A Progressive Future Depends on National Identity nytimes.com/2025/06/19/opi… via @NYTOpinion

U.S. bombs Iran nuclear sites, Trump says in address to nation msnbc.com/top-stories/la…

⁦Nicholas Bagley⁩ makes a good case here. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Wow. The Republican “holdouts” decided to run the debt into the stratosphere and impoverish American families. Turns out all their talk of fiscal responsibility was performative baloney. How unexpected.

Republicans are celebrating the passage of the largest Medicaid cut in U.S. history to pay for the largest tax break for billionaires in American history. 51,000 Americans will die each year so that the top 1% can get a $1 trillion tax break. This bill is a death sentence.

Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all

Did I miss anything?

Recall that this was actually reported as if it were real news…

Nearly Half of America’s Murderers Get Away With It nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/… via @NYTimes. Important article. The failure to meaningfully prosecute these murders is a national scandal.

Bitcoin Hits $120K. The Real Story Isn’t the Price—It’s Who Controls Your Wallet. Any bets on when crypto-libertarians will be begging for a government bailout to preserve the “stability” of the system? Let’s practice saying no now. thefp.com/p/bitcoin-hits…

Aid must be permitted to reach people in Gaza. There is no justification for keeping food and water away from civilian families. nytimes.com/2025/07/24/wor…

Words can hardly capture the horror of mass starvation in Gaza. Denial is not an option when unswerving fidelity to the policies of @IsraelPM runs headlong into Jewish values and basic humanity. This is not who we are.

BREAKING: CNBC Anchor and MAGA supporter Joe Kernen just broke the news to Scott Bessent that Ford lost money last quarter due to Trump’s tariffs. Donald Trump’s economy is destroying American manufacturing. This is terrible.

This is happening right now. Entirely preventable. theatlantic.com/photography/ar…

FACT: Hitler and the Nazi Party repeatedly exaggerated or outright fabricated crime and unrest in order to justify taking over policing powers, centralizing control, and dismantling democratic safeguards. Hitler’s regime weaponized false or exaggerated crime narratives to rally

Trump has halted or dropped enforcement actions against 160+ corporations, including: -42 consumer protection cases at CFPB -20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ -6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC -7 crypto cases at SEC It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.

Trump Administration Live Updates: National Guard Begins Arriving on D.C. Streets nytimes.com/live/2025/08/1… via The New York Times This is authoritarian, not American.

California Democrats Are Fighting Trump’s Battle for Him nytimes.com/2025/08/15/opi… via @NYTOpinion At what point do we all recognize that efforts to protect people by destroying free speech have been an unqualified disaster?

Modest proposal: If Dems retake Congress, they must launch the most sweeping damage assessment of the rule of law in American history. Not piecemeal hearings. Not symbolic subpoenas. But a full-scale investigation into how Trump & team broke laws.

This is the test for Democrats. Will they acknowledge the threat and respond accordingly? Or will they try to continue the delusion the Republican Party is not a corrupt extremist movement. Miles Taylor is absolutely right.