that’s all it takes to be successful because it’s rare that anyone does that shit

Karoline Leavitt, soon: "The President was simply mispronouncing the Danish word for girl, which is pige."

Comfortably-well-off white guy here who has enough but still wants more. The more I want: for everyone around me to be comfortable too. Safe, healthy, and free to pursue their happiness. A society like that would enrich me a lot more than some extra dollars would.

Bondi investigating just the Democrats in the Epstein files.

(your age) ÷ 2 + 7 It isn't rocket science.

"...and that, children, was finally the end of Megyn Kelly." "Tell it again, Grandpa!"

Attention rich dudes: Yes, you can use your millions to get vulnerable girls to sleep with you. But hear me out: Charm. Good grooming. Kindness. Attention. A few dance moves. Positivity. There's no substitute for sex with a girl who wants _you_ and not your money.

Is it just me, or does Hegseth look in this photo like he's saying, "There's the Army... the Navy... and, um..."

So uh... how many high profile journalists were buddies with Epstein? I'm concerned that the number seems larger than 0.

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.

Maybe an awkward time to point this out, but the jackbooted thugs who will be taking away our freedoms will also be wearing this nation's uniform. Thank you specifically to those servicemembers with the honor and courage to do their duty under the UCMJ with respect to illegal orders.

@schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov

@padilla.senate.gov Please help to save us from the disastrous Democratic cave-in. It's not over yet, and there are things you can do, procedurally and behind the scenes. Please do them. I've got your back.

There is still a chance. Please make your senators do the right thing. I really enjoyed those few days of feeling not totally demoralized.

Finally brought a gun to a gunfight. Traded it for a knife.

Republicans tonight.