Mark K. Cassell

Trump's GOP Megabill Slams Door on Progress of the 20th Century | Common Dreams It’s not enough that Trump slashes taxes on the rich. He partially pays for those cuts in ways that punish poor and working-class people. Now we must fight like hell to regain what we've lost—and go f...

I wish my father could have read this piece. He would have whole-heartedly endorsed it.
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Pathetic

Republicans are cowards

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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.

One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.

They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.

Grossartig! #KeinFührer

This Biden’s fault!!! If he hadn’t boosted the market, Maganomics wouldn’t have tanked as much. Freeeee, free-falling.

I am freeeeeee, free-falling.

The video fails recognize that housing is viewed today as a speculative asset assumed to rise in value at a rate akin to other assets. Our tax structure, housing system, and poor savings rate drive this housing-as-asset view which prefab, rental, or multi-family units run up against.

Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.

The DOGE Dunces. Here are some of the “nightmare” team doing Musk’s bidding. Most are in their 20s with no experience. There’s even a 19 year old undergrad.

The No-nothing approach to governance. It’s also an attack on trust. If you want to know what Trump attacks next, it’s always institutions that promote trust.

I have an idea for how reduce the deficit…

Ellen Brown: Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game — The Bank of North Dakota Model By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost North Dakota is staunchly conservative, having voted Republican in every presidential election since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. So how is it that the state boas…

Every state and territory should have its own Bank of North Dakota.

How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future.

Nice bit of research by ITEP. Counting on Stephen Miller and Trump to make up the difference.

Were is it in Sierra Madre? Is it in Bailey Canyon?

How much of Sierra Madre is impacted at this point? Is the fire in Bailey Canyon?

Any information about Sierra Madre? Is the fire in Bailey Canyon?

Any more news about Sierra Madre? Is the fire in Bailey Canyon?

Trump’s Propaganda Victory: The Rewriting Of Jan. 6 You can believe your own eyes or Donald Trump's words — and many Americans are choosing to believe him.

NEW — It took decades for the South to recast its treasonous attack against the United States as an honorable “Lost Cause.”

It took Donald Trump less than four years to accomplish the same for January 6.

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The Most Reliable Scapegoat in Politics? Red Tape. Less regulation is an easy rhetorical pitch. Better regulation is harder to stump for.

Important take on why bashing government is the go-to scapegoat and the source of many of our problems.

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I was in Federal service in the Y2K era, so this piece by Prof. Heather Cox Richardson is particularly compelling. A useful reminder that the hard work of crisis avoidance is not only undervalued but too often derided…

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Or the AfD’s rejection of the Euro or the European Union. Waiting for Musk to demand to be paid in Marks, Liras, and Francs.

Brave.

Trump Has Promised to Build More Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to increase the pace of U.S. military shipbuilding. But his pledge to also clamp down on immigration could make it hard for shipyards already facing workforce...

One of the last ICE workplace raids in 2020? A Bollinger shipyard in Louisiana, which has major Coast Guard & Navy contracts. Company execs donate heavily to Speaker Mike Johnson & Majority Leader Steve Scalise

Will Trump deport immigrants building America's ships? My latest for @propublica.org

Are #paidleave policies worth the investment? The latest cost-benefit analysis @nberpubs.bsky.social suggests huge returns on investment, including benefits to family and society. www.nber.org/system/files... @lizananat.bsky.social @mslopen.bsky.social @paidleaveforall.bsky.social

I live in DC and it rocks.

Thirty years ago I attended a talk by Jimmy Carter at UW. Afterwards, I wrote Carter to express some concerns about his critique of government. To my surprise he wrote back. His gracious and kind response made clear that I still had a few things to learn. How right he was...and still is.

Great piece on how the wealthiest fail to pay their fare for a system from which they benefit the most. @itep.org #Taxtherich

Great piece on AARP.

Consciousness-Raising and Its Limits Personal reflection can help change people’s racial attitudes. But attitudes aren’t what drives racial disparities.

Really helpful take.