Lauren Vreeland Long

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…

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These are the millionaires who don’t give one fuck if your child starves to death. Put their names on every street corner! Yell it from the rooftops! Make them known 😡

In a new Gallup poll in the US, 12.4% of adults said that they'd taken GLP-1 drugs for weight loss.

15% in women, and 9% in men.

I'd have guessed half as much, but I guess I'm a year behind the times.

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I’m thankful to the San Jose city council for approving this contract for Caltrans to pay the city to help address encampments on state rights-of-way in the city.

With both state and local leaders rolling up our sleeves, we can make sure no Californian is left behind.

The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.

That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.

It looks a lot more like preparation for war.

Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.

An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

Vladeck: Even if you accept the predicate that these drug cartels are foreign terrorist organizations, that still doesn’t get you anywhere close to legal authority to use military force. They’re trying to blur and sort of collapse the distinction between two regimes we have…

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge King’s brother will surrender lease and become known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace says

Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge
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Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

DAILY MEMO: Agents Ziptie Minor and Tear Gas Oxnard Residents While Searching for ‘Anti-Ice’ Protester From Camarillo Raid

Powerful and moving interview with Virginia Giuffre's brother Sky and sister-in-law Amanda:

"He's just Andrew. He's no longer a prince... This normal girl, from a normal family, has taken down a prince. We are so proud of her."

"She was extraordinary. She did the extraordinary."

“.. Mr. Xi’s message seemed to be: Beijing had proven its capacity to hit back and Washington would do well to remember it.”

@nytimes.com 🇨🇳
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Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

A horizontal bar chart titled “WelcomePAC Funding Sources” showing $11.29M in total funding from FEC data. The largest share comes from “Billionaires & Heirs” at $6.01M, represented by a long purple bar. Next is “Hedge Funds/VC/Private Equity” at $2.50M, also in purple. “Corporate Executives” show $0.30M and “Corporate Entity” $0.25M, each with very small purple bars. “Americans Together” is listed at $1.02M with an orange bar, and “Other” is $1.22M with a gray bar. The graphic emphasizes that most funding—over half—comes from billionaires and heirs, with additional significant contributions from finance and private equity. Source: Federal Election Commission.

It’s a sign of the times that the people who funded the WelcomePAC report that’s telling Democrats they are “out of touch” with ordinary Americans are mostly billionaires, hedge fund managers, VCs, and corporate execs.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce says the 'new model' is factory jobs for life-for you, your kids, and your grandkids BY EMMA BURLEIGH May 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM EDT "This is the new model, where you work in these plants for the rest of your life, and your kids work here, and your grandkids work here," U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick says.

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.

That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.

Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

Commentary: Who profits most from Medicaid? Employers like Walmart and Amazon, many of whose workers rely on the program Big employers such as Walmart, Amazon and McDonald's stick taxpayers with the bill for healthcare and food for their employees. The GOP budget will make life harder for those workers.

Who profits most from Medicaid? Employers like Walmart and Amazon, many of whose workers rely on the program

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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Obviously California has issues but this defense of their policies by Newsom is worth watching.

TN is a low tax state - for the top. regressive for the bottom. our services and laws punish working people also (bottom in infant & maternal mortality, poverty, school spending, violent crime, etc..)

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

Moulton: He’s auditioning to be the weakest Speaker in American history. And actually, maybe it’s not an audition anymore — he’s affirmatively the weakest Speaker in American history. He’s completely throwing out the Constitution. He might as well not be in Congress.

Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.

Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...

Jeffries: "He jetted off to Asia. He found time to meet w/ a wide variety of folks pretending to fix problems related to the tariffs that he created. He needs to sit down with Dems. Trump has spent more time talking to Hamas and the CCP than he has talking to Ds on Capitol Hill to end the shutdown"

Checking in on the “ceasefire”

I'm surprised Weiss didn't ask if Inspector Clouseau was available.