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“Jones alleges she met Epstein when she was 14 in the early 2000s and was paid to give him a massage, during which he fondled her after she undressed. ‘A lot of these powerful ppl think they’re in the clear, and they’re probably still doing it now,’ she said Tuesday.” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
I have now lived a long and full life, with a Republican Treasury Secretary saying that adding a national sales tax -- imposed on an odd assortment of goods -- *raises* economic growth. Can't wait to raise other taxes to raise growth further. Or to double tariffs so we can double growth.
Did Chris Wright go to school?
There's a lot going on, and a lot to argue about. But we should all be able to agree that the shocking levels of incompetence shown in the leadership of our federal government is both historically unmatched, and it hurts all of us.
From a Twitter research project to an independent rival — Bluesky’s journey under CEO Jay Graber shows how a decentralized, user-first platform gained millions users by prioritizing control & openness in social media. A true alternative in a billionaire-dominated space. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/b...
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Must be why I do not subscribe to the WSJ any longer. Vote with your money. Plenty of other reliable news sources.
Just because the Trump Administration wants to pretend climate change isn’t real, it doesn't make it any less urgent or concerning. It’s time to listen to the overwhelming majority of scientists and act accordingly, now.
California refuses to be scared into submission by the small men in the White House. No one in their right mind thinks the Trump Administration should launch yet another failed LA militarization.
Today’s court ruling is a win for democracy. By granting California’s injunction, the court stopped Trump’s unlawful use of the National Guard to militarize our communities. My heart is with those who have endured unnecessary fear-mongering and invasive surveillance under this abuse of power.
Kennedy must be removed from office. He has already caused a catastrophe at HHS and the CDC. I strongly suspect that he is about to use data manipulated by unscrupulous and unqualified individuals to attempt to falsely show that vaccines are in some way a net harm. He simply must be stopped.
Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment: "To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
We are filing a request for a preliminary injunction to block the extension of soldiers’ deployment in Los Angeles through Election Day. There was never a need — and there is certainly no need now — for troops to be deployed against their own communities.
MAGA will never understand.
What we’re witnessing in this country is textbook authoritarianism. Trump thrives on targeting those who are least able to defend themselves, exerting control and cruelty to tighten his grip on power. To think it ends here is naive. We cannot let this go on any further.
Officers who shatter car windows aren’t being disciplined — they’re being promoted. One officer who smashed a window in front of a local TV reporter now has a senior ICE position overseeing operations on the East Coast.
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 223-225 The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
Corporate executives who defraud nursing homes? Pardoned. Reality TV stars who evade millions in taxes? Pardoned. Thousands of January 6th rioters? Pardoned. Anyone who opposes Trump? Prosecuted.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lisa Cook’s work as an economist has broken new ground. She studied racial inequality before it became fashionable
Why does the POTUS get to run a financial scam?
Today is the first day of public trading for Trump’s crypto scam.
So why not point out that RFK is a complete nut job and has no business in government service?
Your Labor Day reminder that Trump doesn't actually care about working people. Take it from me, a former Secretary of Labor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARL5VvYJUe8
Labour can still turn it around, but not without a really ambitious positive strategy which resonates with people. Moonshot missions are needed, not technocratic focus on key performance indicators alone. I spoke to @politico.com’s Dan Bloom. Read here ➡️ politico.eu/article/keir...
Just an astonishing, powerful op-ed that drives home what we are losing and what's already been lost. We are so incredibly fortunate to live with the advances modern medicine and health science. Destroying and stymieing it is just unforgivable. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
Happy Labor Day! California is proud to be ranked the #1 state for workers. We’re leading the nation with strong wage standards, worker protections, and labor rights that make our communities, businesses, and families stronger.
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
Only reason to boycott is because you know you are not upholding human rights.
With tongue thrust firmly in cheek “millions of young, rural, white men [are]..suited for the slave camps because they are not only lazy, but unaware of their laziness..(And, yes, men from the..“whites only” communities like the one developing in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas will be eligible!)”
Wish my class was that large.... well, maybe not.
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)
California’s homelessness growth rate last year was lower than 40 other states, including Texas and Florida. The work doesn’t stop here. With our new SAFE Task Force, we’re going to bring it down even further to ensure that everyone has a safe place to call home.
"Perhaps the most important thing to understand about Trump’s mobster state capitalism is that it isn’t about economic efficiency or stimulating growth, let alone a vision of how the economy works and what it should create. It’s about *power*, pure and simple."
The new Pulte-Trump crackdown on mortgage occupancy fraud is nothing if not selective.
Children with brain cancer
As we resist Trump’s tyranny, America gains solidarity. As we gain solidarity, we feel more courageous. As we feel courageous and stand up to Trump, we weaken him and his regime. As we weaken Trump and his regime, we have less to fear.
What are we even doing?
To be clear, when will the Republicans who control Congress start doing their jobs….
It’s not just that Congress allowed the CDC crisis. Key lawmakers, on your payroll, allowed it despite statements showing they believe RFK’s views on vaccines are wrong. RFK can say he is doing what he believes; the lawmakers can’t. open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
On Monday, President Trump attempted to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. Cook has countered with a lawsuit against Trump. On our latest episode, we look inside the Federal Reserve Board, and what it might mean for the economy if Trump gets more control.
Back-to-school reminder: The market rewards education Average earnings: High school dropout | ### ($35k) High school grad | ##### ($47k) College degree | ######### ($87k) Masters degree | ########### ($106k) Professional degree | ##################($184k)
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Mike Johnson makes clear that when Congress returns next week he's going to work tirelessly to cover up the Epstein files
More or less universally a country seeking to limit foreigners studying in that country is a sign of a society, culture, great power in severe decline.
The Supreme Court’s Chiles v. Salazar is not about free speech. It is about scammers who pose as health professionals that use fake science to hurt kids.
That's why we're going to expand these successful efforts to San Diego, the Inland Empire, Los Angeles, the Central Valley, Sacramento, and the Bay Area. We need to do more to reduce roadway violence and criminal activity throughout the state — and we will continue to do more.
In 2024, I deployed the California Highway Patrol to operate regional partnerships in Bakersfield, San Bernardino, and Oakland. As a result, crime is down — with 9,000+ arrests, nearly 5,800 stolen vehicle recoveries, and 400+ illegal gun seizures. We're going to hold the line on these strategies.
It's really shocking that the NYT and WaPo have forgotten that Trump is a criminal who freed hundreds of violent cop assailants on his first day on the job. Every Single Story About Crime should lead with that.
I mean that’s literally exactly what we do.
It just absolutely blows that RFK Jr. looked at this and said, no that’s not bad enough, we can do worse
I applaud workers at the CDC for standing up against Sec. Kennedy’s dangerous anti-vaccine crusade. We are witnessing a full-blown war on public health from the Trump Administration. History will not look kindly on those who stayed silent in the face of this assault on science.
A cult of personality. What could go wrong?
“What if Democrats Simply Said That an Unpopular President Deploying the Military Against His Own Citizens Is Quite Troubling?” By @benmathislilley.bsky.social
RKF Jr. is a dangerous man who is determined to abuse his authority to act on truly terrifying conspiracy theories and disinformation—leaving us unprepared for the next deadly pandemic and snuffing out potential cures while he’s at it. My full statement.
Gabbard is simply a pawn here. Who is the real eminence grise here and why?
Majorities of adults see decline of union membership as bad for the U.S. and working people
Sorry can't stop Neo-Nazis murdering kids in Minnesota, Kash Patel sent 30 FBI agents and a dozen ATF guys to arrest a DC jaywalker last night.
Using dedicated state funding and new laws for fighting organized retail theft, local officials just took down a MAJOR crime ring in Southern California. Proud of the progress being made on public safety by our local partners across the state, including the Ventura County Sheriff.
FEMA employees were just placed on leave after criticizing the Trump regime in open letter. Their letter was meant to "sound the alarm" about inexperienced appointees and drastic cuts to agency programs. Like all tyrants in history, Trump wants to squelch dissent.
Conservative and Liberal Americans reject military rule, and all the permanent poison it injects.
For Trump's ultra-wealthy donors, fascism is just good business. zeteo.com/p/ice-no-bid...
Fed Chair Powell, who loses his chairmanship in May, should stay on as a Fed governor through 2028 to rescue central bank independence. —Claudia Sahm www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Not even 700 votes separate the two. Don’t let anyone or anything make you believe your vote doesn’t count!✊🏽
Brutal. A humiliation ritual.
Attack of the brain worms...
If a president can fire a Fed governor on accusation, not cause, monetary policy shifts from the Fed to the White House. Goodbye independent Fed; hello maga Fed, and watch decades of hard-won credibility turns to dust. Posting the entire interview on youtube as an experiment. youtu.be/DpSqbqQde3Y
Next week: "Big Balls has been beaten up again, this time by irate seniors whose social security records were leaked."
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Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Here is the growing list of countries choosing to pause mail deliveries to the U.S. because of Trump's tariff chaos. Did anyone vote in 2024 to become the new Hermit Kingdom? Austria Australia Denmark France Germany India Italy Japan New Zealand Singapore Spain South Korea Sweden Thailand
I’m an old-school English teacher and I know why they push AI in education. You do too. They want to replace teachers and teacher unions.
At a Missouri town hall, farmer Fred Higginbotham said what millions are thinking: enough of GOP politicians bowing to Trump while working people lose farms, health care, & futures. Farmers aren’t mincing words anymore: this is rebellion from the ground up. And we are here for it. Stay angry!
The amount of destruction cable news is doing to our democracy is indescribable. When they simply cut to trump holding a cabinet meeting where all he does is lie without pushback is outrageous. So ashamed of journalism in the United States. ☠️
I'm not sure he understands how windmills work...
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors has been around for 111 years. In that time it has had more than 100 members (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal...). No president has ever fired (or claimed to have fired) one before.
No-one knows how this ends. And so the narrative shifts from pointless tariff uncertainty to pointless monetary uncertainty, and none of this helps the American people.
If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
"[B]anks are not communicating with each other ... Fraudsters know it."
Well. Here we go
Do not forget. It’s about control of the Fed. This is a very dark day.
In case it is not crystal clear: THIS IS AUTHORITARIANISM.
If you’re a congressional Republican right now, what exactly is your job? Should get them all hats that say “Rubber Stamp for Authoritarian Regime.”
Howwwwww is the Lisa Cook story not in your newscast?? Malpractice.
What a vindictive little man.
Trump keeps insisting we're the envy of the world but they have a weird way of showing it
I spent a quarter century being lectured by libertarians and republicans about how minimal government oversight of large companies was radical socialism and if you mentioned nationalizing stuff like telecom for the public good they'd have a six week embolism
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
Using the military against American citizens. We are in an incredibly dark place.
On the left, my warning from September 2024 about what Trump 2.0 would look like. On the right, recent headlines. I wish I'd been wrong. But because Trump is following a classic authoritarian playbook, it’s up to state and local governments to push back on this tyranny while it’s still possible.
Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants | Robert Reich
I described this scenario in a video and a MAGA man replied by saying, “you’re ugly.” 😂 As I was saying…
Remember that most of the people in the National Guard want nothing to do with this and are, in fact, probably pretty pissed off that their governor ripped them away from their normal lives to do security theater miles away from home.
Trump has attacked and undermined vital nonpartisan data, including: -BLS monthly jobs numbers -DC crime statistics -EPA emissions database -NOAA & National Weather Service forecasting Like every dictator, Trump knows the major enemy of tyrants is an educated public.