Richard Piper

@govpritzker.illinois.gov You speak well in public. Clear reasonable, calm. :-)

The United States, the only country where you can — with hard work— go from being homeless to impoverished. And where “one dollar one vote” means that if you have enough money, you can become the president.

Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, defends a plea for mercy she made to President Donald Trump on behalf of immigrants and others during an inaugural prayer service a day before.

This isn't going away, nor should it: “It’s a miscarriage of justice, a betrayal, a mockery, and a desecration of the men and women that risked their lives defending our democracy.” many of those officers described themselves as struggling and depressed www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

Donald Trump rescinded Biden's action to lower prescription drug costs for Americans on Medicare and Medicaid. There's no other way to spin it. That means more money out-of-pocket for seniors and families. Big Pharma first. Ordinary people last.

Trump foreign policy: not isolationist, but predatory

This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...