Why don’t they remove him?
Because the thieves are getting rich from his crimes.
Because the racists and rapists can run wild.
Because the grifters can maintain their scams.
He lets haters hate, the corrupt grow rich, the Nazis kill the young and weak.
Why would they want him gone?
"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social.
"When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake — The Onion’s latest classic.
40 years ago if the news was reporting headlines like tonight’s, I’d have been certain some swine put acid in the punch.
I just read again someone posting how amazing it is Trump has been able to bring us down so far. But it’s not amazing. We have no institutions not controlled by his corrupt allies or his organization. And we have no will to organize civil resistance to drive him out. It’s actually been easy for him.
Tom Bradley
You’ve never really seen how corrupt the American healthcare business is until you’ve dealt with the dialysis industry.
Went to the supermarket today. Tried an experiment: Added it up as they checked my stuff, not looking at the register. Based it on the prices six months ago. Total in my head - about $93. Actual total - $139. Not exactly science, but close enough. Thanks GOP voters!
And there we go.
A serious question for Constitutional scholars: What’s a path for getting Trump out of office in a year? We cannot do another two and 1/2 years. Speculate, please.
There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power
