Glenn P. Parker

The US has serious case of electile dysfunction.

God and Man at Sea | Washington Monthly Tanenhaus shows why anyone searching for a stable or politically responsible American conservatism should look elsewhere.

“Why has American conservatism been so rarely marked by stability or political responsibility?”—Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Reactionary politics is inherently unstable and irresponsible. RFK Jr. is an obvious example, but this article nails a true icon of the reactionary right.

Diseases Are Spreading. The CDC Isn't Warning the Public Like It Was Months Ago | KQED Health emergencies have not paused since January as cases of measles, salmonella, listeria and hepatitis A and C have spread throughout the country.

We no longer have a warning system or the infatrructure to deal with disease outbreaks, let alone a pandemic

RFK has dismantled the CDC to the point that it is now ineffective

www.kqed.org/news/1204141...

By Taxing GILTI Profits, Massachusetts Can Reclaim Millions in Revenue Lost to Corporate Offshore Tax Dodging - Mass. Budget and Policy Center Massachusetts loses out on hundreds of millions of tax dollars each year due to “profit-shifting”, a practice common among large, multinational corporations. International profit-shifting involves…

🏢 NEW Report: MA has the opportunity to reclaim hundreds of millions in revenue from multinational corporations engaged in offshore tax avoidance. Federal laws governing GILTI can be used to make them contribute their fair share. #mapoli

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Line chart charting trends in TikTok's "For You" page narratives following engagement with tradwife content

TikTok’s recommendation algorithm began quickly populating our FYP with right-wing conspiracy theories and toxic masculinity content.

Of the 425 videos coded, 28% contained conspiracy theories and 16% contained toxic masculinity content.

www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/study...

The House Ag bill released tonight would take away or cut #SNAP food benefits for millions of low-income people struggling to afford groceries—families w/ children, seniors, ppl w/ disabilities, veterans & workers in low-wage jobs.

Trump slaloms from failure to failure, but it's all downhill.

"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that the Trump administration is not sure it is legal to deport U.S. citizens to El Salvador, but that President Donald Trump has “simply floated” the idea for the sake of transparency."

A trial balloon for the rendition of U.S. citizens.

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Option #2 Amend the Constitution is leading with your chin. You can't open the door to amendments without the crazy people flooding in to crap on everything at the same time.

Hands Off! Massachusetts Fights Back · Hands Off 🚨 Massachusetts Fights Back: Hands Off! 🚨 💥 Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. Massachusetts is proving them wrong. 💥 They're grabbing everything they can—our healthcare,...

Indivisible is arranging mass marches across the country on April 5. Here is the Boston event.

We have an attention-based political economy now. If you can't commandeer the eyeballs, you have no place in the leadership.

A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Lose Especially when you’re running a country

"I don’t see how you can look at recent statements by Donald Trump and Elon Musk without concluding that both men have lost their grip on reality." — Paul Krugman

Please consider sending Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo some love. He and his scrappy little team are solid, ethical, and insightful journalists covering the political beat. We all need more of that.

US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia

US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms

Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia

What will we do when Trump sends US troops into Ukraine, to support Russia? You know it's coming.

Boston Mayor Wu spells out immigrants' impact in congressional hearing 1 in 4 Boston residents was born in another country. Mayor Michelle Wu is proud of that.

• One in seven signers of the Declaration of Independence was an immigrant.
• One in five Red Sox players on the last four team rosters that won a World Series was an immigrant.
• All but one of Boston University's faculty members who have won a Nobel Prize were immigrants.

It is a well known, if loosely organized, religion of the wealthy. It's called eugenics. It asserts that it is good and necessary for the weak and/or injured to die. It's survivor bias on mega-steroids.

These Ten Democrats Need to Be Primaried The party needs fighters to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

I would be more than happy to see Moulton (MA-6) and Lynch (MA-8) replaced, but I adore my own rep, Katherine Clark (MA-5).

Learn how Massachusetts could curtail tax avoidance by billionaire corporations, generate hundreds of millions annually and make our tax structure more equitable for small, local businesses.

House Budget Would Increase Costs and Hardship for Many While Providing Huge Tax Breaks for a Wealthy Few | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The House Republican budget calls for massive cuts in health coverage, food assistance, and help paying for college in order to pay for huge tax giveaways for wealthy households and businesses.

"This betrays President Trump’s campaign promises to protect families who struggle financially, as well as his specific pledge to not cut Medicaid...While raising costs for families and increasing both poverty and the number of people without health coverage, the budget would swell deficits."

A fine new acronym: PINO - President In Name Only.

Médecins Sans Frontières uses a whole lot of PlumpyNut. It works amazingly well. It provides practical nutrition in dire situations, but it also very portable and shelf-stable. Mothers arriving from afar on foot can carry a large supply back with them, and it will last. The GOP is a death cult.

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it

understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

Obviously, Kamala would not be implementing an autogolpe right now.

Madison’s Constitution is Coming Undone | Washington Monthly Trump and Musk are testing the founder’s assumptions as never before. How did we get to this moment?

"They anticipated that legislators, judges, and administrators would respect their offices and defend their turf, even against people in their own parties. They also had a word for the absence of this commitment to separated powers and constrained office: corruption."

We are at the start of our own Cultural Revolution in the U.S. If this continues, the losses will be generational, and absolutely nobody will feel sorry for our benighted country.

"Trump is a sheep in wolf’s clothing. The wolves can tell the difference. Russians will naturally think that they can get still more." - Tim Snyder

Musk is going to end up in a standoff, boarding up his house with a stockpile of ammo and techbro fodder.

Voters Are Turning on Elon Musk The tech billionaire’s favorability and support to be in Trump’s administration has dropped

Who could have predicted that "The world's richest man has been illegally handed the keys to the federal treasury and will be personally deciding if your mom gets her social security check" would be a bad look? pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/elo...