more CEOs being afraid please
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby tells the New York Times that "wealth inequality has become a danger to our society" and must be addressed.
"We should have a national wealth tax... we should have inheritance taxes that get close to 100 percent at some level. I would pay them."
(nytimes.com/2026/10/18/busin…)
so thankful for #savvy consultants
James Carville says he'd rather have Republicans keep control of the House than Democrats winning the chamber by 5 seats.
"I would rather the Republicans keep the House by five than the Democrats win by five, because if that happens, they’re hostage to the DSA. Like, Hakeem cannot move. There’s no place for him to go."
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When Trump raided John Bolton last year it was met w/ immediate outrage in the opinion pages of NYT, WSJ, WaPo, Atlantic & New Yorker. Since Rep Omar was raided Mon––and subsquently threatened w/ deportation––these same outlets have been silent. I wrote about this double standard
Unlike the raid on John Bolton, the targeting of Omar has elicited zero condemnation from NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post. theintercept.com/2026/10/15/…
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A Yo La Tengo benefit concert for James Talarico in deep blue Austin might seem like a strange place to meet Trump supporters. But over the sounds of a noisy Ira Kaplan solo, you can hear whispers that DEI is the reason a plate of migas costs $15.
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Three food mega-mergers are in the works right now:
Kroger + Giant Eagle
Sysco + Restaurant Depot
McCormick + Unilever's food business
If the Trump admin rubber-stamps these deals, it could mean even higher food prices.
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This is fucking nuts. What a model of conduct for authors theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
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"Fart's secret weapon: wet shit"
Ken Paxton’s secret weapon: Ted Cruz politi.co/4AREDGC
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It's stories like this where I wonder where the influencers are.
Also, where are the Boston liberals who protested when Mike Brown and George Floyd were killed?
I wonder where the TV journalists are. They covered this for 5 mins.
Where is the public?
binj.news/2026/10/05/south-b…
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A man is running the Twin Cities Marathon carrying a canoe to protest a federal push to allow mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota. Here he is at Mile 18.
i have the flu. let me be your reminder to stop what your doing and go get a flu shot today
Medical experts urge getting a flu vaccination soon, before influenza starts spreading widely — and to get up to date on protection against other fall respiratory viruses, too. abcnews.link/H9c70xO






























