Mark K. Cassell
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@garyseconomics.bsky.social Gary, do you have a reading list that supports your claims? Would love to learn more.
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@garyseconomics.bsky.social Gary, do you have a reading list that supports your claims? Would love to learn more.
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Me, on why the fuck are we still fighting about Merrick Garland (including why you're being duped if you were worried about a pre-election halt in 2022).
youtu.be/r9a7_FzpaPY
youtu.be/r9a7_FzpaPY
It was not Merrick Garland's job
YouTube video by emptywheel
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November 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Me, on why the fuck are we still fighting about Merrick Garland (including why you're being duped if you were worried about a pre-election halt in 2022).
youtu.be/r9a7_FzpaPY
youtu.be/r9a7_FzpaPY
I wish my father could have read this piece. He would have whole-heartedly endorsed it.
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Trump's GOP Megabill Slams Door on Progress of the 20th Century | Common Dreams
It’s not enough that Trump slashes taxes on the rich. He partially pays for those cuts in ways that punish poor and working-class people. Now we must fight like hell to regain what we've lost—and go f...
www.commondreams.org
July 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I wish my father could have read this piece. He would have whole-heartedly endorsed it.
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Pathetic
Republicans pulled an all-nighter to:
-strip healthcare away from 17 million Americans
-take food assistance away from 3 million Americans
-eliminate school meal access for 18+ million kids
-send energy costs soaring
-add $3.3 trillion to national debt
-raise health care premiums for seniors
-strip healthcare away from 17 million Americans
-take food assistance away from 3 million Americans
-eliminate school meal access for 18+ million kids
-send energy costs soaring
-add $3.3 trillion to national debt
-raise health care premiums for seniors
July 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Pathetic
Republicans are cowards
The Senate-passed megabill "will make history – in appalling ways. Never before has legislation taken so much from struggling families to give so much to the richest."
The richest 1% will receive $114 billion in 2026 alone.
Statement from @amyhanauer.bsky.social here: itep.org/itep-stateme...
The richest 1% will receive $114 billion in 2026 alone.
Statement from @amyhanauer.bsky.social here: itep.org/itep-stateme...
ITEP Statement: Senate-Passed Megabill Makes History in Appalling Ways
Today the Senate passed the tax and spending megabill, sending it to the House. See below for a statement from…
itep.org
July 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Republicans are cowards
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
Grossartig! #KeinFührer
Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Grossartig! #KeinFührer
This Biden’s fault!!! If he hadn’t boosted the market, Maganomics wouldn’t have tanked as much. Freeeee, free-falling.
April 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This Biden’s fault!!! If he hadn’t boosted the market, Maganomics wouldn’t have tanked as much. Freeeee, free-falling.
The DOGE Dunces. Here are some of the “nightmare” team doing Musk’s bidding. Most are in their 20s with no experience. There’s even a 19 year old undergrad.
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_content=buffer87f87&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky”
March 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The DOGE Dunces. Here are some of the “nightmare” team doing Musk’s bidding. Most are in their 20s with no experience. There’s even a 19 year old undergrad.
The No-nothing approach to governance. It’s also an attack on trust. If you want to know what Trump attacks next, it’s always institutions that promote trust.
People lie when they know the truth looks bad for them. Trump already knows how bad he will be for America and the world.
Opinion | How Trump is reshaping reality by hiding data
Sweeping statistical purges are part of a broader attempt to reinvent “truth.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The No-nothing approach to governance. It’s also an attack on trust. If you want to know what Trump attacks next, it’s always institutions that promote trust.
Every state and territory should have its own Bank of North Dakota.
Ellen Brown: Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game — The Bank of North Dakota Model
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost North Dakota is staunchly conservative, having voted Republican in every presidential election since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. So how is it that the state boas…
scheerpost.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Every state and territory should have its own Bank of North Dakota.
Nice bit of research by ITEP. Counting on Stephen Miller and Trump to make up the difference.
How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits
Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Nice bit of research by ITEP. Counting on Stephen Miller and Trump to make up the difference.
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NEW — It took decades for the South to recast its treasonous attack against the United States as an honorable “Lost Cause.”
It took Donald Trump less than four years to accomplish the same for January 6.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
It took Donald Trump less than four years to accomplish the same for January 6.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump’s Propaganda Victory: The Rewriting Of Jan. 6
You can believe your own eyes or Donald Trump's words — and many Americans are choosing to believe him.
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
NEW — It took decades for the South to recast its treasonous attack against the United States as an honorable “Lost Cause.”
It took Donald Trump less than four years to accomplish the same for January 6.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
It took Donald Trump less than four years to accomplish the same for January 6.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Important take on why bashing government is the go-to scapegoat and the source of many of our problems.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/m...
The Most Reliable Scapegoat in Politics? Red Tape.
Less regulation is an easy rhetorical pitch. Better regulation is harder to stump for.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Important take on why bashing government is the go-to scapegoat and the source of many of our problems.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/m...
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I was in Federal service in the Y2K era, so this piece by Prof. Heather Cox Richardson is particularly compelling. A useful reminder that the hard work of crisis avoidance is not only undervalued but too often derided…
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January 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I was in Federal service in the Y2K era, so this piece by Prof. Heather Cox Richardson is particularly compelling. A useful reminder that the hard work of crisis avoidance is not only undervalued but too often derided…
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One of the last ICE workplace raids in 2020? A Bollinger shipyard in Louisiana, which has major Coast Guard & Navy contracts. Company execs donate heavily to Speaker Mike Johnson & Majority Leader Steve Scalise
Will Trump deport immigrants building America's ships? My latest for @propublica.org
Will Trump deport immigrants building America's ships? My latest for @propublica.org
Trump Has Promised to Build More Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to increase the pace of U.S. military shipbuilding. But his pledge to also clamp down on immigration could make it hard for shipyards already facing workforce...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
One of the last ICE workplace raids in 2020? A Bollinger shipyard in Louisiana, which has major Coast Guard & Navy contracts. Company execs donate heavily to Speaker Mike Johnson & Majority Leader Steve Scalise
Will Trump deport immigrants building America's ships? My latest for @propublica.org
Will Trump deport immigrants building America's ships? My latest for @propublica.org
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Are #paidleave policies worth the investment? The latest cost-benefit analysis @nberpubs.bsky.social suggests huge returns on investment, including benefits to family and society. www.nber.org/system/files... @lizananat.bsky.social @mslopen.bsky.social @paidleaveforall.bsky.social
January 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Are #paidleave policies worth the investment? The latest cost-benefit analysis @nberpubs.bsky.social suggests huge returns on investment, including benefits to family and society. www.nber.org/system/files... @lizananat.bsky.social @mslopen.bsky.social @paidleaveforall.bsky.social
Thirty years ago I attended a talk by Jimmy Carter at UW. Afterwards, I wrote Carter to express some concerns about his critique of government. To my surprise he wrote back. His gracious and kind response made clear that I still had a few things to learn. How right he was...and still is.
December 31, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Thirty years ago I attended a talk by Jimmy Carter at UW. Afterwards, I wrote Carter to express some concerns about his critique of government. To my surprise he wrote back. His gracious and kind response made clear that I still had a few things to learn. How right he was...and still is.
Great piece on how the wealthiest fail to pay their fare for a system from which they benefit the most. @itep.org #Taxtherich
You may be paying a higher tax rate than a billionaire. Our story from 2021:
You May Be Paying a Higher Tax Rate Than a Billionaire
A new ProPublica analysis of a trove of IRS documents revealed that the richest 25 Americans pay a tiny fraction of their wealth in taxes. But even if you use the most conventional yardstick — income…
propub.li
December 12, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Great piece on how the wealthiest fail to pay their fare for a system from which they benefit the most. @itep.org #Taxtherich
Great piece on AARP.
In all the talk about UnitedHealth, there's been one missing discussion: its primary partner in Medicare and Medicare Advantage, which leverages its massive audience to steer to the insurer, is AARP. This never gets enough attention. Bob Kuttner shines the light:
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How AARP Shills for UnitedHealthcare
Today on TAP: Why does the supposed advocate for the elderly steer them to the industry’s worst insurer?
prospect.org
December 12, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Great piece on AARP.
Really helpful take.
Consciousness-Raising and Its Limits
Personal reflection can help change people’s racial attitudes. But attitudes aren’t what drives racial disparities.
democracyjournal.org
December 11, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Really helpful take.
USTA ratings just released thereby bumping people off their teams, making captaining even more difficult, and further reducing tennis’ popularity. Few sports associations do more to harm their own sport than the USTA. Time to find a pickle racquet. #tennis #ustasucks #tennis
December 4, 2024 at 1:13 AM
USTA ratings just released thereby bumping people off their teams, making captaining even more difficult, and further reducing tennis’ popularity. Few sports associations do more to harm their own sport than the USTA. Time to find a pickle racquet. #tennis #ustasucks #tennis
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Vivek is literally an unelected federal bureaucrat.
December 1, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Vivek is literally an unelected federal bureaucrat.
When simple is expensive.
Well put: flat taxes are a gift TO the wealthy FROM everybody else.
Fox Guest Pushes Flat Tax, Without Revealing It’s A Gift To Wealthy From Everyone Else
Fox pundits know that a “flat tax” sounds equitable but is anything but.
www.newshounds.us
December 1, 2024 at 4:16 PM
When simple is expensive.