Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all

Great book!

Here's your periodic reminder that political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

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RIP
Edmund White

Today’s plays!!!

Neon Museum at dust!

😠

A new analysis finds that projected growth from the GOP budget's tax cuts would only cover 2.7% of their $3.8T cost.

That's nowhere close to the cuts "paying for themselves." 

Notice how nobody ever asks, "but how will we pay for it" when it comes to trickle-down economics?

Congratulations!!

Trump Crypto Corruption Intensifies as Abu Dhabi Firm Invests $2 Billion President Donald Trump and his family are deeply involved in the world of cryptocurrency as his administration seeks to

The Trump family's crypto business just got a huge $2 billion investment from a UAE government-backed firm.

We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open.

Hello?

The taxation of trade routes is in dispute and turmoil has engulfed our Republic.

But there is a new hope. We must band together and resist the dark side.

Do or do not. There is no try. #StarWarsDay

Senate Republicans voted to kill an EPA rule limiting the seven most hazardous air pollutants emitted by chemical plants and other industrial facilities.

Inhaling even small amounts of these pollutants can cause brain damage and cancer.

How is this Making America Healthy Again?

Back home in Vegas after a few weeks driving up to Washington and back. As you can see travel is very tough on Scrappy!

Awwww, the little 🍊💩 got his feelings hurt. AGAIN. Nobody likes you, and your lies aren’t helping.

The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.

Read that back.

Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

Oligarchy (noun):

A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

38 of the 43.

"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.

"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Back on the Olympic Peninsula for 10 days!

He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.

He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.

He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.

He’s defying the Supreme Court.

Don’t you see what’s happening here?

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.

Imagine being a small business with debt, that you used to import products you had manufactured in china. In the time it took to make the products, tariffs were added, that more than doubled your cost. They are crushed

Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?