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THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . .

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Again.

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If you don’t already read @willbunch.bsky.social today is a good day to start.

Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2024: $454.1 billion

Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2024: $242.3 billion

Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2024: $210.1 billion

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2024: $7.25

It’s not the start of an oligarchy. We’re in the thick of it.

Otto and Ditto. Guess who came first?

This Was the Beginning of Donald Trump’s Final Unraveling Harris was good. Really good. But Trump was hideously bad. Huh—maybe those two points are connected.

New Column: She crushed him like a grape. Or should I say kumquat? newrepublic.com/article/1858...

This is hugely important. Thank you for amplifying it.

Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won? It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.

This by @mjtoma.bsky.social (he is present here) gets at unfortunate but undeniable truth.

newrepublic.com/post/188197/...

In 2016, I think "mainstream" media played signif role, perhaps decisive (via J Comey), in Trump's fluke win.

This time no fluke, and not about MSM. Sane-washing and all.

Same. Same.

1/ Why does Trump keep saying that we have to go back to 1798?

Here you go.
A thread.

Let's look at 1798.

The US was in a "quasi-war" w/France.
Not a full war.
But the US was semi-preparing.

And Federalists--in power & not so comfy w/democratic politics--passed the Alien & Sedition Acts.

Seriously, what the hell are we doing here?

from the New Yorker: I look at these people and can't quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention? To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. "Can I interest you in the chicken?" she asks. "Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?" To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked

this 2008 David Sedaris gem about undecided voters has only gotten more accurate with age

Hey wait, this really IS like my Twitter feed but without the bad stuff????

Well then.

Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.

Manson didn’t kill anyone himself. But he was responsible.

Bin Laden didn’t fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.

Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.

Justice matters.

"For this reason, regardless of any political disagreements voters might have with her, Kamala Harris is the only patriotic choice for president."

-- New York Times Editorial Board

www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/o...

Trump tells Rupert Murdoch to help him secure US election ‘victory’ Republican candidate says Fox News should not run negative ads about him before November 5 vote

None of this is in anyway surprising, but it does show something's very rotten

Why Does Trump Sound Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini? The former president has brought dehumanizing language into American presidential politics.

Why does Trump sound like Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini? Because he thinks it will work www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Otto and Ditto.

The United States is the deadliest place in the industrialized world to be pregnant or a 3rd grader.

Heather Cox Richardson on Instagram: "Joanne and Heather talk about political bling." 65 likes, 2 comments - heathercoxrichardson on October 19, 2024: "Joanne and Heather talk about political bling.".

Hey folks—

Heather Cox Richardson and I just did a live Insta-chat on political “bling.”

More to come!

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Effective tax rates before and after the Trump tax law:

Verizon
Before: 21%
After: 8%

Walmart
Before: 31%
After: 17%

AT&T
Before: 13%
After: 3%

Walt Disney
Before: 26%
After: 8%

FedEx
Before: 18%
After: 1%

This is what a corporate giveaway looks like.