Even the conservative Wall Street Journal understands the havoc wealth inequality is wreaking on our economy and society.
It’s far past time to unrig the system. https://www.wsj.com/finance/billionaires-low-taxes-are-becoming-a-problem-for-the-economy-27a560ca
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.
A truly extraordinary moment.
We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
Act like it.
This moment from Feb 2025 may go down as one of the most prescient exchanges in modern diplomatic history. Zelenskyy warned Trump that while the United States may feel protected by an ocean today, a time could come when America would need help in war. Trump scolded him instead.
2 headlines from this week
“If the strait remains closed for even a month…sustained higher oil prices could plunge the world into a recession, raise borrowing costs, alter the outcome of ongoing wars, and shift the balance of global-power competition in favor of Russia and China”
www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...
🔥 🇪🇸 SPAIN — MAR ESPINAR: “Go lick boots at Mar-A-Lago… which Iranian women are thanking Trump? The mothers of the 160 girls murdered at a school?”
Brendan Carr is threatening the media to cover the war the way the Trump regime wants. It’s one of the most anti-American messages ever posted by a government official.
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Iran War coverage
South African immigrants to the US are returning to South Africa because the US does not feel safe, citing school shooters and ICE raids. apple.news/A9pQEUbPrT_W...
Iran threatens to close strait
Headline from 1984. Yet the Trump regime was surprised in 2026.
“.. Iranian officials believe .. Trump is feeling the heat from global markets and said their leaders aren’t interested in surrendering. They have told Arab diplomats that any deal would have to guarantee safety for all, or there would be safety for none.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Tennessee grandmother spent nearly six months in jail after AI facial recognition mistakenly linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case
He’s bottom of the barrel dumb. Let’s hope he gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, is humiliated by T, and slinks away into obscurity
The Times study found that “300 billionaires and their immediate family members donated more than $3 billion — 19 percent of all contributions — in federal elections in 2024, either directly or through political action committees.”
When Trump says "we make a lot of money," he's talking about his Big Oil donors.
They spent spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024, and the investment is paying off quite well for them.
Oligarchy in action.
Gen. Grynkewich: "What I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that any time you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve."
Internal messages from Live Nation reveal two execs talking about "robbing [fans] blind."
“These people are so stupid. I almost feel bad taking advantage of them," one says.
That man is now the head of ticketing for the unit responsible for Live Nation's 150 amphitheaters.
Just one month of this war in Iran will cost more money than it would have cost to keep the Affordable Care Act funding cut by the Republicans.
We could be making health care more affordable for millions of Americans instead of firing missiles at elementary schools.
No, not all of us.
Iowa farmer: This fertilizer shortage is going to affect everybody. It could lead to a decrease in yields. If you look at that countrywide, corn, soybeans, cotton, rice, that will increase prices. It's gonna be a train wreck for consumers.
In the last 24 hours, Iran has:
- Struck three ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, disabling a Thai cargo ship
- Blown up a large oil storage facility in Oman
- Struck two oil tankers at harbor in Iraq, setting both ablaze.
- Blown up oil storage tanks next to Bahrain’s main airport
This president never served in uniform—but has no problem using our troops as cannon fodder in a war he cannot justify.
Enough. We need to put them under oath to get the answers our troops deserve.
thank you, ma’am. Hope your day gets better.
No clue what your little chart means, but he was otherwise an excellent candidate. Probably would have won without that one sentence.
But he said it, then the phrase was blasted wall to wall and he still almost got it done. It’s ok to acknowledge it was a mistake to say
You don’t own the site, you hateful thing. My lord, get a hobby.
And nobody distinguished the difference btw ARs and Guns At the time. We had Moms demand action volunteers telling us how terrible it was.
Be blessed
I followed him too, lady. Love the guy. Donated a bucket of money to him. it was a self inflicted wound. If you can’t see that it’s not my problem. Go touch some grass. good golly.
NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed.
Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)
Beto was toast the second he said
‘Hell yes, we’re going to take your guns away’
Just a catastrophic mistake, in Texas.
Nothing revisionist about it.
tariffs happening for no reason and theyre making your life worse, secret police kidnapping people for no reason and making your life worse, firing thousands of government employees for no reason and making your life worse, going to war with iran for no reason and making your life worse
