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I've been noticing how @washingtonpost.com has been running a ton of opinion pieces opposing taxation of the super-rich. (Go figure.) So I wrote about it.

Does the Washington Post want democracy to die in darkness?Its publishers appear to be rooting for the oligarchs.www.motherjones.com

"Maria" is working in Coachella CA doing maintenance on the lemon trees. She wears thick gloves and sleeves to protect herself against the lemon thorns. She shares, "I will work any job to feed my children." Today Coachella temps are predicted to reach a high of 118°. #WeFeedYou

A win! The Department of Justice has withdrawn all criminal charges against three-time U.S. Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn.

Senators Warren and Moreno recently proposed a plan to lift the Social Security wage cap to help avoid benefit cuts and reduce its financing gap. This is a serious bipartisan proposal and fixing Social Security will likely require bipartisan compromise. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/o...

Opinion | Bernie Moreno and Elizabeth Warren: Our Plan to Save Social SecurityTo save the program, we need to eliminate the payroll tax cap.www.nytimes.com

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Imagine what this country could be if we stopped cutting taxes and starting wars.

New: Even before the rise of AI, the case for raising the corporate tax rate was compelling. Now, I think it’s overwhelming. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

Raise the Corporate Tax Rate to Stem AI-Related Economic InequityOpinion: AI’s economic impacts may include more inequity and job dislocations and losses. A higher corporate rate would raise substantial revenue from the wealthy without stifling innovation or growth...news.bloomberglaw.com

Thanks to massive tax breaks, the nation’s largest airlines are paying little or nothing in federal income taxes despite earning billions in U.S. profits. Delta and United collectively reported $10.5 billion in profits in 2025 but paid $6 million in federal income tax. itep.org/delta-united...

Flying Under the Tax Radar: How Profitable Airlines Avoided Federal Income Taxes in 2025Corporate tax disclosures reveal that five profitable airlines paid almost nothing in federal income tax last year. In 2025, the effective federal income tax rates of these airlines ranged from 1.07 p...itep.org

A Fox News anchor claimed that a Houston man shot by ICE had meth in his car. The DA now confirms no drugs were found in the vehicle.

DA confirms no drugs were found after Fox News anchor previously claimed Houston man shot by ICE had meth in his carwww.mediamatters.org

1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.

Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts: -Solar panels -Wind turbines -Battery storage -Electric vehicles -Bicycles -Natural fertilizers -Electric heat pumps

As good as many of you said. I really appreciate the unambiguous point that this primarily a racist moral panic before unpacking the nuanced second-order explanations. dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to...

We used to be able to buy things in this countryLocking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazydannykatch.substack.com

Always listen to Hanauer, the NYT occasionally stumbles on to the truth

DC should do this. A tax on 2nd homes (& 3rd & 4th, etc) of the super rich won't fix inequality, or save public services. But it's a start. We could call it the "Peter Thiel tax". He owns a $15 million home in my neighborhood. Or the "Mark Zuckerberg tax": $23 million. Bezos has 2 houses: $40m.

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for HimFederal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.www.nytimes.com

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

Say their names: Johan Sebastian Guerrero. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. and Jaime Alanis Garcia. They should still be here. They were fathers. They were workers. They were neighbors. They were deeply loved by their families and communities. Their lives were full of purpose, care, sacrifice, and hope.

Trump’s war on Iran has so far cost taxpayers $37.5 BILLION. As if skyrocketing gas prices weren’t enough, Trump also expects us to foot this bill. Trump’s illegal forever war has spiraled out of control.

WA State farm workers: The weather is heating up. We want to remind you that you have rights. If temps hit 90°, the law guarantees you a 10-min break every 2 hours. If temps hit 100° you must receive a 15-min paid break every hour. Any violations? Call WA LNI at 1-800-423-7233 #CALOR