Since 2000, political donations from the richest 100 Americans have increased nearly 140x.
They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.
Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?
Trump gave Amazon a $16 billion tax break to accelerate its investments this year.
Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses.
No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will.
In a matter of days Trump’s propaganda press secretary will tell you there never was an East Wing.
I did it, but I was then I was able to call it “retirement”
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SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE:
"If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors."
~David McCullough
I recently read for the first time. Wonderful book.
A copy of the 50th anniversary edition of The Dispossessed sits on top of the original edition of The Dispossessed.
Out today: the 50th anniversary edition of The Dispossessed, with foreword by Karen Joy Fowler!
This edition is available in hardcover and paperback from Harper Perennial. Cover art by Muhammad Fatchurofi.
