ELIZABETH WARREN: What Zohran is saying is 'I want people to be able to afford to live in NYC'

FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?

WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?

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The looming Trump-cession Orange man bad (for the economy).

New in PN: The looming Trump-cession

"No administration in history has done so much so quickly to immiserate the American people. And no administration since Herbert Hoover’s seems less willing to change course as it barrels over a cliff."

Articles keep ignoring this point - yes, gerrymandering happens. Yes, mid-cycle gerrymandering has happened.

This is different. Rs drew the maps. They want to draw them again. This sets a precedent for those in power to consistently redraw lines to maximize power. Politicians picking voters.

Don Bacon: "From my vantage point here in Nebraska, we're seeing a bit of a troubled economic mess. Right now it's a troubled time. In Nebraska the GDP has decreased by 6% over the last year and it's all about trade...so what I hear about weak jobs numbers, we're seeing that in Nebraska right now"

Michigan health care costs could be on the rise - WDET 101.9 FM U-M Health Economist Thomas Buchmueller joined the show to break down what’s changing, who will feel it first, and what Michigan can do to soften the blow.

ACA premiums in Michigan could skyrocket by up to 75% next year—adding $1,200+ to some families' bills. Meanwhile, Congress is slashing $1.2 trillion from Medicaid.

They’re not cutting costs. They’re cutting care. All while the rich keep cashing in. seiu.co/45A7HF5

@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "As a state rep, I get paid about $600 a month. That's not much to live off of. Many of my colleagues, including myself, we have day jobs that help us pay the bills. And by breaking quorum, we are leaving those day jobs behind... So this decision was not made lightly."

and trump has been very public that he “needs” it done to pick up extra house seats. they’re losing and they know it — so of course they’re gonna cheat.

Before you see a hundred or so posts saying that Texas has issued arrest warrants for the absent Dem legislators, you should be aware that they are civil warrants issued by the House that are not effective outside the state

www.texastribune.org/2025/08/04/t...

What we are reading of Bolsonaro will happen in the U.S.

Trump & his enablers will be held accountable for this attempted coup.

Not today, or tomorrow.

But it will happen.

Because we the people know this is a coup—that his regime is illegitimate. America will persist, and we will demand justice.

We can cheer, and all, but please remember, Texas legislature electeds make very little money, so most have full time jobs that they are putting in jeopardy by staying out of state. These Texas dems are sacrificing for the whole country.

Palantir tops $1 billion in revenue for the first time, boosts guidance Palantir surpassed Wall Street's estimates and lifted its full-year outlook.

Our taxpayer dollars are enriching Peter Thiel through Palantir while he dismantles democracy and installs a surveillance state.

This fascist has enormous influence over powerful figures such as JD Vance, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman.

We need to #PurgePalantir. Learn more at purgepalantir.com.

MAGA Inches Closer to a Ghislaine Maxwell Alliance Is perpetrating heinous crimes against children too big a hurdle for a political alliance of convenience? Maybe not.

"Not even a month ago, the idea of Trump supporters openly embracing a convicted child sex trafficker would have been unimaginable." Well, Trump sure grows some folks' imaginations.

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Peter Thiel in Hungary with Orban. The guy on the left is fmr chancellor of Austria, who resigned in 2021 due to corruption allegations regarding suspected bribery and breach of trust.

American journalist, historian, and author Anne Applebaum on the West's biggest mistake in Russia's war against #Ukraine:

"The West doesn't understand the extremism of Putinism. They keep imagining that there's a deal to be done, that if we just give Crimea to Russia, then he'll stop fighting.⤵️

The situation at the immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” has gotten so bad that detainees have been on a hunger strike for over ten straight days.

Human Rights Watch is hiring a new executive director: job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...

DOGE Is Accused of Wasting $21.7 Billion in Just 6 Months Here are five takeaways from Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal's new 54-page report accusing DOGE of waste.

Doge wasted $22 billion. Thanks, @mollyjongfast.bsky.social .

www.inc.com/chris-morris...

PBS didn’t “become woke.” You grew up to be a bad person.

Silence free speech, this is how dictators are made!

#Pinks
#ProudBlue

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It Just Doesn’t Understand Republicans!

a fun game to play with BLS numbers is to go “that’s stupid, why do they do it that way” and then go find the paper explaining why they do it that way to see if you still think it’s stupid, and if you do, you win

I am like 0 for 19 lifetime at this game

Opinion | This Attack on a Federal Judge Is Preposterous

From @ngertner.bsky.social & me in @nytimes.com: "Ms. Bondi wrote that Judge Boasberg’s comments 'have undermined the integrity of the judiciary . . . .' No. The way to look at this is the inverse: Her Justice Department is attempting to undermine the integrity of the judiciary and the rule of law."

illinois gov. JB pritzker responds to ken paxton's threat to arrest TX democrats who fled the state: "they're here in illinois. we're going to do everything we can to protect every single one of them."

Listen to the world’s number one Subway fan.

This would be a good week to contact your reps to let them know that you support NIH funding that was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee
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Thread from my Senator…how do we stop this craziness?

Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation

3/ One crypto CEO who paid the $1 million price explained to the @nytimes that after his meeting with Trump, his idea to make money off the federal government was suddenly "making the rounds...so mission accomplished from my view.”

Also, teachers in Oklahoma need to take an "America First" certification test and oath to indoctrinate children with white evangelical beliefs. All is not OK in OK.