Michael Mechanic
@michaelmechanic.bsky.social
Mother Jones editor; author of "Jackpot," an "entertaining and eviscerating" (Jane Mayer) book on America's wealth insanity (readjackpot.com); piano player turned punk rock drummer turned old-time fiddler; dad of Gen Zers; gardener; curmudgeon about town.
Are they calling up antifa?
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Are they calling up antifa?
Well, what you do is you throw up lots of obstacles to Black wealth and opportunity, and then you tie financial success to "good genes," and lo and behold! I talk about some of this in my book, in the chapter "Thriving While Black."
November 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Well, what you do is you throw up lots of obstacles to Black wealth and opportunity, and then you tie financial success to "good genes," and lo and behold! I talk about some of this in my book, in the chapter "Thriving While Black."
An expert told me that ~1/3 of every dollar spent on health care goes to prop up "the bloated, Byzantine" for-profit insurance industry—that is, rich investors, and fuck the patients. This is why so many claims are delayed/denied by private insurers, but not by traditional Medicare.
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
An expert told me that ~1/3 of every dollar spent on health care goes to prop up "the bloated, Byzantine" for-profit insurance industry—that is, rich investors, and fuck the patients. This is why so many claims are delayed/denied by private insurers, but not by traditional Medicare.
Also left her fortune to her dog.
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Also left her fortune to her dog.
Sociopaths in love with sociopaths.
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Sociopaths in love with sociopaths.
She's a human being, for chrissake!
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
She's a human being, for chrissake!
Pls sent that woman a pocket Constitution.
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Pls sent that woman a pocket Constitution.
Musk has so far lost $7 billion today. How absurd is that? He'll probably make it up tomorrow.
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Musk has so far lost $7 billion today. How absurd is that? He'll probably make it up tomorrow.
He also doesn't have much taxable income, because, like other billionaires, he holds his stock and borrows against it to fund his lifestyle. We would need to tax unrealized investment gains.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
He also doesn't have much taxable income, because, like other billionaires, he holds his stock and borrows against it to fund his lifestyle. We would need to tax unrealized investment gains.
More ways to save lots more than $300B.
Here’s trillions in federal waste the DOGE bros could actually target
Because what's more wasteful than giant tax breaks for people who don't need them?
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November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
More ways to save lots more than $300B.