‘What a rigged economy looks like’: Top 10% now own 77% of American wealth
As Trump and the GOP push massive tax cuts for the rich, new data shows that the wealthy are doing better than ever.
This master framework—complexity vs. over-simplification—separates all serious debate from hokum
While those favoring complexity see foes as ignorant or wrongheaded, reductionists insist not only is “their truth” the only truth, but foes act from malice and bad faith.
The triumph of the oligarchs
A tidal wave of public loathing is growing across the land – toward Trump, the GOP, and the oligarchs they serve; and to the deception, the wealth, and the power that underlies them.
National Park service’s tweets on climate facts mysteriously disappear
Despite Trump's gag order, the National Parks Service is refusing to be silenced.
Doing God’s Work – Why Bernie Matters for New York, America, and the World
If you break up a bank, you break up its ability to scam the public, to stuff loans into fraudulently presented toxic assets and trade them to unsuspecting pension funds.
A likely way that Trump would be forced out of office
All that’s needed in order to trigger this nightmare would be Pence plus half of Trump’s Cabinet.
Russian Oligarch-linked firm that paid Michael Cohen was also represented by Trump lawyer Marc...
The investment firm that the two Trump attorneys worked for, Columbus Nova, calls it a “coincidence.”
Confederate-style states’ rights tantrums rise again—and will fall again to enlightened federalism
Either federalism determines “self-evident” human rights, or the Constitutional republic model turns farce, with 50 different state law clusters.
Mailing sorting machines still being dismantled despite Postmaster’s promises to suspend all radical changes...
“We have to fight back to protect the U.S. postal system. This is about our election at the end of the day, and we’ve got to ensure that every vote gets counted.”
Hidden in plain sight: The “unimpeachable” offenses
The presidential offenses that are routinely considered unimpeachable -- and therefore ultimately acceptable -- tell us a lot about Congress. And about U.S. mass media. And maybe about ourselves.