…Elon Musk’s “super-high IQ” DOGE boys if they had taken a few minutes to review some of these audits to understand how Social Security works and the problems it faces….

…an absolute bonanza for the families of Trump and Musk and for every other super-wealthy clan. Unlike the effect of maintaining the tax’s higher exemption amount–which saves the family of…

…“For everybody else, it will not.” Economist Details How GOP Medicaid Cuts Would Be Disastrous for Everyone—Except the Super-Rich Common Dreams and Jake Johnson The impacts of congressional Republicans’ proposed…

Mike Konzcal reviews Lost Decades by Menzie Chin and Jeffrey Friedan at New Deal 2.0: What caused the housing bubble? This is a different, though related, question from what caused…

This is a 7 minute video that looks at the way money has reduced the voter population that counts down to a handful. Sure, we all get to vote, but…

…politician chooses to sidestep a truth he or she doesn’t want to admit or to avoid saying something against self-interest. In his debut interview with Fox News’ Brit Hume Tuesday,…

by Beverly Mann crossposted with The Annarborist GINNI THOMAS v. CLARENCE THOMAS “The Supreme Court, issuing its first orders accepting cases for the new Term, on Tuesday edged toward analysis…

…scratching their heads. On Tuesday the CBO scored HR3200 as adding $1.048 billion to the deficit over ten years. Late Friday that score was changed to adding $239 billion over…

…there is a column equating to ‘Income – Cost’ which is labeled ‘Net increase during the Year’. Now the Trustees don’t label this as ‘Surplus’ but there is little doubt…

…run out of unconventional ammunition. Tuesday’s offer to lend $200 billion of its Treasury holdings to primary dealers in return for mortgage-backed securities both guaranteed by the government-sponsored enterprises (Fannie…