Dancing with the Beast
“The Beast of Empire that Nixon alluded to in May of 1970 is still alive and more powerful than ever. It hides within the breast of a controlled government and media. To paraphrase : Its finest trick is to persuade you that it does not exist!”
Bernie urges Treasury Secretary to clarify PPP loan forgiveness
"We encourage Treasury and the SBA to act now to avoid more confusion for small business owners and lenders."
Tell Republicans In Congress: Don’t Cut Free Lunches For Poor Children
“Students should have more access to federally subsidized breakfast and summertime meals without sacrificing midday meals.”
Insurrection going strong as MAGA defies law, trials, elections, civil liberties and the Constitution
Bad faith losers thrive if never made social pariahs whose nullification must be nullified. Solipsism, like being talked to death, is a terrible way to die.
Trump lift-off: Where’s the rip cord?
Looking for laughs in all the wrong places.
How to Become Terror-Torn Europe – and How Not To
If Trump or Cruz ever enacts the kind of repressive policy they now advocate, then eventually we will become much more like Europe in its ethnic and religious polarization.
Biden approval among Democrats falls 11 points as he greenlights Israeli assault on Gaza
"Biden's immediate and decisive show of support for Israel following the October 7 attacks by Hamas appears to have turned off some in his own party," wrote a Gallup research consultant.
Rethugs on a roll—downwards, chancing national threatened species status?
They “won” by owning the Supreme Court,/ Then lost when marked "cruel spoilsport."
‘The right to do whatever I want as president’
The Senate’s failure to convict the president will only confirm his conception of his office as a seat of absolute power (which, as we’ve been told, “corrupts absolutely”).
If wage growth is driving inflation, why is workers’ share of income falling?
Perhaps some economists can tell a story where rapid wage growth is driving inflation even as the wage share of income is falling, but I’m not that good an economist.