More than 10,000 people turned out for a rally with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt), in Warren as part of his national “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. Democrats should try this...
Bernie Sanders draws 10,000 supporters Michigan rally
https://www.alternet.org/sanders-rally/
Research shows that people with power have low levels of empathy.
Power Blocks Empathy https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/social-empathy/201909/power-blocks-empathy
Trump To Billionaires: Feel Free To Cheat On Your Taxes!
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/02/trump-billionaires-feel-free-cheat-your
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From the president who brought you the greatest deficit increase in US history!
Trump Tax Cuts’ Cost Estimated at $5 Trillion to $11 Trillion
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/trump-tax-cuts-cost-estimated-at-5-trillion-to-11-trillion
"The strength of solidarity": A Whole Foods in Philadelphia is the first in the country to unionize
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/28/the-strength-of-solidarity-whole-foods-workers-in-philadelphia-are-the-first-to-join-a-union/
Everyone knows that Mark Andreesen has always been a whore.
'Very funny': Billionaire mocked for bemoaning 'broken deal' and ditching Dems for Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/marc-andreesen-2670860523/
Taxing billionaires works, even better than anyone imagined. The Massachusetts "Fair Share" tax generated $2.46 billion in revenue, well over estimates...which means the MBTA and other transit now has funding. #MBTA #mapoli #TaxBillionaires
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/01/14/gov-healey-to-make-major-announcement-on-transport-funding-tuesday
I didn't think it possible!
Musk’s plan for ‘DOGE’ initiative looks worse as details come into focus
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/musks-plan-doge-initiative-looks-worse-details-come-focus-rcna187389
If we liquidate Elon Musk, America solves hunger, homelessness, pollution, climate change, cancer, unwanted pregnancy, and chlamydia.
We Have the Tools to Solve Homelessness — Lawmakers Refuse to Use Them
https://truthout.org/articles/we-have-the-tools-to-solve-homelessness-lawmakers-refuse-to-use-them/
'Beta' Mark Zuckerberg praises 'masculine energy' in corporate America
https://www.alternet.org/zuckerberg-beta/
Attention New Zealand. Our very own Citizen Thiel (thanks, John Key) has written a piece for the FT & it's batshit crazy. Thiel waffles about Fauci & claims the UK "arrested hundreds of people a year for online speech triggering".
More reassuring are the comments below the story, none of which support Thiel's extreme views. Worth a read.
God save us from megalomaniac billionaires.
No paywall - via @GhostOnTheHalfShell
https://www.ft.com/content/a46cb128-1f74-4621-ab0b-242a76583105
During last week’s negotiations to avert a government shutdown, Congress quietly slashed $20 billion from the Internal Revenue Service. The Biden administration said the cuts would end up adding $140 billion to the national debt, as they hurt the tax agency’s ability to audit big corporations and the wealthy.
Republicans Quietly Axed IRS Funding While No One Was Looking
https://newrepublic.com/post/189672/republicans-cut-irs-funding-government-shutdown
Trump wants to make billionaires trillionaires.
'Return on investment': Robert Reich explains why Trump 2.0 will make billionaires even richer
https://www.alternet.org/reich-trump-billionaires-msnbc/
Whenever I say we should return to 1940-1980 tax levels for the super wealthy (billionaires) of 91%+ marginal tax I hear, "If you do that billionaires will leave America."
To which I say two things:
1. Didn't happen last time, won't happen now.
2. Promise? Don't threaten me with a good time.
#TaxBillionaires
How much you want to bet the person who shot the #UnitedHealthcare CEO had a loved one who was denied adequate coverage or health care and died as a result?
I can't help but wonder if more billionaires will get shot or otherwise killed in the days to come.
It seems like a lot of folks are thinking of those paired graphs of wealth inequality in the US now and in France right before the French Revolution...
Research shows that people with power have low levels of empathy.
Power Blocks Empathy https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/social-empathy/201909/power-blocks-empathy
#ElonMusk #JeffBezos #WealthKillsEmpathy #TaxBillionaires #EatBillionaires
As riches grow, empathy for others seems to decline. Really.
How Wealth Reduces Compassion
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-wealth-reduces-compassion/
“Elon Musk’s net worth hit an all-time high of $347.8 billion on Friday, driven by Tesla Inc.’s ongoing stock rally and a new funding round valuing his artificial intelligence startup xAI at $50 billion,” Bloomberg reports.
“Musk’s numerous businesses have been surging in value since Donald Trump’s election victory propelled Musk, the so-called ‘first buddy,’ into the political spotlight.”
Alexander Hamilton’s Nightmare Realized: How Billionaires Hijacked America
