Texas Stripped 15,000 Businesses of Opportunity. Now It Faces a Legal Challenge. Republicans have made disadvantaged communities a scapegoat for failed economic policies.

ICYMI: A Texas Republican quietly decertified more than 15,000 minority- and women-owned businesses in December.

@staceyabrams.com explains what it means and why it matters:

Amazon reportedly failed to create any new jobs at its HQ2 in Virginia last year, despite millions of state tax incentives.

The company has cut 30,000 jobs since last October — while saving $4 billion in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill.

Trickle-down economics is a hoax.

i said last year that these people were segregationists and that “merit” just meant “white and male” to these people

They gave her business a lifeline, then froze all her money A murky corner of the financial world is now the fastest-growing source of funding for small businesses. One state, Connecticut, had given these lenders unusual power. That may be about to change.

A murky corner of the financial world is now the fastest-growing source of funding for small businesses. One state, Connecticut, had given these lenders unusual power. That may be about to change. n.pr/4uKhtit

"It's either the dumbest f*cking plan, ever, or the dumbest f*cking war, ever." - Ben Rhodes

There are no two sides to a confession Over the years, I have watched the Republican Party morph into a crime family that boasts about rigging elections.

Rather than examining why the GOP is investing such enormous political capital in a bill that strips voting rights from millions of Americans, the media focuses on whether it might backfire politically.

I want to warn you and I want there to be a record. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...

Meta Must Pay $375 Million Over Allegedly Enabling Child Exploitation The lawsuit concerned allegations that Meta covered up its platforms’ impact on children's mental health and its knowledge of child exploitation online.

The lawsuit concerned allegations that Meta covered up its platforms’ impact on children's mental health and its knowledge of child exploitation online.

Prominent Researcher Exits NASA, Citing US Attacks on Science Climate expert Kate Marvel pointed to “upheavals” under the Trump administration as a reason for her departure.

Prominent climate scientist Kate Marvel resigned from NASA, pointing to “upheavals” under the Trump administration as a reason for her departure.

US Drafts 15-Point Plan to End Iran War as Trump Pushes Talks Get caught up.

Here’s what you need to know to start your day

If we had packaging laws that limited the US infatuation with over packaging, we’d have less waste AND lower prices

ICYMI: Democrats Challenge Trump’s December AI Order

Read more about my push for responsible and safe AI use in Politico: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

A month ago, we noted that Jared Kushner’s appointment as special envoy for peace meant he would need to file a financial disclosure so that he could resolve potential conflicts of interest and called on him to proactively divest from Affinity Partners.

He hasn’t.🧵

Remember when his Sieg Heil was just a gesture of heartfelt joy?

American Oversight Sues Trump Administration Over Secretive TSA–ICE Data Sharing that Could Risk Air Travel Safety - American Oversight Lawsuit seeks records on passenger data transfers diverting TSA resources to immigration enforcement

Reminder as ICE presence increases at airports: TSA is already reportedly sharing airline passenger info with ICE for immigration enforcement purposes.

We’re suing for records about the secretive data-sharing agreements.
americanoversight.org/american-ove...

We’re watching a high stakes puppet show

Market manipulation or just another betting market?

Great idea - let's pay the people better who educate our communities, not those who terrorize it.

#ResistTrump

TRUMP IS GIVING IRAN $14B WITH WHICH IT CAN TRY TO KILL AMERICANS - 3.23.26 - Countdown with Keith Olbermann SEASON 4 EPISODE 71: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump is paying Iran to try to kill Americans. $14 billion, he’s giving them. Fourteen billion for oil Iran can no...

TRUMP IS GIVING IRAN $14b WHICH IT CAN USE TO TRY TO KILL AMERICANS. What's that called? When you provide aid to an enemy you're at war with?

IRAN threatens back; will attack desalination

AND TRUMP DIDN'T KNOW what happened AT Pearl Harbor

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Trump just announced a 25% tariff on advanced chips, but not on chips that are used within the United States. So it's a tariff on chips used an input into exports. Yes, effectively an export tariff.

www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

What a disgrace.

What Trump and His Mob Taught the World About America The allure of democracy was the nation’s best asset abroad, but the president squandered it by inciting political violence.

Published on January 7, 2021:

"There is no way to overstate the significance of this moment, no way to ignore the power of the message that these events send to both the friends and the enemies of democracy, everywhere."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A bonkers, historically accurate sentence: the Trump regime conspired with the Maduro regime to overthrow the Maduro regime and replace it with the Maduro regime instead of the democratically elected Venezuelan government that won the 2024 presidential election there by 34 points

I guess Team Trump no longer supports law & order

Healthy people are going to drop insurance because it no longer makes financial sense. The insurance companies will only have folks with chronic illnesses as customers. And rates will be even more insane. The industry will collapse. It’s only a matter of time.

Why can’t AI start with eliminating these destructive things?
1. Spam & scam
2. Misinformation/ Disinformation
3. Social media bots

Trump and the Oligarchs Are Killing Corporate Media The oligarchs only care about money. The dictator only cares about power. They can make that arrangement work.

And read JVL's Triad here: lnk.thebulwark.com/4oUjQLn

#kilmarabregogarcia #veterans #MAGA

Wait till they see inflation explode with the new healthcare premiums!!

@schumer.senate.gov @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
Where are the negotiations in good faith re. ACA subsidies?
Was it all for nought??