New 1% stock buyback tax better than nothing, but won’t fix systemically-broken capitalism
Right now, inequality is as predictable as another decade of authoritarian Republican politics—banish the thought.
Of Rotten Apples and Rotten Systems
Shkreli may be a rotten apple, but hedge funds and the pharmaceutical industry are two rotten systems that are costing Americans a bundle.
12 notes from a political autopsy
The left and the party faithful may be angry at each other, but they’re on the same side now, locked together in a nonviolent political movement to resist Trumpism and remake American politics.
Sound the alarms; someone let the crazies out and they’re now occupying the US...
This is no joke, it’s not the least bit funny, it shows that this country is in deep, deep trouble.
On the rehabilitation of George W. Bush
Say it again: The enemy of our enemy is still a war criminal.
Apocalyptic Capitalism
The Paris climate summit, dominated by the economic and political forces that are driving us toward destruction, will end with the usual empty rhetoric and a continued assault on the ecosystem.
Trump’s con exposes ‘change-at-any-price’ delusions
“Change” is neither easy nor free and that makes Trumpism, without vetted programs, no more than empty rhetoric. Who but the Trumpster makes 282 unrealistic campaign pledges?
How to stop Republicans from stealing elections
The stakes could not be higher. Simply put, it’s democracy or authoritarianism.
Yearly wrap: Handful of good, loads of bad, onslaughts of ugly
Thus, the ugliest consequence to wasting billions on Pentagon missiles rather than funding education—stupidity—is a greater threat even than climate change.
Is Donald Trump the second 9/11?
Or is he the third?