Hank Tough
@mrhanktough.bsky.social
Screenwriter. Ad-maker. Cowboy monkey.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
On Tuesday, voters across America sent a message about what they think of Trump. Tonight, an entire stadium booed him. It’s clear that Dems shouldn’t cave, but a group of Dem senators are more worried about their flight schedules than the lives of Americans.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
On Tuesday, voters across America sent a message about what they think of Trump. Tonight, an entire stadium booed him. It’s clear that Dems shouldn’t cave, but a group of Dem senators are more worried about their flight schedules than the lives of Americans.
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We need to tax the rich! They’ve rigged the system for too long. Repost if you agree.
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We need to tax the rich! They’ve rigged the system for too long. Repost if you agree.
Catsimatidis went from owning a single grocery store to becoming a billionaire and then complains that it’s impossible to do business in NYC. This is how stupid billionaires think everyone else is.
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Catsimatidis went from owning a single grocery store to becoming a billionaire and then complains that it’s impossible to do business in NYC. This is how stupid billionaires think everyone else is.
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Trump bungled China policy so badly he had to run to Xi to beg forgiveness and surrender. Everyone knows it. In the "deal", America gets nothing, not even a return to status quo.
Trump has now totally abandoned his promise to "get tough" on China.
Trump has now totally abandoned his promise to "get tough" on China.
The Art of Letting Trump Claim a Win, While Walking Away Stronger
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Trump bungled China policy so badly he had to run to Xi to beg forgiveness and surrender. Everyone knows it. In the "deal", America gets nothing, not even a return to status quo.
Trump has now totally abandoned his promise to "get tough" on China.
Trump has now totally abandoned his promise to "get tough" on China.
Crops rot in the fields while American children starve, Trump spends $300 million on a vanity ballroom, and Republican reps refuse to govern.
October 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crops rot in the fields while American children starve, Trump spends $300 million on a vanity ballroom, and Republican reps refuse to govern.
Trump builds a $300 million ballroom while American children starve.
The Trump regime could tap into a $5 billion contingency fund to ensure people continue to be fed through SNAP.
They are refusing.
Republicans know the pain they’re causing to Americans—they do not care. The cruelty is the point.
They are refusing.
Republicans know the pain they’re causing to Americans—they do not care. The cruelty is the point.
Trump administration won't tap contingency fund to keep food aid flowing, memo says
The Trump administration says it won't use a roughly $5 billion contingency fund to keep food aid flowing in November amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump builds a $300 million ballroom while American children starve.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.
Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:
“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“
“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“
October 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.
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These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans.
Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now is meant to distract you from this.
Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now is meant to distract you from this.
October 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans.
Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now is meant to distract you from this.
Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now is meant to distract you from this.
Murphy is exactly right. This fight is much bigger than healthcare. What's the point of a budget agreement if Trump will just tear it up (with support from elected Republicans)?
Everyone should listen to Chris Murphy's extraordinary warning about Trump on our pod. First, he says the logic must be that the more lawless he gets, the stiffer the resistance.
"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
October 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Murphy is exactly right. This fight is much bigger than healthcare. What's the point of a budget agreement if Trump will just tear it up (with support from elected Republicans)?
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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
"We have to be the consequence." - AOC
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"We have to be the consequence." - AOC
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You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.
September 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.
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Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).
September 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).
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better things are possible!!!!
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
better things are possible!!!!
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House Democrats fought to bring this sickening letter into the light while Trump and MAGA mouthpieces assured us it did not exist. Trump even sued the Wall Street Journal for reporting on it!
We can't trust a word MAGA says. Release the full Epstein file NOW!
We can't trust a word MAGA says. Release the full Epstein file NOW!
Exclusive | Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed
Lawyers for Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book.
www.wsj.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
House Democrats fought to bring this sickening letter into the light while Trump and MAGA mouthpieces assured us it did not exist. Trump even sued the Wall Street Journal for reporting on it!
We can't trust a word MAGA says. Release the full Epstein file NOW!
We can't trust a word MAGA says. Release the full Epstein file NOW!
Dems cannot afford to shy away from a fight with the SC. The arbiters of the Constitution are tearing it to shreds.
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Immigration Stops in L.A. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Immigration Stops in L.A. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Immigration Stops in L.A.
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Dems cannot afford to shy away from a fight with the SC. The arbiters of the Constitution are tearing it to shreds.
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Immigration Stops in L.A. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Immigration Stops in L.A. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
This guy has got to go.
Hakeem Jeffries: "Donald Trump promised that he would lower housing costs on day one. Here's a suggestion for the Trump administration: try to legislate, and maybe we can find common ground in order to get something done for the American people."
September 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This guy has got to go.
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This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins
Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.
newrepublic.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
He hates poor people. It isn’t any deeper than that.
For Trump, Cities Like Washington Are Real Estate in Need of Fixing Up
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
He hates poor people. It isn’t any deeper than that.
In a different timeline, there's a really heartwarming movie to be made about an entire country coming together to help a brain-damaged, pants-shitting, orange-encrusted old man live out his senile fantasies.
August 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In a different timeline, there's a really heartwarming movie to be made about an entire country coming together to help a brain-damaged, pants-shitting, orange-encrusted old man live out his senile fantasies.
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@marcelias.bsky.social: We "need to tell Republicans that if they take 5 seats, we're going to put 30 seats on the table... When people say to me 'don't bring a knife to a gunfight,' I don't even want to bring a gun to a gunfight. I want to bring missiles to the gunfight."
July 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
@marcelias.bsky.social: We "need to tell Republicans that if they take 5 seats, we're going to put 30 seats on the table... When people say to me 'don't bring a knife to a gunfight,' I don't even want to bring a gun to a gunfight. I want to bring missiles to the gunfight."
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WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽