Tag: tyranny
Cosmic irony, cosmic con job: MAGA Trump, hatched in savage distrust...
The biggest, worst Trump Lie: that good governance that serves the majority is impossible and that burning all down is superior to reforming structures.
Could we be entering a ‘movement moment’ against Trump?
Know the characteristics of powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.
How you can stop America’s slide toward tyranny
We can deliver a resounding defeat to Trump and every single one of his enablers, and stop our slide toward tyranny. But it’s going to take each and every one of us.
Driving the Trump rampage: Making the unacceptable acceptable
In Trump's crooked model, only total power allows an autocrat to achieve the highest goal: make what was before unacceptable seem acceptable, staunch public resistance by damned.
Legalizing tyranny
We have built a terrifying legal and policing apparatus that has placed the poor of our nation in bondage – an American tyranny.
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Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.
Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Military moral injury, iolence, and the parable of the Guinea worm
An unexpected encounter with compassion.
Taxing the rich is key to challenging the far-right
There are many things that need to change in this world. But one thing is clear: anyone who claims to oppose the rise of the far right must, at the very least, support higher taxes on extreme wealth.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.