When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
Back and forth. Sometimes it’s the corruption that is maddening. Then you are reminded of the incompetence.
It’s about time someone said it out loud on a national news show.
Major Gen. Paul Eaton (ret.) — on Trump’s interest in putting boots on the ground:
“We have a situation where someone called a malignant narcissist is unfortunately drifting into a state of dementia that is difficult to manage.”
American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%.
apnews.com/article/jobs...
I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.
I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.
I concur.
The costs of supporting Israel’s war on Iran:
- Dead American soldiers
- Dead elementary schoolgirls
- Over $1 Billion/day for combat ops
- Soaring gas prices
- Tanking markets
- Betrayed GCC allies
- Another constitutional crisis
…and growing.
Regime change and nation building are back on the menu.
We’re 7 days into something that looks like a war, feels like a war, costs like a war, has the same economic effects of a war, but we’re not supposed to call it a war because it would require the President to follow that annoying thing called the United States Constitution.
Oil up by $12 a barrel in less than 12 hours.
Gas prices skyrocketing.
Almost 100,000 jobs lost last month.
Another war in the Middle East.
Are we great again yet?
Major tech companies have invested tens of billions of dollars in constructing AI infrastructure in the Gulf, but these facilities have recently become targets of regional conflict.
AI reply ↓ ↓
Oof. Multiple THAAD radar systems have reportedly been destroyed by Iran. That’s bad.
I’ve also seen some surprise that Russia is providing Iran with targeting data for US forces, but that was expected. We’ve been providing Ukraine with targeting data for 4 years.
www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/m...
1 week
Ok maybe 3 weeks
Wait, 5ish weeks seems right
Probably until September
INDEFINITELY!
UAE Billionaire Publicly Slams Donald Trump After Iran War Turns the Gulf Into Battlefield
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, a leading UAE businessman, denounces Trump's military actions in the Gulf.
www.ibtimes.co.uk/uae-billiona...
He doesn’t care about you. He never has.
This was a direct result of her disastrous hearing yesterday, where she should’ve been arrested on the spot for fraud and embezzlement.
Her fatal mistake was tying Trump to her scams.
She claimed Trump had approved her $200M ad campaign. He was reportedly furious about it.
Trump is quizzing people on the Hill on whether or not he should fire Noem.
A lot of them are saying yes.
This is interesting. A star witness could be Corey Lewandowski. Not that the Trump DOJ would even look at this.
I’m not transcribing this hot mess.
It’s official. Kristi Noem is out as DHS boss.
Markwayne RickyBobby Mullen is in.
BREAKING WSJ:
Trump is preparing to fire Kristi Noem, according to advisers familiar with his thinking.
He has already been asking aides and congressional Republicans for names of potential replacements.
BREAKING: KRISTI NOEM IS OUT AT DHS.
TRUMP SAYS HE'S REPLACING HER WITH SEN. MARKWAYNE MULLIN.
Seems about right.
Damn straight. Looking forward to that day.
Washington Post Headline Last Week: "Trump aids struggle with how to spend $500 billion more on military."
