Tag: rich
Why won’t Newsom tax billionaires?
Not only are Californians struggling to make ends meet, they also have to contend with a governor who cares more about billionaires and his own presidential aspirations.
The Epstein emails reveal the slimy moral depravity of elite society
Elites’ warmth toward Epstein was apparently universal.
How the rich and their right-wing cronies plot to break working...
They’re plotting to hijack democracy and put working people under the feet of CEOs, the ultra-wealthy, and other Republican fanatics.
The rage of billionaires and the frenzy to stop Zohran Mamdani...
That strategy is now striking fear into the hard hearts of insatiably greedy billionaires.
Is Trump co-governing with the billionaire class?
While politicians regularly partner with business, when should they collaborate with grassroots movements?
Blaming the poor while the rich sneak off with the welfare
Republicans say they only want to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. To do this they're wasting lives, defrauding their constituents, and abusing the privilege of leadership.
How the rich get richer: Evade taxation, grease trillion-dollar tax breaks,...
In class and status-conscious, materialistic America (was it ever otherwise?), scoring net worth is easier than figuring out messy election results.
World’s richest 10% responsible for two-thirds of global heating since 1990:...
They discovered that emissions from the richest 10 percent of people in China and the United States alone each resulted in an increase of two to three times the heat extremes in vulnerable regions.
What will tech moguls do with their wealth?
Tech billionaires are embedding themselves in U.S. economic systems while experimenting with new ways to manage their fortunes. Lacking traditional family dynasties, they must also contend with an unpredictable alliance with Trump.
Billionaire wealth surges by $276 billion post-Trump election as GOP pushes...
U.S. billionaires amass $276 billion in post-election wealth surge as GOP pushes for $2.7 trillion estate tax repeal favoring the ultra-wealthy.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.