So many own goals.
Once again: higher ed is one of our most successful exports. We export more higher ed to China than soybeans. And yet Trump and the mini-Trumps are deliberately destroying the quality of our product

Missouri gives ‘one of the biggest millionaire tax cuts’ this year, report says This year, Missouri became the first state in the country to tax income but not capital gains. That could present a challenge as the state prepares to face a budget shortfall.

Missouri became the first state in the country to tax income but not capital gains…

thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

Over the past 20 years, there is not a single major US newspaper that consistently told the truth about:

* The rise of US fascism
* The relationship between police racism and innocent Black folk

US News frames the world from the view of the violent minority, but expects the majority to subscribe.

sing it with me to the tune of teenage mutant ninja turtles:

cancel your wapo subscription

The founders were so wary of unilateral taxation the constitution requires all taxes originate in the people’s chamber.

Does the constitution allow Congress to delegate to POTUS the power to unilaterally change income tax rates?

If not, why tariffs? They were ~90% of revenue when it was written.

Opinion | It Is Trump’s Casino Economy Now. You’ll Probably Lose. What can go wrong in an economy built on speculation and risk.

Our favorite economist, Kyla Scanlon wrote a piece on WHY EVERYTHING IS GAMBLING NOW. In a New York Times piece, she wrote about how everything from AI investment, memecoins, tariffs, healthcare, debt-roulette apps have turned the US economy into a casino.

🎁 Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...

Deleting this and replacing it with a link to the piece so that people will stop indulging their cherished belief that Democrats lose because the GOP cheats instead of because Democrats act like Democrats and don't show up

When you’re King you don’t need a legislative branch.

Oligarchs get richer and Americans are priced out of healthcare.

He's just like the Green Acres guy, come on

this video is a great example of why you want to follow @sarahtaber.bsky.social

She decodes what's happening in ag and it's very much *not* what you're hearing from the news, farm lobbies, or Rs.

Especially important as this Republican-made food-affordability crisis continues...

From autism to beards, the Trump regime wages war on ‘the different’ | Will Bunch The Trump's regime's disturbing views on everything from autism to transgender people has a scary 'master race' vibe.

If your kid is on the spectrum, or if you're transgender, or speak Spanish, or just grow a beard, they hate you because you dare to be 'different'

Inside the war on this basic human right -- to not conform -- that is central to Trump's fascist project

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

What the Heck Just Happened? YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

"He tore down the fucking White House!" --Joanne Freeman

"To me it's like a temper tantrum after the 'No Kings' rally."
--HCR
www.youtube.com/live/ifoc7b0...

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

(CBS News) - A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...

This is really ugly from Ciatarelli, a man who should be soundly beaten by @mikiesherrill if my home state of NJ does what's right and best for it.

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren Donald Trump is trying to fire nearly every federal worker who supports special needs education.

Donald Trump is trying to fire nearly every federal worker who supports special needs education.

It’s kids with disabilities who will suffer.

The cruelty is the point.

Scrutiny grows over Trump competence – but can an unfit president be removed? Impeachment and 25th amendment offer routes for removal – but experts say system is set up to protect the president

It's amazing how direct the international press is on these issues as compared to US media.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength Conversations around misinformation that assume everyone cares about literal truth may be missing the point.

This seems pretty relevant for #climatesky folks... theconversation.com/winning-with...

Rejecting the Compact Is an Opportunity (opinion) The only action needed now is no action at all, Joseph Fishkin writes.

I have an opinion piece in @insidehighered.com arguing:

“No university leader or trustee can truthfully say that it fulfills their fiduciary responsibility to sign their school up for this.”

Whereas rejecting the compact—even simply by doing nothing—is an opportunity for all of higher ed.

Their "radical base" of Americans who want affordable health care?

So yesterday House leadership brought in Chip Roy as their guest speaker and today their pick was James Comer to be the face of Republican messaging on the shutdown?

The master strategist Mike Johnson strikes again by highlighting buffoonery.

Elizabeth Warren: "Genuinely, I don't know what's happened to the Republicans in the Senate. It's as if they have all had their spines surgically removed. They only do what Donald Trump tells them to do. So if Donald Trump tells them to sit down and negotiate, then they will sit down and negotiate."

Screenshot of WaPo headline: "North Carolina lawmakers vote to add GOP House seat, in win for Trump"

The Bezos Post intentionally chooses to frame this as a "win for Trump" instead of what it actually is, which is a loss for democracy. If you still subscribe, seriously consider canceling - and switching to @theguardian.com @newrepublic.com etc. bluevirginia.us/2025/10/tues...

Day 21 of the GOP shutdown.

Federal workers still aren’t getting paid, Republicans are still trying to raise your health care costs, and Democrats are holding the line to stop your premiums from skyrocketing.

No Kings march Durham

Here’s how tariffs work. Your costs go up, and that money gets transferred to the wealthy.

Whether you’re progressive, liberal, leftist, libertarian, communist, socialist, moderate, democrat, conservative, Christian, atheist, Gen Z, Boomer… we have the same enemy. It’s the oligarchs.

No Kings

- It is legal to organize and fund protest.
- That someone organizes and funds promotion of a protest does not mean most, some, or any protesters are paid.
- Even if all protesters are paid, that is also legal
- It is good to oppose kings and fascism
- That's not what what "begs the question" means