CNN’s Jake Tapper says Gen Z will be ‘a lot more conservative’ after schools forced lefty politics ‘down their throats’

Maaaaan, this. So much this. Every time there's any kind of actual in-depth survey we find that the American people are *abysmally* ignorant about even the most basic political facts, but the pundit class just immediately forgets & proceeds with political analysis based on subtle policy differences.

Bessent: "President Trump is promises made, promises kept on his campaign promises. And it's gonna start flowing through to working Americans next year. Wall Street has done great."

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...

Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.

Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:

www.highereddive.com/news/new-col...

BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year. ​

Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price. ​

👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund...

#MakeRichPo#MakeRichPollutersPay

New article! On the shutdown, a nation treated as prey, and the meaning of leverage: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

@apache.be you rule 🖤

I have a not-so-creative theory that this is a defining feature of what many see as "good leadership" in higher ed right now:

"Mizzou is faring very well so far during the second Trump administration... That’s because Choi is good at staying out of trouble."

www.chronicle.com/article/mun-...