This week:

-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions

The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.

Assassinations are horrific, and no one deserves to die by execution.

Also, my name was put on Charlie Kirk’s Professor Watchlist, because I taught structural racism and the real history of this country. I was trolled and threatened. This is a kind of political terrorism, too. It has its own toll.

I was once called "A man of many bevs" by a guy in my Introduction to Religions class, and I like to remember that from time to time. He was right, what an insight.

one of the most insane normalized aspects of our political climate is politicians going after their own constituents in the name of anti-wokeness. what are we doing here

THIS JUST IN…

Real men don’t order investigations of people who say mean things about them at concerts and on television.

We paid $892 billion in interest payments just last year. That’s 13% of our budget.
This one “big beautiful bill” is going to put us further into big beautiful debt.

The 220 top buyers of Trump's memecoin will have dinner with him at his golf club tonight.

The average price of admission is $1M per person.

Trump is literally selling access to government to the highest bidders.

While many Americans were still asleep, Republicans in the House of Representatives passed Trump’s huge, horrible mega-bill.

It might be the worst, most damaging piece of legislation I’ve seen in my nearly 60 years in politics.

I feel seen

The GOP loves blaming the national debt on govt spending that helps millions of people.

What they won't tell you?

The real culprit is giveaways to corporations and the rich.

If not for the regressive tax cuts under Bush & Trump, we would have a stable debt-to-GDP ratio.

Trump's big beautiful bill expands the estate tax exemption yet again.

While millions will get kicked off healthcare and lose crucial food assistance, Republicans are enabling the super-rich to pass down their obscene wealth virtually tax free.

We must stop this bill.

Well, he's not a trumpist, at least

How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:

1. Break up corporate monopolies

2. Continue building union power

3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics

Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

Thou shalt care about things when they happen to other people, not just to you.

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