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TONIGHT: #ICEOUT Protest in San Francisco

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

If Trump was successful at getting US companies to eat the cost of tariffs and not raise prices on consumer goods, wouldn't this be an increase in corporate taxes? If that actually happened, as progressives, shouldn't we be on board? Ignore the practicalities of ensuring prices did not increase.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

While I am inherently skeptical of this administration's motives, the news yesterday that Trump is advocating for tax increases on the very rich ($2.5M in income) is a good step. It's a small step, as it only moves that bracket from 37% to 39.6%, but it's a good step.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Who's going to tell Josh the president doesn't actually care about working people? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Given Trump's power comes from being the center of attention, what if we just, like, turned off the news and didn't give him any?

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

All of a sudden I find myself pining for a parliamentary democracy.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Let's say you are someone who has "sausage fingers." Any federal programs to help retrain these chubs to handle tiny screws?

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

the vice president of the united states follows this guy on twitter!

submitted 93 days ago • 296 comments

This platform feels like a liberal echo chamber. Who should I follow to be provoked?

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Is it possible there is no kleptocratic master plan and that these guys are just spectacularly inept?

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

Same cash grab playbook as DOGE in DC. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

Microcosm matches the microcosm. The top gets more and the bottom get unemployment. It is just such an obvious transfer of company wealth. Companies usually wait a bit between a RIFs and big bonuses. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

If you're wondering why Trump is pivoting toward Russia, it's as simple as this: there is money to be made by lifting sanctions and rebuilding their economy. It's the same rationale as everything else.

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments

Did anyone else already know that before Teddy Roosevelt the civil service was staffed by the President's friends and family in a system called the "spoils system?" It was, withhold your surprise, wildly inefficient and corrupt. Mayhap this is what MAGA is going for.

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments