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Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, CBO predicts The nonpartisan analysis is based on the House-passed GOP legislation.

Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, according to Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper.

I'm so over this lying, puritanical pixie.

Picture of my notebook with writing on three sheets of paper back and front

I have pages and pages of notes about social security, Medicaid, and private insurance like I’m in freaking grad school again. When we talk about administrative burdens THIS is part of it.

The Ukrainian president has more respect for America's war dead than the U.S. president.

I have been working on stablecoin policy for five years. Every word Sen Warren says here is spot on. With this bill advancing, I feel like I’m watching a car crash in slow motion and there’s nothing I can do to stop it. It’s devastating

Who needs a $400 million “palace in the sky” when you can have two or three dolls and a couple of pencils instead.

www.nokings.org

Oh please. 🙄

And will be part of the national archive now.

This was a better interpretation.
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George Santos is being sentenced next Friday. Prosecutors are recommending a sentence of 87 months in prison. To prevent any further "mishaps," Rep. Harriet Hageman will remain in witness protection.

We owe it to those already there to make this right. In whatever equitable way possible.

The fact that we have somebody in Alaska that is deviating from Maga in any way is a net positive to me.

I am disappointed that today I’m paying taxes to fund government efforts to stop preventing disease and starvation overseas rather than paying taxes to support government efforts to prevent disease and starvation overseas.

REPORTER: There are laws on the book that make it a criminal offense to harbor illegal immigrants, like sanctuary state leaders have been doing. Do you think they should be prosecuted and possibly put in prison?

HOMAN: Absolutely. And hold tight on that one, because it's coming.

If the Marshals Go Rogue, Courts Have Other Ways to Enforce their Orders Opinion | Even a rogue marshal’s service is not an insurmountable obstacle to courts enforcing the rule of law.

I suggest everyone become very, very familiar with this piece by law Professor @david.noll.org. I suspect you will be referring to it often. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...

State Terror A brief guide for Americans

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

The American people bore the responsibility of defeating Trump at the polls and they failed miserably at a critical point in US history.

I will not fault President Biden for refusing to set a precedent where a US President can imprison their political opponents.

As long as it was done as an “official” act.

HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.

HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say

The purging of IT and cybersecurity staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.

What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

Zyn*

What’s Zin?

truthout.org Whistleblower Who Exposed DOGE Raid of NLRB Data Finds Threats Taped to His Door

Whistleblower Who Exposed DOGE Raid of NLRB Data Finds Threats Taped to His Door https://twp.ai/4imbLy

The Trump Tariffs Just Got Even Worse Higher costs, uncertainty and crony capitalism, oh my

Putting up a few thoughts on the latest tariff swerve

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

ICE: "We must punish immigrants for NOT paying taxes!"

IRS: "But they do pay taxes."

ICE: "Well, then help us punish them for PAYING taxes!"

We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.