Molly Davies

I am gutted by the defunding of @npr.org by the congress. So many reasons why. 🧵

This guy nails it. 🎯

"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

The only thing keeping me hopeful is that suspecting the neoliberal capitalist no rules no limits dream is bullshit is becoming mainstream. I truly love @sanders.senate.gov

Republicans are pushing the SAVE America Act to choke off the vote. Passports to register. National photo ID to vote. Database purges to wipe out voters. Millions of citizens silenced so the GOP can cling to power. We see it. We stop it. #NoPayToVoteSaveAct #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory p

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central Cartoon Network And more... This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped. State AGs must step in and block it.

Like clockwork.

Eisenhower

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

Please share. 💔

I spent the morning at the San Antonio immigration court. It’s out of control. Crawling with ICE - arresting legal immigrants showing up for court appearances. I asked one officer who they are prioritizing. His answer: everyone. I need to share with you what I saw.

Excellent instructional video pass it on

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed. everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.

Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸

I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.

“They're liars”: @jayapal.house.gov joins The Weeknight to respond to the killing of a U.S. citizen by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

NPR's Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies. Full statement below:

Christmas music.

Dear @nytimes.com please just pay @jamellebouie.net to read his own work. This AI voice is torture and I have children to feed and work to do and want to listen. Many thanks. (Also the dulcet tones of Jamelle helps me sleep later even though this is nightmare fuel.)

The dude that runs the funny paper is smarter than the president.

“Get insurance companies out of it. We don’t need a middle man. They’re like the mob, taking their cut off the top.” @RepTimBurchett unwittingly makes the case for MEDICARE FOR ALL as Republicans flail for a way to deal with skyrocketing health care costs. (H/T @PabloReports)

We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join “We Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com

I have been in the ER with my mother in Nebraska since 9:30 am. It’s 7:02 pm. They have known she needs a room since 10am. Why is this health care so expensive again? #mfa

Terrific

Hey Megyn Kelly, 14-year-old Eloise would like a word: “If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good… because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.” Sound up! 🔥🔊 1/2

She’s horrified by a functional (and really nice) bathroom but fine with kids going without food and families dealing with a doubling of their health care. I’m horrified. She’s horrific.

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Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

Nebraska residents and former inmates are frustrated by plans to turn a Work Ethic Camp into an immigrant detention center called the “Cornhusker Clink.” “We didn’t ask for this,” said Nate Schneider, McCook’s city manager. https://wapo.st/42VPEHR

What it means to seek refuge in the U.S. has been transformed, casting aside an ethos of helping the persecuted that is nearly as old as the country itself. One Afghan family's story of separation across the world shows the human consequences.

The only good laugh I had today.

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country.

S#its on the people in a crap AI video and then tears down our house.

#nokings omaha

#Nokings Omaha. The pissed of grannies lead us in song. I’m so pissed at 50. My kid at 14 is just sad. Sorry the vid is horizontal. It’s for my elderly mom who likes a horizontal vid.

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy. We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets. If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

Me: If drug prices went down 100% what would you pay? 11yo: Zero. My 11yo is smarter than the president. This is not normal.

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