"Humanity is now standing at a crossroads. And when we look back at this crucial time, we want to say we did everything we could to push the world in the right direction." - Greta Thunberg

The Starbucks CEO can write-off the cost of his private jet on his taxes because it’s considered a business expense. But Starbucks baristas can’t write off the clothing they have to buy to adhere to the Starbucks dress code. This is what an anti-worker tax code looks like.

Well, this aged exactly how I was afraid it would

If you voted for Trump over no wars, the Epstein files, and/or lower prices, how are you feeling about that now?

This is the language of collective suspicion, not the language of a constitutional republic. Citizenship in America is not a temporary privilege that can be revoked at the whim of political fear. Once naturalized, a person stands equal under the Constitution with every other citizen. The Founders rejected the idea that government could strip people of rights through sweeping suspicion and political hysteria. That is precisely why the Constitution guarantees due process and equal protection under law. If someone commits a crime or truly threatens the nation, charge them, prove it in court, and punish them under the law. But proposing to review 35 years of citizenship and deport people en masse abandons the very constitutional principles this country was founded to defend. A republic governed by law does not treat citizenship like a revocable permit issued by politicians. Policies built on fear and collective punishment terrorize the American people and betray the Constitution you swore to uphold. When an elected official calls for stripping citizenship and deporting people en masse, they are attacking the Constitution itself. That kind of abuse of power must trigger impeachment and a full criminal investigation.

After all these years on here, the dimwits who run @X apparently think every post I make needs a warning that I "engage more" lest I be considered a bot. Hey Elon, engage with this 👆🤮. Frankly, I should have dropped this account years ago.

OMG in the middle of what should be a solemn press conference, acknowledging the sacrifice of three American service people Donald Trump stop in the middle to talk about his fucking ballroom project. And the families were there!!!

RT @lisa_liberal: Four service members died in Benghazi and Republicans went apeshit for 6 years. Three service members have just died in…

It's time for Democrats to oust Chuck Schumer from leadership

I've never understood this. If you're a retired engineer and want to teach physics or math, you'll have to go back to school for years before they let you in a classroom -- the fact you're an expert counts for nothing.

Trump has illegally quit the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, a treaty ratified from the Senate. He doesn't have the power. Our statement: biologicaldiversity.org/w/ne…

It’s amazing how quickly humans are changing the planet.

That was peak America and it’s been downhill ever since due to hyper partisanship from Republicans with their obstruction politics.

The reason the media don't cover Trump's ignorance and stupidity is because it's not "news." Everyone knows it. But if Democratic leaders would make an issue of it, then it would become news and the media would cover it.

In 2021, the @nytimes did a rare thing. Published analysis of economic outcomes under Dem vs Republican presidents, by David Leonhardt. This was the headline Republicans have never EARNED — via actual outcomes — the branding that they're better at managing budgets or the economy

Let this be the year in which you rebuild your attention span. Big Tech wants you unable to focus on anything for longer than a few seconds. Resist the infinite scroll. Avoid short-form videos. Watch movies without being on your phone. Read voraciously and often.

James Talarico: “The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich. That’s exactly what we’re seeing with Elon Musk become the first trillionaire. This is a spiritual sickness. What leads a person to accumulate more money than they could possibly spend in a hundred lifetimes when we have people starving in this one?”

A sitting President of the United States using Christmas Day to spew venom at fellow Americans he calls “Radical Left Scum” isn’t just unpresidential—it’s unhinged, un-Christian, and utterly beneath the office. This is the behavior of a bitter, small man who can’t even pretend to unify for one holy day. Shameful. Disgraceful. Pathetic.

RT @drdave1999: Donald Trump was only awake for a moment yesterday, when he wished MAGA a Merry Christmas, and called Democrats “radical le…

I've seen strong critiques of the @mattyglesias op ed, most notably @SeanCasten's. Another point worth making: The whole essay hinges on the failure to take climate change seriously. Thread: