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A savings boost for working-class kids is a worthy goal.
But “Trump Accounts” aren’t built to deliver it—the investment is modest and the reach will be limited, leaving many families no better off.
James Surowiecki breaks down why only real public investment can close the wealth gap.
But “Trump Accounts” aren’t built to deliver it—the investment is modest and the reach will be limited, leaving many families no better off.
James Surowiecki breaks down why only real public investment can close the wealth gap.
The president has hailed his Trump Accounts as a way to lift up the next generation. “In reality, the impact of these accounts on the lives of most American kids will likely be trivial,” James Surowiecki argues.
Trump Accounts: Don’t Believe the Hype
It’s hard to see how a savings vehicle with no tax incentives will bring anyone closer to the American dream.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A savings boost for working-class kids is a worthy goal.
But “Trump Accounts” aren’t built to deliver it—the investment is modest and the reach will be limited, leaving many families no better off.
James Surowiecki breaks down why only real public investment can close the wealth gap.
But “Trump Accounts” aren’t built to deliver it—the investment is modest and the reach will be limited, leaving many families no better off.
James Surowiecki breaks down why only real public investment can close the wealth gap.
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I simply can not fathom how super rich people rationalize the shit they buy when children are hungry and millions stand to lose health care. Like, what thought process went into this purchase?
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I simply can not fathom how super rich people rationalize the shit they buy when children are hungry and millions stand to lose health care. Like, what thought process went into this purchase?
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Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.”
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.”
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.
What came next was even wilder.
History will not be kind to this man. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
History will not be kind to this man. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Mapping the shift from shock to the beginnings of mass action over the last 10 months of the anti-authoritarian struggle in the U.S.
We’re entering a new phase of the resistance
Mapping the shift from shock to the beginnings of mass action over the last 10 months of the anti-authoritarian struggle in the U.S.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Mapping the shift from shock to the beginnings of mass action over the last 10 months of the anti-authoritarian struggle in the U.S.
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Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer (and, in my case, I get to work with the healthiest, most optimistic, engaging and interesting people). Everyone should try it. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer (and, in my case, I get to work with the healthiest, most optimistic, engaging and interesting people). Everyone should try it. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Sigh
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt www.nbcnews.com/world/brazil...
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt
The far-right leader had been under house arrest since August and was taken in Saturday after trying to break his ankle monitor.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Sigh
It is amazing how awful the GOP is. And, acclimating the public to cruelty is central to their plan. The permission structure for authoritarian cruelty widens as they familiarize their followers and the general public to this kind of awfulness. Drip, drip, drip.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It is amazing how awful the GOP is. And, acclimating the public to cruelty is central to their plan. The permission structure for authoritarian cruelty widens as they familiarize their followers and the general public to this kind of awfulness. Drip, drip, drip.
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Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
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The Bari Weiss Newsmaxification of @CBSNews is a sight to behold, and marg brennan seems content to go right along with it
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The Bari Weiss Newsmaxification of @CBSNews is a sight to behold, and marg brennan seems content to go right along with it
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
This is a good read. The unions that are overly attached to the power structure may want to reconsider their position soon. What social movements can learn from the ‘innovator’s dilemma’ wagingnonviolence.org/2025/11/inno...
What social movements can learn from the ‘innovator’s dilemma’
Organizers can borrow ideas from the business world about where to look for innovation, and how our movement ecology can make space for it.
wagingnonviolence.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is a good read. The unions that are overly attached to the power structure may want to reconsider their position soon. What social movements can learn from the ‘innovator’s dilemma’ wagingnonviolence.org/2025/11/inno...
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The New York Times says federal agents‘ abduction of a toddler “alarmed immigrant rights groups.” How about “alarmed all decent human beings“?
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The New York Times says federal agents‘ abduction of a toddler “alarmed immigrant rights groups.” How about “alarmed all decent human beings“?
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As I predicted, California flexed its power, definitively.
And it shouldn't stop now: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
And it shouldn't stop now: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s time for soft secession
How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
As I predicted, California flexed its power, definitively.
And it shouldn't stop now: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
And it shouldn't stop now: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The best explanation for 2025 is that voters didn’t know what they were getting with Trump 2.0 last November," says Brad Delong, "but now they do." The willingness to lie repeatedly, and have those lies broadcast by the liars on Fox News, gives the GOP an awesome tactical advantage.
November 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"The best explanation for 2025 is that voters didn’t know what they were getting with Trump 2.0 last November," says Brad Delong, "but now they do." The willingness to lie repeatedly, and have those lies broadcast by the liars on Fox News, gives the GOP an awesome tactical advantage.
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I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
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Want to vote for real climate leaders who understand the urgency of the climate crisis and prioritize people and planet over polluters? Check
Out the 2025 Jane Fonda Climate PAC voter guide to see if any climate candidates are on your ballot:
janepac.com/2025voterguide
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janepac.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Want to vote for real climate leaders who understand the urgency of the climate crisis and prioritize people and planet over polluters? Check
Out the 2025 Jane Fonda Climate PAC voter guide to see if any climate candidates are on your ballot:
janepac.com/2025voterguide
Out the 2025 Jane Fonda Climate PAC voter guide to see if any climate candidates are on your ballot:
janepac.com/2025voterguide
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Last week, activists gathered outside of the American Energy Summit in Louisiana to expose the harms of the methane gas (LNG) industry. #LNG terminals pollute the local environment, threaten the health & safety of nearby communities, and devastates the local fishing industry.
https://bit.ly/4hvWIkx
https://bit.ly/4hvWIkx
Fishermen: State choosing profits over people - American Press
Backdropped by the glistening surface of the Calcasieu River and L'Auberge Casino Resort in the distance, more than a dozen demonstrators gathered on the beach of Israel LaFleur Park Monday morning to expose what they said is the “true cost” of the LNG ...
americanpress.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Last week, activists gathered outside of the American Energy Summit in Louisiana to expose the harms of the methane gas (LNG) industry. #LNG terminals pollute the local environment, threaten the health & safety of nearby communities, and devastates the local fishing industry.
https://bit.ly/4hvWIkx
https://bit.ly/4hvWIkx
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$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
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What’s next after the historic No Kings protest? wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/what...
What’s next after the historic No Kings protest?
Seven million just turned out for the largest protest in US history, and there are growing signs of defections and defiance.
wagingnonviolence.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
What’s next after the historic No Kings protest? wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/what...
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So excited to read this new book by Judith Enck (of @beyondplastics.bsky.social.) But I already have a question: Judith, the problem with plastic are so voluminous - how did you fit them all into such an accessible easy-to-read light little book? @storyofstuff
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
So excited to read this new book by Judith Enck (of @beyondplastics.bsky.social.) But I already have a question: Judith, the problem with plastic are so voluminous - how did you fit them all into such an accessible easy-to-read light little book? @storyofstuff
Monbiot's last paragrpah applies to all of us. www.monbiot.com/2025/10/21/d...
Die Quietly
This Labour government would have banned the Labour movement – alongside all the other protests that secured our freedoms.
www.monbiot.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Monbiot's last paragrpah applies to all of us. www.monbiot.com/2025/10/21/d...
Partial list of the companies that paid for the destruction of the East Wing: Altria, Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton, Caterpillar, Coinbase, Comcast, Hard Rock International, Google, HP, Lockheed Martin, Meta, Micron, Microsoft, NextEra Energy, Palantir, Ripple, Reynolds, T-Mobile.
October 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Partial list of the companies that paid for the destruction of the East Wing: Altria, Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton, Caterpillar, Coinbase, Comcast, Hard Rock International, Google, HP, Lockheed Martin, Meta, Micron, Microsoft, NextEra Energy, Palantir, Ripple, Reynolds, T-Mobile.