Gnome Chomsky
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
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Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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The Nastiest Warmongers Are Trump's Biggest Fans Now
Trump duped his base into believing he’ll make peace, and he turned out to be Lindsey Graham’s gooiest wet dream incarnate.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-nastie...
Trump duped his base into believing he’ll make peace, and he turned out to be Lindsey Graham’s gooiest wet dream incarnate.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-nastie...
The Nastiest Warmongers Are Trump's Biggest Fans Now
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
Cheney Should Have Died Alone In A Cage
"That said, the world actually does feel better without Dick Cheney in it. Feels a bit brighter. A bit lighter. Kinder. Gentler."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/cheney-sho...
"That said, the world actually does feel better without Dick Cheney in it. Feels a bit brighter. A bit lighter. Kinder. Gentler."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/cheney-sho...
Cheney Should Have Died Alone In A Cage
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
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When it comes to the ghouls that crawled to the top of the muck heap during the global war on terror (which never ended), there's no one I'd rather read than @attackerman.bsky.social. His Cheney obit is no different. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
tbh it’s still kinda amazing it took this much effort to defeat a disgraced nepo baby sex pest who gave his health care industry donors a get-out-of-jail-free card amid a pandemic massacre of his own constituents
“Putting a powerful surveillance tool like this in the hands of state & local law enforcement officials around the country will only further erode peoples’ Fourth Amendment rights, for citizens & non-citizens alike,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @404Media.co.
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
Over half of the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom are facing (or recently faced) federal investigations into wrongdoing — including violating workers’ rights or misleading consumers.
They also have a combined $279 BILLION in federal contracts.
Follow the money.
They also have a combined $279 BILLION in federal contracts.
Follow the money.
One analyst suggested stocks may be suffering from “rally exhaustion.”
Palantir Plummets 8% Despite Beating Earnings Expectations—As Markets Stumble
One analyst suggested stocks may be suffering from “rally exhaustion.”
www.forbes.com
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ProPublica
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Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
Over the next decade, more than $70 trillion will be passed down to heirs, and it's safe to say that most of that $70 trillion will end up in the hands of the already wealthy.
We need a global plan to tax extreme inherited wealth. And we need it now. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
We need a global plan to tax extreme inherited wealth. And we need it now. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
More than $70tn of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists warn
Expert panel says report on gap in global wealth between rich and poor highlights need for intervention by G20
www.theguardian.com
What the fuck
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Dick Cheney should've been prosecuted for the invasion of Iraq and it's a stain on the soul of humanity that he got to live out his life in comfort without ever being held to account for his crimes, I'll never not be angry that war criminals responsible for so much death never see justice.
Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.
If they had won he would’ve taken all the credit.
He is always on the ballot.
He is always on the ballot.
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani
The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do.
www.cjr.org