Thru A Glass Darkly

Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it "Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."

Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it.

"This is now a MAGA court, and Roberts is at the helm."

Harry Enten: "Voters blame Trump, not Biden for the state of the economy. The vast majority of Americans (75%) & even Republicans (57%!!!) say Trump's not doing enough to lower costs...

GOP in Congress should be scared as we just saw economy-first voters go big for Dems in VA & NJ Gov."

I understand.

But, we already have a corporate government in charge of of our basic needs, and we have no ability to vote them out, call them and express our opinion, etc.

Corps use necessities as a way to rape us for their profits. The fed govt doesn't need revenue or profit.

Wow! Just disgusting!

This... this is what terrifies the 1%--a 99% that is not desperate and exploitable!

"Affordable to anyone"?How bout "accessible to all; free at the point of service."

I want DIRECT govt-provided, single-payer health care, NOT insurance.

Military medical system, ie, Walter A. Reed, & VA, already train 70% of doctors & nurses. Make that public + cover all facilities & providers!

Posts like this are everywhere.

To be fair, those who don't pay attention to detail--intentionally or otherwise--usually struggle to keep-up, and your comment was detailed. So, there's that.

Amendment which strikes section which “allows senators who were legally subpoenaed during the January 6 criminal conspiracy investigation to get millions of dollars deposited into their bank accounts at taxpayer expense” voted down by Republicans

Hey Democrats, when you retake power, here's an idea...

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The ACA has been financially devastating for millions stuck in the gig economy.

They owe thousands in taxes bc they were unable to predict their income or afford good tax preparation assistance.

Therefore back taxes for individuals & small biz with income/profits less than $250k must be canceled!

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Hey Democrats, here's an idea for when you retake power...

Have the federal govt DIRECTLY do certain things & prohibit those from being done by the private sector, like national WiFi, healthcare, management of all energy resources, education, space travel, housing, etc. NO MORE PRIVATE contractors!

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So... ICE caused a man holding an infant to have a seizure & tried to arrest him as he's seizing & holding the baby, while cops stand by and hold back the crowd. WTF?

Hey Democrats... here's an idea, when you retake power, DEFUND, REPEAL & PROSECUTE ICE!!

Whatever it costs get every deportee back!

Does anyone seriously think this going to happen?

If they actually swear her in, its proof they've purged the Epstein files of anything even tangentially connecting the Orange Menace to Epstein's activities!

Important: The anti-vaxx movement is closely connected to white supremacy. They blame the spread of measles on immigrants, and they frequently target immigrant communities with anti-vaxx disinformation.

Adelita Grijalva to be sworn in tomorrow at 4 p.m.

Canadian government kills ostriches afflicted by H5N1 despite appeal from RFK Jr. Culling proceeds after Canada’s Supreme Court ends heated 11-month battle over the fate of more than 300 birds

I spoke to @cohenjon.bsky.social yesterday about the great H5N1 ostrich cull. The biggest tragedy of is that it could have been avoided if the farm owners had responsibly enacted basic biosecurity & followed CFIA guidance for exemption.

They chose to do otherwise.

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So, Trump's "loyal" DOJ is forking over $500,000 to each MAGA Republican who had their phones searched in the Jan 6th investigation. And he had his DOJ give $230 million for legal expenses (or something). Trump can empty our Treasury w/o Congressional approval? Our tax dollars by the fistful?

The issue is will be whether there's a US Attorney w/ the courage, expertise & vision to rebuild the DOJ & prosecute EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. of these thugs w/ a NATIONAL program that employs every single available lawyer to create a MASSIVE Neurumburg Trial.

Who can do it? JACK SMITH &/or LETITIA JAMES

www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/tuesday-november-11th-we-cave

65% of veterans voted for Trump in 2024.

When will they learn that the GOP - especially the MAGA GOP - does not care about them? How many times does Trump have to insult them as "losers" and "suckers" before they learn?

Vets, you deserve better than the GOP will ever give you.

Vote accordingly.

Democrats Get Rolled by Their Own - The American Prospect Coming out of last Tuesday’s election blowout, the Democrats were riding high and unified. But on Sunday night, centrist Senate Democrats, with Chuck Schumer’s tacit encouragement, voted to reopen the government on Republican terms.

Democrats were riding high after Tuesday’s elections. Less than a week later, Chuck Schumer caved to Republicans and gave up saving the Affordable Care Act subsidies. From Robert Kuttner: trib.al/Bkc61Kl

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The military industrial complex gets ALL its $$ from the US govt; it is NOT an independent industry... NATIONALIZE it!

@deluzio.house.gov saw you and Pat Ryan on @jonstewartdaily.bsky.social here's an idea for when Democrats retake power...

It's not enough for the people to own military patents... the military industrial complex is the functional equivalent of govt.

So, let's just nationalize it!

Imagine if congressional failure to pass a budget resulted NOT in a government shutdown that hurt millions of Americans, but in a snap election in which every member of Congress and POTUS faced lising their privileged positions.

Neat, huh?

We could do that too by adopting a parliamentary system.