Massachusetts taxed the rich. Now they have an extra $1.8 billion to spend. In November 2022 voters approved a 4% tax on incomes over $1 million. The state can now use that money on free public school meals, free community college, and public transit.

"It gives a little more stimulus to the economy, provides a little bit more of a lift. But it also signals something important, which is that we have gotten the inflation under control." — Steven Rattner breaks down the Federal Reserve announcement of a 0.5 interest rate cut

States with the largest change in #gasprices vs a week ago: Ohio (+19.1¢) Michigan (+13.1¢) Indiana (+11.3¢) New Hampshire (-8.1¢) Utah (-8.0¢)

States with the largest change in #diesel prices vs a week ago: Connecticut (-6.5¢) Rhode Island (-5.8¢) Maine (-5.7¢) Utah (-5.7¢) Vermont (-5.3¢)

Donald Trump wants to impose a Trump Sales Tax on everyday, basic necessities. It will cost the average American family nearly $4,000 a year. My plan would build an opportunity economy that puts workers and families first—so Americans can not just get by, but get ahead.

Atheism because I think Gods are deeply powerful human constructions: 👍 Atheism because I like to feel superior to other people: 👎

Donald Trump and his Project 2025 nonsense will take us backward: less money in our pockets and less freedom over our lives.

please tell us Rob, how "they" (who exactly? please do tell us) are controlling #gasprices now but didn't prior to this? do you have a picture of the lever that suddenly has emerged? thanks in advance.

The death penalty is always a human rights violation. But when it comes to executing people with strong evidence of innocence it is particularly evil.

BREAKING - Mark Robinson CUT OFF by Republican Party Republican Governors Association not renewing ad buy in North Carolina — dooming Robinson This also severely hurts Trump in NC, which he carried in 2016 and 2020 Kamala Harris is leading in NC — that lead is likely to grow

.Mark Cuban: Trump wants to impose a 20% tariff on all imported goods. That's just inflationary. That is a tax on the American people. It’s a national sales tax that would raise costs for every American

Bernie to Danish pharma CEO: How much do people in Denmark pay out of pocket after two weeks in the hospital? Pharma CEO: "Zero."

HARRIS LEADS TRUMP 47%-40% IN LATEST REUTERS/IPSOS POLL

Nearly 1.4 million mail and absentee ballots have been requested in Pennsylvania. Here's how they break down 👉 🔵 Democratic 841,428 (62.9%) 🔴 Republican 358,536 (26.3%) ⚪️ Other 141,967 (10.8%)

Universal private school vouchers could cost KY up to $1.19 billion a year. That money is likely to be taken from public schools. But let’s say KY somehow found new money for education. Vouchers are not the best use for it. Here are 7 better ways to invest in kids and schools.

BREAKING -- Supreme Court refuses to stay execution of Marcellus Williams by a 6-3 vote. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would have issued the stay. So to SCOTUS, women are second-class forced birth machines, presidents are immune, but the innocent are executed? Got it.

What does it say about our legal system when the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to stop an execution even when the county prosecuting agency that handled the original trial files a brief in support of a stay and supports vacating the entire conviction? #MarcellusWilliams

the prosecutor who sent him behind bars said he was innocent. the victim's family said he was innocent. hundreds of people who knew the case said he was innocent. all of those pleads fell on deaf ears

A different Supreme Court could have saved Marcellus Williams. All 3 Democratic judges dissented. All 6 majority Republicans approved his execution. Presidents appoint them. Please stop acting like this election doesn't matter. Please stop acting like voting doesn't matter.