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“If enacted, this would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history.”

Read more from @bbkogan.bsky.social on the house Republican budget bill: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The House Republicans' Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich

The House Republican budget plan would eviscerate Medicaid and food assistance and shift resources toward the wealthiest Americans.

www.americanprogress.org

May 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News

@froomkin.bsky.social

Holy shit. Jeff Bezos is turning the Washington Post editorial page into.... the Wall Street Journal editorial page.

I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning:

I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages.

We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.

There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job.

I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity.

I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away. This is a significant shift, it won’t be easy, and it will require 100% commitment — I respect his decision. We’ll be searching for a new Opinion Editor to own this new direction.

I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion. I’m excited for us together to fill that void.

Jeff

February 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM

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Sarah Posner

@sarahposner.bsky.social

The world's richest man is illegally looting the government and stealing your data, it's the easiest fucking messaging imaginable.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Feb 11

there is such a pathological fear among dem electeds of backlash that it leads them to basically do nothing

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Feb 11

As the unofficial Dem strategy explainer on here I can't really tell you why Jeffries had such a wimpy response to the Eric Adams quid pro quo. At some point this just becomes a timid resistance to doing anything.

February 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

February 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM

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Maca Iglesias🇺🇸Thank You, President Biden🇺🇸

@rotterdamvvg.bsky.social

The Episcopal bishop of Washington, Rev. Marianne Edgar Budde, dared to ask Trump to have mercy on those who now live in fear.

Authoritarians thrive when people become afraid to speak up.

May we all be as courageous as she is when we see pain and injustice inflicted on others. What a hero.

January 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM

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Wajahat Ali

@wajali.bsky.social

The hoods are off. For all POC who voted for Trump, they'll never, ever truly love you. Alas, we learn the hard way - sometimes.

Trump’s dismantling of EEOC and Civil Rights Act enforcement will have chilling effect for Black workers www.yahoo.com/news/trump-d... via @@YahooNews

Trump’s dismantling of EEOC and Civil Rights Act enforcement will have chilling effect for Black workers

“These are all things meant to put Black people and other people of color back into a racial caste system

www.yahoo.com

January 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM

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Kombiz Lavasany

@kombiz.bsky.social

I'm only like 1/3 of the way through this but every moment i get i go back to read more. This is a solid argument built on a foundation of data that only now has become clear. Everything else is punch drunk punditry.

Michael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social · Jan 4

My new deep dive on how Trump “won” the popular vote.

I put “won” in quotes because it wasn’t his win, but Harris’s loss. The results were not a “swing right” embracing Trump/MAGA, but a vote of no confidence in Democrats (and in our system as a whole).

www.weekendreading.net/p/how-trump-...