A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much. Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment. /1

... but I will be forever grateful to him for the catharsis that I, with most Hungarians, felt last night. What he did belongs in the history books. But how did he do it? There will be a lot written about it, and the factors that made it possible. This thread is only about political mobilization.

Troy Downing has thoughts and prayers for high gas prices.

So you and I and everyone else are in effect now refunding American corporations for import tariffs, although we paid for most of them in the form of higher prices — which they won’t now lower because they have monopoly power to keep prices high. The Art of the Deal.

The amount of inequality created by capitalism depends on how we structure it cepr.net/publications...

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Absolutely. "These people are stealing your tax money, robbing you of services you paid for to enrich themselves. I will stop that." That's a pretty simple and effective message.

Downing has raised $1.6 million in a solidly safe seat with no real opposition. He spent $500K on consultants to raise that money from PACs and lobbyists. And along the way he has enjoyed tens of thousands of dollars of fancy dinners, cocktail parties, and luxury travel. Pure grift.

"Planet Earth: You. Are. A. Crew." Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch reflects on what it means to be a "crew."

At least one reporter has fallen for the credit-stealing by the "AltNPS" grifters over the dismantling of the Forest Service. But does it matter who gets the credit as long as the issue gets attention? Yeah, it absolutely does matter. 1/ @altwatcher.bsky.social

It actually says a lot that Montana's entire congressional delegation have been dead silent about Trump's war...

I feel like “the world passed peak gas-powered car sales in 2017” is not a widely known fact

On average in the US, it's 62% cheaper to charge an EV compared to pumping gas. The winning states: 🏆🏆 Washington: charging an EV is 77% cheaper than gas! 🎉 🏆 Idaho and Nevada: 75% cheaper Click on the link for an interactive version with details for each state. www.datawrapper.de/_/YJS7j/

Can we get one analysis of Dem Party elec strategy in The New York Times that actually interviews experts on political psychology and voting behavior? I feel like that’s not too much to ask! Why are the same 3 centrist dudes getting to present their agenda as fact? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...

Adam means that she is the daughter of immigrants, but it is worth emphasizing that *every* U.S. citizen who has not been naturalized is a birthright citizen, either by the 14th Amendment or by statute.

All the Republicans who say they are concerned about "illegal" immigrants but they support people coming to the US "the right way" should speak out against this simply and shamelessly nativist policy. But they won't.

I have an idea, how about we focus on policies that actually work for everybody wherever they live, instead of buying into the false divide culture war bullshit about “coasts” and “middle”?

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

Two minutes is all he can handle before he starts crying for his gorilla channel.

Good morning! Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates— 💰His net worth is up $1.9 billion, to $6.2 billion 💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million 💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million 💰20-year-old Barron is worth $150 million And Jared became a billionaire last year. Have a great day!

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

A good story, but it bears noting that the "unique funding model" that is being used here has benefited massively from federal funds - funds which the Trump Administration has been gutting. Small towns in South Dakota love to be beneficiaries of big government, they just don't want to admit it.

This cruelty is being done in our name. Shame on this administration. Shame. 13,000 third country deportees so far. Many were ordered deported decades or even generations earlier, but no admin previously would have considered something as inhumane as this as a means of carrying out a removal.

This line up of plantiffs is making the case for exactly why the Montana Plan is needed. These groups don’t care about ”free speech” they care about their ability to buy elections.

Not once does this story mention that offering a federal job in exchange for a political favor is a crime

Good morning! Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates— 💰His net worth is up $1.9 billion, to $6.2 billion 💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million 💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million 💰19-year-old Barron is worth $150 million And Jared became a billionaire last year. Have a great day!

Let’s not forget that Markwayne’s one area of actual expertise is literally the conveyance of shit.

*but Homan will totally put “deporting citizens” back on the table IF you give him a CAVA bag full of cash.

This is some truly tortured logic from Rep. Downing about the so-called SAVE Act. Oh well, he and other Montana Republicans are going to really regret supporting this bill when they see which party benefits from suppressing the votes of Montanans in rural areas and who don’t have passports.

Trump provokes an historically unprecedented brain drain from the US. The United States has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office.

The DOGE snowflakes will be really sad when they can’t sue for “reputational damage“ over what they say in congressional hearings.

Billionaires’ % share of federal election spending in: 2008: 0.3% 2024: 19% @nytimes.com #GildedAge www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

I've written a ton about this, and no, holding a college degree is not synonymous with class, and no, White without a degree is not synonymous with working class. This definition doesn't hold among *just* Whites 1/x 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Yes, Trump's nominee to run the National Park Service is unqualified and that may be a legal problem down the road. But it's about more than that. It's about Doug Burgum's privatization agenda on our public lands. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

"Daines is clearly talented at vetting candidates" the day after his last pick violently assaulted someone is an interesting take.

Tim Sheehy is what you get when someone can win a Senate race with virtually zero interaction with the public or actual scrutiny from the press. Unvetted, unqualified and unstable, brought to you by dark money.

NEW!: Healing American politics may be simpler than we think. States already have the authority to define—and limit—the powers they grant to corporations. My new piece in The States Forum explains how reclaiming that power can make Citizens United irrelevant.

This is also a good reminder of just how out of touch with reality the federal definition of “poverty level” is (3X average food expenditures).

Kristi Noem Excited for Puppy Bowl

Who’s in?

A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.

One has worked for CBP since 2018 and the other since 2014. These are not untrained new recruits.

I don’t think foreign interests should be able to funnel $500 million into the U.S. president‘s private accounts. The Constitution doesn’t think so either, explicitly forbidding this and making it the only named impeachable offense besides treason. Sorry to get so partisan, but that’s how I feel.

A small business owner with no criminal record.

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman