The FTC is forcing H&R Block to stop their deceptive promises of ‘free’ filing and other unfair practices. An FTC action will now require the company to stop making it harder for people to downgrade to a cheaper service, and will also make H&R Block pay $7 million in fines.

Senate Democrats could be on the verge of squandering a vital chance to protect workers ahead of the coming Trump onslaught, writes @lehmannchris. bit.ly/48KuNc9

Confirm the NLRB; fill judicial vacancies; confirm Lina Khan. Democrats are useless.

Day 1 of Trump appointments: Welcome back Bush! Day 2 of Trump appointments: Middling picks, but ok Day 3 of Trump appointments: bro, is that a pedophile and a russian asset????

“Many states supported Trump but Mass. was not one of them. We owe it to our residents to respond to the urgency of this moment, so let’s act locally on VP Harris’s economic platform.” Are legislative leaders serious or just pandering? #mapoli bostonglobe.com/2024/11/14/opi…

VP Kamala Harris ran on $25,000 for new homeowners, 3 million new homes, $6,000 newborn tax credits, childcare costs at 7% of income, $50,000 new business credits, $35 insulin, $2,000 out of pocket cap for seniors prescriptions, home health care costs covered by Medicare & jobs.

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Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants. propublica.org/article/video-…

I personally don't think the best way to help Harris win was to spend her entire campaign calling her a corrupt genocidaire while intentionally pumping pure negativity and rage into the brains of low-information voters, but I'm always open to new strategies

2024 if only people of color could vote Kamala wins in a 45 state landslide, with only 5 sparsely populated rural states in the northwest going to Trump

Tens of millions of people who never knew Lina Khan's name are going to miss her.

Whether it's Tim Walz expanding his state's school lunch program or Matt Gaetz giving cocaine and Ecstasy to underage sex workers, both sides have taken controversial approaches towards feeding children.

RFK Jr. says he's gonna have Trump remove fluoride from the US water supply. I asked the dentists serving in Congress—all of whom are Republicans—about it. The consensus: banning fluoride will rot American kids' teeth thebulwark.com/p/gop-dentists…

Robert Kennedy Jr., one of the most anti-science figures in the world, will oversee a vast bureaucracy with a discretionary budget of nearly $150 billion annually and a mandatory budget of nearly $2 trillion. HHS and its various agencies have profound regulatory powers that

Oh NOW we’re in different times you little shit bag, different times started years ago

TRUMP FIRST TERM: [does one good thing in final year] TRUMP SECOND TERM: [nominates famous idiot who opposed it]

I wrote this on October 30. If you're wondering today what the appointment of RFK as HHS Secretary could mean for the FDA, read this: