Hochul Proposes Tax on N.Y.C. Second Homes That Are Worth $5 Million

We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.

Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us

"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

First Canada
Then Australia
Then South Korea

Now Hungary

Next — America

Fascism is failing - democracy is winning

War criminal netanyahu is destroying towns in southern Lebanon without military reasoning, which is a punishable war crime.

If you think the Pope is a radical leftist, wait till you meet his boss.

I'm begging women to PLEASE be careful around any man who defends Trump. You're not safe with them.

"Trump's not conservative"

Oh no you don't. No no no no no.

I can tolerate Republicans moving on from Bush and the neocons, 9/11 and all that.

But you fucking own Trump from now until the end of time. He told you exactly who he was from day 1 and you voted for him 3 times. That's on YOU.

The shared excitement over NASA’s recent mission compared to the general indifference to SpaceX missions speaks to the power of something seen as the product of communal human effort rather than just the ego and avarice of one obnoxious dork.

Americans don't know the reasons Iran hates the US. In 1951 Iran's democracy elected Mohammed Mossadegh. The CIA & British intelligence staged a coup, installed a dictator who tortured and killed people.

It goes on from there.

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."

–Justice Louis Brandeis

I understand that a lot of Trump supporters are feeling betrayed. He didn't betray you beloved. You knew who he was and didn't care about the people he would hurt until he hurt you. You betrayed yourself. Own that shit.

We should stop talking about impeachment and start talking about imprisonment

for me impeachment isn't what we should be after. this president and most of his cabinet and staff should be prosecuted for corruption, fraud, war crimes, obstruction, and all the various crimes they have committed. i will only vote for a presidential candidate in 2028 who commits to this.

if only we’d taxed the super rich, they wouldn’t have been able to buy our government and kill us 😀

"I grew up across the street from a public library, and it was the only place my mom would let me go on my own. It was my second home, and I read everything that I could get."
~ Tracy Chapman
Chapman by Nicholas Albrecht
#Booksky

The Moon. NASA/Artemis II/Kevin M. Gill

New shot of the Moon taken only a few hours ago by the Artemis II crew! More of the lunar far side coming into view :-D

flic.kr/p/2s676GN

I did not expect to get mass reported on bluesky for saying trump was aided and abetted by Putin in winning the last election. But I'm not backing down.

He was and it's true. Putin help trump win. I'm not shutting up!

You can be opposed to the Iranian regime AND the reckless bombing of school kids.

You can support the troops AND be opposed to sending them into senseless wars.

You are not an antisemite if you decry the Israeli regime’s genocidal rampage.

Don’t let morons impose their idiotic view of the world.

Happy Easter

Jeff Bezos has $222 billion.

If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over.

And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.

Death is always lurking. We see it in violence, in the wounds of the world, in the cry of pain that rises from every corner because of the abuses that crush the weakest among us, because of the idolatry of profit that plunders the earth's resources, because of the violence of war that kills and destroys.

The pope is tweeting like a wide receiver. cc: @dennycarter.bsky.social

Khanna: "If we can chase Hillary Clinton, who hasn't been in office for 20 years, certainly we can get Pam Bondi to explain why she covered up documents, why we haven't had prosecutions"

Man, you ever think how lucky we are to have BOOKS? And how no matter how fast we read or how long we live, we will never run out of fantastic books to read? What a life

I did not read to my kids (they weren't interested and it felt forced), but my spouse and I read avidly. This made them view books and reading as valuable. My eldest (6) taught herself to read and loves reading. It's nice to know that we don't always have to force it, sometimes it happens naturally.

I can no longer deal with "feel bad for us, we are suffering " Americans.

1/3 of voters didn't bother voting - which would likely have stopped him.

There was a first term to show what he was like.

He vocalised the heinous shit that would happen for years.

There was the project 2025 document.

US reputation hits 'depths not seen this century' – and 'may never recover': Ex-diplomat The ongoing U.S. war against Iran, which kicked off in late February with the killing of more than 100 Iranian schoolchildren, has undermined a key State Department foreign policy tool and may have ir...

Finally someone said it: The Ugly American, that old image of #America as a narcissistic and culturally insensitive bully, is back.

For how how long have we been told that the US has this fabulous written Constition whereas we do not?

But the US Constitution has been shown to be the emperor with no clothes

It might as well be a blank sheet of paper

It might as well not exist

The US is acting entirely on the whim of one man

He skipped church. Dropped the F-bomb. Praised Allah. On Easter.
You can’t make this up. The man tweets war threats while you hunt eggs with your kids.
THIS is your president, America. Wake up.

Tulips.

It’s my civic duty to understand what’s happening in the world and do what I can but damn, it’s ugly out there.

This weekend I spent family time - convos and laughter - because if I don’t get my empathy fix from somewhere, I’ll go crazy.

#2026

The public should know who ALL of Epstein’s co-conspirators are.