Michael Mechanic
Mother Jones writer/editor; author of "Jackpot," an "entertaining and eviscerating" (Jane Mayer) book on America's wealth insanity; piano player turned punk rock drummer turned old-time fiddler; dad of Gen Zers; gardener; curmudgeon about town.
- "Top-heavy tax cuts financed by low-income benefit cuts would add up to possibly the largest single transfer of wealth from poor to rich in US history, according to back-of-the-envelope numbers from Bobby Kogan." These Republicans claim they're Christians, but they're sure sticking it to Jesus.
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- Trump murdered him on Fifth Avenue.
- Imagine having a family in the White House that isn't constantly grifting, shitting on good people, and causing no end of chaos?
- Calling bullshit on Mike Johnson.
- When you do this, private schools raise tuitions and fraudsters come out of the woodwork to start new schools that don't last long. This has already happened at the state level. Also, why should we subsidize the private education of rich kids? I mean, fuck off! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reupping this story. The tax bill includes the school voucher tax credit described here -- a 100% tax credit for donations to voucher orgs - so taxpayers would essentially get their money back when they file their taxes. A huge win for school choice movement. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
- You see how dangerous this is, don't you? If you have enough resources, it's easy to call someone a terrorist supporter and then drive them into bankruptcy while they try to prove they aren't.
- Republicans Sneak Nonprofit Killer Bill Into the Tail End of Trump’s 389-Page Tax Plan theintercept.com/2025/05/12/t...
- Elizabeth Warren channeling Deborah Vance, stylistically, anyway...
- Elizabeth Warren on how she would respond to a person who says that marriage is between one man and one woman: "I'm going to assume it's a guy who said that, and I will say: then just marry one woman...assuming you can find one." @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social
- Yes. And who might be responsible for that? And who might be in a position to actually do something about it?
- Yes. Trump's behavior is "a disgrace." And as for those Republican lawmakers who stand by as Trump makes a mockery of the Constitution, and who contribute daily to the growing cruelty and moral turpitude of this administration—they, too, are a disgrace to our nation.
- yeah corruption is bad youtube.com/shorts/0kwml...
- Exactly. The Constitution says that without the consent of Congress, no federal officeholder can accept “any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” "ANY PRESENT...OF ANY KIND WHATEVER" This is not ambiguous!
