A new poll from Politico found that only 5% of respondents disagree that there is too much money in politics, and 61% think billionaires have too much influence on elections. A significant majority of Americans agree that there is too much money in the US political system and that the super rich have more […]
White House officials “just straight up fabricated shit,” said the Democratic senator from Connecticut. Just hours before the Trump administration conducted what it claimed were “self-defense strikes” against “Iranian military facilities,” The Washington Post reported Thursday that the Central Intelligence Agency concluded that “Iran can survive the US naval blockade for at least three to four months before facing more severe […]
One advocate said the Texas Republican laid bare the “two-pronged strategy to push Social Security privatization: Creating the Trump accounts with one hand and gutting the Social Security Administration with the other.” Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said during a public conference this week that the so-called Trump Accounts established under the GOP’s 2025 budget law represent a viable path toward Social […]
“War is hell. And hell comes with a hefty price tag,” said University of Michigan professor Justin Wolfers. University of Michigan professor Justin Wolfers on Friday joined a growing number of economists and other critics casting down on what he called “the Pentagon’s lowball $25 billion estimate” for the cost of President Donald Trump’s illegal war […]